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Corundum from
Seljeneset, Nordpollen, Selje, Stad, Vestland, Norway


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Comments:Occure as nodules in eclogite, partly altered to margarite. Eskola first thought it to be wollastonite, but Bryhni proved it to be corundum.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Seljeneset, Nordpollen, Selje, Stad, Vestland, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:231683
Long-form Identifier:1:3:231683:3
GUID (UUID V4):beaad165-1b38-474a-80ad-020d868449c6
Nearest other occurrences of Corundum
10.4km (6.5 miles) Pileberg, Selje, Stad, Vestland, Norway
11.0km (6.8 miles) Liset eclogite pod, Liset, Selje, Stad, Vestland, Norway
11.1km (6.9 miles) Kjødepollen, Selje, Stad, Vestland, Norway
18.6km (11.6 miles) Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
20.0km (12.4 miles) Ekremseter Olivine Pit, Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
69.9km (43.4 miles) Blåbreddalen, Hornindal, Volda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
95.8km (59.6 miles) Nogva eclogite outcrop, Flemsøya-Skuløya, Haram, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
eclogitic Seljeneset Meta-anorthosite and related jotunites, Western Gneiss Region, Norway Spencer J...1996; accepted 17 October 1996 Abstract The Seljeneset Meta-anorthosite consists of deformed and metamorphosed...in the high-grade Western Gneiss Region (WGR) of Norway, and is adjacent to the 1.52 Ga Flat&et quartz...garnet peridotites by over one billion years. Seljeneset rocks display evidence of retrogression from...channelized fluids during retrogression. The Seljeneset Meta-anorthosite, associated jotunites, and adjacent
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Norway N-7441 Trondheim, Norway Tel.: 47 73 90 40 00 Telefax 47 73 92 16 20 REPORT...the Alice Wain Memorial West Norway Eclogite Field Symposium held in Selje from June 21st-28th, 2003. Eskola...peridotites that outcrop in the coastal region of west Norway between Bergen and Trondheim. These occurrences...MEMORIAL WEST NORWAY ECLOGITE FIELD SYMPOSIUM JUNE 21st – 28th, 2003 in SELJE, WEST NORWAY GUIDEBOOK TO...Pressure Eclogites in the Western Gneiss Region of Norway. Chapter 2: Excursion to the UHP Eclogites at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
margarite-bearing meta-anorthosite from Seljeneset, Nordfjord, western Norway: Implications for the P-T history...margarite-bearing meta-anorthosite from Seljeneset, Nordfjord, western Norway: Implications for the P-T history...Lithos, 21:117-128. The Western Gneiss Region of Norway contains relics of eclogite and high-pressure granulile...amphibolite-facies assemblages. A meta-anorthosite from Seljeneset, Nordfjord, contains fine-grained margarite+...b e a r i n g metaa n o r t h o s i t e from Seljeneset, o u t e r N o r d 0 o r d , western N o r w
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
eclogite occurrences (La Compointrie, France; Liset, Norway) as retrogression products in coronae or symplectites...Allalinhorn, Valais, Switzerland Liset, Vestlandet, Norway Eclogitized gabbro Kyanite eclogite Symplectite...Scapolitite Norway Mostly with alteration products Tourmaline + biotite + scapolite ‹ corundum ‹ plagioclase...Petrography Metamorphic conditions Liset, Vestlandet, Norway Kyanite eclogite Symplectite after kyanite Depressurisation...generally replaced by a symplectite of anorthite + corundum ‹ spinel, a common phenomenon in kyanite eclogites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pseudomorphs consist mainly of symplectic intergrowth of corundum and magnetite with minor gahnitic spinel. The...the original spinel: hercynite (3FeAl,O,) (0) = corundum (3A1,03) +magnetite (Fe304). This oxidation reaction...Lower crustal granulite, Al-rich clinopyroxene, corundum-magnetite intergrowth, Fuko Pass metacumulate...+paragonite+rutile+ albite (Tsujimori, 1999). Staurolite, corundum and secondary margarite were also described from...margarite, rutile and paragonite. Clinopyroxene and corundum-magnetite symplectite are partly replaced by later
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
kyanite-bearing M2 assemblage during cooling. The corundum-bearing phase equilibria constrain a qualitative...CLINOZOISITE ZOISTE EPIDOTE KYANITE STAUROLITE CORUNDUM PLAGIOCLASE ALBITE PARAGONITE MARGARITE MUSCOVITE...CLINOZOISITE(P) ZOISTE(P) EPIDOTE KYANITE(P) MAGNETITE(S) CORUNDUM(S) CLINOPYROXENE PARAGONITE(P) MARGARITE CHLORITE...(MMG). rutile, chlorite, margarite, staurolite, corundum, zoisite, and rare albite and muscovite. Ilmenite...mm) occurs as aggregates (up to 5 mm) with minor corundum (< 0.1 mm) and rare magnetite; the aggregate is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
respectively. Natural wollastonite (for Ca and Si) and corundum (for Al) and synthetic Sr-feldspar and slawsonite...margarite-bearing meta-anorthosite from Seljeneset, Nordfjord, western Norway: implications for the P–T history
Report (volume)
(b) Geological map of the Western Gneiss Region, Norway, (c) Geological map of the north-east Greenland...collision in the Western Gneiss region (WGR) of Norway (Krogh 1977; Smith 1984) (Fig. Ic) at 420400 Ma... 46 P. D. RYAN this manner. However, in western Norway and NE Greenland (Fig. 1), syn-collisional Silurian...(Cuthbert et al. 2000). Also the CEFTs of Greenland and Norway are offset by some 600km on a post-collision reconstruction...from the 48 P. D. RYAN Bergen Arcs region of Norway shows that transformations upon the penetration
 
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