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Myrmekite is a vermicular, or wormy,
intergrowth of
quartz in plagioclase. The
intergrowths are
microscopic in scale,
typically with
maximum dimensions...
- 1934 (1934-06-27) (aged 70)
Nationality Finnish Known for Jotnian, Migmatite,
Myrmekite, Ra****vi
granite Awards Murchison Medal (1928)
Penrose Medal (1928) Scientific...
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Current Science. 87 (5): 662–667. Collins, L.G. (1997). "Polonium
Halos and
Myrmekite in
Pegmatite and Granite". In Hunt, C. W.; Collins, L. G.; Skobelin, E...
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disease A
variant form of
rustication (architecture) The rock
texture myrmekite is
composed of
vermicular worm-like
intergrowths of
quartz and feldspar...
- granites.
Myrmekite is a microscopic,
vermicular (worm-like)
intergrowth of
quartz and sodium-rich
plagioclase common in granite;
myrmekite may form as...
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consequent compositional changes. The
texture should not be
confused with
myrmekite or granophyre, in
which quartz forms club-shaped,
curved or vermiform...
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Kelyphite is a
symplectite formed from the
decomposition of garnet.
Myrmekite is a
globular or
bulbous symplectite of
quartz in plagioclase. Examples...
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covellite often replaces chvilevaite and
galena with the
formation of
complex myrmekite growths.
Chvilevaite is also
observed intergrown with chalcocite, occasionally...
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Allanite can be
found in more
felsic members. A
special occurrence is
myrmekite found in an
appinite of the
Italian Serie dei
Laghi —
indicating metasomatic...
- muscovite.
Present as
accessories are
opaque minerals, chlorite, sericite,
myrmekite apatite, sphene, zircon, and epidote.
Microcline crystals are typically...
