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Appel, P. W. U. (1985) Strata-bound tourmaline in the Archean Malene supracrustal, West Greenland. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 22, 1485-1491.

Appel, P. W. U. (1987) Stratiform tourmalinites in the Archean tungsten Province, West Greenland. Terra Cognita, 7, 320-321.

Appel, P.W. U. (1986) Strata bound scheelite in the Archean Malene supracrustal belt, West Greenland. Mineralium-Deposita. 21. (3). p. 207-215.

Appel, P. W. U. (1988) Stratiform tourmalinites in the Archaean tungsten province of West Greenland. Mineralogy and Petrology. 39. (2). p.79-91.

Appel, P. W. U. (1995) Tourmalinites in the 3800 Ma old Isua supracrustal belt, West Greenland. Precambrian Research, 72, 227-234.

Appel, P. W. U. and Garde, A. A. (1987) Stratabound scheelite and stratiform tourmalinites in the Archean Malene supracrustal rocks, southern West Greenland. Gronlands Geologiske Undersogelse Bulletin, 156, 26 pages.

Appleby, A.-K. & Williams, P. J. (1988) Epigenetic tourmalinite and arsenopyrite in the aureole of the Leinster batholith SE Ireland. Mineralium Deposita, 23(4), pp.247-255.

Badenhorst, F. P. (1988) A note on stratiform tourmalinites in the late Precambrian Kuiseb Formation, Damara Sequence. Communications of the Geological Survey of South West Africa/Namibia. 4. p.67-70.

Beaty, D. W., Hahn, G. A. and Threlkeld, W. E. (1988) Field, isotopic, and chemical studies of tourmaline-bearing rocks in the Belt-Purcell Supergroup: Genetic constraints and exploration significance for Sullivan type ore deposits. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 25, 392-402.

Benvenuti, M., Lattanzi, P. and Tanelli, G. (1989) Tourmalinite associated Pb-Ag(Zn) deposits at Bottino, Apuane Alps, Italy: Geologic setting, mineral textures, and sulfide chemistry. Economic Geology, 84, 1277-1292.

Bhattacharya, H. N., Chatterjee, A. and Chowdhury, 5. (1992) Tourmalinite from Cu-U belt of Singhbhum, Bihar, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 39, 191-195.

Bone, Y. (1988) The geological setting of tourmalinite at Rum Jungle, NT, Australia- genetic and economic implications. Mineralium Deposita, 23, 34-41.

Cavarretta, G., Puxeddu, M., Franceschelli, M., Pandeli, E., and Valori, A. (1989) Tourmalinites from hydrothermal systems related to Permian rifi magmatism of the Hercynian Saalian phase in Tuscany (Italy). Miles, Douglas L. Water-rock interaction; WRJ-6. Br. Geol. Surv., Wallingford, United-Kingdom. Proceedings International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction. 6. p.141-144.

Cavaretta, G., Puxeddu, M., Franceschelli, M., Pandell, E. and Valori, A. (1991) Tourmalinites from the Triassic Verrucano of the northern Appennines, Italy. Geologia del Basemento Italiano, Convegno in memoria di Torumaso Cocozza, 135-137.

Cech, V., Fediukova, E., Kotrba, Z. and Taborsky, Z. (1975) Occurrence of barium-pharmocosiderite in tourmalinite from southern Bohemia. Casopsis pro Mineralogii a Geologii, 20, 423-426.

Chown, E. H. (1987) Tourmalinites in the Aphebian Mistassini group, Quebec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 24, 826-830.

Cleland, J. M., Morey, G. B. and McSwiggen, P. L. (1996) Significance of tourmaline-rich rocks in the North Range Group of the Cuyuna iron Range, East-Central Minnesota. Economic Geology, 91, 1282-1291.

Corteel, C. & De Paepe, P. (2003). Boron metasomatism in the Brabant Massif  (Belgium): Geochemical and petrographical evidence of Devonian tourmalinite pebbles. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences / Geologie en Mijnbouw, 82: 197-208.

Corteel, C. & Van den haute, P. (2002). The origin of tourmalines and tourmalinites in the conglomerates of the Burnot Formation (Belgium): new petrographic and geochemical evidence. In: Contributions to the Geology of Belgium and Northwest Europe (Eds. P. Degryse & M. Sintubin). Aardkundige Mededelingen, 12, 99-102.

Corteel, C. & Fortey, N.J. 2001 Trace element mobility in tourmalinite veins and surrounding metapelites from the Crummock Water aureole (Lake District, England); Proc. 10th Int. Symp. on Water-Rock interaction, Villasimius, Italy, 10-15/07/'01 (Ed. R. Cidu); 697-700.

Corteel, C. 1998. Petrology of Early and Middle Devonian tourmalinites from Belgium, Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique, 120 (1), 103-104.

D'Achiardi, A. (1885) Tormalinolite del Bottino nelle Alpi Apuane. Procedirnenti Verbali Soc. Toscana Sci. Nat., 5,204-207.

Ethier, V. G. and Campbell, F. A. (1977) Tourmaline concentrations in Proterozoic sediments of the southern Cordillera of Canada and their economic significance. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 14, 2348-2363.

Heflik, W. (1991) Tourmaline from Precambrian rock in Oued Darnrane (North Algeria). Mineralogica Polonica, 22, 11-20.

Irving, E. M. (1937) Tourmalinization in the vicirnty of the Cajalco tin mine, near Corona, California. Geological Society of America Proceedings 1936, 300-301.

Kennan, P.S. (1983) Tourmalinites from Belgium and from SE Ireland - a discussion. Mineralogical Magazine, 47,

Kennan, P.S. (1986) The coticule package; a common association of some very distinctive lithologies. AardkundigeMedelingen, 3, 139-148.

Mao, Jingwen, Chen, Yuchuan, Chen, Qingxun, and Yang, Kaitai (1990) Translated title: Two types of tourmalinite from northern Guangxi, China, and their use as an indication for metallogenic environments. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica. 9. (4). p.289-299, 380.

McArdle, P., Fitzell, M., Oosterom, M. G., O'Connor P. J., and Kennan, P.S. (1989) Tourmalinite as a potential host rock for gold in the Caledonides of Southeast Ireland. Mineralium Deposita. 24. (2). p. 154-159.

Meli, C. (2000) Pre-metamorphic tourmalinite layers related to Peloritan mineralizations of the Mandanici Unit (Sicily). Plinius, 23, 113-117.

Mittwede, S. K., Karamanderesi, I.H. and Helvaci, C. (1995) Tourmaline-rich rocks of the southern part of the Menderes Massil, southwestern Anatolia, Turkey. International Earth Sciences Colloquium on the Aegean Region - 1995 -Excursion Guide.25 pp.

Mittwede, S. K. (1984) Tourmalinite, anomalous tourmaline concentrations, and iron formation as exploration guides in the northwestern Cherokee County, South Carolina. South Carolina Geology, 27, 6-12.

Modreski, P. J. and Connor, J. J. (1991) Tourmalinite and iron-formation in the Yellowjacket Formation, Idaho cobalt belt, Lemhi County, Idaho. U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 1062, 57.

Nie, Fengjun, Zhang, Hongtao, Sun, Hao, and Fan, Jianting (1990) Translated title: Discovery of tounnalinites in the Bieluwuto copper metallogenic district, Inner Mongolia, and their geological significance. Geological Review. 36. (5). p. 467-472.

Peng, Q. M. and Xu, H. (1994) Tourmalinites and tourmaline-bearing rocks in the Paleo-Proterozoic metamorphosed evaporitic sequence, Northeastern China. International Mineralogical Association Meeting Abstracts, 16, 322.

Plimer, I. R. (1983) The association of tourmaline-bearing rocks with mineralisation at Broken Hill, NSW. The Australian I. M. M. Conference, 157-176.

Plimer, I. R. (1986) Tourmalinites from the Golden Dyke Dome, northern Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 21,263-270.

Plimer, I. R. (1988) The association of tourmalinite with stratiform scheelite deposits-reply. Mineralium Deposita. 23. (4). p.314.

Shaw, D. R., Hodges, C. J., Leitch, C. H. B. and Turner, R. J. W. (1993) Geochemistry of tourmalinite, muscovite, and chlorite-garnet-biotite alteration, Sullivan Zn-Pb deposit, British Columbia. Current Research, Part A; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 93-1 A, 97-107.

Simboli, G. (1959) A tourmalinite of Alpe Valliselle (group ofCimad'Asta), Acta Geologica Alpina,No. 7. pp.177-189.

Slack, J. F. (1993) Models for tourmalinite formation in the Middle Proterozoic Belt and Purcell supergroups (Rocky Mountains) and their exploration significance. Current Research, Part E; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 93-lE, 33-40.

Slack, J. F., Palmer, M. R., Stevens, B. J. P. and Barnes, R. G. (1994) Origin and significance of tourmaline-rich rocks in the Broken HiH District, Australia. Economic Geology, 88, 505-542.

Slack, J. F., Shaw, D. R., Leitch, C. H. B. and Turner, R. J. W. (1995) Geochemistry of tourmalinites and coticules from the sediment-hosted Sullivan Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, British Columbia. GACMAC abstracts.

Slivko, M. M. (1955) Tourmalinization in pegmatites. Mineralogicheskii Sbomik, L'vovskii Gosudarstvennyi Universitet irn I Franko, 9, 181-215.

Smithies, H. and Pirajno, Franco (1988) The association of tourmalinite with stratiform scheelite deposits: discussion. Mineraliurn Deposita. 23. (4). p.313-314.

Sun, Haitian and Ge, Chaohua (1989) Discovery of banded tourmalinite and mineralized tourmaline-rich chemical sedimentary rocks from stratabound and stratiform copper deposits in Zhongtiao-Shan District, Shanxi Province. Kexue Tongbao (Foreign Language Edition). 34. (10). p.846-851.

Abraham, K., Mielke, H. and Povondra, P. (1972) On the enrichment of tourmaline in metamorphic sediments of the Arzberg Series, W. Germany (NE Bavaria). Neues Jahrbuch far Mineralogie, Monatshafte, 209-219.

Benvenuti, M., Costagliola, P., Lattanzi, P. and Tanelli, G. (1991) Mineral chemistry of tourmalines from the Bottino mining district, Apuane Alps (Italy). European Journal of Mineralogy, 3, 537-548.

Byerly, G. R., Carpenter, P., Henry, D. J. and Lowe, D. R. (1986) Tourmalines of the Barberton greenstone belt. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, 18, 554.

Byerly, G. R., Lowe, D. R. and Walsh, M.D. (1986) Stromatolites from the 3,300-3,500-Myr Swaziland Supergroup, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa. Nature, 319,489-491.

Byerly, G. R. and Palmer, M. R. (1991) Tourmaline mineralization in the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa: early Archean metasomatism by evaporite-derived boron. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 107, 387402.

Fernandez, A. F. and Benito, M. C. M (1992) Las trrmahtas estratiformes Ordivicicas de Latedo en el flanco s del sinforme de alcanices (Zomora). Esrtudios geol., 48, 31-41.

Fieremans, M. and de Paepe, P. (1982) Genesis of tourmalinites from Belgium: petrographical and chemical evidence. Mineralogical Magazine, 46, 95-102.

Houzar, S., Novak, M. and Selway, J. B. (1998) Compositional variation in tourmaline from tourmalinite and quartz segregations at Perstejn near Nedvedice (Svratka Unit, western Moravia, Czech Republic). Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 43/1-2, 53-53.

Jingwen, M. (1995) Tourmalinite from northern Guangxi, China. Mineralium Deposita, 30, 235-245.

Pesquera, A. and Velasco, F. (1997) Mineralogy, geochemistry and geological significance of tourmaline-rich rocks from the Paleozoic Cinco Villas massif (western Spain). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 129, 53-74.

Slack, J. F., Herriman, N., Barnes, R. G. and Plimer, I. R. (1984) Stratiform tourmalinites in metamorphic terranes and their geologic significance. Geology, 12, 713-716.

Slack, J. F., Passchier, C. W. and Zhang, J. S. (1996) Metasomatic tourmalinite formation along the basement-cover decollements, Orobic Alps, Italy. Schweizer. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 76, 193-207.

Slack, J. F., Turner, R. J. W. and Ware, P. L. G. (1998) Boron-rich mud volcanoes of the Black Sea region: Modern analogues to ancient sea-floor tourmalinites associated with Sullivan-type Pb-Zn deposits? Geology, 26, 439-442.

Steven, N.M. and Moore, J. M. (1995) Tourmalinite mineralization in the Late Proterozoic Kuiseb Formation of the Damara Orogen, central Narnibia: Evidence for a replacement origin. Economic Geology, 90, 1098-1117.

Torres-Ruiz, J., Pesquera, A. and Casas, J. (1996) Tourmalinites and Sn-Li mineralization in the Valdeflores area (Caceres, Spain). Mineralogy and Petrology, 56, 209-223.

Torres-Ruiz, J., Pesquera, A., Gil-Crespo, P. P. and Velilla, N. (2003) Origin and petrogenetic implication of tourmaline-rich rocks in the Sierra Nevada (Betic Cordillera, southeastern Spain). Chemical Geology, 197, 55-86.

Willner, A. P. (1992) Tourmalinites from the stratiform peraluminous metamorphic suite of the Central Namaqua Mobile Belt (South Africa). Mineralium Deposita, 27, 304-313.

Darrell Henry is the Campanile Charities Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Louisiana State University whose research specialty is metamorphic petrology. Further details of his professional background are included in an accompanying vita or faculty profile.

To contact Darrell Henry call (225)-578-2693, fax (225)-578-2302 or e-mail dhenry@geol.lsu.edu . Address: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

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