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Grandidierite from Cuvier Island, New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Philippa M. Black
Philippa M. Black*
Affiliation:
Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 20560, U.S.A.
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Summary

Grandidierite has been found in hornfelses around a diorite stock on Cuvier Island. Physical properties and electron microprobe analyses are given for two Cuvier Island and two Madagascan grandidierites. The Cuvier Island grandidierite has crystallized under conditions of the K-feldspar-cordierite hornfels facies at temperatures of approximately 600°C. and pressures (Pload) of less than 300 bars.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 37 , Issue 289 , March 1970 , pp. 615 - 617
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1970

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