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Garnet Group from
Charakoma eclogite, Soufli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Comments:Garnet occurs as porphyroblasts in the kyanite-eclogite. The garnet shows compositional growth zoning with increasing MgO and CaO and decreasing FeO and MnO from the core to the rim.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Charakoma eclogite, Soufli, Evros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1778747
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1778747:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group
32.1km (20.0 miles) ⓘGolyamo Kamenyane serpentinite, Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
48.8km (30.3 miles) ⓘPcheloyad mine, Pcheloyad, Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
71.1km (44.2 miles) ⓘMishevsko, Dzhebel Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
81.7km (50.8 miles) ⓘLefkopetra, Abdera, Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
83.0km (51.6 miles) ⓘSvetulka, Ardino Municipality, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
85.3km (53.0 miles) ⓘKimmeria, Xanthi, Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
90.2km (56.0 miles) ⓘVishnevo, Banite Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
90.3km (56.1 miles) ⓘGorgona, Myki, Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
93.1km (57.8 miles) ⓘBanite, Banite Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
References
Mposkos, E.; Baziotis, I.; Proyer, A. (2011) Pressure–temperature evolution of eclogites from the Kechros complex in the Eastern Rhodope (NE Greece). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 101 (4). 973-996 doi:10.1007/s00531-011-0699-2
 
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