Maowu complex, Qianshan Co., Anqing Prefecture, Anhui Province, China

Ref.:
- B.M. Jahn et al., Publication Interne, PL01005, Géosciences, Rennes University, France
- The Island Arc, April 1998, V 7, N 1-2, pp. 135-141
- Am. Min. 84 (1999): 564-569
- Chemical Geology, 186, 2002, pp. 315-331

Mafic/ultramafic complex : eclogites/garnet pyroxenites/omphacite pyroxenites layered intrusion in UHP Dabieshan terrane.
Associated harzburgites.
Crustal layered intrusion (Proterozoic magma contaminated by meteoritic water) subducted along gneisses to mantle depth. It underwent UHP (depth > 100 km) metamorphism during China North/South blocks Triassic collision.
Contamination by upper crustal rocks during emplacement and differenciation.

Mineral List:

	'Apatite'

	Chromite

	Clinohumite var: Titanclinohumite

	Diopside var: Chromian Diopside

	Fayalite

	Forsterite

	Magnetite

	Monazite-(Ce)

	'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'

	Pyrope

	Rutile

	Wadsleyite

	Zircon

13 entries listed. 9 valid minerals.

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