Subsolidus rubidium-dominant feldspar from the Morrua pegmatite, Mozambique: Paragenesis and composition

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-320

  Teertstra, D K ^a   Cerny P ^a   Hawthorne, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granitic pegmatite; K feldspar; Rb feldspar; Rubidium; Sanidine

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; PARAGENESIS; PEGMATITE; RUBIDIUM;

EID: 0032869285     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646199548538     Document Type: Article

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