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Corundum from
Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Mountain Range
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:823207
Long-form Identifier:1:3:823207:6
GUID (UUID V4):86539b89-c0fb-4c41-8460-fdae6eb5b59a
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process in the central Sør Rondane Mountains, eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica TATSURO ADACHI1*...the central part of Sør Rondane Mountains, eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, are classified into...later hydration (A-type). (ii) The Brattnipene and eastern Menipa area preserve peak P– T conditions of c...metamorphic records in the central part of the Sør Rondane Mountains can be a test ground for the regional tectonic...uk/SUP18623 The Sør Rondane Mountains, located in eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, have been considered
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of metapelites from Brattnipene, Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica: Implications for a tectonothermal...Counterclockwise P–T path Isobaric cooling Sør Rondane Mountains Antarctica Gondwana a b s t r a c t In this...metapelitic rocks from the Sør Rondane Mountains, eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. The counterclockwise...of spinel, sillimanite, and corundum, and where the sillimanite and corundum have sparse tiny spinel inclusions;...temperature conditions reported so far from the Sør Rondane Mountains. Prismatic subidioblastic staurolite formed
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in pyropic garnet from the eastern Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica Masao Asami a,⁎, Edward S....metamorphic complex of the eastern Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. A bulk analysis of...assemblage of the biotitic gneiss is garnet + corundum + hercynite + biotite + plagioclase + allanite...500–600 °C. Theoretical calculations of garnet + corundum + spinel ± sapphirine + kyanite equilibria in...assemblages remains an unresolved question. The Sør Rondane Mountains constitute the third region for kyanite
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Neoproterozoic extensional detachment in eastern Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica: Implications for the collapse...African–Antarctic Orogen Sør Rondane Mountains Dronning Maud Land Antarctica a b s t r a c t A geological...of the eastern Sør Rondane Mountains forms the basis of a revised tectonic history for eastern Dronning...Dronning Maud Land in Antarctica. The Balchenfjella area can be structurally divided into two metamorphic units...and structural data indicate that the eastern Sør Rondane Mountains were affected by four phases of deformation
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A new polysome from the central Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica Toshiaki Shimura,1,* Junji Akai...(IMA 2010-084) was found in the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. It occurs in Mg-Al-rich, Si-poor...Si-poor skarns, characterized by a corundum-spinel-phlogopite-clinochlore assemblage. The new magnesiohögbomite...polysomatism, crystal structure, corundum, spinel, Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica Introduction Högbomite-group...spinel-hercynite association, and (3) independent grains. In Antarctica, högbomite-group minerals were reported from
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generations from granulites in the Sør-Rondane mountains, East Antarctica Sotaro Baba 1 2 2 2 & Yasuhito...were collected from Vesthaugen, Sør-Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica, and consist mainly of cordierite...Ultrahigh-temperature meyamorphism . Sør-Rondane Mountains . Antarctica Introduction Ultrahigh-temperature...spinel–cordierite–garnet granulites from the Sør-Rondane Mountains in East Antarctica. High-T conditions of the rocks...presence of ternary feldspars and of quartz and corundum inclusions in spinel. An orthopyroxene-bearing
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recording fluid/melt-rock interaction (Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica) Fumiko Higashino1, 2*, Daniela...a granulite facies gneiss from Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica, reveals discontinuous step-wise...metamorphism at 800 °C from the Sør Rondane Mountains (SRM), East Antarctica. The oxygen isotope zoning records...The Sør Rondane Mountains (22º-28ºE, 71.5º-72.5ºS), eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica is dominated...et al., 2017). Balchenfjella is located in the eastern part of the NE-terrane, and is cut across by the
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Cambrian crustal evolution of eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: a synthesis of SHRIMP U-Pb age...Cambrian crustal evolution of eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: a synthesis of SHRIMP U – Pb...456-0002, Japan Abstract: In eastern Dronning Maud Land (DML), East Antarctica, there are several discrete...from west (c. 208E) to east (c. 508E), the Sør Rondane Mountains (SRM), Yamato– Belgica Complex (YBC), LützowHolm...published data suggests that the main part of eastern Dronning Maud Land, including the SRM, represents juvenile
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collision zone—An example from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica Fumiko Higashino a,∗ , Tetsuo Kawakami...in the pelitic gneisses of the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica where Late Proterozoic to Cambrian...melt activity is somewhat linear in the Sør Rondane Mountains. High Cl-activity is located near the large...high-grade Cl-rich fluid or melt activity in the Sør Rondane Mountains implies that it is one of the major phenomena...the pelitic lithologies of the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica is mapped. The PT condition and
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suture of Madagascar and its continuation into Antarctica and Africa S.D. Boger, W. Hirdes, C.A.M. Ferreira...suture of Madagascar and its continuation into Antarctica and Africa, Gondwana Research (2014), doi: 10...of Madagascar and its PT continuation into Antarctica and Africa S.D. Bogera,b, W. Hirdesc, C.A.M...extrapolation of this tectonic boundary into both East Antarctica and Africa. Keywords: Madagascar Gondwana,...Africa though to the SC RI Donning Maud Land region of East Antarctica (Fig. 1a). It likely incorporates
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zone 2.2.6 Trivandrum Granulite Block References Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt 2.3.1 Introduction 2.3.2 Sileru... East Antarctica 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Introduction The Sør Rondane Mountains The Maud Belt The...Muhlig-Hofmannfjella mountains The Lützow-Holm Complex The Vestfold Hills The Grove Mountains 315 317 342 345...India, Sri Lanka, Botswana, South Africa, East Antarctica, and Western Australia. All the photographs have...literature, especially for the chapters on East Antarctica, Western Australia and some parts of the Limpopo
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from Rundvågshetta, Lützow–Holm Complex, East Antarctica Yoshikuni HIROI*,**, Tomokazu HOKADA**,***, Mutsumi...Rundvågshetta, Lützow–Holm Complex (LHC), East Antarctica. In this study, we report previously undocumented...early Paleozoic Lützow–Holm Complex (LHC) in East Antarctica is characterized by progressive metamorphism...metamorphism from upper amphibolite facies in the eastern part of the Prince Olav Coast to upper granulite facies...61 Figure 1. (a) The location of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica. (b) Map of the exposed geology of
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metamorphic belt (NMMB) extending down from Kenya to Antarctica (Pardieu and Hughes 2008). The most significant...geological and/or geographical origins of emerald and corundum (e.g., Giuliani et al. 2005). The aim of this...occurrences have been described from the Sør Rondane mountains of Antarctica (Osanai et al. 1990). Tsavorite is...in Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar, Pakistan, and Antarctica; (3) the third set, ranging from 15.5‰ to 21...3. Tsavorites from Madagascar, Pakistan, and Antarctica display V/Cr ratios of >5.8. Jambil tsavorites
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ranodiorite intrusions in the Sør Rondane Mountain of East Antarctica. HIGHLIGHTS • The granitic gneisses...ranodiorite intrusions in the Sør Rondane Mountain of East Antarctica. KEYWORDS Sri Lanka; Vijayan Complex;...Complex; Cryogenian; Lurio foreland; Sør Rondane Mountain; Gondwana assembly 1. INTRODUCTION The tectonics...now removed terranes of southern India and eastern Antarctica, but the correlation between these regions...Samples were crushed and powdered by jaw crusher and corundum mill. They were then fused into glass beads in
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Skallen Group in the Lützow–Holm Complex of East Antarctica represent a unique metamorphic belt that regionally...fragments, including the Lützow–Holm Complex in East Antarctica (e.g., Dunkley et al., 2014; Tsunogae et al....subdivision of the Madurai Block into Western and Eastern Madurai Domains. The Western Madurai Domain consists...partial melting at 2470–2430 Ma. In contrast, the eastern Madurai Domain comprises mainly meta–sediments...Tectonic implications Sri Lanka, East Antarctica, the eastern and southern margins of Madagascar, and
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in Sri Lanka and the Lützow Holm Bay region of Antarctica with similar aged belts in Mozambique, Malawi...adjacent regions of Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Antarctica are located at the meeting point of a number...the India, US Australia, Azania, Kalahari and Antarctica terranes collided to form Gondwana (Fig. 1)....metasedimentary gneisses that dominate the southern and eastern Madurai 9 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Block. Less common...East Antarctica with Australia lying to the north of that; to the south lay Dronning Maud Land (East
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portions of the orogen (e.g., Mozambique Belt). The eastern part the Arabian-Nubian Shield also provides a...once contiguous extension into Droning Maud Land, Antarctica) to Jo ur depocenters along the northern...location of the studied section in the Alborz mountains. Yellow circles indicate outcrops of the Cadomian...Africa, South America, India, Arabia, Madagascar, Antarctica and Australia and was fringed by numerous peri-Gondwanan...Orogen, recording the collision between Indo-Antarctica and eastern lP Africa in the south, and the accretionary
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Gondwana terrains such as southern India and east Antarctica. The CONTACT Sanjeewa Prabhath Kumara Malaviarachchi...Plavsa et al. 2014) and the Lutzöw–Hölm Complex, Antarctica (e.g. Satish-Kumar et al. 2008; Tsunogae et al...colour) in the quarry. (d) Boudinage block of corundum bearing gneiss within UHT 6F. (e) The road exposure...foliation of the rock. Quartz-undersaturated domains (corundum- and spinel-bearing garnet-sillimanite– graphite...Sometimes UHT 91 is intimated with spinel- and corundum-bearing garnet-sillimanite-graphite gneiss (Khondalite)
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metamorphism during the continents collision in eastern Asia. Y. Osanai, osanai@scs.kyushu − u.ac.jp Corresponding...amounts of sapphirine − corundum − cordierite granulite, sapphirine − corundum − spinel − phlogopite granulite...granulites (Tonagh Island, Antarctica: Osanai et al., 1999; Bunt Island, Antarctica: Osanai et al., 2001b;...2001b; Mt. Liiser Larsen, Antarctica: Suzuki et al., 1999; Eastern Ghats, India: Sengupta et al., 1991; Forefinger...Forefinger point, Antarctica: Harley et al., 1990; Spot Hight 945 etc., Antarctica: Sheraton et al., 1987;
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darker boudins with relict green spinel, cut by corundum + chlorite ± dolomite veins. Locally, Cr-rich...even Sp30Hc70. The Cr-rich spinel close to the corundum veins is more hercynite rich (Sp20Hc80) and contains...a new polysome from the central Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. American Mineralogist, 97, 268–280...new hӧgbomite-supergroup mineral from Jacupica mountains, Republic of Macedonia. Mineralogy and Petrology...about 25 km WSW of the city of Veles, Jacupica Mountains, Pelagonia mountain range, Republic of Macedonia
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Neoproterozoic granulites from Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica – Implications for southward extension...Available online 17 July 2012 Keywords: East Antarctica East African Orogen Granulites Neoproterozoic...is projected in central Dronning Maud Land (CDML) in east Antarctica. CDML is considered to be a magmato-metamorphic...feldspar + plagioclase + quartz) in the Humboldt Mountains in CDML have been used to deduce the peak metamorphic...oasis is inferred as the extension of EAO in east Antarctica. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1
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sapphirine– corundum–spinel–cordierite (2) corundum–spinel–cordierite (3) garnet–corundum–spinel–cordierite...ierite (4) garnet–spinel–gedrite–corundum, and (5) orthopyroxene–spinel–gedrite. These metamorphic rocks...intrusive rocks, characteristically containing corundum, spinel and other Al-rich ferromagnesian silicates...(sapphirine–corundum–spinel–cordierite granulite, corundum–spinel–cordierite granulite, garnet–corundum– spinel–cordierite...spinel–cordierite granulite, garnet–spinel–gedrite–corundum granulite and orthopyroxene–spinel granulite)
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ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / g r GR Focus Antarctica — Before and after Gondwana Steven D. Boger School...21 September 2010 Editor: M. Santosh Keywords: Antarctica Gondwana Tectonics Subduction Accretion Collision...nucleus centred on the Terre Adélie regions of East Antarctica and the Gawler Craton region of South Australia...collision added crust first to the Antarctic nucleus's eastern margin, then to its western margin. These events...Western Australia and its unnamed continuation in Antarctica. (3) Inversion of this margin followed shortly
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Schreyer (1967) initially obtained orthopyroxene + corundum + spinel in a 22 h long run, and only in longer...investigating reaction orthopyroxene + spinel + corundum = sapphirine at 700– 750 °C and 15–16 kbar. However...Opx; r92 – Prp + Spl = Spr + Opx. lie within corundum + quartz stability’’ (their Fig. 10). Asami et...equilibrium in a granulite from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica, but they were not successful in...in pyropic garnet from the eastern Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. Lithos, 93, 107-125. Baldwin
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A new polysome from the central Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. Am. Mineral., 97, 268–280. The...(IMA 2010084) was found in the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. It occurs in Mg-Al-rich, Si-poor...Si-poor skarns, characterized by a corundum-spinel-phlogopite-clinochlore assemblage. Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S
 
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