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Sapphirine from
Ganguvarpatti, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India


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 Ganguvarpatti, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:606003
Long-form Identifier:1:3:606003:9
GUID (UUID V4):8208547d-6671-4df7-8afb-7c94023d3afa
References
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geology of Andaman and Nicobar islands. Geol. Surv. India, Misc. Publ. v. 41, pp. 110-125 Roy, T.K., (1983)...CORRESPONDENCE Sapphirine and Corundum-bearing Granulites from Karur, Madurai Block, Southern India Toshiaki...2003) Abstract We report new occurrences of sapphirine- and corundum-bearing granulites intercalated...and Malappatty in the northern part of Madurai Block. Sapphirine in these localities occurs either as needle-like...plagioclase, corundum and gedrite (Malappatty). The sapphirine from Lachmanapatti is highly magnesian (XM,=
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1002/gj.1244 Sapphirine ĂŸ quartz assemblage from the Southern Granulite Terrane, India: diagnostic evidence...equilibrium sapphirine ĂŸ quartz assemblage from three localities (Rajapalaiyam, Ganguvarpatti and Panangad)...Panangad) in the Southern Granulite Terrane (SGT), India, provides unequivocal evidence for extreme crustal...The reaction microstructures associated with sapphirine ĂŸ quartz vary among the samples, probably suggesting...metamorphic evolution. Sapphirine and quartz in pelitic granulites from Rajapalaiyam in the Madurai Block occur
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Issue Koshimoto, T. Tsunogae and M.99, Santosh Sapphirine and corundum bearing ultrahigh temperature rocks...from the Palghat − Cauvery Shear System, southern India Saori KOSHIMOTO*, Toshiaki TSUNOGAE** and M. SANTOSH*...− 8571, Japan We report a new occurrence of sapphirine − and corundum − bearing silica − deficient Mg...Proterozoic collisional boundary in southern India. Sapphirine here occurs as medium − grained euhedral to...Sil → Spr + Crn. Temperatures estimated from sapphirine − spinel equilibria lie around 930 − 950ÂșC, suggesting
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Multistage orthopyroxene in the UHT granulites of Ganguvarpatti, IndiaIssue 279 Multistage orthopyroxene formation...ultrahigh − temperature granulites of Ganguvarpatti, southern India: implications for complex metamorphic...quartz granulites of Ganguvarpatti (GVP) from the northern Madurai Block in southern India record ultrahigh...− 8.2 wt%. Those which form symplectites with sapphirine have intermediate Al2O3 values (6.9 − 7.5 wt%)...pressure above 8 kbar and those associated with sapphirine and spinel symplectites show 850 − 900°C at a
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Report of Sapphirine-bearing Rocks from the PalghatCauvery Shear Zone System, Southern India M. Santoshl...within the Palghat-Cauvery Shear System contain sapphirine in association with corundum, spinel and sillimanite...ArcheanProterozoic collision boundary in southern India. Key words: Sapphirine-corundum-spinel, mineral chemistry,...metamorphism, Palghat-Cauvery Shear System, southern India. Introduction Granulite facies rocks subjected...characteristic mineral associations including sapphirine, orthopyroxene, sillimanite and spinel (Harley
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of Mineralogical Sapphirine and Petrological + quartz Sciences, from Ganguvarpatti Volume 104, page 285...─ 289, 2009 285 LETTER Sapphirine + quartz assemblage from Ganguvarpatti: diagnostic evidence for ...ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in central Madurai Block, southern India Nozomi Kondou*, Toshiaki Tsunogae**...the finding of sapphirine + quartz equilibrium assemblage in an orthopyroxene sapphirine granulite from...from Ganguvarpatti in southern India, providing diagnostic evidence for ultrahigh temperature (UHT) metamorphism
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1342-937X First Report of Sapphirine+Quartz Assemblage from Southern India: Implications for Ultrahigh-temperature...University of Mysore, Manasa Gangotri, Mysore - 570 006, India * Corresponding author: E-mail: tsunogae@arsia.geo...report here for the first time, the occurrence of sapphirine+quartz assemblage in textural equilibrium from...quartzo-feldspathic and pelitic granulites from southern India. The sapphirine-bearing rocks occur as layered gneisses...Rajapalaiyam area in the southern part of Madurai Block. Sapphirine occurs in three associations: (i) fine-grained
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sillimanite granulites from Ganguvarpatti, Madurai block, southern India Received: 20 February 2003 /...Springer-Verlag 2004 Abstract The Mg–Al granulites from Ganguvarpatti consist of orthopyroxene–sillimanite–garnet... with a few porphyroblasts of cordierite and sapphirine. These assemblages were strongly overprinted...evolution history for the UHT granulites of southern India. Present results are comparable with similar adjacent... Kochi, 780-8520, Japan Introduction Southern India comprises a collage of granulite facies terranes
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evolution of granulites from central Madurai Block (southern India): reference to Ediacaran crustal evolution...evolution of granulites from central Madurai Block (southern India): reference to Ediacaran crustal evolution...evolution of granulites from central Madurai Block (southern India): reference to Ediacaran crustal evolution...Hindu University, Varanasi, India ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY The Madurai Block, constituting part of...of the southern granulite terrain in southern India, has contributed significantly towards understanding
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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...such as garnet–corundum–sillimanite–cordierite–sapphirine–spinel–Mg-rich staurolite, garnet–corundum–sodic...staurolite–corundum–sapphirine, biotite– corundum–sapphirine and sodic gedrite–sapphirine–spinel–cordierite...been recorded in previous studies from southern India. Phase analysis of quartzabsent MAS system also
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and Isotopic Evolution of Granulites of Southern India: Reference to Neoproterozoic Crustal Evolution A...Varanasi 22 I 005, India Department of Geology, Bangalore University, Bangalore 560 056, India ( M ~ ~ i z ~...southern India. Geothermobarometric traverse across different granulite blocks in southern India shows wide...metamorphism (700-1000"C and 5-10 kbar). The sapphirine-, orthopyroxene-sillimaniteand spinel -bearing...recognised from parts of southern granulite terrain (Ganguvarpatti, Kiranur and Palani hill ranges etc.) show oriented
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granulites within continental collision zone in southern India M. Santosh a,⁎, K. Sajeev b a b Department of Natural...We report three new localities of corundum and sapphirine-bearing hyper aluminous Mg-rich and silica-poor...the Palghat–Cauvery Shear Zone system in southern India. From petrologic characteristics, mineral chemistry...prominent among which is the triple corona of spinel–sapphirine–cordierite on corundum, with the whole textural...Ged + Crn = Spl + Spr + Crd. The formation of sapphirine–sillimanite assemblage/symplectite 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...portion of the granulite-facies terrain of the Madurai block. Highpressure (HP) and ultrahigh-temperature...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
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in Southern India: U–Th–Pb electron microprobe ages from zircon and monazite in sapphirine-bearing granulites...zircon and monazite associated with corundum- and sapphirine-bearing granulite facies rocks of Lachmanapatti...shear zone system and Ganguvarpatti in the northern Madurai Block of southern India. Mineral assemblages...displayed by the UHT granulites of Sengal and Ganguvarpatti, although detrital grains with ∌ 2000 Ma ages...Mesoproterozoic ages in most cases. Zircon cores from Ganguvarpatti range from 2279 to 749 Ma and are interpreted
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decompressional evolution of sapphirine granulites from the Palni Hill Ranges, southern India M . R A I T H 1, S...Department of Geology, J. K. College, Purulia 723 101, India 3 Department of Geology, University of Maryland...TR A C T Sapphirine granulites from a new locality in the Palni Hill Ranges, southern India, occur in...south. Key words: Kodaikanal Massif, southern India; sapphirine-bearing MgAl granulites; two-stage decompression...uncommon (reviewed in Harley, 1989; Goscombe, 1992). Sapphirine+spinel-bearing MgAl granulites, by virtue of
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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...from the Kodaikanal region, central Madurai Block, southern India have undergone ultrahigh-temperature...ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) rocks from southern India, speciïŹcally the Madurai Block, vary widely from 600 Ma to 450...concluded that a major thermal event affected the Madurai Block during the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian (e.g.
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ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / l i t h o s Sapphirine + quartz corona around magnesian (XMg ~0.58)...from the Palghat-Cauvery Suture Zone, southern India: Evidence for high-pressure and ultrahigh-temperature...High-pressure and ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism Sapphirine + quartz Magnesian staurolite P–T path Gondwana...equilibrium sapphirine + quartz assemblage from the Palghat-Cauvery Suture Zone (PCSZ) in southern India providing...supercontinent in the Late Neoproterozoic–Cambrian. The sapphirine and quartz occur as coronas around Mg-rich (XMg
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temperature sapphirine + quartz-bearing granulite at Usilampatti, Madurai Block, Southern India D. PRAKASH1*...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...conditions were attained with the development of sapphirine + quartz in textural equilibrium (Stage 1). This...isothermal decompression, leading to the formation of sapphirine + cordierite at Stage 2. Subsequent retrograde
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Crustal trajectory of sapphirine-bearing granulites from Ganguvarpatti, South India: evidence for an isothermal...Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 &IS, India 'Department of Geology, Leicester University, Leicester...Leicester L E I 7RH, UK ABSTRACT Ganguvarpatti is part of a Precambrian terrane characterized by granulite...rocks, including charnockites, mafic granulites, sapphirine-bearing granulites, leptynites and gneisses....decompression; P-T path; reaction textures; sapphirine granulites; South India. INTRODUCTION The Southern Indian
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Quartz Assemblage from Kodaikanal in the Madurai Block, Southern India: Implications for Ultrahigh-Temperature...Quartz Assemblage from Kodaikanal in the Madurai Block, Southern India: Implications for Ultrahigh-Temperature...Quartz Assemblage from Kodaikanal in the Madurai Block, Southern India: Implications for Ultrahigh-Temperature...gneiss from the Kodaikanal region, Madurai Block, southern India. The petrogenetic grid in the KFMASH...Comparison of available P-T trajectories of the Madurai Block and adjacent areas suggests that the Kodaikanal
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systems: A case study from Rajapalaiyam, Madurai Block, southern India Takahiro Endo a, Toshiaki Tsunogae a...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...charnockite locality at Rajapalaiyam in the Madurai Block, southern India, and discuss the petrogenesis based...analysis. Rajapalaiyam is a key locality in southern India from where diagnostic mineral assemblages for u
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550 Ma Old Southern Granulite Terrain, Southern India A.S. Janardhan, K. Sriramguru, Sharana Basava and...University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570 006, India (Maquscript received ] m e 24,2000; accepted September...Rajapalaiyam town. This locality forms part of the Madurai block of the 550 Ma Southern Granulite Terrain...present study), Ambasamudram localities along with sapphirine bearing localities. in the deformed zone, where...GEIKIELITE - Mg.A1. SPINEL - TITANOCLINOHUMITE, SOUTHERN INDIA 361 362 A.S. JANARDHAN ET AL. Fig. 2e. Hand
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South India D. Prakash Departrnent of Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 22 I 005, India (Mnniiscript...terrane of the Precambrian shield of the southern India (Fig. la). The investigated area comprises a variety...gneisses, leptynites, migrnatitic gneisses and sapphirine bearing granulites has been extensively described...basic granulites occur in the northern portion of Tamil Nadu and southern Karnataka. Several workers including...granulites that occur in the southern block of Tamil Nadu (Harris et al., 1982; Mohan et al., 1985; Prakash
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CORRESPONDENCE Sapphirine-bearing Granulites from Abu-Balaram Area, Gujarat State: Implications for India-Madagascar...accepted August 1,2004) Abstract P-T conditions of sapphirine bearing granulites from a new locality from the...Aravalli-Delhi fold belt provides additional evidences for India-Madagascar connection, linking the AravalliMalani...Madagascar. Key words: Sapphirine, silimanite-orthopyroxene, Abu-Balaram area, Gujarat, India-Madagascar connection...characterized by typical mineral assemblages, such as sapphirine in association with high alumina orthopyroxene
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the eastern Trivandrum Granulite Block, southern India: implications for regional correlation of lower...the Trivandrum Granulite Block (TGB), southern India, and compare with the paths from the western part...the Palghat Cauvery Shear Zone system (PCSZ) and Madurai Granulite Block (MGB). The results therefore suggest...metamorphism, Trivandrum Granulite Block, Southern India, Gondwana supercontinent - INTRODUCTION - The...Tadokoro et al. (2007) from Kodaikanal in the Madurai Granulite Block (MGB) as a diagnostic evidence
 
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