Geology and mineralogy of the Little Nahanni rare-element granitic pegmatites, Northwest Territories

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-160

  Groat, Lee A ^a   Mulja, Thomas ^b   Mauthner, Mark H F ^a   Ercit, T Scott ^c   Raudsepp, Mati ^a   Gault, Robert A ^c   Rollo, H Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Museum of Nature ^*  (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical evolution of minerals; Granitic pegmatite; Lepidolite; Nahanni; Northwest Territories; Spodumene

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOLOGY; MICA; PHOSPHATES; QUARTZ;

SUBSOLIDUS PHASES;

MINERALOGY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEPIDOLITE; MINERALOGY; PEGMATITE; PETROGENESIS; SPODUMENE;

CANADA; LOGAN MOUNTAINS; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0038702422     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.139     Document Type: Article

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