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An example of porphyry-quartz, from the Esterel Mtns., France, twinned on face (1012)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Extract

It is now well recognized that quartz undergoes a sudden change near 575° C., and Wright and Larsen (1) have shown that the characteristics of quartz formed above or below this point are so marked that they can be utilized to determine the temperature of formation of rocks containing quartz. Quartz formed above 575° so-called β-quartz, is of distinctly hexagonal development, and occurs generally as regular hexagonal bipyramids with or without a subordinate prism-face. These external characteristics are of course preserved on cooling, and the bipyramids are converted into apseudomorphous aggregate of α-quartz.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1922

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