Abstract
Mineral formation process goes through many changes depending on the environmental condition (P-T) and elemental variation, available. On the basis of different P-T regime and mode of formation, mineral genesis has been grouped under igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic processes. Various aspects of these processes are explained here.
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Mukherjee, S. (2011). Origin Of Minerals And Their Transformations In Nature Under Various Environmental Conditions. In: Applied Mineralogy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1162-4_9
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