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Kyanite from
Klippen, Storuman, Västerbotten County, Sweden


Classification
Species:Kyanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kyanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Klippen, Storuman, Västerbotten County, Sweden
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1213482
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1213482:3
GUID (UUID V4):d127ded6-d3e0-454d-960a-b172556333b3
Nearest other occurrences of Kyanite
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘStorakersvatnet, Rana, Nordland, Norway
46.0km (28.6 miles) ⓘBleikvatnet, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘBleikvassli Mine, Bleikvasslia, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘMofjellet Base Metal Mine, Mofjellet, Rana, Nordland, Norway
63.3km (39.3 miles) ⓘKyanite occurrences, Båsmoen, Mo i Rana, Rana, Nordland, Norway
63.4km (39.4 miles) ⓘBåsmoen, Mo i Rana, Rana, Nordland, Norway
67.5km (42.0 miles) ⓘNasafjell kyanite quartzite occurrence, Saltfjellet, Rana, Nordland, Norway
67.9km (42.2 miles) ⓘBolna railway station, Saltfjellet, Rana, Nordland, Norway
73.0km (45.3 miles) ⓘMarsfjället gneiss unit, Seve Nappe Complex, Vilhelmina, Västerbotten County, Sweden
77.2km (48.0 miles) ⓘStødi, Saltfjellet, Rana, Nordland, Norway
References
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Report (chapter)
20 Lower thrust sheets in the Caledonide orogen, Sweden: Cryogenian–Silurian sedimentary successions and...Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden 2 Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural...Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden *Correspondence: david.gee@geo.uu.se Abstract:...lower thrust sheets in the Caledonide orogen of Sweden, comprise a mega-duplex of Cryogenian–Silurian...the Caledonide orogen in the northwestern part of Sweden, comprising predominantly Cryogenian–Silurian sedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Maastrichtian-Eocene Magura series) and in Cretaceous Pieniny Klippen belt flysch formations. The chromian spinel in...373 Carpathians separated by the narrow Pieniny Klippen belt. The Inner Carpathians (Internides, Fig. 1)...Late Cretaceous tectonic convergence. The Pieniny Klippen belt represents a composite unit of continental...Neogene times. In the inner part of the Pieniny Klippen belt (Western Slovakia, MARSCHALKO, 1986) and near... 1986). It was also proposed that the Pieniny Klippen belt is the eastern prolongation of the Inner Penninic
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inclusions represented mainly by omphacite and kyanite, show that the garnets were derived from high (ultrahigh)...Outer Western Carpathians (Flysch Zone, Pieniny Klippen Belt), i.e. the crustal segments which formed the...accompanied by lesser amounts of staurolite, apatite, kyanite, titanite, hornblende and epidote (Table 1, Text-figs...hornblende, Ttn – titanite, St – staurolite, Ky – kyanite, Ep – epidote. All symbols for rock-forming minerals...mol % of pyrope (Grt 5, Table 2) from Dębnik, kyanite inclusions were recognized (Text-fig. 5). The
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highly altered, occur in the metabasic rocks. Kyanite and blue-green amphibole are locally present in...each component, = potassium feldspar, kspar kY = kyanite, law = lawsonite, = opaque mineral, OP = plagioclase...a n d ophiolite) Sesia z o n e and associated klippen lvrea zone MR GP DM DBL Monte Rosa Gran Paradiso...Paradiso Dora Maira Dent Blanche and M . M a r y klippen P Pillonet klippe E Emilius klippe G Glacier -...metagranites and metasediments, and its associated klippen. The geology of the Sesia zone is reviewed by Compagnoni
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Bodrum peninsula and locally in a few Lycian Nappe klippen located on top of the Menderes metamorphic rocks...and 3). The schist envelope is made of garnet-, kyanite-, staurolite-, chloritoid-, and sillimanite-bearing...localities in the Lycian Nappes (sensu stricto and klippen; Oberh€ansli et al., 2001; Rimmele et al., 2003a);...chlorite; Kln, kaolinite; Prl, pyrophyllite; Ky, kyanite. JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY VOLUME 46 NUMBER 3 MARCH...in the southern submassif, magnesiocarpholite–kyanite–chloritoid assemblages have recently been discovered
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2002; Kellett et al., 2009); 4) the presence of kyanite and partial melt textures (deformed granitic leucosomes)...as multiple examples of sillimanite replacing kyanite, indicating peak pressure and temperature conditions...and western Himalaya, and are preserved above klippen of GH rocks (Wadia, 1934; Stocklin and Bhattarai...and the Tang Chu, Ura, and Sakteng exposures as klippen soled by the STD (Fig. 1). Grujic et al. (2002)...Thrust, MFT: Main Frontal Thrust; 3) windows and klippen from west to east: LS: Lingshi Syncline, PW: Paro
Report (chapter)
of the Jutogh Nappe which occurs as crystalline klippen in the Lesser Himalaya Zone. The ophiolite suite...rocks of the Indus-Tsangpo suture occurs also as klippen above the sediments of the Tethys Himalaya and...Sub-Himalaya; (2) the platform sediments and crystalline klippen of the Lesser Himalaya; (3) the Kashmir-Chamba...Several thrust sheets of metamorphic rocks occur as klippen above the sediments of the Lesser Himalaya in eastern...Himachal, Garhwal and Kumaun (Fig. 3). The major klippen are those of Simla, Lansdowne, A1mora, Baijnath
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rocks lie above the Greater Himalayan Sequence as klippen (i.e. erosional remains of the South Tibetan Detachment);...the Kakhtang thrust, lies structurally above the klippen, and it doubles the exposed thickness of the Greater...For the next few hundreds of metres up section, kyanite is abundant. Within EPSL 6129 26-4-02 D. Grujic...MCT, Main Central Thrust. BKT, Kakhtang thrust. Klippen from east to west: SK, Sakteng. UK, Ura. BMK, Black...dominant foliation and are deformed within it. Kyanite occurs within some of these leucogranite bodies
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northeastern part of the study area, two small klippen of Core Series rocks rest on a detachment fault...et al. 1995b). However, the mineral assemblage kyanite, garnet, staurolite, and white mica indicates amphibolite...of intercalated marble and quartzite. Biotite, kyanite, staurolite, and minor muscovite define a foliation...a garnet zone, a staurolite-garnet zone, and a kyanite–staurolite–garnet zone (Fig. 2; Izdar 1971; Evirgen...indicated by synkinematic garnet, staurolite, kyanite or sillimanite, and mica. D3 took place during
Report (chapter)
carpholite-bearing rocks found farther north in several klippen of the Lycian Nappes located on top of the Menderes...peninsula, as well as at the base of the Lycian nappe klippen located farther north. The widespread distribution...Fig." 5 39~ I d J /FIg. 2 ( ) ~ 30~ 25~ Klippen of ,**~ \ II ' PTES G I ~ 36~ _... ,,'~...~ . , , ....... II - ~,--...,--:.-~r SEA ~ Klippen of I I V Lycian Nappes =(~2.~ " ~.,]~ FLYSCH...\ \ C:3 CYCLADIC i COMPLEX s I (E~ "" Klippen of Lycian Nappes ALPINE HP-L T METAMORPHISM (Carpholite-bearlng
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The boundary between the units lies close to the Klippen Belt which corresponds to discontinuous exposures...(Mathieu 1968; Creuzot 1983). Allochthonous units (Klippen Belt and Markstein units). The allochthonous units...represented by the dominant Markstein unit and the Klippen Belt, which is regarded as the base of the allochthonous...Schneider et al. 1990; Skrzypek et al. 2012b). The klippen preserve serpentinite, ophicalcite and Famennian...siliceous pelite (Maass & Stoppel 1982; Fig. 2). The Klippen Belt Downloaded from http://sp.lyellcollection
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major structures, lithotectonic units, foreland klippen and domal culminations as referred to in the text...schist in the hanging wall against staurolite–kyanite gneiss in the footwall (e.g. Burg & Chen 1984)...Bhutan Himalaya) and/or preserved in structural klippen (NW India and western Nepal) (Fig. 1). Initial...the structurally highest levels of most of these klippen preserve an undisputed top-to-the-north detachment...2016). In general, the detachment within these klippen is described as a single, ductile shear zone, in
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diagrams based on modal proportions of staurolite, kyanite, garnet and biotite that were highly variable from...nucleation kinetics may play a role in staurolite- and kyanite-bearing assemblages, accounting for discrepancies...with minimal coexistence of staurolite and kyanite at the kyanite isograd. In contrast, natural progressions...even simultaneous appearance of staurolite and kyanite, followed by a wide zone of coexistence upgrade...refractory behaviour, but the early appearance of kyanite is more problematic. In practice, the free energy
Report (chapter)
amounts of K-feldspar (Kfs), plagioclase (Plg), kyanite (Ky) and staurolite (St). All minerals are strongly...schists of the Southern Carpathians. No metamorphic kyanite or sillimanite was identified in the Mesozoic cover...outlayer at the south of the Brebina fault (Mehedinti klippen area). In the west, in the Danubian nappes, KI...nappe and Cosustea mélange from the Mehedinti klippen (VR 3.0, BR 2.9% Rmax, southern area and VR 3.4...southern part of the Danubian window (Mehedinti klippen) and is correlated with the zone of diagenesis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nappe), underlain in sequence by a high-pressure kyanite granulite nappe, an amphibolite facies metapelite...related to the passive margin of the craton. The kyanite granulites crystallized ca 13 kbar, 750°C and have...eclogites from subduction-related metamorphism and kyanite granulites from early extrusion of subducted continental...Collision tectonics; High-pressure metamorphism; Kyanite granulite; Nappe system 1. Introduction Most granulites...(MacFarlane, 1995). Indeed, the occurrence of kyanite in the primary assemblage of metapelites associated
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Pennine argillites (Schieferhiille) locally bearing kyanite and glaucophane, and resting upon Hercynian gneisses...greater part autochthonous The Helvetic Zone The Klippen Zone The Flysch Zone The Northern Calcareous Alps...Helvetikum is known as the Gresten Klippen Zone. Within the Klippen Zone, which itself has faulted contacts...Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous rocks known as 'Klippen', surrounded by Cretaceous to Eocene marls of the...known as the 'Klippenhtille' (i.e. 'Klippen covering'). The Klippen are often of deep-water facies and
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Nd isotope mapping of allochthonous Grenvillian klippen: Evidence for widespread ‘ramp-flat’ thrust geometry...Polycyclic Belt. The identification of these tectonic klippen, when combined with previous mapping of large nappes...folding and dissected by erosion, leaving the klippen as synformal remnants. Nd isotope mapping of these... 1997). In addition, three erosional tectonic klippen were also identified (Fig. 3) as follows: Lac Perch...(RZ: Guo and Dickin, 1996). These allochthonous klippen were identified on the basis of distinct lithologies
Report (chapter)
Central (the Rouergue area) where far-travelled klippen were recently discovered (Bodinier & Burg 1980-1981...Staurolite (XMg = 0.25) contains up to 2.5% ZnO and kyanite is pure Al2SiOs. The parautochthonous series ...chloritoid is not in equilibrium with staurolite, kyanite or biotite, and (iii) the transition St = Ky +...amphibolites and stable chlorite with garnet and kyanite in assemblage P4 indicate a subsequent decompression...(1981) geobarometers. D1 P - T conditions in the klippen are not reported. Downloaded from http://sp.lyellcollection
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(Nanga Parbat) and eastern (Namche Barwa) syntaxes. Klippen of low-grade or unmetamorphosed sedimentary rocks...India; Lingshi klippe in Butan), and far-travelled klippen of GHS rocks occur in places south A of the main...Barrovian-type metamorphism along the GHS (Fig. 3). Peak kyanite grade metamorphism (Late Eocene – Oligocene) pre-dates...sector, west of Nanga Parbat, where the high-grade kyanite and sillimanite metamorphism has recently been...Lesser Himalaya and klippen such as the Kathmandu klippe for a long time. Recently, kyanite and sillimanite
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Rocks in the central part of the core complex lack kyanite and were never buried so deeply as in the north...striae Fault striae at the base of extensional klippen trend 310° near Harrison Pass (Burton, 1997); semi-ductile...semi-ductile “hot slickenlines” below klippen on the west side of the Ruby Mountains 25 km to the north...Smith and Howard’s (1977) earlier interpreted the klippen as thrust faulted, but the faults superpose nonmylonitic...attenuated the crustal section, forming a series of klippen that place mostly younger above older rocks and
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plagioclase, and rims of hornblende on biotite; kyanite is occasionally found, as well as late-phase clinopyroxene...have cal~ed the Mugeba and the Santos Plantation klippen. The former is by far the larger. It lies more...their metamorphic grade (frequent presence of kyanite and/or sillimanite) and their pronounced blastomylonitic...granite intrusion); (2) the klippen display a synform shape; (3) the klippen are mainly c o m p o s e d...missing in the covers. The structure of the two klippen n o w consists of a mild synform witl~ a WNW--ESE
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in contrast with findings from other foreland klippen in the central Himalaya. HMC rocks exposed in the...2004), Cambro‐Ordovician monazite in the matrix of kyanite and sillimanite schists (Palin et al., 2018), Ordovician...of discontinuous klippen (Almora, Dadeldhura, Karnali, Jajarkot, and Kathmandu klippen on Figure 1; Johnson...& Crowley, 2018; Upreti & Le Fort, 1999). The klippen were emplaced along a top‐to‐the‐SW thrust‐sense...the effect of Himalayan orogenesis. However, the klippen record lower grade metamorphic conditions in the
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Topung area, T.S. No. 78A/3 19 Fig.16.1.3a Kyanite-biotite gneiss (Darjeeling Gneiss) at Kongri area...Kumar et al., (2015) 61 Fig.16.2.2a Staurolite-kyanite-garnet mica schist, Ruta nala area 62 Fig.16...in quartzite north of Tungri 76 Fig.16.2.18b Kyanite crystals within the leucophase of Dirang Schist...showing mylonitic granite gneiss in Dharamgarh klippen. Note the stretching and sigmoidal rotation of...with/without garnet, kyanite, sillimanite, with paleosomes of staurolite, kyanite, mica schist, biotite
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worked in the past also include serpentinite and kyanite. Limestone has been extracted locally. The only...•• •• •• • •• • FLUGGA ' / • 1:10560 scale County Series / HPSONW------------------------.! SHEET...dominantly formed of biotitic psammite, but varying to kyanite-staurolite bearing pelite, all moderately gneissose...and psammitic rocks. The Valla Field Gneiss is a kyanite-staurolite-garnet psammitic to pelitic gneiss 3...ophiolitecomplex as klippen overlying rocks of the Middle lmbricate Zone and Lower Nappe. Five klippen occur in
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Masoso Suite in the Rushinga area and the Urungwe klippen in northern Zimbabwe, fitting the mega-nappe pattern...granitic intrusions. At least two granulite-grade klippen, the Monapo Complex and the Mugeba Complex (Pinna...recognized overlying the Nampula Block. These two klippen contain high-grade granulite ortho- and paragneisses...granulite-grade klippen suggested by Pinna et al. (1993) in the vicinity of Nampula is not a klippen, but rather...factors are found in the Monapo and Mugeba Complex klippen overlying the Nampula Block. Geochronology of
 
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