Kinetically driven successive sodic and potassic alteration of feldspar

This paper reveals that potassic alteration can be triggered by Na-rich fluids, indicating that pervasive sequential sodic and potassic alterations associated with mineralization in some of the world’s largest ore deposits may not necessarily reflect externally-driven changes in fluid alkali content...

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Main Authors: Gan Duan, Rahul Ram, Yanlu Xing, Barbara Etschmann, Joël Brugger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24628-1