Electron microscopical study of garnet exsolution in orthopyroxene.

Autor: Reiche, M., Bautsch, H.-J.
Zdroj: Physics & Chemistry of Minerals; Feb1985, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p29-33, 5p
Abstrakt: By means of electron-optical methods the structure and orientation of lamella-like garnet exsolutions in an orthopyroxene from the eclogite of Gilsberg, Saxony Granulite Complex, are investigated. It can be shown that besides the macroscopic and microscopic submicroscopic exsolution lamellae also exist; they have widths up to nearly 5 nm. The intergrowth conditions are such shat (100) is parallel to {100} and [001] parallel to 〈110〉. The lamellae are coherent, but sometimes extended dislocation arrangements are found in microscopic lamellae which are caused by a deformation. These investigations point to formation of the rock as a result of a solid state reaction under high pressure conditions with subsequent diffusive-dissociative exsolution of garnet from primary pyroxene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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