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Kyanite is a typically blue aluminosilicate mineral, found in aluminium-rich metamorphic pegmatites and sedimentary rock. It is the high pressure polymorph of andalusite and sillimanite , and the presence of kyanite in metamorphic rocks generally indicates metamorphism deep in the Earth's crust .
Pyrophyllite occurs in phyllite and schistose rocks, often associated with kyanite, of which it is an alteration product. It also occurs as hydrothermal deposits. Typical associated minerals include: kyanite, andalusite, topaz, mica and quartz. [4] Deposits containing well-crystallized material are found in: [4]
Kainite (/ ˈ k aɪ n aɪ t / or / ˈ k eɪ n aɪ t /) [4] (KMg(SO 4)Cl·3H 2 O) is an evaporite mineral in the class of "Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H 2 O" according to the Nickel–Strunz classification. It is a hydrated potassium-magnesium sulfate-chloride, naturally occurring in irregular granular masses or as ...
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Andalusite is a common metamorphic mineral which forms under low pressure and low to high temperatures. The minerals kyanite and sillimanite are polymorphs of andalusite, each occurring under different temperature-pressure regimes and are therefore rarely found together in the same rock. Because of this the three minerals are a useful tool to ...
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Group A eclogite xenoliths remain the most enigmatic in terms of their origin due to metasomatic overprinting of their original composition. [ 10 ] [ 3 ] Models proposing a primary surface origin as seafloor protoliths strongly rely on the wide range in oxygen isotope composition, which overlaps with obducted oceanic crust, such as the Ibra ...
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