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Spherically arranged inclusions in post-tectonic garnet porphyroblasts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

P. K. Harvey
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Nottingham University
C. C. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Nottingham University

Summary

Garnet porphyroblasts, containing elongate ilmenite inclusions arranged in an essentially spherical pattern, are described. The garnets are post-tectonic, and the inclusion pattern is the result of deformation and simultaneous replacement of the matrix by the growing porphyroblast.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1973

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