Petrogenesis and geochemistry of kyanite-bearing pegmatites in the Buncombe Pegmatite District, North Carolina

<p> Kyanite is generally considered to be a product of metamorphism. This study investigates a set of kyanite-bearing pegmatites that represent a case in which kyanite crystallized directly from melt. The pegmatites intrude spinel orthopyroxene hornblendite in the Buncombe Pegmatite District i...

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Main Author: Wood, Keith Yates
Other Authors: Geology
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34704
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08222008-063115/