deuteric


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deuteric

(djuːˈtɪrɪk)
adj
of, pertaining to, or resulting from the metasomatic changes taking place in igneous rock or magma as it solidifies
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Biotites and associated minerals as markers of magmatic fractionation and deuteric equilibration in granites.
Composition of biotite within the Wushan granodiorite, Jiangxi Province, China: petrogenetic and metallogenetic implications
Additional processes like liquid immiscibility and deuteric alteration probably played only a minor role in crystallization, and are therefore omitted.
Igneous structure and texture of the ~1.3 Ga Hosenbein anorthosite pluton (Nain, Labrador) and implications for the crystallization of massif-type anorthosite
Minh Tien offers an example of a so-called hybrid pegmatite in which part of the early assemblage has somehow survived the customary deuteric stage.
Tourmaline from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Yen Mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
Albite, as complete pseudomorphs after magmatic plagioclase (albite I), is lacking in the deuteric assemblages commonly observed in the unaffected granite.
Geochemical constraints of hydrothermal alterations of two-mica granites of the Moldanubian batholith at the Okrouhla Radoun uranium deposit
The content of Fe is relatively low, although clearly higher than that in typical deuteric muscovite (Speer 1987).
Geochemical constraints on the origin of a distinct type of two-mica granites (Destna--Lasenice type) in the Moldanubian batholith (Czech Republic)
Occasionally amphibole--as deuteric alteration --is present.
Mesozoic magmatism in East Uruguay: petrological constraints related to the Sierra San Miguel region
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