Fluid cooling, without evidence of sharp pressure variations, is the main cause for one wolframite mineralization episode. Fluid flashing (vaporization), triggered by fracture-induced pressure drops, initiated crystallization of a second type of wolframite mineralization. Greisenization of the Beauvoir granite is a continuous process (ca. 400°C down to 190°C), occurring at high temperature as pervasive alteration of the granite body, while at lower temperature it is localized to a vein system. Globally, greisen-forming fluids have a strong potential for transporting and precipitating W. 2 In greisen systems worldwide, regional veins distal to the altered causative magmatic body can be mineralized by greisen-forming fluids.
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