M.J. Hibbard
Grossularite


Grossularite   Ca3Al2(SiO4)3    Cubic
o Metamorphic (static thermal) environment. (chapter 14)
- Grossularite (orange-brown) has formed along with diopside and clinozoisite (green) in siliceous-aluminous marl lenses and layers adjacent to limestone (now recrystallized) (white). U.S. dime scale (right) lies on a cordierite-biotite-quartz hornfels layer derived from mudstone. Marjum Formation, Notch Peak area, House Range, Utah.

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