garnet

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Age: 
720 millions years

Russia, Perm region, Saranovskoe chromite deposit. Saranovskiy chromite-bearing gabbro-peridotite massif. Possesses large reserves of chromite ores. The outcropping area of ultrabasic rocks is only 0.22 km2, with a length of 1700-1800 m and a width of about 200 m. The maximum width of the massif in the middle part, including gabbroids, is about 400 m. Its strike is submeridional (0-345 °).

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Age: 
1300 millions years

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, mountain Cheget. Donguzorunskiy metamorphic complex. Mica gneisses, mica schists with andalusite, garnet. Thickness - 1280 meters. Proterozoic, mesoproterozoic.

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Age: 
1300 millions years

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, mountain Cheget. Donguzorunskiy metamorphic complex. Mica gneisses, mica schists with andalusite, garnet. Thickness - 1280 meters. Proterozoic, mesoproterozoic.

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Age: 
122 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, Tordoki-Yani Mountain. Biotite granites containing cordierite. Medium grained, coarse grained. Form batholith. Consist: oligoclase or andesine - 25-60%, K-spar - 10-45%, quartz - 18-32%, biotite - 8-25%. Accesory: apatite, zircon, sphen, monazite, garnet, tourmaline, ortit. Characterized by the presence of cordierite. Low Cretaceous.

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Age: 
122 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk territory, Sikhote-Alin range, Tordoki-Yani mountain. Biotite granites containing cordierite. Medium grained, coarse grained. Form batholith. Consist: oligoclase or andesine - 25-60%, K-spar - 10-45%, quartz - 18-32%, biotite - 8-25%. Accesory: apatite, zircon, sphen, monazite, garnet, tourmaline, ortit. Characterized by the presence of cordierite. Low Cretaceous.

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Age: 
480 millions years

Sardinia, Spiaggia della Torre. Micaschists and paragneisses with garnet-oligoclase paragenesis. Paleozoic? Micaschists and paragneisses with garnet-oligoclase paragenesis. With quartz veins and lenses. Paleozoic?

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Age: 
480 millions years

Sardinia, Spiaggia della Torre. Micaschists and paragneisses with garnet-oligoclase paragenesis. Paleozoic?