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Chemical composition of high Mn-garnet grains, shown in the Fig. 9c and d 

Chemical composition of high Mn-garnet grains, shown in the Fig. 9c and d 

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Three monazite generations were observed in garnet-bearing micaschists from the Schobergruppe in the basement to the south of the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps. Low-Y monazite of Variscan age (321 ± 14 Ma) and high-Y monazite of Permian age (261 ± 18 Ma) are abundant in the mica-rich rock matrix and in the outer domains of large garnet crystals. Pre-...

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... Permian monazite (Fig. 5a, f) and those surrounding staurolite (Fig. 9b), show a simple core to rim zoning with a rimward decrease of MnO and CaO (1-0.1 wt. %; 3-0.1 wt. %) and increase of MgO (2.5-4 wt. %; Fig. 10). However, a few of the larger garnet crystals also yield a Mn-enriched core (plateau) with 3-4 wt. % MnO and 1-2 wt. % CaO and MgO (Fig. 11), followed by a rim domain, which is characterized by an abrupt decrease of MnO and increase of CaO and MgO (up to ca. 3-4 wt. %). The composition of the latter rims is similar to the garnet crystals shown in Fig. 10. A narrow retrogressive rim (max. 100-200 lm) is common in all investigated garnet ...
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... garnet crystals, including those with inclusions of Eo-Alpine and Permian monazite (Fig. 5a, f) and those surrounding staurolite (Fig. 9b), show a simple core to rim zoning with a rimward decrease of MnO and CaO (1-0.1 wt. %; 3-0.1 wt. %) and increase of MgO (2.5-4 wt. %; Fig. 10). However, a few of the larger garnet crystals also yield a Mn-enriched core (plateau) with 3-4 wt. % MnO and 1-2 wt. % CaO and MgO (Fig. 11), followed by a rim domain, which is characterized by an abrupt decrease of MnO and increase of CaO and MgO (up to ca. 3-4 wt. %). The composition of the latter rims is similar to the garnet crystals shown in Fig. 10. A narrow retrogressive rim (max. 100-200 lm) is common in all investigated garnet ...

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