Mineral Replacement Reactions

Research Article| January 01, 2009 Mineral Replacement Reactions Andrew Putnis Andrew Putnis Institut für Mineralogie, University of Münster, Münster, 48149 Germany, putnis@uni-muenster.de Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Andrew Putnis Institut für Mineralogie, University of Münster, Münster, 48149 Germany, putnis@uni-muenster.de Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 © The Mineralogical Society Of America Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2009) 70 (1): 87–124. https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2009.70.3 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Andrew Putnis; Mineral Replacement Reactions. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 2009;; 70 (1): 87–124. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2009.70.3 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyReviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Search Advanced Search Whenever a mineral or mineral assemblage comes into contact with a fluid with which it is out of equilibrium, reequilibration will tend to take place to reduce the free energy of the whole system (i.e., of the solid + fluid). Such fluid-solid interactions span a very wide range of possible reactions, and are responsible for most of the mineral assemblages we see in the Earth's crust. However, before discussing mineral replacement reactions, we will put them into the broader context of fluid-solid interactions by considering some examples of such reequilibration. In the simplest case, we could consider the situation where... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.