The coexistence of jadeite and omphacite in an eclogite-facies metaquartz diorite from the southern Sesia Zone, Western Alps, Italy

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 70-84

  Matsumoto, Keisaku ^a   Hirajima, Takao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Jadeite; Miscibility gap; Omphacite; Sesia Zone; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646573661     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.100.70     Document Type: Article

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