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Kyanite-eclogite from
Gablor Hill eclogites, Kulp district, Diyarbakir Province, Turkey
| Locality type: | Outcrop | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type: | Kyanite-eclogite | |
| Comments: | Massive-dense pale bluish green rock with a porphyroblastic texture. Large pink garnet crystls as up to 1 cm in pale ground mass of omphacite and kyanite. Kyanite also occurs as irregular oriented laths up to several cm long. Colorless to white zoisite in parallel alignment, colorless mica flakes and large black amphiboles are notable in most hand specimens. The modal% of each mineral in this rock is: omphacite: 61.2% garnet: 16.4 kyanite: 12 zoisite: Ca-amphibole:8.8 phengite:1.2 rutile:0.3 quartz pyrite plagioclase: 0.1 | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals: | ||
| Associates: | Calcium Amphibole Subgroup Kyanite Omphacite Phengite Pyrite Rutile Zoisite | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Kyanite-eclogite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Gablor Hill eclogites, Kulp district, Diyarbakir Province, Turkey | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1749110 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1749110:3 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
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