Open AccessDiscovery of sapphirine in East Greenland
Author(s) -
C. Kent Brooks
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v146.8103
Subject(s) - granulite , geology , gneiss , geochemistry , facies , metamorphic rock , paleontology , structural basin
An occurrence of sapphirine is described from the Kronprins Frederik Bjerge (about 67°N) in East Greenland. It occurs in an assemblage with phlogopite, spinel and orthopyroxene in a thin band in quartzo-feldspathic gneisses of granulite facies but may well be much more widespread in the area.