Garnet pyroxenite outcrops, Rizhao City, Rizhao Prefecture, Shandong Province, China

Mantle wedge garnet clinopyroxenite layers in serpentinite in fault contact with gneisses.
Mantle slices faulted into subducted continental crust (Sulu UHP terrane).
Some pyrope megacrysts contain clinopyroxene inclusions showing exsolutions of garnet and ilmenite. The parental phase of this clinopyroxene is perhaps majorite from mantle transition zone (450 kms)

Ref.:
- Am. Min., V 88, pp. 1591-1600, 2003
- http://dunite.mr.nsysu.edu.tw/m02%20Liou-modified.doc.

Mineral List:

	'Albite-Anorthite Series'

	'Amphibole Group'

	'Chlorite Group'

	'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

	Coesite

	Dolomite

	Epidote

	Forsterite

	Grossular

	Ilmenite

	Kyanite

	Magnetite

	Pyrope

	Quartz

	Rutile

	Spinel

16 entries listed. 12 valid minerals.

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