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Journal of Petrology Volume 41 Number 2 Pages 305-306 2000
© Oxford University Press 2000

BOOK REVIEW

Mineralized Intrusion-Related Skarn Systems, edited by D. R. Lentz. Short Courses Volume 26. Mineralogical Association of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., 1998. 664 pp. ISBN 0921294263. US$48.

Bruce W. D. Yardley

University of Leeds

Despite masquerading under the title of a Short Course volume, this book is anything but short and, I suspect, bears little relation to original course material; it is a substantive monograph on skarns. There are a number of general chapters but the main emphasis is on case studies, with a good balance of economic and genetic aspects.

Of the general chapters, Bowman’s account of phase equilibria in simple skarn systems provides a clear exposition of the basic equilibrium phase relationships, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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