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New discovery of fumarolitic garnets (Fant ale, Ethiopia)

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Garnets have been discovered, placed against fracture shelve surfaces posterior to the solidification of a trachy-pantelleritic dome-flow of the Fantale volcano (Shoa, Ethiopia). Their physical characteristics and their chemical composition, obtained by microprobe analysis allow us to lable them as andradite.

By their habitus an their composition they can be related to the recently described garnets of Menoyre (Cantal, France).

The meaning of their fumarolitic-origin is discussed.

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Des cristaux de grenat ont été découverts, situés sur les plans de fracture postérieurs à la solidification d'un dôme-coulée de trachyte pantelleritique du Volcan Fantale (Shoa, Ethiopie).

Leurs propriétés physiques et leur composition, donnée par analyse à la microsonde ont permis de préciser qu'il s'agit d'Andradite. Ils peuvent être rapprochés par leur gisement et leur composition, des grenats décrits récemment à Menoyre (Cantal, France).

La signification de leur origine fumerollienne est discutée.

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Varet, J. New discovery of fumarolitic garnets (Fant ale, Ethiopia). Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 22, 185–189 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387952

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