The field of stability of blue jadeite: A new occurrence of jadeitite at Sorkhan, Iran, as a case study

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1501-1509

  Oberhänsli, Roland ^a   Bousquet, Romain ^a   Moinzadeh, Hesam ^b   Moazzen, Mohssen ^c   Arvin, Mohsen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blue jade; High pressure petrology; Iran; Jadeitite; Lawsonite; Sorkhan; Two clinopyroxene stability

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS ROCKS; MAGNESITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BLUDE JADE; CLINOPYROXENE; JADEITITE; LAWSONITE;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CLINOPYROXENE; HIGH PRESSURE; JADEITE; LAWSONITE; LOW TEMPERATURE; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

LAVANDULA;

EID: 39649099359     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.45.6.1501     Document Type: Article

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