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Almandine from
Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:321788
Long-form Identifier:1:3:321788:7
GUID (UUID V4):2e774e97-fbb6-47d7-8095-551cc832ecde
References
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257-266 A decompressional P-T path, Reinbolt Hills, East Antarctica G . T. NICHOLS AND R . F . B E R R Y Geology...ABSTRACT Granulites exposed in the Reinbolt Hills, East Antarctica, are part of the extensive Late Proterozoic...Proterozoic granulite complex of East Antarctica, which includes the Rauer Group to the east and the northern...erosion or extensional collapse. Key words: Antarctica; crustal thickening; decompression; granulites;...The Reinbolt Hills form part of a N-S-trending belt of nunataks, exposed on the eastern side of the Lambert
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co-existing borosilicate minerals in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. The assemblages contain kornerupine...decompression, coexisting borosilicates, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. Introduction GRANDIDIERITE is a...Shield of south-eastern Ontario (Lonker, 1988, 5.2-6.9 kbar at ~ 700-760~ and the Eastern Province Metamorphic...assemblage from Storness Peninsula, in the Larsemann Hills, and note that grandidierite forms inclusions...psammitic and feldspathic gneisses in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. These occurrences occur in two distinct
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low-medium pressure granulites from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica C. J. CARSON*1, P. G. H. M. DIRKSf...November 1994) Abstract - Meta-sediments in the Larsemann Hills that preserve a coherent stratigraphy, form...dominant gneissic foliation in much of the Larsemann Hills, contain a moderately east-plunging lineation...with a high-strain zone, to the south of the Larsemann Hills, where S3 is the dominant gneissic layering...Thus, decompression textures typical for the Larsemann Hills granulites maybe the combined effect of two
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mineralogy of ODP Site 1166 sediments, Prydz Bay, Antarctica K. STRAND1*, J. KÖYKKÄ1 & J. LAMMINEN2...onset of glaciation and early glacial dynamics in Antarctica. This study presents investigations of a sediment...Leg 188, Site 1166, on the continental shelf in Prydz Bay, in order to provide evidence for the first occurrence...late Eocene glaciers in the Lambert Graben, East Antarctica. The Lambert Graben is a large faultbounded structure...in East Antarctica. The Lambert Glacier –Amery Ice Shelf drainage system drains into Prydz Bay from the
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granulite terrane: an example from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica C . J . C A RS O N, 1* R . P O WE...facies metasediments exposed in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, contain leucosomes with abundant...textures. Key words: cooling; decompression; East Antarctica; medium- to low-P granulites; migmatites; partial...terrane, using an example from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. Textures preserved within leucosomes...with qualitative modelling, suggest that the Larsemann Hills evolved during high-grade decompression synchronous
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of metapelitic granulites from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica Laixi Tong a,⁎, Xiaohan Liu b, Yanbin...Metamorphic P–T paths Metapelitic granulites Larsemann Hills East Antarctica a b s t r a c t Through detailed textural...metapelitic granulite lens from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. The M1 assemblage has been overprinted...All rights reserved. 1. Introduction The Larsemann Hills and adjacent areas occur as an important part...high-grade tectonic mobile belt (the Prydz Belt) in East Antarctica (Carson et al., 1996; Dirks and Wilson
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of mafic dykes from the Vestfold Block, east Antarctica X. C. LIU,1 W.-(R. Z.)WANG,1 Y. ZHAO,1 J. LIU1...Paleomagnetism and Tectonic Reconstruction of Ministry of Land and Resources, Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese...collision between the Indian craton and east Antarctica (i.e. the Lambert Terrane or the Ruker craton...dykes. Key words: early Neoproterozoic; east Antarctica; granulite facies metamorphism; mafic dykes;...exposed in Kemp Land, MacRobertson Land and Princess Elizabeth Land of east Antarctica, there exist four
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garnet-bearing mafic granulite from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica: P-T path, U-Pb ages and tectonic...garnet-bearing mafic granulite from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica: P-T path, U-Pb ages and tectonic...garnet-bearing mafic granulite from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica: P-T path, U-Pb ages and tectonic...recently been identified from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, with the development of two-stage...the bedrock under inland ice sheet of the Larsemann Hills. Thus, the early Neoproterozoic metamorphism
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granulite-facies paragneiss in the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica EDWARD S. GREW,1,* THOMAS ARMBRUSTER...the name) and in a third from Brattnevet, Larsemann Hills. Associated minerals are wagnerite, xenotime-(Y)...ßuorapatite. Keywords: Phosphate, new mineral, Antarctica, Larsemann Hills, electron microprobe, crystal structure...Peninsula, the westernmost major exposure in the Larsemann Hills, and for the dominance of Y at one site. Holotype...tourmaline in the Larsemann Hills, which are coastal exposures on Prydz Bay, East Antarctica (Carson et al
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inclusions within garnets in leucogneiss from East Antarctica and implications for closure temperature studies...in the northern Prince Charles Mountains, eastern Antarctica, reveals that unleached garnet concentrates...c o m m o n in garnets from the Prydz Bay region of eastern Antarctica, particularly in felsic and pelitic...from the northern Prince Charles Mountains, eastern Antarctica, with an inherited Sm-Nd component derived...northern Prince Charles Mountains terrane in eastern Antarctica (Fig. 1) has been considered to belong to
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Cambrian High-temperature Reworking of the Rayner–Eastern Ghats Terrane: Constraints from the Northern Prince...Prince Charles Mountains Region, East Antarctica Laura J. Morrissey1,*, Martin Hand1, David E. Kelsey1...Ice Shelf region of the Rayner Complex, East Antarctica, record high-temperature reworking during Cambrian...Cambrian has previously been recognized in the Prydz Bay region at the margin of the Rayner Complex, but...in the northern Prince Charles Mountains. The Eastern Ghats Province in India, which was formerly contiguous
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granulite facies paragneisses in the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica: Evidence for a non-marine evaporite...1000 Ma Brattstrand Paragneiss in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. The B isotope composition of these...source of B for the B rich lithologies of the Larsemann Hills. A possible scenario for precursors of these...tourmaline, prismatine and grandidierite from the Larsemann Hills using thermal ionization mass spectrometry...borosilicate minerals in the Larsemann Hills, a coastal exposure on Prydz Bay, East Antarctica (Fig. 1), contain
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mafic granulites from Sostrene Island, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica D. E . THOST,' B . I . HENSEN' AND Y...southwest of Davis Station on the coast of Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, exhibit two-stage symplectic coronas...metamorphic event recognized in outcrops along the Prydz Bay coast. The high-P, high-T estimates derived from...Archaean, high-grade metamorphic event. Key words: Antarctica; decompression; garnet-bearing mafic granulites;...garnet in mafic granulites from Sostrene Island, Prydz Bay (Fig. l ) , which are interpreted as having developed
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MINERALS FROM GRANITIC PEGMATITES IN THE LARSEMANN HILLS, EAST ANTARCTICA Eva R. WADOSKI§, Edward S. GREW and...Maine 04469,USA Abstract In the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, granulite-facies metasedimentary...grandidierite, tourmaline, granitic pegmatite, Larsemann Hills, Antarctica. Sommaire Nous décrivons la présence...granitiques, D2, D3 et D4, dans les collines Larsemann, Baie Prydz, en Antarctique orientale. Plusieurs de...grandidierite, tourmaline, pegmatite granitique, collines Larsemann, Antarctique. § Present address: Mineralogical
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maïŹc granulites from the Grove Mountains, East Antarctica: P–T–t path, collisional orogeny and implications...June 2009 Accepted 7 July 2009 Keywords: East Antarctica Prydz Belt Late Neoproterozoic/Cambrian HP maïŹc...of the Late Neoproterozoic/Cambrian Prydz Belt of East Antarctica. In this paper we report high-pressure...evidence for a collisional tectonic setting for the Prydz Belt, which supports the notion that East Gondwana...001 et al., 2007) and the Maud Belt of East Antarctica (Board et al., 2005). These rocks, coupled with
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GRANULITE-FACIES PARAGNEISS IN THE LARSEMANN HILLS, PRYDZ BAY, EAST ANTARCTICA Edward S. GREW§ Department of...(whence the name), Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills, in Antarctica. Associated minerals are stornesite-(Y)...electron microprobe, crystal structure, Larsemann Hills, Antarctica. § E-mail address: esgrew@maine.edu...(d’oĂč le nom), pĂ©ninsule de Stornes, collines Larsemann, dans l’Antarctique. Lui sont associĂ©s stornesite-(Y)...Ă©lectronique, structure cristalline, collines Larsemann, Antarctique. Introduction The wicksite group
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Title: Multi-stage metamorphism in the Rayner–Eastern Ghats Terrane: P–T–t constraints from the northern...northern Prince Charles Mountains, east Antarctica Author: Laura J. Morrissey Martin Hand David E. Kelsey...from the northern Prince Charles Mountains, east Antarctica, Precambrian Research (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10...thermal gradients are similar to those in the Eastern Ghats Province in India. pt - Ac ce 1 2 3 4...81 1 Multi-stage metamorphism in the Rayner–Eastern Ghats Terrane: P–T–t constraints 2 from the northern
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the ca. 820 Ma high-grade metamorphism in the Eastern Indian Tectonic Zone had a wider impact in the...stratigraphically distinct lithounits in the central and eastern part of the Shillong–Meghalaya Gneissic Complex...of western margin of Pan-African Prydz Bay suture of East Antarctica. Being the frontal edge of the Indian...suggested that the collision of India with East Antarctica occurred at J. Earth Syst. Sci. (2019)128:68...∌750 Ma and subsequently collided with Australo-Antarctica crustal block of the assembled East Gondwana
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McKaskle Hills, Eastern Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and Implications for the Evolution of the Prydz Belt...gneisses from the McKaskle Hills, eastern Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Garnet-bearing mafic granulites...Ma. This suggests that the McKaskle Hills form part of the Prydz Belt, and that the relatively high peak...granulites from Prydz Bay. The age data also indicate that the Precambrian history of the McKaskle Hills is not...also different from that of other parts of the Prydz Belt. The existence of multiple basement terranes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica: implications for the formation of Gondwana S...equivalent to that recorded in the same-aged rocks at Prydz Bay located 600 km to the north, and (ii) similar...These results indicate that large areas of East Antarctica were thickened and rapidly exhumed, probably...Cambrian orogenesis in the Prydz Bay–Prince Charles Mountains region of East Antarctica marks one of the fundamental...Gondwana. Key words: continent collision; East Antarctica; Gondwana; Pan-African; Prince Charles Mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granulite-facies paragneiss, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica EDWARD S. GREW1,*, THOMAS ARMBRUSTER2...mass in a paragneiss from Brattnevet, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. Grains are mostly anhedral and range... Key-words: phosphate, new mineral, Antarctica, Larsemann Hills, electron microprobe, crystal structure...057’ E on Brattnevet Peninsula, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. The mineral and name were approved... 231 Chopinite from the granulite-facies, Prydz Bay, Antarctica and fayalite, was found to be vacant, or
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Events, Southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica 1 DISCIPLINE OF EARTH SCIENCES, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL...from the southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica has been carried out to unravel the P^Tconditions...(5·8^6·1 kbar and 625^6358C) during Early Palaeozoic Prydz orogenic activity; (3) in regions of the Lambert...Complex reworked during the Rayner orogenic event, Prydz-aged orogenesis was highly localized. The distribution...orogenic activity pertaining to the Rayner and Prydz orogenic events in the southern Prince Charles Mountains
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Metapelitic migmatiUs at Brattstrand Bluffs, East Antarctica, preserve granulite assemblages and a complex...from the Brattstrand Bluffs coastline of Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, which preserve evidence for metamorphism...the Brattstrand Bluffs coastline of eastern Prydz Bay, East Antarctica (Fig. 1), comprise high-grade gneiss...Metapelitic Migmatites from Brattstrand Bluffs, East Antarctica—Metamorphism, Melting and Exhumation of the Mid...37 NUMBER 2 APRIL 1996 Fig. 1. Map of East Prydz Bay, depicting the location of the Bratutrand Bluffs
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Metapelitic granulites from Jetty Peninsula, east Antarctica: formation during a single event or by polymetamorphism...metasedimentary gneiss exposed on Jetty Peninsula, east Antarctica, contains assemblages involving garnet-silli...recognized in much of east Antarctica. Key words: decompression; east Antarctica; granulite; metapelite;...ferrocordierite; gt, garnet; py, pyrope; alm, almandine; gr, grossular; ilm, ilmenite; K-spar, K-feldspar;...spinel. INTRODUCTION A large region of east Antarctica was affected by granulite facies metamorphism
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granulite facies metamorphism in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica F. Zulbati 1 , S.L. Harley ⁎ Grant Institute...July 2006 Abstract Granulites of the Vestfold Hills record a pulsed end-Archaean to early Palaeoproterozoic...Archaean areas in East Antarctica and cratonic domains placed adjacent to East Antarctica in Gondwana reconstructions...M1 granulite facies metamorphism in the Vestfold Hills have been constrained from mineral assemblages and...conditions previously proposed for M1 in the Vestfold Hills. Pressures of metamorphism during M1 are estimated
 
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