The components of rock-forming and accessory minerals of the upper mantle, transition zone and lower mantle rocks have been involved into the processes of diamond genesis. Through their dissolving in primary carbonate melts, the mantle minerals have turned into components of the parental silicate-(±oxide)carbonate-carbon melts-solutions for diamonds and co-crystallized paragenetic minerals. The...

The components of rock-forming and accessory minerals of the upper mantle, transition zone and lower mantle rocks have been involved into the processes of diamond genesis. Through their dissolving in primary carbonate melts, the mantle minerals have turned into components of the parental silicate-(±oxide)carbonate-carbon melts-solutions for diamonds and co-crystallized paragenetic minerals. The...

Metapelitic rocks in the Gasht area include micaschist, kyanite schist, andalusite schist, garnet schist, staurolite schist, cordierite schist and sillimanite schist. Tourmaline occurs as accessory mineral in all of these rock types. These schists are metamorphosed regionally and are affected by contact metamorpism subsequently. Based on the textural relations and the fact that CaO and TiO2 con...

Buchitic glassy rocks appear within the skarn of contact metamorphic aureole of Feshark intrusive complex situated 30 km northeast of Isfahan. Intrusive complex is a multistage intrusion . Noritic gabbro is the first inttrusion which is invaded later on by a granitic melt. Granitic melt has metasomatically altered the gabbro and as a consequence a suite of hybrid rocks like monzogabbro, m...

Fossilized plant remains have been studied simultaneously by laser induced fluorescence and Raman spectroscopies, to reveal the prospective methods for onsite or/and remote sensing in future extraterrestrial missions. A multiwavelength instrument, capable of measurements, has utilized study isolated fossils, as well fossils associated with sedimentary rocks. Laser-induced spectroscopy revealed ...

Introduction: Gale Crater is a ~150 km diameter impact crater located at 5.3°S, 137.7°E that contains a thick (>5 km) sequence of strata interpreted as sedimentary rocks [1]. Gale is one of four final candidate landing sites for the 2011 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover. Recent data acquired by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) instrument show evidence for clay...

-Chlor i te-mica aggregates in slates from northern Spain have been investigated in very-thin thin sections. Specimens from various parts of a fold show different morphologies that are dependent on the operating deformation mechanism. From the limb to the hinge rigid-body rotation becomes less important and folding and intragranular kinking are more common. This is associated with an increasing...

Texture as a measure of spatial features has been useful as supplementary information to improve image classification in many areas of research fields. This study focuses on assessing the ability of different textural vectors and their combinations to aid spectral features in the classification of silicate rocks. Texture images were calculated from Landsat 8 imagery using a fractal dimension me...