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Some Large Felspar Augen from near Ilorin Town, Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Basil C. King
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Abstract

Large augen, composed principally of single crystals of potash felspar, are sporadically distributed in certain banded gneisses. It is inferred from structural and textural evidence that the augen have formed by metasomatic processes.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 87 , Issue 5 , October 1950 , pp. 369 - 372
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1950

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