Pikes Peak minerals: beyond amazonite and smoky quartz; Part 1: pegmatites
Date
2019-07-23Keywords
Pikes Peak batholithsupercritical water
immiscible solutions
smoky quartz
fluorite
zinnwaldite
Pegmatites -- Colorado
Supercritical fluids -- Colorado
Crystal growth -- Colorado
Granite -- Colorado
Feldspar -- Colorado
Biotite -- Colorado
Topaz -- Colorado
Amazonite
Zircon
TopazBatholiths -- Colorado
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Ed Raines, a geologist, mineralogist, and mining historian, discusses the Pikes Peak batholith, explaining crystal growth and geologic processes responsible for the formation of pegmatites and other minerals in the Pikes Peak area.Rights
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