Borate minerals of the Penobsquis and Millstream deposits, southern New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1469-1487

  Grice, Joel D ^a   Gault, Robert A ^a   Van Velthuizen, Jerry ^a  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borate minerals; Boron isotopes; Chemical composition; Marine evaporite; Millstream; New Brunswick; Penobsquis

Indexed keywords

BORON ISOTOPES; MARINE EVAPORITE; METAMORPHISM;

BORATE MINERALS; BRINES; CARBONATES; COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; POTASH DEPOSITS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE MINERALS;

MINERALOGY;

BORATE; EVAPORITE; MINERALOGY; POTASH;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 24944575280     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.5.1469     Document Type: Article

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