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dc.contributor.authorEggleton, R. A.-
dc.coverage.spatialAdelaide Geosyncline, Mt Lofty Ranges fold belt, South Australiaen
dc.date.issued1959-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/84999-
dc.descriptionThis item is only available electronically.en
dc.description.abstractDetailed mineralogical and petrological descriptions of the pegmatites are given, and a more generalised petrological description of the Adelaide System rocks enclosing the pegmatites. The tabular pegmatites are classified into three groups based on textural and mineralogical differences. Group 1 has a finely crystalline margin containing quartz, albite and tourmaline, and a coarsely crystalline core consisting of quartz, microcline and muscovite. Pegmatites of group 2 have a coarsely crystalline margin containing quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, tourmaline and beryl, and a coarse core of quartz, microcline and muscovite. Group 3 pegmatites have no zoning and consist of quartz, feldspars and muscovite of variable crystal size. The irregular pegmatites show properties of all 3 groups. It is concluded that the pegmatites formed by intrusion of fluids rather than by differentiation or replacement. A Geological map of the area is included.en
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dc.subjectHonours; Geology; Adelaide Supergroup; pegmatites; mineralogy; petrologyen
dc.titleThe geology of some pegmatites near Gumeracha South Australia.en
dc.typeThesisen
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geology & Geophysicsen
dc.provenanceThis electronic version is made publicly available by the University of Adelaide in accordance with its open access policy for student theses. Copyright in this thesis remains with the author. This thesis may incorporate third party material which has been used by the author pursuant to Fair Dealing exceptions. If you are the author of this thesis and do not wish it to be made publicly available, or you are the owner of any included third party copyright material you wish to be removed from this electronic version, please complete the take down form located at: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/legalsen
dc.description.dissertationThesis (B.Sc.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 1959-
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