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Feldspars from the Meldon aplite, Devonshire, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

M. Nawaz Chaudhry*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of the Panjab, Lahore, West Pakistan

Summary

Chemical analyses of nine K-feldspars and thirteen albites, along with their optical, physical, and X-ray data are presented. The obliquity values Δ = 12·5(d131-d13¯1) of the K-feldspars are found to be independent of the contents of silica and volatiles in the rocks. The role of temperature as the primary factor affecting the obliquity values is stressed. The relationship between the (An + Ab) content of the potassic phase of K-feldspars and 2Vα is shown diagrammatically.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2013

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