Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph. D., Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph. D., Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Research and Education Faculty, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Abstract

Plutonic suite of Khajeh Morad at southeast of Mashhad includes granodiorites, which are cut across by younger aplite, granitic pegmatite dykes and monzogranites. Aplites are mineralogically including quartz, feldspar (albite to orthoclase and microcline), muscovite, and accessory minerals of garnet (almandine-spessartine), tourmaline, biotite, and ilmenite. Pegmatites are composed of quartz, feldspar (albite to oligoclase, orthoclase, and microcline), muscovite, and minor amounts of garnet (almandine-spessartine), tourmaline, ilmenite, beryl, and columbite. Based on mineralogical and geochemical evidence, Khajeh Morad pegmatites are related to Li-rare elements (RE-Li) and lithium-cesuim-tantalum (LCT) pegmatite family. According to the field evidence and whole rock geochemistry, origin of garnet-bearing aplite-pegmatite melts could be related to the S-type monzogranites, as their differentiation products at late stages, occurred in a continental collision belts.

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