Mineralogical Society of America, Founded December 30, 1919
David London
University of Oklahoma
School Geology & Geophysics
100 E Boyd St, Rm 810 SEC
Norman, OK
E-Mail: dlondon@ou.edu
(Revised 03/08/2023)
Essays on the Study of Pegmatites is a series of informal articles that present my comments on historical papers in this field. Most of the publications would be familiar to anyone who has studied the literature of pegmatites. A few of the articles are obscure, but they have contributed in some important way to my own understanding. My goal is to extract the significant content that each article contains and discuss it in the context of the informal essay. I will seek to make clear why each paper is worthy of a detailed read. Some of that information is factual, some conceptual, and some inferential, by which I mean the sometimes veiled messages of some authors that gave me insight into their thoughts. Most of the historical works are not well known nor readily accessible to the many amateur scientists, graduate students, miners, mineral collectors, and other aficionados of pegmatites who follow the PIG webpage. I will post PDF copies of the papers for which I can get permission. In some cases, I will be able to provide links to purchase articles. Those who have access to interlibrary loan services can acquire most of them in that way.
Essay #1: Cameron et al 1949 Overview
Essay #2: Cameron et al 1949 Zones
Essay #3: Cameron et al 1949 Fracture Replacements
Essay #4: Cameron et al 1949 Origin of Units
Essay #5: Jahns (1953a,b): The Genesis of Pegmatites
Essay #6: Jahns (1955): The Study of Pegmatites with References to Bowen (1928, 1933)
Essay #7: Vlasov (1961): Principles of Classifying Granite Pegmatites, and their Textural-Paragenetic Types
Essay #8: Jahns and Tuttle (1963): Layered Pegmatite-Aplite Intrusives
Essay #9: Jahns and Burnham (1969) Experimental Studies of Pegmatite Genesis
Essay #11: David B. Stewart (1978): Petrogenesis of Lithium-rich Pegmatites
Essay #13: Petr Ćerný: The Classification and Tectonic setting of Pegmatites