Omphacite-diopside vein in an omphacitite block from the Osayama serpentinite melange, Sangun-Renge metamorphic belt, southwestern Japan

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 845-852

  Tsujimori, Tatsuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diopside; Immiscibility; Oeyama ophiolite; Omphacite; Sangun Renge metamorphic belt; Serpentinite melange

Indexed keywords

DIOPSIDE; MELANGE; OMPHACITE; OMPHACITITE; OPHIOLITE; SERPENTINITE;

JAPAN, HONSHU, CHUGOKU MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031422178     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1997.061.409.07     Document Type: Article

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