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An unusual cassiterite paragenesis and its genetic implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

L. J. Lawrence
L. J. Lawrence*
Affiliation:
New South Wales University of Technology, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Summary

In the Torrington district of New South Wales the cassiterite occurs almost entirely in hydrothermal veins, with galena, blende, quartz, and chlorite; sometimes it replaces crinoid stems and gastropods. In the Madman vein, however, the cassiterite is associated with adularia, both minerals encrusting quartz. These observations suggest that the tin came in as alkali stannate solutions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 31 , Issue 236 , March 1957 , pp. 402 - 406
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1957

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