gsminmag Mineralogical Magazine Mineralogical Magazine 0026-461X Mineralogical Society 10.1180/minmag.1982.046.341.13 Occurrence and Significance of Awaruite in the Dras Ultramafics, Kashmir Himalaya, India Radhakrishna T. Divakara Rao V. National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad—500 001, India Krishna Rao J. R. S. Department of Geology, Andhra University, Waltair—530 003, India 12 1982 46 341 483 484 23 3 1981 20 1 1982 Copyright © 1982, The Mineralogical Society 1982 Abstract

A new occurrence of awaruite, from India, is reported in the ultramafic units of the Dras area which form part of the Indus Suture ophiolites in Kashmir Himalaya. Its formation in these rocks suggests a low-temperature process of serpentinization. Ni and Fe released from olivine and/or pyroxene must have formed awaruite peragenetically next to magnetite and pentlandite.