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Table 3 Intervals of compositional variations in minerals marking different metamorphic stages of garnet-free gneiss

From: Blueschist mylonitic zones accommodating syn-subduction exhumation of deeply buried continental crust: the example of the Rocca Canavese Thrust Sheets Unit (Sesia–Lanzo Zone, Italian Western Alps)

Mineral

pre-1

M1

M2/D2

M3/D3

Jd

 

XJd = 0.87–0.99

XJd = 0.66–0.83

XJd = 0.09–0.2

  

Na = 0.92–0.99

Na = 0.85–0.96

Na = 0.58–0.87

  

Fe = 0.02–0.10

Fe = 0.13–0.32

Fe = 0.55–0.81

  

Ca = 0.01–0.05

Ca = 0.04–0.14

Ca = 0.15–0.35

  

Mg = 0.00–0.04

Mg = 0.03–0.11

Mg = 0.11–0.24

Cpx

 

XJd = 0.43–0.43

  
  

Na = 0.55–0.56

  
  

Fe = 0.26–0.27

  
  

Ca = 0.41–0.45

  
  

Mg = 0.27–0.28

  

Wm

 

Si = 3.44–3.53

Si = 3.39–3.44

 
  

Altot = 1.97–2.07

Altot = 2.07–2.13

 
  

Ti = 0.00–0.01

Ti = 0.00–0.01

 
  

Mg = 0.28–0.32

Mg = 0.28–0.33

 

Ep

 

Fe3+ =0.61–0.78

Fe3+=0.54–0.59

 
  

Altot = 2.22–2.39

Altot = 2.40–2.45

 
  

Mn = 0.00–0.01

Mn = 0.01–0.02

 

Bt

Ti = 0.00–0.01

   
 

AlVI = 0.60–1.02

   
 

XMg = 0.41–0.56

   

Pl

   

XAb = 0.95

    

XAn = 0.02

    

XOr = 0.03