Almandine-Pyrope Series
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About Almandine-Pyrope Series
Crystal System:
Isometric
Series Formula:
Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 to Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
A series between Almandine and Pyrope
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Optical Data of Almandine-Pyrope Series
Type:
Isotropic
Crystallography of Almandine-Pyrope Series
Crystal System:
Isometric
Synonyms of Almandine-Pyrope Series
Varieties of Almandine-Pyrope Series
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
| 4 photos of Almandine-Pyrope Series associated with Graphite | C |
| 2 photos of Almandine-Pyrope Series associated with Zoisite | Ca2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) |
| 2 photos of Almandine-Pyrope Series associated with Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| 2 photos of Almandine-Pyrope Series associated with Clinopyroxene Subgroup | |
| 1 photo of Almandine-Pyrope Series associated with Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| 1 photo of Almandine-Pyrope Series associated with Tschermakite | ◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 |
| 1 photo of Almandine-Pyrope Series associated with Omphacite | (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(AleFe3+fFe2+gMgh)Si2O6 |
| 1 photo of Almandine-Pyrope Series associated with Phengite | KAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2 |
| 1 photo of Almandine-Pyrope Series associated with Kyanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| 1 photo of Almandine-Pyrope Series associated with Olivine |
Other Information
Health Risks:
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Localities for Almandine-Pyrope Series
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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Algeria | |
| M. Guiraud, J.R. Kienast, A. Rahmani : "Petrological study of high-temperature granulites from In Ouzal, Algeria : some implications on the phase relationships in the FMASTOCr system", Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, 1375-1390. |
Australia | |
| Kubel, S. Argyle Diamond Mine–Geology and Mining of the AK1 Pipe, Kimberley region, Northwest Australia. |
Austria | |
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Brazil | |
| Chris D. Parkinson et al. , " Ultrahigh-pressure pyrope-kyanite granulites and associated eclogites in Neoproterozoic nappes of southeast Brazil", 2001, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, http://akmotoki.tripod.com/2001/Waseda/Cdp.html |
| Van King |
| Chris D. Parkinson et al. , " Ultrahigh-pressure pyrope-kyanite granulites and associated eclogites in Neoproterozoic nappes of southeast Brazil", 2001, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, http://akmotoki.tripod.com/2001/Waseda/Cdp.html | |
Canada | |
| C. Lemanski, Jr. (re-entry of lost Mindat data). |
China | |
| Yican Liu, Shutong Xu, Shuguang Li, Laili Jiang, Weiping Wu, Guanbao Chen, and Wen Su (2000): Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 43(suppl.), 178-188. |
| Yican Liu, Shutong Xu, Shuguang Li, Laili Jiang, Weiping Wu, Guanbao Chen, and Wen Su (2000): Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 43(suppl.), 178-188. | |
| Am. Min. , V 90, pp. 801-813, 2005 / Journal of Petrology, June 2004, V 45, N° 6, pp. 1125-1145. |
| Yican Liu, Shutong Xu, Shuguang Li, Laili Jiang, Weiping Wu, Guanbao Chen, and Wen Su (2000): Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 43(suppl.), 178-188. |
| Yican Liu, Shutong Xu, Shuguang Li, Laili Jiang, Weiping Wu, Guanbao Chen, and Wen Su (2000): Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 43(suppl.), 178-188. | |
| Ratschbacher, L., Franz, L., Enkelmann, E., Jonckheere, R., Pörschke, A., Hacker, B.R., Dong, S., and Zhang, Y. (2006), In: Hacker, B.R., McClelland, W.C., and Liou, J.G. (eds.): Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism: Deep continental subduction. Geological Society of America Special Paper 403, 45–75. |
| Lü, G., Chen, J., Ding, T., Li, X., Wang, F., and Li, R. (2001) Depth of coesite-bearing eclogite formation, Dabie UHPM zone, China, based on structure stress correction. Journal of Geosciences of China: 3(1): 1-12.; Jambor, J.L. and Roberts, A.C. (2001) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 86: 197-200. |
| http://www.icdp-online.de/news/workshops/abstracts/AGU04/V14A-07.htm |
| Rong Yan and Jianjun Yang (2013): Acta Petrologica Sinica 29(5), 1621-1633 | |
| Jingsui Yang, Shuguang Song, Zhiqin Xu, Fulai Liu, Shigenori Maruyama, Liou, J.G., Jianxin Zhang, Cailai Wu, Haibing Li, and Rendeng Shi (2001): Presented at the 11th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Abstract no. 3088. |
| Yang Jingsui et al.(2001): UHPM workshop, Waseda University. |
| Jingsui Yang, Shuguang Song, Zhiqin Xu, Fulai Liu, Shigenori Maruyama, Liou, J.G., Jianxin Zhang, Cailai Wu, Haibing Li, and Rendeng Shi (2001): Presented at the 11th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Abstract no. 3088.; American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 222–228, 2009 |
| Li Zi-Long et al. , Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE, 2004 5(10), pp. 1180-1182. |
Czech Republic | |
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Ecuador | |
| Eur. Journ. Mineral. , Vol. 15, N° 6, 2003, pp. 977-989. |
France | |
| http://alex.geosciences.univ-rennes1.fr:85/Document.htm&numrec=031994168917690 and http://christian.nicollet.free.fr/page/enseignement/LicenceSN/manteauMetam.html and http://www.ens-lyon.fr/Planet-Terre/Infosciences/Geodynamique/Chimie-enveloppes/Articles/peridotite.html |
| D. Coffrant, Bull. Soc. Fr. Minéral. Cristallogr. , 1974, 97, pp. 70-78. |
| G. Trolliard et al. , Bull. Minéral; , 1987, 110, pp. 439-448. |
| P. Andrieux, Bull. Minéral, 1982, 105, pp. 253-266, France. |
Germany | |
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India | |
| Gems, Sixth Edition by Michael O'Donoghue (May 2, 2006) |
| GSA Bulletin; March 1956; v. 67; no. 3; p. 317-390 |
Italy | |
| Ch. Robert et al. , Bull. Minéral. , 1985, 108, pp. 699-711. |
| Raman Spectroscopy (Michigan University) |
| Colombo F., Compagnoni R., Lombardo B. (1994): Le rocce eclogitiche dei Laghi del Frisson (Argentera sud-orientale, Alpi Marittime). Atti Tic. Sci. Terra, Serie speciale, 1, 75-82; Piccoli G.C. (2002): Minerali delle Alpi Marittime e Cozie Provincia di Cuneo. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, Ed., Alba, 366 pp.; Piccoli G.C., Maletto G., Bosio P., Lombardo B. (2007): Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, Ed., Alba, 607 pp.; Ferrando S., Lombardo B., Compagnoni R. (2008): Metamorphic history of HP mafic granulites from the Gesso-Stura Terrain (Argentera Massif, Western Alps, Italy). Eur. J. Mineral., 20, 777-790. |
| Ch. Robert et al. , Bull. Minéral. , 1985, 108, pp. 699-711. |
| Roggiani, A. (1940) Il regno minerale nell'Ossola. III. La pegmatite dell'Alpe "I Mondei" (Montescheno), con una nota del prof. A. Pelloux. Il Popolo dell'Ossola, Domodossola, XXX, 36 pp.; Pagliani, G., and Martinenghi, M. (1941): Il filone pegmatitico di Montescheno in Val Antrona (Ossola). Periodico di Mineralogia, 12, 1, 49-82. |
Madagascar | |
| Schmetzer, K., Glas, M. & Bernhardt, H-J. (2002): Sterngranate aus Madagaskar. Lapis 27 (2), 20-27 |
| Rakotondrazafy, A.F.M., Giuliani, G., Ohnenstetter, D., Fallick, A.E., Rakotosamizanany, S., Andriamamonjy, A., Ralantoarison, T., Razanatseheno, M., Offant, Y., Garnier, V., Maluski, H., Dunaigre, C., Schwarz, D., and Ratrimo, V. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 134-154. |
Norway | |
| Østergaard, T.V. (1969): Sapphirine in a kyanite- and staurolite- bearing rock. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse nr 258. (Årbok 1968), 62-65 |
| Elvevold, S. & Reginiussen, H. (1996): Reaction textures in contact metamorphosed xenoliths; implications for the tectonothermal evolution of the Seiland Igneous Province, Norwegian Caledonides. European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 777-789 |
| Reitan, P. (1959): Pegmatite veins and the surrounding rocks. III. Structural control of small pegmatites in amphibolite, Rytterholmen, Kragerøfjord, Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 39: 175-195 |
| Kolderup, C. F. (1903): Die Labradorfelse des westlichen Norwegens. II: Die Labradorfelse und die mit denselben verwandten Gesteine in dem Bergensgebiete. Bergens Museums Aarbog. Afhandlinger og Aarsberetning 1903, 12: 1-129; Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p 131 |
| Carswell, D. A., Brueckner,H. K.,Cuthbert, S. J.,Mehta, K. & O'Brien,P. J. (2003): The timing of stabilisation and the exhumation rate for ultra-high pressure rocks in the Western Gneiss Region of Norway. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 21, 601-612 |
| Carswell, D. A., Brueckner,H. K.,Cuthbert, S. J.,Mehta, K. & O'Brien,P. J. (2003): The timing of stabilisation and the exhumation rate for ultra-high pressure rocks in the Western Gneiss Region of Norway. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 21, 601-612. |
Spain | |
| Joan Rosell |
Sweden | |
| Sandström, F., Lorin, T. & Strand, U. (2009): Geologi och mineralogi i Gåsgruvefältet, Filipstad. Litofilen. 26 (2): 16-38 |
| Sandström, F., Lorin, T. & Strand, U. (2009): Geologi och mineralogi i Gåsgruvefältet, Filipstad. Litofilen. 26 (2): 16-38 | |
| Sandström, F., Lorin, T. & Strand, U. (2009): Geologi och mineralogi i Gåsgruvefältet, Filipstad. Litofilen. 26 (2): 16-38 | |
Switzerland | |
| UHPM Workshop 2001 at Waseda University 3P05 (Page 201-202) http://www.earth.edu.waseda.ac.jp/uhpm/cdrom/abstracts/3p05/3p05.pdf |
| Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf (Basel), p. 32 |
Tanzania | |
| Van King |
Thailand | |
| Khamloet, P., Pisutha-Arnond, V., Sutthirat, S. (2014): Mineral inclusions in sapphire from the basalt-related deposit in Bo Phloi, (Kanchanaburi, western Thailand): indication of their genesis. Geologiya i Geofizika 55, 1374-1391 (in Russian). |
UK | |
| White, A.J.R. (1964) Clinopyroxenes from eclogites and basic granulites. American Mineralogist, vol. 49, 883-888.; Smellie, J.L. and Stone, P. (1984) ‘Eclogite’ in the Ballantrae Complex: a garnet-clinopyroxenite segregation in mantle harzburgite? Scottish Journal of Geology, 20, 315–27. |
USA | |
| Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1974, V 85, N 2, pp. 285-292. |
| T. Tsujimori et al., Paper N° 21-6, The Geological Society of America, Joint Meeting Cordilleran Section and Pacific Section, 101st Annual Meeting, 29 April-1 May 2005, San Jose, California. |
| Harris Mason specimen |
| Wilson, Jeff (2014). "Garnet from Red Embers Mine, Erving MA" article posted at http://www.minerals.net/news/ September 11, 2014. |
| www.excaliburmineral.com |
| Collected by Bart Cannon. |
Mt Lady Franklin, Barnawartha North, City of Wodonga, Victoria, Australia