Almost everything one could wish to know about pegmatites, their characteristics and their origin is contained in its pages. Pegmatite definition of pegmatite by merriamwebster. Continued jrom page 56 classification of pegmatites fnrnolucrron the natural tendency in classifying pegmatites is to use the same nomenclature as is used in rock classification, with in the case. Geology and mineral deposits of some pegmatites in the southern black hills south dakota by james j. Cook department of geology and geophysics university of calgary calgary, ab t2n 1n4 canada abstract. One of the most interesting pegmatites is the crabtree pegmatite of western north carolina. It is a granitic pegmatite that intrudes the boundary between two rock units in a dike that is up to two meters wide. Original paper mineralogy and petrogenesis of pegmatites. The classification of granitic pegmatites revisited article pdf available in the canadian mineralogist 436.
Norton and others pegmatites and other precambrian rocks in the southern black hills geological survey professional paper 297e this report is based on work done jointly with lincoln r. Original paper mineralogy and petrogenesis of pegmatites in the spruce pine district, north carolina, usa samuel e. Pegmatites are remarkable rocks, and this is a remarkable book. Pegmatite definition, a coarsely crystalline granite or other highsilica rock occurring in veins or dikes. Exploration techniques for rareelement pegmatites 825. They also propose that pegmatites may form by anatexis from both. Thus, it provides readers from a very wide range of backgrounds and interests with an entry. No one universally accepted model of pegmatite genesis has yet emerged that satisfactorily explains all the diverse features of granitic pegmatites. Pdf the classification of granitic pegmatites revisited. Exploration techniques for rareelement pegmatite in the. Geology and mineral deposits of some pegmatites in the. Successful application of ground penetrating radar in the. Pegmatite definition is a coarse variety of granite occurring in dikes or veins.
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