Kimberlitic olivine
Kimberlite hosts two populations of olivine that are distinguished on the basis of grain size and morphology; the populations are commonly described genetically as xenocrysts and phenocrysts. Recent studies of zoning patterns in kimberlitic olivine phenocrysts have cast doubt on the actual origins o...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4459 |