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P-T-t <strong>trajectory</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>metamorphic</strong> <strong>rocks</strong>, Cusetpec Unit, Chiapas Massif Complex 253<br />

a)<br />

6.00<br />

Mole %<br />

4.00<br />

2.00<br />

Sps<br />

zone 1<br />

Grs<br />

zone 2<br />

zone 3<br />

0.00<br />

0 50 100 150 200<br />

220 240 260 280<br />

0.18<br />

0.16<br />

0.14 Mg#<br />

zone 1 zone 2<br />

0.12<br />

0.10<br />

zone 3<br />

0.08<br />

0 50 100 150 200 250<br />

Core<br />

Analysis<br />

Rim<br />

Qtz<br />

Zone 1<br />

Grt<br />

Zone2<br />

Zone 3<br />

b)<br />

Fe<br />

1mm<br />

Figure 6. a: Chemical composition <strong>of</strong> a pr<strong>of</strong>ile on garnet (core to rim) <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> metapelite (sample JMC-68b). b: X-ray map <strong>of</strong> Fe on garnet <strong>from</strong> sample<br />

JMC-68b; light grey and white is rich in Fe (e.g., garnet), black is low in Fe (e.g., quartz). Note that poikiloblastic outer part <strong>of</strong> garnet coincides with<br />

increase <strong>of</strong> X Grs in <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>ile and decrease in Mg# (a).<br />

hornblende are mainly apatite and titanite. Biotite is also<br />

present in this rock but it is almost completely retrogressed<br />

to chlorite.<br />

Plagioclase is subhedral, partially sericitized and<br />

displays undulose extinction. Although zoning is not petrographically<br />

visible, compositional pr<strong>of</strong>iles show oscillatory<br />

zoning with a slight increase <strong>of</strong> An content towards <strong>the</strong> rim.<br />

Fine-grained quartz crystals are smaller than o<strong>the</strong>r major<br />

constituents <strong>of</strong> this sample, and display incipient undulose<br />

extinction.<br />

A different generation <strong>of</strong> amphibole is greenish-blue<br />

to bluish-green hastingsite (Figure 7). These amphiboles<br />

rarely occur in <strong>the</strong> felsic matrix where <strong>the</strong>y are surrounded<br />

by plagioclase, in contact with retrogressed biotite, and as<br />

inclusions within garnet porphyroblasts. Probably, <strong>the</strong>se<br />

are prograde amphiboles that grew at <strong>the</strong> same time as <strong>the</strong><br />

porphyroblasts that engulf <strong>the</strong>m and rarely survived in <strong>the</strong><br />

matrix.<br />

The chemical composition <strong>of</strong> garnet is nearly homogeneous<br />

averaging Alm 57.0 –Prp 17.5 –Grs 17.5 –Sps 5.0. This<br />

feature indicates that garnet was probably rehomogenized<br />

during high-grade metamorphism and remained almost<br />

unaffected by later retrogression reactions. The peak mineral<br />

assemblage <strong>of</strong> this rock is hornblende + plagioclase +<br />

biotite + quartz.<br />

For <strong>the</strong> garnet-amphibolite, pressure conditions were<br />

estimated on <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> garnet + plagioclase + hornblende<br />

+ quartz assemblage (Kohn and Spear, 1990).

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