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Paragonite from
Sierra del Convento, GuantĂĄnamo Province, Cuba


Locality type:Sierra
Classification
Species:Paragonite
Formula:NaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Paragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sierra del Convento, GuantĂĄnamo Province, Cuba
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:638736
Long-form Identifier:1:3:638736:5
GUID (UUID V4):c81b075f-5178-4ee3-9a18-b31f9d9d2f41
References
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on subducted MORB-derived melts (Sierra del Convento MĂ©lange, Cuba) C. LĂĄzaro a,⁎, I.F. Blanco-Quintero...quartz-muscovite rocks from the Sierra del Convento mĂ©lange (eastern Cuba) indicate that Proto-Caribbean...the Ms-free tonalites–trondhjemites from Sierra del Convento, that are interpreted as primary slab melts...idea that partial melting processes in the Sierra del Convento subduction channel were triggered by the...(California) and the Sierra del Convento and La Corea serpentinitic mĂ©langes (eastern Cuba), have partial melting
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slab melts and their residues (Sierra del Convento mĂ©lange, eastern Cuba) ConcepciĂłn LĂĄzaro ⁎, Antonio...low-K trondhjemitic rocks from the Sierra del Convento mĂ©lange (Cuba) indicate that oceanic crust underwent...high pressure. Indeed, trondhjemites from Sierra del Convento have some of the geochemical features of...and Sr/Y. However, the trondhjemites from Sierra del Convento are more comparable to acid rocks from Catalina...end, we use the example of the Sierra del Convento mĂ©lange (eastern Cuba), where partial melting of a subducting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northern edge of the Caribbean plate (Sierra del Convento mélange, Cuba) C . L Á Z A R O , 1 A . G A R C...Obispo no. 61, Plaza de Armas, La Habana 10100, Cuba ABSTRACT Petrological and geochronological data...the serpentinitic mélange of the Sierra del Convento (eastern Cuba) indicate counterclockwise P–T paths...associated trondhjemite from the Sierra del Convento mélange (eastern Cuba). Petrological and geochemical...(Yucatan) block. All these terranes are well exposed in Cuba (Fig. 2a). The oceanic material includes the northern
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2007 Magmatic paragonite in trondhjemites from the Sierra del Convento mĂ©lange, Cuba* ANTONIO GARCÍA-CASCO†...sn, 18002 Granada, Spain ABSTRACT In the Sierra del Convento mĂ©lange peraluminous trondhjemitic-tonalitic...700 °C, contain millimeter-sized crystals of paragonite that appear to be of magmatic origin. These crystals...and quartz along the rims. Chemically relict paragonite cores have high K contents (up to 0.35 apfu)...compositions contrast significantly with small matrix paragonite crystals, which formed during subsequent subsolidus
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PAPER A new jadeitite jade locality (Sierra del Convento, Cuba): first report and some petrological and...serpentinite-matrix subduction mélange of the Sierra del Convento (eastern Cuba) in a context associated with tectonic...include combinations of jadeite, omphacite, albite, paragonite, analcime, clinozoisite-epidote, apatite, phlogopite...MineroMetalúrgico, Las Coloradas s/n., Moa 83329, Holguı́n, Cuba J. Cárdenas Párraga  C. Lázaro  I. Blanco Quintero...Obispo no. 61, Plaza de Armas, 10100 La Habana, Cuba Y. Rojas Agramonte  A. Kröner Institut für Geowissenschaften
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subduction environment (La Corea and Sierra del Convento mélanges, eastern Cuba) Idael Francisco Blanco-Quintero...quartzmuscovite rocks from Sierra del Convento and La Corea mélanges (eastern Cuba), as well as mineralogy...contributions of the celsian (BaAl-(KSi)-1) and paragonite (NaK-1) exchange vectors. Late remobilization...Trondhjemite  Phengite  Subduction channel  Eastern Cuba  Caribbean plate Introduction Communicated by...mélanges occurring in eastern Cuba (La Corea and Sierra del Convento) show abundant evidence for fluid
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dating of the Moa-Baracoa metamorphic sole (eastern Cuba) a ab ac de f C. Lázaro , A. García-Casco ...dating of the Moa-Baracoa metamorphic sole (eastern Cuba), International Geology Review, DOI: 10.1080/00206814...dating of the Moa-Baracoa metamorphic sole (eastern Cuba) C. Lázaroa*, A. García-Cascoa,b, I.F. Blanco-Quinteroa...metamorphic sole, below the Moa-Baracoa ophiolite (eastern Cuba), contains strongly deformed amphibolites formed...plume. Keywords: ophiolite; metamorphic sole; Ar/Ar; Cuba; Caribbean–Colombian Oceanic Plateau Introduction
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serpentinite in high-pressure subduction mélanges (eastern Cuba): implications for subduction initiation J. Cårdenas-Pårraga...serpentinite in high-pressure subduction mélanges (eastern Cuba): implications for subduction initiation, International...serpentinite in high-pressure subduction mélanges (eastern Cuba): implications for subduction initiation J. Cårdenas-Pårraga...Paleontología, San Miguel del Padrón, Cuba ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The Sierra del Convento and La Corea mélanges...mélanges (eastern Cuba) are vestiges of a Cretaceous subduction channel in the Caribbean realm. Both mélanges
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mélange is distributed in the Caribbean (Guatemala, Cuba, and Dominican Republic), circum-Pacific (Japan...South of Motagua fault, Guatemala 3. Sierra del Convento, Cuba Locality Jadeitite Table 1. Summary...described in Harlow et al. (2011). Clinozoisite- and paragonite-bearing mineral parageneses of jadeitite suggest...rock, albitite, phengiticmuscovite rock, epidote-paragonite-glaucophane eclogite and rare blueschist. Eclogite...overprinting. Zoned garnets preserve rare clinozoisite-paragonite pseudomorphs after lawsonite, recording the increase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
origin and age of jadeitites from Sierra del Convento Mélange (Eastern Cuba) JUAN CÁRDENAS-PÁRRAGA1,*,...Abstract: Jadeitite (jadeite jade) from Sierra del Convento (eastern Cuba) occurs in a subduction-related serpentinite-matrix...high-temperature, Eastern Cuba, Caribbean. 1. Introduction localities occur in the Sierra del Convento mélange (Garcı́a-Casco...(Garcı́a-Casco et al., 2009) in Cuba, Sorkhan, Iran (Oberhänsli et al., 2007) and Rı́o San Juan mélange...Maresch et al., 2008). In the Sierra del Convento mélange, eastern Cuba (Fig. 1b, c) tectonic blocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
group Opx Orthopyroxene (Mg,Fe)SiO3 — Pg Paragonite NaAl(AlSi3 O10 )(OH)2 Mica group Ph Phengite...in eastern Cuba eventually spurred the recognition of the jadeitites of Sierra del Convento (Garcı́a-Casco...occurrences: for example, the Baja Verapaz and Sierra de Santa Cruz ultramaïŹcs (ophiolitic) north of...Moa-Barracoa ophiolite north of the Sierra del Convento mélange in eastern Cuba (Garcı́a-Casco et al. 2009)...and in print Zrn: 113 Ma PS PB PB , R Sierra del Convento, Cubac Rı́o San Juan complex, Dominican
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peridotite massifs: GH, Gaspar Hernåndez; LC, Loma del Catey; LM, Loma El Morrito; EH, Helechal. Locations:...epidote, chlorite and quartz, with or without paragonite and plagioclase. The late D2J evolution is constrained...pargasite/tschermakite, clinozoisite, rutile, paragonite and Na-rich diopsidic clinopyroxene, without...epidote/clinozoisite, calcic amphibole, plagioclase, paragonite and apatite, as well as the subsolidus blastesis...intrusions of garnet, hornblende and epidote (± paragonite)-bearing leucotonalites and trondhjemites, as
Report (chapter)
described jadeitite from the Sierra del Convento region of eastern Cuba. Maresch et al. (2012) presented...possible occurrence in the Escambray area of central Cuba, brieïŹ‚y mentioned by MillĂĄn & Somin (1981). The...might have come from more distant sources such as Cuba or Guatemala (Harlow 1994; Seitz et al. 2001; Harlow...omphacite; Ph, phenigite; Phl, Phlogopite; Pg, paragonite; Qz, quartz; Ttn, titanite and Zrn, zircon. ...around jadeite. This is the only artefact in which paragonite was found, albeit only as one individual grain
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jadeite (Shi et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2012); in Cuba earlier jadeite veins have been infiltrated by fluids...usually glaucophane, white micas (both phengite and paragonite), chloritoid, kyanite and talc, they may be added...(more rarely zoisite)  white mica (commonly paragonite) that are pseudomorphs after former porphyroblastic...Chiapello, Cuneo Province, northern Italy) with a typical pseudomorph of paragonite and epidote after...origin and age of jadeitites from Sierra del Convento Mélange (Eastern Cuba). Eur. J. Mineral., 24, 313–331
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Manzanal (grouping with brown symbols in Figure 1), Sierra de Las Minas (blue symbols), La Palmilla (a major...K2O. AC CE P Palmilla samples in which only paragonite (and preiswerkite) is present is distinctive...particularly from the W. Jadeitites and a few from Sierra de Las Minas with REE approaching or exceeding...García-Casco 2008) from the Sierra del Convento mélange in eastern Cuba. These have been argued as the...the protolith for jadeitite from the Sierra del Convento, however, these whole-rock jadeitite analyses
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of the Motagua Fault Zone, Guatemala; Sierra del Convento, Cuba; Rio San Juan Complex, Dominican Republic)...Zone (Harlow 1994; Harlow et al. 2011), Sierra del Convento (GarcĂ­a-Casco et al. 2009; CĂĄrdenas-PĂĄrraga...for zircon from the jadeitites of the Sierra del Convento in Cuba (hydrothermal zircon, CĂĄrdenas-PĂĄrraga... again an exceptional feature for the RSJC, paragonite (1 vol%, Pg0.81–0.98). Albite (An1–2) and zircon...this study (~113–117 Ma) are known from the Sierra del Convento (112.8 ± 1.1 Ma, LĂĄzaro et al. 2009) and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
assemblage of jadeite + quartz and of clinozoisite + paragonite + quartz. The jadeitite occurs as tectonic blocks...with the assemblage of jadeite + muscovite + paragonite + phlogopite + albite ± analcime ± LREE–rich...jadeite with small amounts of omphacite, muscovite, paragonite, phlogopite, LREE–rich epidote, albite, rutile...phlogopite and albite with minor amounts of muscovite, paragonite, LREE–rich epidote, hematite, rutile, and carbonates...(A) Muscovite from the zoned Mie jadeitite. (B) Paragonite, muscovite and phlogopite from the zoned Tone
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subduction zone exposed in neighbouring eastern Cuba, are possible. Jadeitites and jadeite-rich rocks...rare high-temperature jadeitite as documented in Cuba. Key-words: Rio San Juan Complex, jadeitite, blueschist...Hispaniola (Schertl et al., 2007a and b, 2008) and Cuba (Garcı́aCasco et al., 2009; Cárdenas Párraga et...Caribbean intra-oceanic subduction zone now exposed in Cuba and Hispaniola (Krebs et al., 2008, in press; Lázaro...serpentinite mélanges of the RSJC and those of eastern Cuba (Fig. 1) expose segments of the same, originally
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conditions of selected jadeitites from Guatemala, Cuba, Iran, Dominican Republic, and Italian Alps (modiïŹed...Southern Motagua MĂ©lange (Guatemala); SC, Sierra del Convento (Cuba); IR, Iran; RSJC, Rio San Juan Complex...jadeitite–bearing mineral equilibria, antigorite, paragonite + clinozoisite assemblage, and modelled wet jadeitite...abbreviations: Lws–JD, lawsonite jadeitite; Pg–JD, paragonite–jadeitite; Tar–JD, taramite–jadeitite; 2Cpx–JD...3). Based on the stability ïŹelds of lawsonite, paragonite, Ca–Na amphibole, two coexisting pyroxenes (
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et al., 2012). Abbreviations for the main units: Sierra de Santa Cruz ophiolite (SSC), Baja Verapaz ophiolite...granoblastic jadeitic pyroxene with lesser amounts of paragonite (Pg), phengite (Ph), omphacite (Omp), albite...Ms—Muscovite, Ne—nepheline, Omp—omphacite, Pg—paragonite, Ph— phengitic muscovite, Phl—phlogopite, Prs—preiswerkite...Juan Complex, Dominican Republic Sierra del Convento MĂ©lange, Cuba PT conditions Key references (a)...hosting mĂ©lange. Jadeitite from Sierra del Convento in eastern Cuba is an example: the 108−107 Ma U–Pb
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oceanic plateau rocks of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP, which comprises the plume-related Caribbean-Colombian...complexes onto continental margins in Guatemala, Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (Escuder-Viruete et...(Fig. 1a). In the Cordillera Central geological province, transpressional WNW-ESE faults juxtaposed tectonostratigraphic...metamorphic phases along with less abundant epidote and paragonite. More detailed petrographic descriptions and...et al., 2006) and some island arc tholeiites from Cuba (Marchesi et al., 2007). To constrain the geochemical
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HP-LT metamorphic complexes have been studied in Cuba (e.g., Blanco-Quintero et al., 2010; Boiteau et...Antillean complexes are dated as Cretaceous. In Cuba, serpentinite-matrix mélanges record subduction...complexes onto continental margins in Guatemala, Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (Garcia-Casco et al...metamorphic phases along with less abundant epidote and paragonite. Minor and trace proportions of magnetite, hematite...less abundant phengite and epidote and trace paragonite (Figs. 5c-d). 16 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT According
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trends commonly observed in jadeitites worldwide. Paragonite and albite occur in veins and cavities with minor...sources moving over recent time from Guatemala to Cuba and Hispaniola (Garcı́a-Casco et al., 2009, Schertl...Islands, Sepik valley and Torare River. Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea (Fig. 1), a small green stone...with inclusions of titanite (Ttn), jadeite (Jd), paragonite (Pg) and epidote-allanite intergrowths (Fig....filled primarily with albite plus a grain of paragonite and small grains of Ttn and Jd. The line marks
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shiguanghai@263.net.cn; shigh@cugb.edu.cn 3 Guangdong Province Material Testing Center, Guangzhou 510080, PR...western Alps, Compagnoni et al. (2007); the Sierra del Convento, Cuba, Garcia-Casco et al. (2009); and the Nishisonogi...is also rare in Guatemala where phengite and paragonite are common, and even preiswerkite is more common...Other jadeitite, notably that from Sierra del Convento in eastern Cuba (Garcia-Casco et al., 2009; Cárdenas-Párraga...recently reported localities, such as Iran, Italy, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic (e.g., Oberhänsli et
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metahyaloclastitic matrix formed by muscovite – paragonite – margarite – garnet – chlorite – kyanite – hematite...includes three different mica phases: muscovite, paragonite and margarite, according to decreasing order...order of abundance in X-ray maps. Muscovite and paragonite define the main foliation, along with quartz and...Fe3+Al-1 exchange (Fe = 0.09-0.22 apfu) (Fig. 10d). Paragonite from thin coronas surrounding kyanite aggregates...towards the contact with kyanite (Fig. 9b). These paragonite overgrowths are thence interpreted as reaction
 
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