Greenish quartz from the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine Panorama, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-124

  Hebert, Laura Baker ^a   Rossman, George R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amethyst; Green quartz; Ontario; Thunder Bay

Indexed keywords

COLOR; MICROCRYSTALS; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE;

AMETHYST-BEARING DEPOSITS; COLOR-GRADATIONAL SEQUENCE; FLUID INCLUSIONS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROCRYSTALLINE QUARTZ;

QUARTZ;

AMETHYST; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COLOR; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ; TURBIDITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; THUNDER BAY;

EID: 42649112357     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.1.111     Document Type: Article

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