Coesite Coesite (center of inclusion) and recrystallized quartz (borders of inclusion) form a tiny inclusion in nearly pure endmember pyrope garnet from the famous Dora Maira massif of Italy. The presence of coesite (a high-pressure polymorph of quartz) indicates that this rock saw extremly high pressures during metamorphism (probably more than 28 kbar). |
UNC sample TS-41 (K. Stewart) | |
Rock type qtz-ky-gt-musc schist | ||
Locality Dora Maira massif, Parigi, Italy | ||
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