Ecologitic Rhodingite

Title

Ecologitic Rhodingite

Identifier

NAO-18

Description

Grossular-andradite garnet, diopside, chlorite, sodic pyroxene, vesuvianite, titansphene, opaques. Traces of primitive gabbroid structure with diablastic development of the newlyformed phases and pseudomorphs of sodic pyroxene on primary pyroxenes. The presence of sodic pyroxene is an index of incomplete rhodingitization.

Date

no date

Contributor

Western Minerals Inc.

Spatial Coverage

Urbe , Italy

Temporal Coverage

Cretaceous-Eocene

Accrual Method

Purchased from Western Minerals Inc.

Number of Thin Sections

1