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A Garnet-Hornblende-Pyroxene Rock from Glenelg, Inverness-shire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. J. ÓHara
M. J. ÓHara
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Grant Institute of Geology, Edinburgh.
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Abstract

A garnet-hornblende-two pyroxene rock from Glenelg is described. It is assigned to the eclogite facies by virture of its density, mineral composition, and associations. Its chemical composition is that of a picrite-basalt. Comparison with other garnet-pyroxene assemblages suggests that there are no clear differences between the partition of major and minor elements in these minerals at the eclogite and granulite facies of metamorphism. A diagram to represent parageneses in basic and ultrabasic rocks of the eclogite facies is presented, and points of interest discussed.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 97 , Issue 2 , April 1960 , pp. 145 - 156
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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