Kimberlites, Orangeites, and Related Rocks /

This remarkable volume presents the first revision to the classification system of diamond-bearing rocks in over eighty years. Presenting the latest mineralogical data, this book offers a detailed description of the mineralogy and geochemistry of kimberlites, orangeites, and lamproites. <em>Se...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Roger Howard
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint : Springer, 1995.
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Summary:This remarkable volume presents the first revision to the classification system of diamond-bearing rocks in over eighty years. Presenting the latest mineralogical data, this book offers a detailed description of the mineralogy and geochemistry of kimberlites, orangeites, and lamproites. <em>Several hundred</em> new analyses of minerals in orangeites are included. This volume follows the publication of <em>Kimberlites</em>, by R.H. Mitchell, and <em>Petrology of Lamproites</em>, by R.H. Mitchell and S.C. Bergman, concluding the trilogy.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (408 pages)
ISBN:9781461519935 (electronic bk.)
1461519934 (electronic bk.)