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Oriented Quartz Inclusions in Garnets

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METAMORPHIC garnets in the Central Highlands of Scotland frequently contain oriented inclusions of quartz, which throw light on the mechanism of deformation of the latter mineral. In particular, garnets which have an S-shape arrangement of inclusions and have consequently grown at the same time as deformation show a variety of morphogenetic types of quartz grains, which were incorporated into garnet as inclusions.

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HARRIS, A., RAST, N. Oriented Quartz Inclusions in Garnets. Nature 185, 448–449 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185448a0

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