The emerald- and spodumene-bearing quartz veins of the rist emerald mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1529-1541

  Wise, Michael A ^a   Anderson, Alan J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromian spodumene; Emerald; Hiddenite; Hydrothermal quartz vein; North Carolina; Rist mine

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; QUARTZ;

CHROMIAN SPODUMENE; EMERALD; HIDDENITE; HYDROTHERMAL QUARTZ VEIN;

MINERALOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMERALD; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; IMMISCIBILITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; PARAGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ VEIN;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846943641     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.6.1529     Document Type: Article

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