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Sapphirine from
Oygarden Islands, Edward VIII Bay, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Description
Comments:Coronas of sapphirine + sillimanite between orthopyroxene and corundum.
Symplectites of opx + sapphirine + sillimanite around garnet.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Journal of Petrology, 2004, 45 (7), pp. 1481-1512.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphirine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oygarden Islands, Edward VIII Bay, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
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