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Garnets from the Upper Swat Hornblendic Group, Swat District, Pakistan. Part I: Garnets from gneisses and pegmatites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Zulfiqar Ahmed  and
Shafeeq Ahmed
Zulfiqar Ahmed
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of the Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan)
Shafeeq Ahmed
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of the Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan)
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Summary

Chemical analyses of eleven garnets from orthogneisses and related pegmatites, belonging to the Upper Swat Hornblendic Group, Pakistan, are presented along with the petrographic descriptions of the host rocks. The garnets show dominant almandine content, followed by grossular pyrope, spessartine, and andradite, in order of relative abundance. One garnet sample is different from the rest in having higher andradite and spessartine contents and higher refractive index, and is also different in habit. This is the first detailed study of garnets from Pakistan.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 40 , Issue 309 , March 1975 , pp. 53 - 58
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1975

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