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'''Glimmerite''' is an igneous rock consistent almost entirely of dark [[mica]] ([[biotite]] or [[phlogopite]]). Glimmerite has also been referred to as '''biotitite''', though the use of this term to describe phlogopite-rich rocks has been criticized.<ref name="malawi">{{cite journal|title=Malawi glimmerites|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0899536288900127|doi=10.1016/0899-5362(88)90012-7|last=Morel|first=S. W.|journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences|volume=7|year=1988|pages=987-997|issue=7/8}}</ref> |
'''Glimmerite''' is an igneous rock consistent almost entirely of dark [[mica]] ([[biotite]] or [[phlogopite]]). Glimmerite has also been referred to as '''biotitite''', though the use of this term to describe phlogopite-rich rocks has been criticized.<ref name="malawi">{{cite journal|title=Malawi glimmerites|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0899536288900127|doi=10.1016/0899-5362(88)90012-7|last=Morel|first=S. W.|journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences|volume=7|year=1988|pages=987-997|issue=7/8}}</ref> |
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Glimmerite was first described by Larsen and Pardee (1929).<ref name="larsen-pardee">{{cite journal|title=The stock of alkaline rocks near Libby, Montana|year=1929|month=Feb.-Mar.|issue=2|volume=37|journal=The Journal of Geology|last1=Larsen|first1=Esper S.|last2=Pardee|first2=J. T.|pages=97-112|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/623598}}</ref> |
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Glimmerite is an igneous rock consistent almost entirely of dark mica (biotite or phlogopite). Glimmerite has also been referred to as biotitite, though the use of this term to describe phlogopite-rich rocks has been criticized.[1]
Glimmerite was first described by Larsen and Pardee (1929).[2]
References
- ^ Morel, S. W. (1988). "Malawi glimmerites". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 7 (7/8): 987–997. doi:10.1016/0899-5362(88)90012-7.
- ^ Larsen, Esper S.; Pardee, J. T. (1929). "The stock of alkaline rocks near Libby, Montana". The Journal of Geology. 37 (2): 97–112.
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