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BOOTH has extended his conclusions concerning the Land's End granites to the other granitic masses of south-west England and has raised several points that require further consideration1. These include his sweeping correlation between the granite bosses, the nucleation and growth of metasomatic alkali feldspars and the distribution of potassium between cores and envelopes.
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STONE, M., EXLEY, C. South-western Granites and Alkali-Feldspar Megacrysts. Nature 222, 555–556 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222555a0
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