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The temperature of crystallization of a fluorite crystal from Luna County, New Mexico
William Stephens Twenhofel
The temperature of crystallization of a fluorite crystal from Luna County, New Mexico
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (January 1947) 42 (1): 78-82
The temperature of crystallization of a fluorite crystal from Luna County, New Mexico
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (January 1947) 42 (1): 78-82
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Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
Temperature determinations made by heating liquid inclusions in a fluorite crystal from the Greenleaf no. 1 prospect, Fluorite Ridge, Luna County, New Mexico, indicate that the crystal started its growth at about 202 degrees C. and continued growth until the temperature had fallen below 150 degrees C. The external habit of the fluorite crystal is cubic, but the shape of the temperature contours indicate that the crystal grew with octahedral habit throughout most of its period of crystallization.
ISSN: 0361-0128
EISSN: 1554-0774
Coden: ECGLAL
Serial Title: Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists
Serial Volume: 42
Serial Issue: 1
Title: The temperature of crystallization of a fluorite crystal from Luna County, New Mexico
Author(s): Twenhofel, William Stephens
Pages: 78-82
Published: 194701
Text Language: English
Publisher: Economic Geology Publishing Company,
Lancaster, PA,
United States
Accession Number: 1949-017133
Categories: Mineralogy
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus.
N31°45'00" - N32°34'60", W108°15'00" - W107°19'60"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Abstract, Copyright, Society of Economic Geologists. Reference includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Update Code: 1949
