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Xiongdian, Luoshan Co., Xinyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China

Quartz eclogite and garnet amphibolite, interlayered with garnet-bearing micaschist.
Tongbai block of the Dabie-Hongan UHP metamorphic belt.

Ref.:
- Jian Ping, Liu Dunyi, Yang Weiran, and Williams, I.S. (2000): Petrographical Study of Zircons and SHRIMP Dating of the Caledonian Xiongdian Eclogite, Northwestern Dabie Mountains. Acta Geologica Sinica 74(3), 259-264.

- Weidong Sun, Williams, I.S., and Shuguang Li (2002): Carboniferous and Triassic eclogites in the western Dabie Mountains, east-central China: evidence for protracted convergence of the North and South China Blocks. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 20(9), 873-886.

- Fu, B., Zheng, Y.-F., and Touret, J.L.R. (2002): Petrological, isotopic and fluid inclusion studies of eclogites from Sujiahe, NW Dabie Shan (China). Chemical Geology 187(1), 107-128.

- Ratschbacher, L., Franz, L., Enkelmann, E., Jonckheere, R., Pörschke, A., Hacker, B.R., Dong, S., and Zhang, Y. (2006): The Sino-Korean–Yangtze suture, the Huwan detachment, and the Paleozoic-Tertiary exhumation of (ultra)high-pressure rocks along the Tongbai-Xinxian-Dabie Mountains. In: Hacker, B.R., McClelland, W.C., and Liou, J.G. (eds.): Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism: Deep continental subduction. Geological Society of America Special Paper 403, 45–75.





Map Reference: 31°44'38"N , 114°29'24"E

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Mineral List:
Albite
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
'Apatite'
Barroisite
Clinozoisite
Edenite
Ilmenite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesiokatophorite
Omphacite
Pargasite
Phengite
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
Titanite
Zircon


17 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.

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