Mineralogical investigations of agates from Cordon de Lila, Chile

In the present study a first found of agates in Chile is reported from the Cordón de Lila region in northern Chile. The agates occur as veins and lenses in altered Permian volcanic rocks. The rock composition is rhyodacitic/dacitic consisting of a fi ne-grained K-feldspar-quartz groundmass with phen...

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Main Authors: Richter,Stefan, Götze,Jens, Niemeyer,Hans, Möckel,Robert
Language:English
Published: Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) 2015
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062015000300006
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