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Mineral chemistry and petrological data of chromites from chromitite bands in the N–S trending schist belt of Nuggihalli (southern Karnataka, India), belonging to the Dharwar craton of South India, are presented in this paper. Crystal chemical data indicate a komatiitic affinity of the chromitite. P–T calculations of the chromite-hosting peridotites yielded a pressure range of 13 to 28 kbar and temperatures ranging from 775 to 1080 °C; the oxygen fugacity (log fO2) varies from +0.5 to +1.6 above the QFM buffer. The P, T and fO2 data indicate that Nuggihalli chromitites crystallized in an environment akin to the upper mantle. The studied samples also show partial resetting; the lower temperatures ranging from 515 to 680 °C are ascribed to subsequent metamorphism of the area.
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Bidyananda, M., Mitra, S. Chromitites of komatiitic affinity from the Archaean Nuggihalli greenstone belt in South India. Miner Petrol 84, 169–187 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-005-0079-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-005-0079-3