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Volume increase serpentinization in Archaean quench texture ultramafic rocks near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. G. Moeskops
P. G. Moeskops
Affiliation:
Mineralogy and Petrology Section, The Australian Mineral Development Laboratories, Flemington Street, Frewville, South Australia 5063
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Summary

Textural and chemical data on altered ‘spinifex’ (i.e. quench texture) ultramafic rocks from Corsair, near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, have indicated that serpentinisation of contained olivine phenocrysts involved a volume increase of some 60%, due to the addition of both SiO2 and H2O.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 114 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 41 - 46
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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