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Spinel from
Rajapalaiyam, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Spinel
Formula:MgAl2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spinel data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rajapalaiyam, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1271065
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1271065:0
GUID (UUID V4):e89465d4-bf63-4167-910e-20bf2839115d
Nearest other occurrences of Spinel
43.0km (26.7 miles) Kambammettu carbonatite, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India
77.0km (47.8 miles) Perunthol-Kakkaponnu, Pathanapuram, Kollam District, Kerala, India
References
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assemblage from the Southern Granulite Terrane, India: diagnostic evidence for ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism...localities (Rajapalaiyam, Ganguvarpatti and Panangad) in the Southern Granulite Terrane (SGT), India, provides...Sapphirine and quartz in pelitic granulites from Rajapalaiyam in the Madurai Block occur as an intergrowth...supercontinent; Southern India 1. INTRODUCTION The Southern Granulite Terrane (SGT) in India is known as one...mineral assemblages such as sapphirine þ quartz, spinel þ quartz, orthopyroxene þ sillimanite þ quartz
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Quarry near Rajapalaiyam Area, Part of the 550 Ma Old Southern Granulite Terrain, Southern India A.S. Janardhan...University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570 006, India (Maquscript received ] m e 24,2000; accepted September...time from a marble quarry in the vicinity of Rajapalaiyam town. This locality forms part of the Madurai...assemblage from a marble quarry south of the Rajapalaiyam town, similar in many aspects to the Chu-Fo-Mg...halogenated fluids. Geological Setting The Rajapalaiyam locality lies on the southern slopes of the
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(2006) 524 – 536 www.elsevier.com/locate/lithos Spinel–sapphirine–quartz bearing composite inclusion within...of quartz, plagioclase, K-feldspar, sapphirine, spinel, orthopyroxene, and biotite, in porphyroblastic...pelitic granulite from Rajapalaiyam in the Madurai Granulite Block, southern India. In this unique textural...four occurrences: (1) as anhedral mineral between spinel and quartz (Spr-1), (2) subhedral to euhedral needles...and P > 10 kbar during peak metamorphism. Coarse spinel (Spl-1) with irregular grain morphology and adjacent
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Report of Sapphirine+Quartz Assemblage from Southern India: Implications for Ultrahigh-temperature Metamorphism...University of Mysore, Manasa Gangotri, Mysore - 570 006, India * Corresponding author: E-mail: tsunogae@arsia.geo...quartzo-feldspathic and pelitic granulites from southern India. The sapphirine-bearing rocks occur as layered gneisses...with pink granite within massive charnockite in Rajapalaiyam area in the southern part of Madurai Block....estimates from ternary feldspar and sapphirine-spinel geothermometers (T = 950-10OO0C) also support a
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Vol. 69(6), pp. 937±949 Ti-free hÎgbomite in spinel- and sapphirine-bearing Mg-Al rock from the Palghat-Cauvery...Palghat-Cauvery shear zone system, southern India T. TSUNOGAE1,2,* AND M. SANTOSH3 1 Graduate School...TR AC T We report a new type of hoÈgbomite in a spinel- and sapphirine-bearing silica-deficient Mg-Al...Archaean-Proterozoic collisional boundary in southern India. HoÈgbomite occurs here as fine- to medium-grained...enclosed within or along grain boundaries of greenish spinel. It is compositionally very unique due to the lack
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MnNCKFMASHTO systems: A case study from Rajapalaiyam, Madurai Block, southern India Takahiro Endo a, Toshiaki Tsunogae...University of Kerala, Kariyavattom, Trivandrum 695 581, India b Received 26 March 2012; received in revised form...Pseudosection; Reduced fluid; Petrology; Southern India Abstract Incipient charnockites represent granulite...incipient charnockite locality at Rajapalaiyam in the Madurai Block, southern India, and discuss the petrogenesis...and pseudosection analysis. Rajapalaiyam is a key locality in southern India from where diagnostic mineral
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First report of garnet–corundum rocks from southern India: Implications for prograde high-pressure (eclogite-facies...Sevitturangampatti (Namakkal district) in the Palghat-Cauvery Shear Zone System (PCSS), southern India. The rocks contain...garnet–corundum–sillimanite–cordierite–sapphirine–spinel–Mg-rich staurolite, garnet–corundum–sodic gedrite–cordierite–...corundum–sapphirine and sodic gedrite–sapphirine–spinel–cordierite. Both garnet and corundum in these rocks...been recorded in previous studies from southern India. Phase analysis of quartzabsent MAS system also
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metamorphism in central Madurai Block, southern India Nozomi Kondou*, Toshiaki Tsunogae**,†, M. Santosh‡...sapphirine granulite from Ganguvarpatti in southern India, providing diagnostic evidence for ultrahigh temperature...metamorphism, Ganguvarpatti, Madurai Block, Southern India, Gondwana supercontinent - INTRODUCTION Available...therein). The southern granulite terrane (SGT) in India is characterized by the occurrence of Late Neoproterozoic...assemblages such as orthopyroxene + sillimanite + quartz, spinel + quartz, Al rich orthopyroxene, and mesoperthite
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granulites from central Madurai Block (southern India): reference to Ediacaran crustal evolution S. Tewari...granulites from central Madurai Block (southern India): reference to Ediacaran crustal evolution, International...granulites from central Madurai Block (southern India): reference to Ediacaran crustal evolution S. Tewari...of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The Madurai Block, constituting...part of the southern granulite terrain in southern India, has contributed significantly towards understanding
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from the Palghat-Cauvery Suture Zone, southern India: Evidence for high-pressure and ultrahigh-temperature...Palghat-Cauvery Suture Zone (PCSZ) in southern India providing unequivocal evidence for extreme crustal...one of the largest granulite blocks in southern India, indicate deep crustal metamorphism at extreme thermal...mineral assemblages such as sapphirine+ quartz, spinel + quartz, orthopyroxene+ sillimanite + quartz,... 2004). From the southern granulite terrane in India, sapphirine+ quartz assemblage has been reported
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Abu-Balaram Area, Gujarat State: Implications for India-Madagascar Connection C. Srikarnil, M.A. Limaye...Aravalli-Delhi fold belt provides additional evidences for India-Madagascar connection, linking the AravalliMalani...silimanite-orthopyroxene, Abu-Balaram area, Gujarat, India-Madagascar connection. Introduction Granulite facies...alumina orthopyroxene and spinel, orthopyroxene-sillimanite, osmulite, and spinel+quartz, among other features...world (cf. Harley, 2004 and references therein). In India, UHT rocks are known to occur in the Eastern Ghats
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Report of the Spinel + Quartz Assemblage from Kodaikanal in the Madurai Block, Southern India: Implications...Report of the Spinel + Quartz Assemblage from Kodaikanal in the Madurai Block, Southern India: Implications...Report of the Spinel + Quartz Assemblage from Kodaikanal in the Madurai Block, Southern India: Implications...Abstract We report the equilibrium assemblage of spinel (XMg = Mg/(Fe+Mg) = 0.40–0.43, ZnO~0.58 wt%, Cr2O3...southern India. The petrogenetic grid in the KFMASH system suggests that such Zn- and Cr-poor spinel associated
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ultrahightemperature mafic granulites from Karur, southern India: evidence for decompressive and cooling retrograde...Springer-Verlag 2010 Abstract The Madurai Block, southern India, lies between the Palghat-Cauvery and the Achankovil...Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005 Uttar Pradesh, India e-mail: dprakashbhu@yahoo.com H. K. Sachan Wadia...33, General Mahadev Singh Road, Dehradun 24800, India undergoing decompression. The SHRIMP data presented...The Southern Granulite Terrane (SGT), southern India, is one of the largest exposed Precambrian deep
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Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, D-14473...Republic of Korea f Geological Survey of India, Bangalore, India g Department of Earth and Planetary Systems...Kodaikanal region, central Madurai Block, southern India have undergone ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism...ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) rocks from southern India, specifically the Madurai Block, vary widely from...tectonic framework map of southern India (after, Geological Survey of India, 1993; Drury and Holt, 1980; Ishwar-Kumar
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granulite at Usilampatti, Madurai Block, Southern India D. PRAKASH1*, R. YADAV1, S. TEWARI1,2, H. E. FRIMMEL2...Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India Institute of Geography and Geology, University of...Uttarakhand, India 2 Sapphirine-bearing granulite from Usilampatti in the Madurai block of southern India preserves...Madurai block; southern India 1. INTRODUCTION The Precambrian shield of southern India represents a classic...levels are exposed. The triangular tract of south India comprises the Dharwar Craton, Southern Granulite
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for the correlation of crustal blocks in southern India Shunsuke Ishii a , Toshiaki Tsunogae a,b,⁎, M. Santosh...2006 Abstract The Achankovil Zone of southern India, a NW–SE trending lineament of 8–10 km in width...of cordierite + garnet + quartz + plagioclase + spinel + ilmenite + magnetite ± orthopyroxene ± biotite...path; Ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism; Southern India 1. Introduction The Achankovil Shear Zone is a...separates two major crustal blocks in southern India, namely the Trivandrum Granulite Block (TGB) to
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Ultrahigh-Temperature Metamorphism in the Palni Hills, South India: Insights from Feldspar Thermometry and Phase Equilibria...Ultrahigh-Temperature Metamorphism in the Palni Hills, South India: Insights from Feldspar Thermometry and Phase Equilibria...Ultrahigh-Temperature Metamorphism in the Palni Hills, South India: Insights from Feldspar Thermometry and Phase Equilibria...Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India M. ARIMA, Downloaded by [Lulea University of Technology]...Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India Abstract The Southern Indian shield is a classic
Report (issue)
खननज संसाधन GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH INDIA विशेष प्रकाशन संख्या 118 पहला संस्करण SPECIAL PUBLICATION...प्रकाशशत Published by the order of the Government of India 2021 . © भारत सरकार PGSI-439 नियंत्रक प्रकाशि...खननज संसाधन GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH INDIA विशेष प्रकाशि संख्या 118 - पहला संस्करण SPECIAL...SURVEY OF INDIA भारत सरकार के आदेश से प्रकाशशत Published by the order of the Government of India 2021 ©... © INDIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (2021) Compiled by Shri K. Mahender Reddy, Director (Retd.) and Dr. R. Bharathi
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geochronology of granites and charnockite from southern India: implications for magmatic pulses associated with...Research Institute, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 5 Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Graduate...Palghat–Cauvery Suture Zone (PCSZ) in southern India marks the trace along which continental blocks were...Granulite Terrane, India 1. INTRODUCTION The Southern Granulite Terrane (SGT) in India occupies a central...trace of the Gondwana-forming suture in southern India with its extensions in Madagascar to the west and
Report (Issue volume)
GEOLOGY OF INDIA खंड III दविणी भारत का इकनोवमक भूविज्ञान VOLUME-III ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN INDIA विशेष... भारतीय भूिैज्ञावनक सिेिण GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA 2022 © भारत सरकार PGSI-447 नियंत्रक प्रकाशि...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA भारत के भूविज्ञान का मैनुअल A MANUAL OF GEOLOGY OF INDIA खंड III दविणी भारत...भूविज्ञान VOLUME-III ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN INDIA विशेष प्रकाशन सं.77 SPECIAL PUBLICATION No. 77...Published by the order of the Government of India 2022 © INDIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (2022) Compiled by Shri
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LETTER Petrology and phase equilibrium modeling of spinel-sapphirinebearing mafic granulite from Akarui Point...** We report new petrological and P-T data for spinel-sapphirine-bearing mafic granulite from Akarui...the formation of plagioclase + orthopyroxene + spinel + sapphirine symplectite after garnet. The application...for the first time, a pseudosection approach on a spinel-sapphirinebearing mafic granulite, one of the most... plagioclase (10-20%), orthopyroxene (10-20%), spinel (5-10%), garnet (2-3%), and sapphirine (1-2%),
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Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad-500007, India abstract Electrical resistivity of synthetic nanocrystalline...2002). Geikielite also occurs as inclusions in spinel group minerals formed by exsolution in metasomatic...(Italy) and in granulite facies marbles of Southern India (Reusser et al. 2001). An experimental study on...possible superconductivity transition in the Mg-Ti-O spinel system, at 50 K. However, the electrical resistivity...550 Ma old southern granulite terrain near Rajapalaiyam, India (Janardhan et al. 2001). The composition
Report (edition)
© INDIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (2023) Compiled by Sri. K. Mahender Reddy, Director (Retd.), GSI, Smt...Published by The Director General Geological Survey of India 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road Kolkata- 700016 Price...former Directors Generals, Geological Survey of India (GSI), for reposing faith on us by entrusting this...of the publication “A Manual of the Geology of India”(vol-I Part-I), Precambrian of Southern Part of...Additional Director General & HOD Geological Survey of India, Southern Region for providing infrastructural support
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Geosciences Beijing, No. 29, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China b c a r t i c l e i n...2012 Keywords: Ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism Spinel–quartz assemblage Pseudosection modeling Ti-in-zircon...located within the southern domain of the IMSZ where spinel–garnet–sillimanite-bearing granulites record UHT...sillimanite+quartz+spinel, whereas coarse grained garnet + sillimanite + quartz + spinel + cordierite + plagioclase...garnet and spinel. Biotite marks the final hydration stage of the highgrade metamorphism. Spinel and quartz
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crustal reworking in the Southern Granulite Terrane, India a b c d e f P.M. George , M. Santosh , Nengsong...Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India b School of the Earth Sciences and Resources,...Earth Science Studies, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, India e Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Okayama...Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Bangalore, India Published online: 23 Jan 2015. To cite this article:...crustal reworking in the Southern Granulite Terrane, India, International Geology Review, 57:2, 112-133, DOI:
 
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