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Kimberlites, Orangeites, and Related Rocks (Language of Science) - Hardcover

Mitchell, Roger H.

 
9780306450228: Kimberlites, Orangeites, and Related Rocks (Language of Science)

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The final volume in a trilogy of monographs devoted to the petrology of primary diamond-bearing rocks. The principal objective is to present a revised terminology for primary diamond-bearing rocks. Much of the text is devoted to summarizing all that is known of the mineralogy and geochemistry of orangeites, incorporating several thousand new analyses of minerals from orangeites and kimberlites, together with new trace element geochemical data, and comparing and contrasting orangeites with kimberlites and lamproites. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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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. Several hundred new analyses of minerals in orangeites are included. This volume follows the publication of Kimberlites, by R.H. Mitchell, and Petrology of Lamproites, by R.H. Mitchell and S.C. Bergman, concluding the trilogy.

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