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Augite from
Eclogite outcrops, Sulz valley, Längenfeld, Imst District, Tyrol, Austria


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eclogite outcrops, Sulz valley, Längenfeld, Imst District, Tyrol, Austria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:639355
Long-form Identifier:1:3:639355:7
GUID (UUID V4):79403237-682e-430c-8db4-719415fe59b4
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
37.8km (23.5 miles) Lehnbachgraben and Wetterstein Dikes, Garmisch-Partenkirchen District, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
60.4km (37.5 miles) Montefondoli (Pfunderer Berg), Klausen (Chiusa), Eisacktal (Valle Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol), Italy
71.9km (44.6 miles) Ortles-Gran Zebrù northeast slope (Ortler-Königspitze northeast slope), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol), Italy
72.5km (45.1 miles) Vedretta di Solda (Suldenferner), Stilfs (Stelvio), Vinschgau (Val Venosta), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol), Italy
73.2km (45.5 miles) Gran Zebrù Glacier (Vedretta del Gran Zebrù), Cedec Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
73.2km (45.5 miles) Rio Fromm (Frommbach; Frombach; Frommer Lahn), Kastelruth (Castelrotto), Salten-Schlern (Salto-Sciliar), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol), Italy
73.4km (45.6 miles) Bottiglia Pass (Königsjoch), Cedec Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
74.5km (46.3 miles) Buco dell'Inferno (Lafreider Hölle), Kastelruth (Castelrotto), Salten-Schlern (Salto-Sciliar), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol), Italy
74.8km (46.5 miles) Vedretta della Miniera (Cima della Miniera), Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
78.6km (48.9 miles) Dialer Bohlen, Duron Valley, Campitello di Fassa, Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol), Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Spatial Relationship between Eclogite and Copper-Nickel Mineralization in East Kunlun...Qian, Y.; Bai, Y. Spatial Relationship between Eclogite and Copper-Nickel Mineralization in East Kunlun...between the Cu-Ni deposits and eclogite distribution. In this study, eclogite samples from the Xiarihamu...electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). Further, eclogite protolith properties, the formation environment...mechanism were also investigated. Geochemically, eclogite is rich in MgO and FeO and low in alkali and SiO2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conductivity of OH‑bearing omphacite and garnet in eclogite: the quantitative dependence on water content...Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019 Abstract Eclogite is potentially an important constituent in local...electrical conductivity of omphacite and garnet in eclogite has been measured at 1 GPa and 350–800 °C with...are used to model the bulk conductivity of an eclogite with different water contents and modal compositions...combination with reported data, the conductivity of the eclogite is similar to that of typical granulites above
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
d laurosio(l/Europeon units Alpide blueschist-eclogite facies rocks Apulian units Alpide me tamorphosed...Rcgions shown in black indicate blueschist/eclogite outcrops irrespective of the degree of the later, lower...platform. In the Eastern Alps the Penninic zone outcrops in three large tectonic windows-Tauern, Engadine...Pognante & Kienast 1987). In this 500-km-long belt of eclogite facies metamorphism there are Pen­ ninic tectonic...volcanic rocks do not show any evidence for early eclogite facies metamorphism (Dal Piaz & Ernst 1978). The
Report (chapter)
garnet omphacite-rutile-quartz in glaucophane eclogite and garnet-omphacite-zoisiterutile _+kyanite _+phengite..._+phengite _+ankerite in barroisite eclogite. Most samples contain a significant amount of amphibole...barroisite in most samples, but in relatively Fe-rich eclogite it is glaucophane with significant Na in the A...evolution of the eclogite-bearing units of the Neelum valley just to the east of the Kaghan valley indicate that...that the eclogite occurrences of the Kaghan-Neelum area define an eclogite-bearing terrane of regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to account for the garnet peridotite and eclogite outcrops in the Alpe Arami peridotite mass near Bellinzona...6~ on the north side of Moldefjord in Romsdal district, some 45 miles N.W. of Tafjord. Lappin (1962,...PERIDOTITE 325 C) gg I0 PERIDOTITE 11 I OUTCROPS 2 I kms. r .0 ~'~J' c9 i 9 /i" UGELVI K...Garnet + Augite q-- Hornblende -k Biotite-l- Plagioclase-b rutile + sphene, 2. Garnet q- Augite -k Hornblende...Plagioclase -k Quartz qrutile -k sphene, 3. Garnet -k- Augite --k Hypersthene -k- Hornblende q- Biotite + Plagioclase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
indicate that distinct mantle sources existed for the eclogite protoliths 1.3 Ma ago, and that enrichment in...basic-ultrabasic complex; Champtoceaux Complex (Lower Loire valley); Horst des Essarts (in the VendBe)]. [I = 2 =...complex; (2) the Champtoceaux Complex (Lower Loire valley); (3) the Horst des Essarts (in the Vendbe). These...structural development. The sporadic occurrence of eclogite outcrops throughout these complexes is a notable feature...f 11 Ma; Paquette et al., 1984). Moreover, one eclogite (La Richaudais) has been recently dated, yielding
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria b CNR-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Unità...University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria Received 20 April 2006; received in revised form...not changed significantly during the gabbro to eclogite transformation because trace elements are redistributed...Sc), rutile (Ti, Nb, Ta) and zircon (Zr, Hf ) at eclogite-facies conditions. Omphacite hosts most of the... All rights reserved. Keywords: Eastern Alps; Eclogite; Trace elements; Subduction; Rutile thermometry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conductivity of xenoliths collected from the basaltic outcrops in the south Tien Shan Range. The Tien Shan mountains...closing of the Turkestan Basin and formation of eclogite in subduction zones occurred at a depth of about...[Simonov et al., 2008a, 2008b]. Now the Tien Shan eclogite complexes mark the suture zone of the closure...in the Tuoyun Basin in China, and in the Fergana valley to the east, basaltic flows and sills occur among...illustrating the locations of basaltic and eclogite outcrops and the magnetotelluric (MT) profile across
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geol., 50: 201--222. A rare textural variety of eclogite characterized by a two-fold occurrence of omphacite...successive stages of metamorphic evolution: (1) Pre-eclogite stage, when the primary rocks developed the mineral...(greenschist facies). (2) Eclogite stage, when the rock gained typical eclogite mineral compositions as...unaccompanied by an increase in PH20 (eclogite facies). (3) Post-eclogite stage, when the garnet--omphacite...a fine-grained matrix of other minerals. This eclogite resembles megascopically carinthine-bearing rocks
Report (issue)
conducted during the Alice Wain Memorial West Norway Eclogite Field Symposium held in Selje from June 21st-28th...high- and ultrahigh-pressure rocks. Keywords: Eclogite Gabbro Ultrahigh-pressure Peridotite Western...Microdiamond ALICE WAIN MEMORIAL WEST NORWAY ECLOGITE FIELD SYMPOSIUM JUNE 21st – 28th, 2003 in SELJE...spectroscopy, of an occurrence of coesite within an eclogite in the WGR. This coesite is preserved (armoured...Figure 1-1) within a small, partly retrograded, eclogite pod at Grytting, near Selje, in the SW part of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultramafic rocks. Metamorphic grades range from UHP eclogite facies to greenschist facies. Eclogites occur...(3) the Central Dabie UHP eclogite facies unit, (4) the South Dabie HP eclogite facies unit, and (5) the...inferred for the Dabie eclogites are: (1) Prograde eclogite-facies metamorphism (phengite + omphacite inclusions...inclusions within garnet porphyroblasts), (2) Coesite eclogite-facies metamorphism (coesite + K-rich omphacite...inclusions within garnet), (3) Recrystallized eclogite-facies metamorphism represented by coarse-grained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
complex to create and preserve blueschist and eclogite, reflecting a cooling Earth. There may be a drastic...time shows three peaked periods of blueschist/eclogite formation, at 80 to 130 Ma, 400 to 500 Ma, and...transgression correspond to extensive blueschist/eclogite facies events and those of worldwide major regression...regression to less active periods of blueschist/eclogite formation. This relationship suggests that more...exhumation of blueschist/eclogite belts. The periodic pattern of blueschist/ eclogite formation is similar
Book
in b isolated outcrops or blocks at the ­surface of the Earth. Examples of such outcrops are the external...mountain-building. These ­isolated and patchily exposed outcrops or blocks make it difficult to understand the...metasediments, which was overprinted by high-pressure eclogite-grade metamorphism in the Silurian or Early Devonian...easily be traced ­ ­further west into the Maderaner valley (Franks 1968, Schaltegger & Corfu 1995). However...Bietschhorn looking south-southeast across the Lötschen valley (Canton Valais, Switzerland). The contact between
Book
in b isolated outcrops or blocks at the ­surface of the Earth. Examples of such outcrops are the external...mountain-building. These ­isolated and patchily exposed outcrops or blocks make it difficult to understand the...metasediments, which was overprinted by high-pressure eclogite-grade metamorphism in the Silurian or Early Devonian...easily be traced ­ ­further west into the Maderaner valley (Franks 1968, Schaltegger & Corfu 1995). However...Bietschhorn looking south-southeast across the Lötschen valley (Canton Valais, Switzerland). The contact between
Book (edition)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 Eclogite Facies Metamorphism . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8.3 Eclogite Facies in Gabbroic Rocks . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3.4 Eclogite and Blueschist Facies Granitoids . . . . . . ...Introduction and General Aspects of Metamorphism Kyanite-eclogite from Verpeneset, Nordfjord, Norway. Omphacite...rocks in an extensional regime Typical Blueschist, eclogite, serpentinite, Slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss
Book
(amphibolite or granulite facies) exposed in surface outcrops (Bohlen and Mezger, 1989) and, in some cases,...Adirondacks, Variscan belt), granulitefacies and eclogite-facies rocks may be important constituents of...derived from the deep crust. These occur as surface outcrops of high-grade metamorphic terranes (e.g., Bohlen...be subordinate in middle-crustal sections and outcrops (described in the next section) compared to felsic...unusual when compared with Precambrian granulite outcrops because they contain a large proportion of mafic
Book
isotopes of nuclei on the proton-rich side of the valley of beta stability. Our subsequent discussions will...characteristic lifetime for b-unstable nuclei near the valley of b-stability, ensures that as captures proceed...neutron-capture path will itself remain close to the valley of b-stability. This defines the s-process. In...into the neutron-rich regions off the b-stable valley. Following the exhaustion of the neutron flux,...the capture products approach the position of the valley of b-stability by b-decay, forming the r-process
Report (volume)
concluded, on the basis of detailed mapping of eclogite outcrops within the granulite facies rocks, that the...19a shows a rock outcrop in which a dark vein of eclogite cross cuts the paler granulite. The vein is associated...19b shows an image of a garnet crystal from the eclogite-granulite interface. The dark part of this partially...composition, while the lighter regions are the eclogite composition replacement product. Electron back-scattered...crystal from the interface between granulite and eclogite. The dark parts of the partly pseudomorphed crystal
 
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