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Occurrence and significance of awaruite in the Dras ultramafics, Kashmir Himalaya, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

T. Radhakrishna ,
V. Divakara Rao  and
J. R. S. Krishna Rao
T. Radhakrishna
Affiliation:
National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad—500 001, India
V. Divakara Rao
Affiliation:
National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad—500 001, India
J. R. S. Krishna Rao
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Andhra University, Waltair—530 003, India
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Abstract

A new occurrence of awaruite, from India, is reported in the ultramafic units of the Dras area which form part of the Indus Suture ophiolites in Kashmir Himalaya. Its formation in these rocks suggests a low-temperature process of serpentinization. Ni and Fe released from olivine and/or pyroxene must have formed awaruite peragenetically next to magnetite and pentlandite.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 46 , Issue 341 , December 1982 , pp. 483 - 484
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1982

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