 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carbonate Rocks Observable in Quarries of Riverside, California, United States S. M. Aleksandrov Vernadsky...Southern California Batholith with carbonate rocks accessible to study in quarries in Riverside, California...com position of the minerals are examined. The Riverside skarn aureoles are compared with other compositionally...5 INTRODUCTION Skarnified rocks of Riverside County, California, are exposed in Crestmore, Jensen, North...North Hill, and New City–Victoria Avenue quarries, in which these rocks are mined for the needs of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | skarnoids. The latter minerals are replaced first by hedenbergite with subordinate amounts of vesuvianite and...spread more widely and consist of salite or hedenbergite, which are replaced by vesuvianite and then...younger ones are ubiquitously Mn- and Sn-rich hedenbergite pyroxenes free of TiO2 (Table 1). The same rocks...andradite-rich varieties (Table 1), which replaced hedenbergite and are sometimes predominant in zones with...Their tin concentrations are higher than in the hedenbergite. skarns and skarnoids (Table 2). They were |
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