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Talc-garnet-kyanite-quartz schist occurs in an eclogite-bearing terrane in the Precambrian of Western Tasmania. It is argued that this rock was formed at a pressure of ⪚ 10 kb and a temperature of 600°±20° C.
Chemical zoning in the garnet and talc preserves evidence of increasing temperature during growth of the major minerals.
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Råheim, A., Green, D.H. Talc-garnet-kyanite-quartz schist from an eclogite-bearing terrane, Western Tasmania. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 43, 223–231 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01134838
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