A new jadeitite jade locality (Sierra del Convento, Cuba): First report and some petrological and archeological implications

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  García Casco, Antonio ^a   Rodriguez Vega A ^b   Cardenas Parraga J ^c   Iturralde Vinent, M A ^d   Lazaro C ^c   Blanco Quintero, I ^c   Rojas Agramonte, Y ^b,e   Kroner A ^e   Nunez Cambra K ^f   Millan G ^f   Torres Roldan R L ^c   Carrasquilla, S ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Superior Minero Metalurgico   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Instituto de Geologia y Paleontologia La Habana   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Eastern Cuba; Fluids; High pressure; Jadeitite jade; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUID COMPOSITION; HIGH PRESSURE; INFILTRATION; JADEITE; NEW MINERAL; OMPHACITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TYPE LOCALITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 67349240380     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-008-0367-0     Document Type: Article

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