Spherically Arranged Inclusions in Post-Tectonic Garnet Porphyroblasts

P. K. Harvey and C. C. Ferguson
Department of Geology, Nottingham University

Summary: Garnet porphyroblasts, containing elongate ilmenite inclusions arranged in an essentially spherical pattern, are described. The garnets are post-tectonic, and the inclusion pattern is the result of deformation and simultaneous replacement of the matrix by the growing porphyroblast.

Mineralogical Magazine; March 1973 v. 39; no. 301; p. 85-88; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1973.039.301.13
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