gsminmag Mineralogical Magazine Mineralogical Magazine 0026-461X Mineralogical Society 10.1180/minmag.1972.038.299.07 Talc-Kyanite-Quartz Schists and Other High-Pressure Assemblages from Zambia1 Vrána S. Barr M. W. C. 2 Geological Survey Department, Lusaka, Zambia

Occasional Paper No. 48, published by permission of the Director, Geological Survey of Zambia.

Present address: Dept. of Earth Sciences, The University, Leeds.

 9 1972 38 299 837 846 24 9 1971 Copyright © 1972, The Mineralogical Society 1972 Summary

Talc-kyanite-quartz schists, Mg-chlorite-kyanite-quartz schists, kyanite gedritites, and kyanite-bronzite gedritites occur in the Central Province of Zambia. Experimental work in the system MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O suggests that these assemblages formed at pressures in excess of 10 kb.