Albitization of granitic rocks: The mechanism of replacement of oligoclase by albite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1401-1415

  Engvik, Ane K ^a   Putnis, Andrew ^b   Fitz Gerald, John D ^c   Austrheim, Håkon ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Albitite; Bamble; Dissolution reprecipitation; Metasomatism; Plagioclase albite replacement; Southeastern Norway

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; IRON ORES; MICA; MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALBITITE; BAMBLE; DISSOLUTION-REPRECIPITATION; METASOMATISM; PLAGIOCLASE-ALBITE REPLACEMENT; SOUTHEASTERN NORWAY;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ALBITE; ALBITITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; METASOMATISM; ORIENTATION; PLAGIOCLASE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BALTIC SHIELD; BAMBLE SECTOR; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 60649111282     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.6.1401     Document Type: Article

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