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At 10:06 18-10-2001 +0400, you wrote:
>   Dear all, I am searching for references on corundum-bearing  rocks,
>preferably in Precambrian (petrology, petrochemistry, geochemistry, 
>origins). Would be grateful for any comments.   Regards,   D.P. Krylov, Dr.
>Sci. &  Geochronology
>Russian Academy of Sciences
>nab. Makarova, 2
>199034, St.  Petersburg
>Russian Federation 

Dear Dmitry

See the references below.

All the best, Timo

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the Precambrian Al-Mg-rich granulites from In Ouzzal, Hoggar, Algeria. J.
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Bugge, C., 1951. Corundum at Farsjö, Nes, Romerike. Norsk Geol. Tidskr.
29:77-83.

Claeson, D.T., 1999. Corundum-bearing ultramafic veins in the Rymmen
gabbro, southern Sweden: Isochemical mineral alteration. N. Jahrb. Mineral.
Abh. 175:1-27.

Droop, G.T.R., 1989. Reaction history of garnet - sapphirine granulites and
conditions of Archaean high-pressure granulite-facies metamorphism in the
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Droop, G.T.R. & Bucher-Nurminen, K., 1984. Reaction textures and
metamorphic evolution of sapphirine-bearing granulites from the Gruf
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Dymek, R.F., 1983. Margarite pseudomorphs after corundum, Qôrqut,
Gothåbsfjord, west Greenland. GGU  112:95-99.

Feenstra, A., 1984. Metamorphism of bauxites on Naxos. PhD thesis, Utrecht
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Forestier, F. & Lasnier, B., 1969. Découverte de niveaux d'amphibolites ā
pargasite, anorthite, corindon et sapphirine dans les schistes cristallins
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Gibson, G.M., 1979. Margarite in kyanite- and corundum-bearing anorthosite,
amphibolite and hornblendite from central Fiordland, New Zealand. Contr.
Mineral. Petrol. 68:171-179.

Gnos, E. & Kurz, D., 1994. Sapphirine - quartz and sapphirine - corundum
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Golani, P.R., 1989. Sillimanite - corundum deposits of Sonapahar,
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43:175-189.

Grapes, R. & Palmer, K., 1996. (Ruby - sapphire) - chromian mica -
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Guo, J., O'Reilly, S.Y. & Griffin, W.L., 1996. Zircon inclusions in
corundum megacrysts: I. Trace element geochemistry and clues to the origin
of corundum megacrysts in alkali basalts. Geoch. Cosm. Acta 60:2347-2363.

Haapala, I., Siivola, J., Ojanpera, P. & Yletyinen, V., 1971. Red corundum,
sapphirine and kornerupine from Kiitilä, Finnish Lapland. Bull. Geol. Soc.
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Horrocks, P.C., 1983. A corundum and sapphirine paragenesis from the
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Jan, M.Q., Kempe, D.R.C. & Tahirkheli, R.A.K, 1971. Corundum, altering to
margarite, in amphibolites from Dir, west Pakistan. Mineral. Mag. 38:106-109.

Kornprobst, J., Pibloue, M., Bonduelle, M. & Roux, L., 1982.
Corundum-bearing garnet pyroxenites at Beni Bousera (Morocco): An
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Kornprobst, J., Pibloue, M., Roden, M. & Tabit, A., 1990. Corundum-bearing
garnet clinopyroxenites at Beni Bousera (Morocco): Original
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Motoyoshi, Y., Hensen, B.J. & Matsueda, H., 1990. Metastable growth of
corundum adjacent to quartz in a spinel-bearing quartzite from the Archaean
Napier complex, Antarctica. J. Metam. Geol. 8:125-130.

Nijland, T.G., Liauw, F., Visser, D., Maijer, C. & Senior, A., 1993.
Metamorphic petrology of the Froland corundum-bearing rocks: The cooling
and uplift history of the Bamble sector, south Norway. Norges Geol. Unders.
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Oftedahl, C., 1963. Contributions to the mineralogy of Norway. No. 19. Red
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Oliver, R.L. & Jones, J.B., 1965. A chlorite-corundum rock from Mount
Painter, south Australia. Mineral. Mag. 35:140-145.

Outhuis, J.H.M., 1989. Hydrothermal andalusite and corundum in a potassic
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Pristavova, S. & Ichev, M., 1993. Sapphirine - corundum mineralization in
the metamorphites from Ardino. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie Bulgare des
Sciences 46:83-85.

Ranson, W.A., 2000. Margarite - corundum phyllites from the Appalachian
orogen of South Carolina: Mineralogy and metamorphic history. Amer.
Mineral. 85:1617-1624.

Rose, R.L., 1957. Andalusite- and corundum-bearing pegmatites in Yosemite
Natural Park, California. Amer. Mineral. 42:635-647.

Rosing, M.T., Bird, D.K. & Dymek, R.F., 1987. Hydration of corundum-bearing
xenoliths in the Qôrqut granite complex, Godthåbsfjord, west Greenland.
Amer. Mineral. 72:29-38.

Serdyuchenko, D.P., 1968. Metamorphosed weathering crusts of the
Precambrian, their metallogenic and petrographic features. Proc. 23rd
International Geological Congress, Prague 4:37-42.

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eastern Ghats granulite belt, India: Evidence for high P-T metamorphism ?
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Steefel, C.I. & Atkinson, W.W., 1984. Hydrothermal andalusite and corundum
in the Elkhorn district, Montana. Econ. Geol. 74:573-579.

Urai, J.L. & Feenstra, A., 2001. Weakening associated with the
diaspore-corundum dehydration reaction in metabauxites: An example from
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Yalįin, U., 1987. Petrologie und Geochemie der Metabauxite SW-Anatoliens.
PhD thesis, Ruhr Univ., Bochum, 136 pp.
Dr. Timo G. Nijland
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