Isotopes in minerals
01-Mar-95 09:33:05
Sb: #170583-Isotopes in minerals
Fm: Norman Reitzel 76702,1336
To: Kamron Kirkconnell 73740,2246
Kamron,
Take a physical chemistry course. Then look at phase rules in the face of
pressures of kilobars. You will find that the Gibbs energies are quite high
enough to favor segregation of minerals into separate aggregates.
Oh, another thing. A lot of underground minerology is in solution, with the
respective fluids being CO2 and H2O – which are -NOT- miscible at high
pressures. Quartz in particular is very often deposited from such superfluid
vapors.
— Norm