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Mineral Alteration

Mineral Alteration is a geological process in which pre-existing minerals undergo chemical or structural changes due to interactions with fluids, temperature, or pressure, resulting in the formation of new mineral assemblages while maintaining the general rock volume.

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The isocon diagram; a simple solution to Gresens' equation for metasomatic alteration

J. A. Grant · Economic Geology · 1986 · 1.3K citations

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Mineral replacement reactions: from macroscopic observations to microscopic mechanisms

Andrew Putnis · Mineralogical Magazine · 2002 · 1.1K citations

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Lateral and vertical alteration-mineralization zoning in porphyry ore deposits

J. David Lowell, John M. Guilbert · Economic Geology · 1970 · 1K citations

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An Overview of Biomineralization Processes and the Problem of the Vital Effect

Steve Weiner · Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry · 2003 · 996 citations

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Conodont color alteration; an index to organic metamorphism

Anita G. Epstein, Jack Burton Epstein, Leonard Dorreen Harris · USGS professional paper · 1977 · 820 citations · Full text

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  1. MP
    Marco Pasero

    University of Pisa, Italy

    14 publications · 282 citations

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    Alain Meunier

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    15 publications · 750 citations

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  3. DB
    Daniel Beaufort

    Université de Poitiers, France

    14 publications · 445 citations

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  4. DR
    Donald R. Peacor

    University of Michigan, United States

    13 publications · 703 citations

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  5. FH
    Frédéric Hatert

    University of Liège, Belgium

    12 publications · 300 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    37 h-index

    232 publications

    10.7K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    22 h-index

    59 publications

    3.6K citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    21 h-index

    51 publications

    2.5K citations

  4. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    20 h-index

    47 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    20 h-index

    72 publications

    3.3K citations

  6. Université de Poitiers

    Poitiers, France

    19 h-index

    53 publications

    2.3K citations

  7. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    46 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    17 h-index

    41 publications

    2.2K citations

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  1. Economic Geology

    203 publications · 14.2K citations

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  2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    67 publications · 6.7K citations

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  3. Clays and Clay Minerals

    83 publications · 4.6K citations

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  4. Chemical Geology

    40 publications · 3.2K citations

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  5. American Mineralogist

    50 publications · 2.4K citations

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