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Cordierite in the Pre-Cambrian Rocks of the South Savannas, British Guiana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. Singh
S. Singh
Affiliation:
Geological Survey Department, P.O. Box 789, Georgetown, British Guiana.
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Abstract

The mineral cordierite occurs in Pre-Cambrian gneisses, granulites, and granites of the Guyana Shield in British Guiana. In the Acid Biotite Gneisses and Acid Granulites forming the Kanuku Group, the mineral was formed during regional metamorphism. Considerable enrichment of cordierite occurs in the contact aureole around the South Savanna Granite. Cordierite of xenocrystal origin also occurs in the South Savanna Granite and its apophyses. The 2V and optic sign of the mineral varies widely, and no definite pattern in relation to the paragenesis of the mineral is recognized. Untwinned cordierites are predominant in regionally metamorphosed rocks while lamellar, interpenetration and sector twins are characteristic of cordierites in contact hornfelsed aureole rocks.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , February 1966 , pp. 36 - 43
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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