Skeletal tourmaline, undercooling, and crystallization history of the stone mountain granite, Georgia, U.S.A

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 341-357

  Longfellow, Kristen M ^a   Swanson, Samuel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplite; Georgia; Pegmatite; Stone mountain pluton; Tourmaline; Undercooling

Indexed keywords

APLITE; GEORGIA; PEGMATITE; STONE MOUNTAIN PLUTON; TOURMALINE;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; LANDFORMS; LEVEES; MICA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; QUARTZ; TEXTURES; UNDERCOOLING;

SILICATE MINERALS;

APLITE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIKE; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; PEGMATITE; PLEOCHROISM; QUARTZ; TOURMALINE;

GEORGIA; STONE MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954540675     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.49.1.341     Document Type: Review

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