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Kyanite produced in a granitic aureole

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

W. M. Lobjoit
W. M. Lobjoit*
Affiliation:
Geological Survey Department, Ministry Branch P.O. Box M. 80, Accra, Ghana
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Summary

An occurrence of kyanite in the inner aureole of a granodiorite intrusion is described from south-western Ghana. Greenschist facies phyllites have been elevated to the amphibolite facies and the regional strike of these country rocks has been disrupted by the intrusion, so that clear evidence is available of the time relationships. It is concluded that the kyanite crystallized as the result of the forceful intrusion of the granodiorite, probably under epizonal conditions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 33 , Issue 264 , March 1964 , pp. 804 - 808
Copyright
Copyright © 1964, The Mineralogical Society

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