Chlorine-bearing amphiboles from the Fraser mine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Description and crystal chemistry

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1385-1403

  McCormick, Kelli A ^a,b   McDonald, Andrew M ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Amphibole; Canada; Chemical composition; Chlorine; Contact sulfide deposits; Fluids; Footwall Breccia; Halogens; Ni Cu ore; Ontario; Sudbury

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CHLORINE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033492507     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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