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Sapphirine from
Bani Hamid area, Khawr Fakkan Massif (Khor Fakkan), Semail Ophiolite, Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates


Locality type:Area
Classification
Species:Sapphirine
Formula:Mg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphirine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bani Hamid area, Khawr Fakkan Massif (Khor Fakkan), Semail Ophiolite, Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:268143
Long-form Identifier:1:3:268143:6
GUID (UUID V4):8fed96cb-8af0-4bd1-9736-499e57b4b4c6
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
petrogenesis of leucogranitic dykes intruding the northern Semail ophiolite, United Arab Emirates: ®eld relationships...Abstract The Khawr Fakkan block of the Semail ophiolite (United Arab Emirates) exhibits a suite of 10± 100...that the subduction of continental sedimentary material beneath the hot proto-ophiolite in an intra-oceanic...the generation of granitic melts which were emplaced up to the level of the ophiolite Moho. Compositions...that crystallised at variable aH2 O and pressures of 3 to 5 kbar. The LILE (Sr, Rb and Ba) covariation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lists available at ScienceDirect China University of Geosciences (Beijing) Geoscience Frontiers journal...on the metamorphic sole of the Semail ophiolite in the United Arab Emirates Nick M.W. Roberts a, *, Robert...Bellville 7535, South Africa University of Bergen, Department of Earth Science, PB 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway...Available online xxx The Semail ophiolite of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provides the best...best preserved large slice of oceanic lithosphere exposed on the continental crust, and offers unique opportunities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrology 9 Springer-Verlag 1994 Sapphirine-quartz and sapphirine-corundum assemblages in metamorphic...metamorphic rocks associated with the Semail Ophiolite (United Arab Emirates) Edwin Gnos* and Daniel Kurz Min...imbricated with the Cretaceous Semail Ophiolite in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Peak metamorphic assemblages...assemblages in highly oxidized lithologies of these rocks include sapphirine (7 : 9 : 3)-hercynitic spinel-mag...eno-hematite-plagioclase-enstatitequartz and sapphirine (2 : 2 : 1)-corundum-ilmeno-hematite-phlogopite-plagioclase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from a granulite-facies manganese rock of the United Arab Emirates Received: 31 May 1 9 9 4 / A c c e p...in the Khawr Fakkan massif near the northern end of the Semail Ophiolite, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E...The galaxite shows approximately 35% solid solution of hausmannite, similar to that reported for jacobsite...the solid solution of galaxite in hausmannite is maximally 7 %. The assemblage of tephroite-hausmannite...indicates a restricted log fo2 of - 9 to - 11 which is outside the stability of braunite under similar physico-chemical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2004) KANONAITE FROM THE METAMORPHIC SOLE OF THE OMAN OPHIOLITE: EVIDENCE FOR HIGH-f (O2) CONDITIONS DURING...Institute of Geosciences, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan YASUSHI MATSUDA Department of Life...Life Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, Kamigori-cho, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan ABSTRACT Kanonaite has...derived from the metamorphic sole of the Oman ophiolite in United Arab Emirates. The kanonaite rims (50 ␮m in...analogue, Fe3+AlSiO5, typically accounts for 3–12 mol.% of the total. Petrographic features suggest that kanonaite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the United Kingdom Subduction zone metamorphism during formation and emplacement of the Semail ophiolite...Mountains MICHAEL P. SEARLE* & JON COX *Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford...– The metamorphic sole along the base of the Semail ophiolite in Oman records the earliest thrust slice...to the base of the ophiolite mantle sequence. In the Bani Hamid area (United Arab Emirates) a c. 870 m...m thick thrust slice of granulite facies rocks includes garnet + diopside amphibolites, enstatite + cordierite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Peak Metamorphic Conditions of Garnet Amphibolites Beneath the Semail Ophiolite: Implications for an Inverted...Peak Metamorphic Conditions of Garnet Amphibolites Beneath the Semail Ophiolite: Implications for an Inverted...Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in...accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in...views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content
 
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