Nature and origin of an LCT-suite pegmatite with late-stage sodium enrichment, Brazil Lake, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. I. Geological setting and petrology

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 563-598

  Kontak, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albite spodumene type; Brazil Lake pegmatite; Columbite group; LCT pegmatite; Nova Scotia; Yarmouth County

Indexed keywords

ALBITE-SPODUMENE; COLUMBITE GROUP; LCT PEGMATITE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SODIUM; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MINERALOGY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EXTRACTION; MEGACRYST; PARAGENESIS; PEGMATITE; PETROLOGY; SODIUM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 33748441735     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.3.563     Document Type: Article

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