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Sapphirine from
Granulite outcrops, Etang de Lers, Col d'Agnès, Le Port, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Sapphirine
Formula:Mg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite10 photos of Sapphirine associated with Calcite at this locality.
Gedrite2 photos of Sapphirine associated with Gedrite at this locality.
Rutile1 photo of Sapphirine associated with Rutile at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphirine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Granulite outcrops, Etang de Lers, Col d'Agnès, Le Port, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
Photo GalleryView Gallery (25 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:221203
Long-form Identifier:1:3:221203:6
GUID (UUID V4):d4e1a059-1920-43b6-8d2b-093612931359
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Daniel Vielzeuf and Jacques Kornprobst DOpartement de Gbologie et MinOralogie, L.A. 10 et L O.P. G., 5...5 rue Kessler, 63038 Clermont-Ferrand COdex (France) Received March 15, 1983 Revised version accepted...understand* The spelling of "Lherz" has been changed to "Lers" recently; the original spelling is retained here...e s " " ~ / / / / / ' ~ O , { 5 Ca,a . . . . Port de V icd e s sc If . . . . tions O' CasUlmon" ~...the local occurrence of euhedral crystals of sapphirine and kornerupine in friable granulated material
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alto complex R. DE MORAES AND R. A. FUCK Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brası́lia, Brası́lia...mafic–ultramafic intrusion, which was subjected to granulite facies metamorphism during the Neoproterozoic...C T IO N It has been postulated that regional granulite facies terranes have peak conditions in the range...1987). More recently, an increasing number of granulite facies terranes where temperature as high as 950...temperature are characterized either by spinel+quartz, sapphirine+quartz, orthopyroxene+sillimanite+quartz, or
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Al-in-orthpyroxene thermometry P –T pseudosections sapphirine–quartz Ti-in-zircon thermometry UHT metamorphism...constraints on the retrograde P –T path for one UHT granulite locality in the Eastern Ghats Province. This is...is counter-clockwise in common with other UHT granulite localities in the Eastern Ghats Province. By demonstrating...(activity–composition or a–x) models for minerals such as sapphirine and osumilite that are typically found in the...2007; Baldwin and Brown, 2008), the Southern Granulite Terrane in India (Clark et al., 2009), the Ivrea
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However, the thrusting postdates folding and granulite metamorphism that occurred in the Eastern Ghats...Ghats Mobile Belt and South India Granulite Belt of India. Sapphirine-cordierite-spinel-quartz assemblages...reached granulite facies (Grew and Manton, 1986; La1 et al., 1987; Dasgupta, 1995). The granulite metamorphism...shear zone a4olog ~~ - dates for the EGMB. The granulite metamorphism belongs to a broad range of ages...rhyolite dykes (Fig. 2). Purana rocks Isolated outcrops of platform deposits belonging to the Chhattishgarh
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2 Abstract Paleoproterozoic granulite facies rocks are widely distributed in the North...Eastern Blocks of the Key words: D Pelitic granulite; High-pressure and ultra-high temperature metamorphism;...the SC banded alternating structure of the HP granulite facies mélange belt in the Huai'an Manjinggou...khondalite series rocks and MA the mafic HP granulite-bearing gray gneisses represent cover and basement...parts that PT E experienced medium pressure granulite facies metamorphism, and were derived from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of the ultrahigh-temperature Bakhuis Granulite Belt, Guiana Shield, Surinam: Palaeoproterozoic...Palaeoproterozoic to recent Frank F. Beunk a, *, Emond W.F. de Roever a, Keewook Yi b, Fraukje M. Brouwer a a b Faculty...Geochemistry Cluster, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA), De Boelelaan 1085, 1081, HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands...0 GPa, T >1000  C, t ¼ 2088–2031 Ma) Bakhuis Granulite Belt (BGB) in Surinam on the Guiana Shield, using...Neoproterozoic lineaments. Keywords: Bakhuis granulite belt Guiana shield Transamazonian orogeny UHT
Book
Departement de Geologie, CNRS - URA 10, Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France Kluwer Academic...and Geochemistry of Granulites Clermont-Ferrand, France September 5-9, 1988 ISBN-13: 978-94-010-7422-3...sillimanite to an assemblage of sapphirine + cordierite in a "high temperature" granulite from the Sutomsk Complex... Xl xiii List of Participants The NATO ARW granulite conference: a report by D. VIELZEUF and PH. VIDAL...RUFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The granulite - granite connexion. by J. D. CLEMENS . . . .
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a, C.A. Smit a, J.M. Barton Jr. a, J.H. de Beer a'b, M.J. de Wit c, E.H. Stettler d, J.F. van Schalkwyka...Reenen, D.D., Smit, C.A., Barton, J.M., Jr., De Beer, J.H., De Wit, M.J., Stettler, E.H., Van Schalkwyk,...Roering, L.D. Ashwal and M.J. de Wit (Editors), The Archaean Limpopo Granulite Belt: Tectonics and Deep Crustal...ago was responsible for the formation of the granulite terrane exposed in the Limpopo Belt today. This...of the Kaapvaal Craton over the Zimbabwe Craton. De Beer and Stettler (1988) combined geoelectrical and
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were metamorphosed to high-amphibolite facies to granulite facies. Detrital zircons from the fuchsite quartzite...granite. All of these rocks were metamorphosed to granulite facies. The TTG gneisses have superimposed fold... The supracrustal rocks consist of BIF, mafic granulite, (pyroxene) amphibolite, felsic gneiss, biotite...zircon U–Pb ages, representing metamorphism of granulite facies. Another two Mesoarchean units are the...characteristic is that all rocks underwent amphibolite–granulite facies metamorphism and partly migmatization.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
June 2012 Keywords: Mantle rock enclaves Felsic granulite Petrology Magnetic anisotropy Fabric relationship...numerous bodies of ultramafic rocks occur embedded in granulite. The anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and...fabrics of some ultramafic bodies and host granulite. In granulite, the magnetic foliation is roughly parallel...mostly oriented in a different way than that in granulite. The magnetic lineation is also scattered, but...orientation is mostly different than that of granulite. The magnetic fabric in ultramafic rocks is therefore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jiaobei Terrane North China Craton a b s t r a c t Granulite facies rocks that witnessed high pressure and...represent the time of low- to medium-pressure granulite facies retrogression. Some zircon grains with...timing of amphibolite facies retrogression. The HP granulite facies metamorphism in Jiaobei is thus constrained...1870 and 1899 Ma, with low- to medium-pressure granulite facies retrogression at ca. 1850–1870 Ma followed...2009; Santosh and Kusky, 2010; Brown, 2014). Granulite facies rocks have also been central to the investigations
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authorities of the Centre Grégoire Fournier (Abbaye de Maredsous) Belgium (cast of Cratoselache C. Patterson...gneisses are mostly in amphibolite facies though granulite facies gneisses occur in the central part of ...domes which are often surrounded by rim blende granulite facies, are characteristic. The layered synclines...north central central North -East and | So anisad le NomheWen South-East Greenid| West Greenland | West...South Greenland. of the the Ketilidian The granulite facies mineral assemblages. K-Ar mineral ages
Report (issue)
fidipviesi J opecs — » ey 7 Ve Pee tienta> De PAwtote.-g. 9 > > 9m oil (ches! rca Vinee...= & ayy Wes Galea eeTae ELS Myst A L | APE Unt De eS) MOU Peay Ny OSses seen Eee eek Sree Aiea RIS...eoeeneseeneessuenass 200 Norman Herz The Goochland granulite terrane: Remobilized Grenville basement EVIE COSTCTTE...nuclei: Science, v. 164, p. 1229-1242. Hurley, P. M., de Almeida, F.F.M., Melcher, G. C., Cordani, V. G.,...Adirondack Mountains, New York, an amphibolite-granulite facies terrane in the 1.1-b.y.-old Grenville province
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authorities of the Centre Grégoire Fournier (Abbaye de Maredsous) Belgium (cast of Cratoselache reproduced...assemblages, mainly in high amphibolite and hornblende granulite facies, are characteristic. The layered nature...gneisses are mostly in amphibolite facies though granulite facies gneisses occur in the central part of the...the granite and the adjacent gneisses contain granulite facies mineral assemblages. K-Ar mineral ages...to Late Proterozoic sandstones and quartzites outcrops in a narrow belt across North Greenland from Inglefield
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metamorphic rocks (amphibolite or granulite facies) exposed in surface outcrops (Bohlen and Mezger, 1989) and...Miller and Christensen, 1994); (ii) studies of granulite-facies xenoliths (foreign rock fragments) that...samples from China, Spitsbergen, Argentina, and France (Gallet et al., 1998; Jahn et al., 2001). Chondrite...(1973) proposed that the deep crust is composed of granulite-facies rocks that are depleted in heatproducing...respectively, based on studies of amphibolite to granulite-facies rocks exposed in the Lewisian complex
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Gabriel, N. Grevesse, and P. Demarque). Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium, pp. 307 –325. Gallino R...Köln, Germany and A. Jones Université Paris Sud, France 1.03.1 ABUNDANCES OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE SOLAR...of image are vesicles. (e) Cumulate eucrite Serra de Magé. The rock consists of large crystals of plagioclase...pp. 771– 772. McKay G., Koizumi E., Mikouchi T., Le L., and Schwandt C. (2002) Crystallization of shergottite...periclase, Pyx ¼ pyroxene solid solution, Saph ¼ sapphirine (data from Bischoff and Keil (1984), Sheng et
 
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