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Omphacite from
Pohorje Mountains, Slovenia


Locality type:Mountain Range
Classification
Species:Omphacite
Formula:(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Garnet Groupⓘ2 photos of Omphacite associated with Garnet Group at this locality.
Eclogite1 photo of Omphacite associated with Eclogite at this locality.
Kyaniteⓘ1 photo of Omphacite associated with Kyanite at this locality.
Coesite1 photo of Omphacite associated with Coesite at this locality.
Zoisiteⓘ1 photo of Omphacite associated with Zoisite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Omphacite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pohorje Mountains, Slovenia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:354320
Long-form Identifier:1:3:354320:7
GUID (UUID V4):768b2d8a-f644-438d-bd4a-dc5674a9e531
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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online 11 March 2016 Water incorporation in omphacite: concentrations and compositional relations in...in ultrahigh-pressure eclogites from Pohorje, Eastern Alps HENRIK SKOGBY1,*, MARIAN JANÁK2 and IGOR BROSKA2...Abstract: Omphacite in ultra-high pressure (UHP) eclogites from the Pohorje Mountains in Slovenia, south-eastern...from 530 to 870 ppm H2O. Characterization of omphacite composition by EMP analysis and Mössbauer spectroscopy...quartz rods in some samples indicates that primary omphacite contained a larger Ca-Eskola component. Extrapolation
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ultrahigh-pressure eclogites (examples from Pohorje Mountains, Slovenia and TromsĂž Nappe, Norway) MARIAN JANÁK1...of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Abstract: Chromium-rich kyanite, magnesiostaurolite...with garnet peridotite and serpentinite from Pohorje Mountains (Eastern Alps) and the TromsĂž Nappe (Northern...Cr2O3 in kyanite and magnesiostaurolite from the Pohorje Mts. (17.0 and 15.0 wt%, respectively) are the...Russia Westland, New Zealand Pohorje, Slovenia Pohorje, Slovenia Pohorje, Slovenia TromsĂž, Norway TromsĂž, Norway
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of the UHP kyanite eclogites, Pohorje Mountains (Eastern Alps, Slovenia) Mirijam Vrabec a,⁎, Marian Janák...University of Ljubljana, Aơkerčeva 12, 10000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences...Kyanite eclogites Thermodynamic modeling P–T path Pohorje—Eastern Alps a b s t r a c t Phase relations among...kyanite eclogite were investigated in the Pohorje Mountains of the Eastern Alps. Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism...contain a peak metamorphic assemblage of garnet, omphacite, kyanite and phengite. Pyrope-rich garnet is unzoned
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Sm-Nd and U-Pb case study from the Pohorje Mountains, Slovenia (Eastern Alps) Received: 20 December...Abstract High-pressure metamorphism in the Pohorje Mountains of Slovenia (Austroalpine unit, Eastern Alps) aïŹ€ected...of the eclogites in the Pohorje Mountains. The presence of garnet, omphacite and quartz inclusions in... loop for maïŹc and pelitic lithologies of the Pohorje area and a late Cretaceous high-pressure event...elements of the major eclogite minerals garnet and omphacite, and it has been demonstrated that the Sm-Nd isotope
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and ultramafic rocks from the Pohorje Mountains (Eastern Alps, Slovenia) based on Lu-Hf garnet geochronometry...and ultramaïŹc rocks from the Pohorje Mountains (Eastern Alps, Slovenia) based on Lu-Hf garnet geochronometry...and ultramafic rocks from the Pohorje Mountains (Eastern Alps, Slovenia) based on Lu-Hf garnet geochronometry...733815 Fax: +49 228 732763 Keywords: Eastern Alps; Pohorje; Lu-Hf geochronology; Eo-Alpine metamorphism; eclogite...MANUSCRIPT Abstract The metamorphic series of the Pohorje Mountains represents a part of the Eastern Alpine T
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eclogite-facies Cr-spinel-bearing gabbroic cumulates, Pohorje Massif, Eastern Alps Christoph A. Hauzenberger1...cumulates containing Cr-spinel from the Pohorje Massif, Eastern Alps, Slovenia. In these rocks, turquoise-colored...plagioclase or quartz react to Crkyanite, ±garnet, ±omphacite. In contrast, the formation of kyanite associated... Cr-rich corundum, eclogite facies cumulates, Pohorje Massif, Eastern Alps Introduction Kyanite is a...of the EHB is represented by eclogites of the Pohorje massif (e.g., Ippen 1892; HinterlechnerRavnik and
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Geochemistry and metamorphic evolution of the Pohorje Mountain eclogites from the easternmost Austroalpine...Austroalpine basement of the Eastern Alps (Northern Slovenia) Raffaele Sassi a,*, Claudio Mazzoli a,b, Christine...quartzo-feldspathic gneisses in the Pohorje Mountains, Northern Slovenia, that form the easternmost Austroalpine...clinopyroxene – plagioclase intergrowths after omphacite, (ii) replacement of kyanite by corundum – plagioclase...this study indicate that Koralpe, Saualpe and Pohorje high-pressure rocks represent former MORB-type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metapelites from HP/UHP metamorphic terrane (Pohorje Mountains, Eastern Alps) Vratislav Hurai ‱ Marian Janák...HP/UHP metamorphic terrane of Pohorje Mountains in the Eastern Alps, Slovenia. Retrograde P–T trajectory...Garnet  HP/UHP metamorphism  Retrogression  Pohorje Mountains Introduction Communicated by J. Hoefs. Electronic...Metamorphic evolution of metapelites from the Pohorje Mountains in the Eastern Alps was described in this...metapelitic gneiss from Pohorje Mts. Geological setting The Pohorje Mountains represent the most deeply
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
areas of the Saualpe (SE Austria) and Pohorje Mountains (Slovenia). Mg-rich eclogites derived from early...equilibration, whereas Sm–Nd multifraction garnet–omphacite regression for a low-Mg eclogite from Kupplerbrunn...Kupplerbrunn yields 88.4 ± 4.7 Ma for the garnet– omphacite pair. Two low-Mg eclogites from the Gertrusk locality...90.6 ± 1.0 Ma. A low-Mg eclogite from the Pohorje Mountains (70 km to the SE) gives a garnet–whole-rock...the eo-Alpine high-pressure event in the Saualpe–Pohorje part of the south-easternmost Austroalpine nappe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reached in the southeasternmost part, the Pohorje Massif in Slovenia, as indicated by thermobarometry (JanĂĄk...dated samples. a Mineral assemblage of PRI3 with omphacite, quartz, garnet, amphibole, ilmenite, epidote...assemblage of PRI4 containing omphacite, quartz, garnet, amphibole and rutile. Omphacite grains are locally transformed...amphibole, Bt biotite, Ep epidote, Grt garnet, Omp omphacite, Qtz quartz, Rt rutile, WM white mica (2016)...compositions Sample PRI3 contains garnet, Na-rich omphacite, amphibole, and some quartz as major as well as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism and exhumation of garnet peridotite in Pohorje, Eastern Alps M . J A N Á K 1 , N . F R O I T...of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 4 Department of Geology, University of TromsĂž...garnet-bearing ultramaïŹc rocks from the Pohorje Mountains in Slovenia. The garnet peridotites are closely...results suggest that garnet peridotites in the Pohorje Mountains experienced UHPM during the Cretaceous orogeny...formation. Key words: Alps; garnet peridotite; Pohorje; slab extraction; ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 2009 Abstract In the Kor-, Saualpe and Pohorje regions of the Eastern Alps eclogite bodies occur...on the eclogite from Pohorje, suggest that a PT gradient from Koralpe to Pohorje is likely. Introduction...plate rocks into the middle crust. The Kor-Saualpe-Pohorje region of the eastern Alps is one of the classic...and in its southernmost extension—the Pohorje massif of Slovenia (Fig. 1): While Janak et al. (2004) argue...argue for some 30 kbar in the Pohorje massif and 20 kbar in the Koralpe (thus inferring a field gradient
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Gleinalpe and south-eastwards into the Pohorje Mountains. These two ridges are separated by the Lavant...between 500 and 700 m, and by gently sloping mountains up to 2150 m high. Outcrops are few and restricted... Fig. 1a, b Tectonic map of the Saualpe-Koralpe-Pohorje area (a) and section in the northern part (b)....eo-Alpine (d) metamorphic grades in the SaualpeKoralpe-Pohorje area. 1.1. Lithological content and metamorphic...related to the Periadriatic magmatism occur in the Pohorje area. 1.2. Geodynamic and tectonic evolution The
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calcic amphibole inclusions in omphacite from the Saualpe and Pohorje Mountain eclogites, Eastern Alps—An...locality/Eastern Austria (sample SKP31) and the Pohorje Massif/Slovenia (CM31/03 and CM15/01) using electron microprobe...calcic amphibole + quartz inclusions (COIs) in omphacite and to assess the relative importance of hydrous...(NAMs). Because of high modal amounts of 37–65%, omphacite is the major nominally anhydrous water carrier...SiO2-lamellae need not be related to a CaEs component in omphacite but may result from reactions of minor/accessory
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions (FIs) in high-pressure (HP) minerals like omphacite, garnet and kyanite represent the metamorphic...eclogites east of the Kreuzeck Mountains (Saualpe-Koralpe and Pohorje Mountains) show evidence for a MORB-origin...carbonic vapour Geological setting The Kreuzeck Mountains are part of the Austroalpine basement of the Eastern...stars characterize the Saualm-Koralm and Pohorje Mountains. of aqueous fluid inclusions using freezing-point...eclogite which shows the assemblage garnet ĂŸ omphacite ĂŸ tourmaline ĂŸ zoisite/epidote ĂŸ K-feldspar ĂŸ
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism Eclogite-hosting metapelites from the Pohorje Mountains (Eastern Alps): P-T evolution, zircon geochronology...of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 12, 10000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Abstract: Phase-equilibrium modelling, geothermobarometry...ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic terrane of the Pohorje Mountains in the Eastern Alps. These eclogite-hosting...with that (93–91 Ma) determined earlier in the Pohorje eclogites from U/Pb zircon, Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf garnet-whole-rock...Harley, 2005; Miller et al., 2005, 2007). The Pohorje Mountains in the Eastern Alps are an important area
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
area (1.8 GPa=690  C), and the Saualpe-Koralpe-Pohorje domain (2.2– 2.7 GPa=750  C). Their tectonic...isotope equilibration is known mainly from garnet–omphacite pairs of meta-gabbroic eclogites, which often...HG Hochgrössen, Sau Saualpe, Kor Koralpe, Poh Pohorje, Sieg Sieggraben unit, EZ Eclogite Zone (Tauern...Koralpe B€ arofen, Hohl, Mauthnereck Krumbachgraben Pohorje Kebelj, Rogla geochronological method applied...follow Kretz (1983). Additional abbreviations: Omp omphacite, Phe phengite, Sym symplectite, wr whole rock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Austroalpine basement domains Koralpe, Saualpe and Pohorje shows that these mafic rocks are similar to oceanic...zircon (Zr, Hf ) at eclogite-facies conditions. Omphacite hosts most of the Li in addition to some Sr and...Zr-in-rutile thermometry of Koralpe, Saualpe and Pohorje eclogites yields temperatures of 700–730 °C (according...matrix rutile and rutile included in garnet, omphacite or kyanite, suggesting that these temperatures...metamorphic rocks composed of ≄ 75 vol.% of garnet and omphacite (IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Metamorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the formation of oriented SiO2-inclusions in omphacite Jürgen Konzett Æ Daniel J. Frost Æ Alexander...temperatures are required to generate CaEsss in omphacite. It is only at 1,350°C that a significant P cation...generated by retrogressive breakdown of CaEskss in an omphacite-Ca-Eskola clinopyroxene based on various reaction...assumptions: molar volumes of Ca-Eskola pyroxene and omphacite: 60.54 cm3/mol (based on a density for CaEsk of...according to McCormick 1986) and 63.80 cm3/mol (omphacite selected: No. 24 in Edgar et al. 1969 with composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(garnet–omphacite). Second, plagioclase– quartz granulites hosting “vein–fracture” garnet– omphacite and...and garnet–omphacite–phengite–kyanite– zoisite eclogites do not show any traces of alterations (even within...per se are defined as rocks with >70% garnet + omphacite, with the rest of the rock consisting of hydrous...minor minerals in equilibrium with garnet and omphacite, the rocks are referred to as hornblende (Hbl−)...used very frequently, because bimineralic garnet–omphacite eclogites are very rare in nature and practically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
well-preserved peak-pressure mineral assemblage of garnet, omphacite, kyanite and phengite. Conventional geothermobarometry...recorded by decrease of Ca-Eskola end-member in omphacite, drop in XMg and XGrs at garnet rim and a very...matrix. The absence NU of symplectites after omphacite in the investigated eclogite may be due to a very...et al., 2006). Phase equilibria between garnet-omphacite-kyanitephengite-quartz/coesite can be used to...(up to 2–3 mm in diameter) and a greenish-grey omphacite in about equal proportions; both minerals show
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consistent with previous results from TEM analyses of omphacite in eclogites from the Sulu UHP terrane (Shau et...between monoclinic clinopyroxene (McCormick, 1986: omphacite, C2/c, a = 9.50, b = 8.65, c = 5.24, α = 90°,...orientation relationship between barroisite and omphacite has been found in retrogressed eclogites from...of barroisite on omphacite through a 180° rotation around the [001] axis of omphacite (McNamara et al...notably low contents of jadeite comparing to the omphacite coexisting with coesite relics (e.g., Banno et
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vol%; Taguchi, Miyake, Enami, & Igami, 2018) and omphacite-rich (38–65 vol%; Enami & Nagasaki, 1999) eclogite...These conditions were estimated using the garnet–omphacite–kyanite–phengite–SiO2 phase thermobarometer of...The analysed sample contains garnet, quartz, omphacite, zoisite, phengite, kyanite, and amphibole with...are represented by recrystallized quartz, with omphacite grains occurring as round-shaped crystals. Phengite...minerals (coesite/pseudomorphs after coesite) with omphacite + kyanite + phengite + rutile + zoisite. 4.2
Report (chapter)
Altun–North Qilian Mountains and UHP metamorphic rocks in the South Altun–North Qaidam Mountains. A review of...basement rocks along the South Altun, North Qaidam Mountains and the Altun and Qilian blocks. Downloaded...tectonic maps of the Qilian–Altun–North Qaidam Mountains. ModiïŹed from J.X. Zhang et al. (2015, 2017)....mainly occur in the North Qilian Mountains and the North Altun Mountains; and UHP metamorphism, accompanied...the Altun Mountains are the western extension of those in the Qilian–North Qaidam Mountains. Therefore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rutile + apatite + pyrite. Kyanite, jadeite or omphacite are exclusively present as inclusions in garnet...compression has been dated for the Koralpe–Saualpe– Pohorje region in the eastern parts of the Austroalpine...jadeite or omphacite ± kyanite ± paragonite (Fig. 2b). The presence of relic jadeite and omphacite provides...elevation 2005 m). The eclogites consist of garnet + omphacite + kyanite + talc + quartz + rutile ± paragonite...amphibole interpreted as pseudomorph after jadeite or omphacite and (b) inclusions of jadeite and quartz in garnet
 
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