Fenites associated with carbonatites

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 915-932

  Le Bas, Michael J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Fenite; K feldspar; Potassic metasomatism; Pseudotrachyte; Sodic metasomatism

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; KETONES; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM;

CARBONATITE; FENITE; K-FELDSPAR; POTASSIC METASOMATISM; PSEUDOTRACHYTE; SODIC METASOMATISM;

MINERALOGY;

CARBONATITE; FELDSPAR; FENITE; METASOMATISM; POTASSIC ROCK; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 56749184256     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.4.915     Document Type: Review

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