Economic Geology; June 2006; v. 101; no. 4;
p. 903; DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.4.903
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Epidotes. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Volume 56.
A. LIEBSCHER AND G. FRANZ, Editors. Pp. 628. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC. 2004. ISBN 093995068-5. Price US$40.
James S. Beard
Virginia Museum of Natural History 1001 Douglas Avenue Martinsville, VA 24112
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Epidote is the last of the major rock-forming minerals to be addressed in Mineralogical Society of Americas definitive series and this long-awaited volume fills a major void. Epidote is virtually ubiquitous in low-grade metamorphic rocks and, of course, is found in many, if not most, hydrothermal systems including economically important deposit types ranging from skarns to copper porphyries. The REE-bearing epidote mineral allanite is probably the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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