<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Tourmaline occurring in hornfelses from the eastern envelope of the Karkonosze Granite (Western Sudetes, Poland) reveals at least two stages of crystallization expressed by its complex zoning. The cores and mantles of the crystals probably grew during prograde metamorphism under intermediate pressure-temperature conditions reflected by increasing Mg, Ti and Ca. Outermost rims show enrichment in Al and Ca, indicating growth during contact metamorphism in the presence of an Al-saturating phase. The Ti-content in biotite indicates that the temperature of the contact metamorphic event did not exceed 650ºC. The presence of andalusite and the lack of garnet and cordierite also indicates pressure conditions of ~ 2-3 kbar, typical of the C1 bathozone of Carmichael (1978) or the P1 bathozone of Pattison (2001).</p></abstract>

Tourmaline occurring in hornfelses from the eastern envelope of the Karkonosze Granite (Western Sudetes, Poland) reveals at least two stages of crystallization expressed by its complex zoning. The cores and mantles of the crystals probably grew during prograde metamorphism under intermediate pressure-temperature conditions reflected by increasing Mg, Ti and Ca. Outermost rims show enrichment in Al and Ca, indicating growth during contact metamorphism in the presence of an Al-saturating phase. The Ti-content in biotite indicates that the temperature of the contact metamorphic event did not exceed 650ºC. The presence of andalusite and the lack of garnet and cordierite also indicates pressure conditions of ~ 2-3 kbar, typical of the C1 bathozone of Carmichael (1978) or the P1 bathozone of Pattison (2001).

Polymetamorphic evolution of pelites inferred from tourmaline zoning – the Rędziny hornfels case study at the eastern contact of the Karkonosze Granite, Sudetes, Poland

Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry

Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences

Mineralogia

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Tourmaline occurring in hornfelses from the eastern envelope of the Karkonosze Granite (Western Sudetes, Poland) reveals at least two stages of crystallization...

Polymetamorphic evolution of pelites inferred from tourmaline zoning – the Rędziny hornfels case study at the eastern contact of the Karkonosze Granite, Sudetes, Poland

Published Online: Mar 02, 2019

Page range: 17 - 34

Received: Apr 20, 2017

Accepted: Dec 10, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2018-0003

Keywords
contact metamorphism, tourmaline, Ti-in biotite, Karkonosze-Izera Massif, Bohemian Massif

© 2018 Jarosław Majka et al., published by Sciendo

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Polymetamorphic evolution of pelites inferred from tourmaline zoning – the Rędziny hornfels case study at the eastern contact of the Karkonosze Granite, Sudetes, Poland

Published Online: Mar 02, 2019

Page range: 17 - 34

Received: Apr 20, 2017

Accepted: Dec 10, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2018-0003

Keywordscontact metamorphism, tourmaline, Ti-in biotite, Karkonosze-Izera Massif, Bohemian Massif

© 2018 Jarosław Majka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
contact metamorphism, tourmaline, Ti-in biotite, Karkonosze-Izera Massif, Bohemian Massif