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The cordierite-bearing rocks of the Haddo House and Arnage districts, Aberdeenshire

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Petrological investigations of certain xenolithic rocks in northeast Scotland support the hypothesis that these rocks represent Dalradian country rock material which has undergone partial melting; a conclusion which rejects existing hypotheses for the formation of these rocks by a process of magmatic assimilation.

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Gribble, C.D. The cordierite-bearing rocks of the Haddo House and Arnage districts, Aberdeenshire. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 17, 315–330 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380742

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