Ophiolites of the Zagros orogenic belt are part of the Tethys ophiolites, because of their geographical locations and link the Middle East ophiolites and other Asian ophiolites (e.g. Pakistani and Tibetan) to the Mediterranean ophiolites (e.g. Troodos , Greek and East European). The nature of the Harsin- Sahneh ophiolite (Kermanshah) traditionally identified as one of the Mesozoic southern bran...

Ophiolitic belt of Northern Sabzevar is invaded by basic, intermediate and acidic post-ophiolitic magmtism as dome, dyke and cone. Microscopically, the texture of the studied samples is porphyric and trachytic. Phenocryst mostly consists of amphibole, feldspar and clinopyroxene. All researchers that have investigated basic to acidic post ophiolitic magmatism of northern Sabzevar have consensus ...

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The pre-Eocene Allahyarlu ophiolitic- metamorphic complex is exposd in the core of the Allahyarlu anticline in the northwest of Iran and northeast of Meshginshahr. This complex consists of a variety of schist, gneiss, amphibolite and metadibase rocks with serpentinite and tectonic slices including gabbro, dunit, marble and diabase. Amphibolites can be divided into garnet-free amphibolite and ga...

Khoy ophiolitic complex in northwest of Iran have several chromitite bodies with various textures, different geochemical features and associated minerals. Based on Cr#, Khoy chromitites are divided into two groups: high-Cr (Cr# > 0.6) and high-Al (Cr# < 0.6) chromitites. The high-Cr contain some amount of PGEs with tiny grains of platinum-group minerals (PGM), whereas, high-Al chromitites are p...

Olivine is one of the major crystals in ultrabasic rocks of Piranshahr Ophiolitic Complex. This mineral occurs as anhedral with cracks and fractures. Commonly, olivine is altered to serpentine along the fractures and rims. In some cases, serpentine crosscut the olivine. According to BSE images and mineral chemistry studies of olivine, the secondary iron- rich olivines occur at the rim of primar...

The exposed volcanic rocks in south west of the Khoy area consist of basalts with minor amounts of plagioclase-phyric basalts. These rocks are composed of clinopyroxene plus plagioclase and plagioclase phenocrysts, respectively. The basaltic rocks are highly altered and contains high amounts of secondary minerals mainly chlorite and epidote. According to mineral chemistry, the composition of cl...