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Specimen
Tourmaline Aplite - Rostowrack (#40)
This sample provides a good illustration of trapped volatiles in a granitic magma. At the very end of the magmatic cycle boron-rich volatiles become concentrated and here they have been preserved in the form of tourmaline "balls" - each representing a bubble of volatiles. The rock is an apliteā¦
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