Cr Mica from the Precambrian Erris Complex, NW Mayo, Ireland
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- Published by Mineralogical Society in Mineralogical Magazine
- Vol. 47 (344) , 359-364
- https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1983.047.344.11
Abstract
Cr micas identified as chrome phengites occur in association with other Cr-rich minerals in a peculiar schist which lies along a complex shear zone within the pre-Caledonian Erris Complex. The schist generally has a chaotic internal structure but locally there is a crude planar mineralogical zoning with a serpentinebearing zone structurally above a Cr mica zone. Chemical analyses indicate that the schist is a tectonic derivative of a mixture of rock with a pronounced metasomatic character.Keywords
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