Geochemistry of pink corundum-bearing feldspathic gneiss, Frenchvale Quarry, Cape Breton Island, Can...
Geochemistry of pink corundum-bearing feldspathic gneiss, Frenchvale Quarry, Cape Breton Island, Canada; metamorphism of albitised, Fe-poor clastic rocks
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London: Mineralogical Society
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Frenchvale quarry, once mined for dolomitic marble, contains pink corundum-bearing, quartz-free/-poor, feldspathic gneiss that is unusually sodic (∼7% wt.% Na2O) and iron-poor (∼0.6 wt.% Fe2O3), but has silica, alumina and immobile trace-element contents resembling those of suspended fluvial particulate matter (e.g. in the Congo River). The protoli...
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Geochemistry of pink corundum-bearing feldspathic gneiss, Frenchvale Quarry, Cape Breton Island, Canada; metamorphism of albitised, Fe-poor clastic rocks
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2300581901
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2300581901
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0026-461X
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1471-8022
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10.1180/mgm.2018.165
