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Garnet: Common Mineral, Uncommonly Useful

2013; Mineralogical Society of America; Volume: 9; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2113/gselements.9.6.415

1811-5217

Ethan F. Baxter, Mark J. Caddick, Jay J. Ague,

High-pressure geophysics and materials

Research Article| December 01, 2013 Garnet: Common Mineral, Uncommonly Useful Ethan F. Baxter; Ethan F. Baxter 1Department of Earth & Environment, Boston University675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USAE-mail: efb@bu.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Mark J. Caddick; Mark J. Caddick 2Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jay J. Ague Jay J. Ague 3Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale UniversityP.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, USA4Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT 06511, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Elements (2013) 9 (6): 415–419. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.9.6.415 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Ethan F. Baxter, Mark J. Caddick, Jay J. Ague; Garnet: Common Mineral, Uncommonly Useful. Elements 2013;; 9 (6): 415–419. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.9.6.415 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyElements Search Advanced Search Abstract Garnet is a widespread mineral in crustal metamorphic rocks, a primary constituent of the mantle, a detrital mineral in clastic sediments, and an occasional guest in igneous rocks. Garnet occurs in ultramafic to felsic bulk-rock compositions, and its growth and stability span from <300 to 2000 °C and from atmospheric pressure to 25 GPa. More than merely a constituent of these rocks, garnet possesses chemical and physical attributes allowing it to record, and influence, a diverse suite of tectonic, metamorphic, and mantle processes, making it uncommonly useful in geoscientific inquiry. Because of its myriad colors, garnet has been used through the ages in jewelry. More recently, nonsilicate crystals with the garnet structure have been fabricated for sophisticated laser, magnetic, and ion-conducting technologies. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.