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The heavymineral assemblage consists of mainly zircon, apatite and monazite plus minor amounts ofspheneand hornblende.
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The amphibolites are composed of hornblende, plagioclase, quartz, and minor components such assphene, apatite, epidote and biotite.
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Common accessory minerals aresphene, ilmenite, hematite, rutile, tourmaline, apatite and zircon.
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Amphibole andspheneassociated with albite and epidote-zoisite support this idea.
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Spheneis commonly observed along the foliation planes and as inclusions in amphibole crystalloblasts.
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Biotite and hornblende frequently enclose feldspar ophitically; less commonly iron oxides andsphenedo so.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other minor inclusions aresphene, apatite, rutile, zircon, and sphalerite.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These include peridot, aquamarine, topaz, ruby, emerald, rare-earth minerals bastnaesite and xenotime,sphene, tourmaline, and many varieties and types of quartz.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The minerals found are quartz, mica, chlorite, albite,sphene, and graphite.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Owing to the quenching effect of iron,spheneexhibits no fluorescence under ultraviolet light.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One series is essentially igneous (orthogneisses); usually they contain pale green pyroxene, a variable amount of feldspar,sphene, and iron oxides.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The white and the pink facies are a more fine-grained variation of the melanocratic facies, they also lack hornblende andsphene.
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