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 Posted: Dec 11, 2013 17:34 Post subject: Re: FMF Guide of Rocks - METAMORPHIC ROCKS |
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Some non-hornfelsic contact metamorphic rocks.
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Cordierite schist
Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
8 x 4 cm.
Black cordierite grains in this lightly schistose rock. |
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86753 Time(s) |
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Chiastolite slate
Blencathra, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
8 x 8 cm. |
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86226 Time(s) |
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prcantos
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| Posted: Jul 05, 2015 06:56 Post subject: Re: FMF Guide of Rocks - METAMORPHIC ROCKS |
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A blueschist from the high-pressure metamorphic terrains at the Western Alps.
Red spessartine garnets are surrounded by blue glaucophane, silver mica and white quartz. Green crystals might be omphacite or better kyanite (read the explanation at the 4th & 5th picture).
| Mineral: | Spessartine glaucophane schist |
| Locality: | | Bagnes Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland |  |
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| Dimensions: | 12 x 16 cm. |
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| An altered side of the rock. |
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74510 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Spessartine glaucophane schist |
| Locality: | | Bagnes Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 4.5 cm. |
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| Lateral view of the specimen showing schistosity and flow structure. |
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74419 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Spessartine glaucophane schist |
| Locality: | | Bagnes Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | 20 x 16 cm. |
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| A fresh polished surface. |
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74705 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Spessartine glaucophane schist |
| Locality: | | Bagnes Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 4 cm. |
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Detailed view of the polished surface.
The main green crystal shows a 75º cleavage according to (100) and (010) faces of the kyanite, so we should consider it is kyanite better than omphacite (I haven't got an analysis). |
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74519 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Spessartine glaucophane schist |
| Locality: | | Bagnes Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 5 cm. |
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Another partial view of the polished surface with an interesting detail.
Next to the green crystals you can see a white mineral showing evident cleavage, so it can't be quartz (quartz appears here as a massive frame of garnets). It might be albite (a mineral possible in this blueschist facies). Albite can hardly ever coexist with omphacite according to the metamorphic reaction
albite < --- > jadeite + quartz
As jadeite is an essential component of omphacite, the presence of albite discards the omphacite in a high degree. Anyway omphacite can coexist sometimes wiht retrograde albite to some extent. |
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74508 Time(s) |
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