Chemistry, paragenesis and significance of tourmaline in pegmatites of the Southern Tin Belt, central Namibia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 203-225

  Keller, Paul ^a   Roda Robles, Encarnación ^b   Pesquera Pérez, Alfonso ^b   Fontan, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Central Namibia; Granitic pegmatites; Mineral chemistry; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; PEGMATITE; TOURMALINE;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0345493658     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00045-5     Document Type: Article

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