Clinopyroxene-corundum assemblages from alkali basalt and alluvium, eastern Thailand: Constraints on the origin of Thai rubies

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 277-295

  Sutthirat, C ^a,b   Saminpanya, S ^a   Droop, G T R ^a   Henderson, C M B ^a   Manning, D A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Alkali basalt; Clinopyroxene; Corundum; Pyrope; Ruby; Sapphirine; Thailand; Xenocryst

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GARNETS; ROCKS; RUBY; SAPPHIRE;

MAFIC COMPOSITIONS;

MINERALOGY;

ALKALI BASALT; CLINOPYROXENE; CORUNDUM; GEMSTONE; PYROPE; RUBY; SAPPHIRE; SAPPHIRINE; XENOLITH;

THAILAND;

EID: 0035301426     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646101550253     Document Type: Article

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