Quartz and feldspar microstructures in metamorphic rocks

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 513-524

  Vernon, Ron H ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crystal faces; Feldspar; Inclusions; Leucosome; Metamorphism; Microstructures; Migmatites; Quar tz

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FELDSPAR; METAMORPHIC ROCK; QUARTZ; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 0032753915     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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