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Corundum Anorthosites-Kyshtymites from the South Urals, Russia: A Combined Mineralogical, Geochemical, and U-Pb Zircon Geochronological Study

Jasper BerndtN. N. KononkovaWolfgang HofmeisterElena S. SorokinaMikhail A. RassomakhinM. I. FilinaAnatoly G. NikolaevStefanos KarampelasRoman E. Botcharnikov

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lcsh:QE351-399.2010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesGeochemistryMetamorphismengineering.material010502 geochemistry & geophysics01 natural sciencesIlmenogorsky-Vishnevogorsky complexAnorthositeUltramafic rockPlagioclasein situ LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon datingMetasomatismblue sapphire0105 earth and related environmental sciencessapphire geochemistrylcsh:MineralogyGeologyGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologykyshtymitesanorthositesCarbonatiteengineeringProtolithGeologyZircon

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Kyshtymites are the unique corundum-blue sapphire-bearing variety of anorthosites of debatable geological origin found in the Ilmenogorsky-Vishnevogorsky complex (IVC) in the South Urals, Russia. Their mineral association includes corundum-sapphire, plagioclase (An61&ndash

10.3390/min9040234http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min9040234