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<journal-meta>
<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1996.060.401.02</article-id>
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<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Pretrology</subject>
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<article-title>Blueschist-to-Greenschist Transition and the <italic>P-T</italic> Path of Prasinites from the Lavrion Area, Greece</article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Baltatzis</surname>
<given-names>Emmanuel</given-names>
</name>
<aff>National University of Athens, Department of Geology, Panepistimiopolis-Ano Ilissia, Athens 15784, Greece</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>8</month>
<year>1996</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>60</volume>
<issue>401</issue>
<fpage>551</fpage>
<lpage>561</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>28</day>
<month>6</month>
<year>1995</year>
</date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>3</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>1995</year>
</date></history>
<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1996, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1996</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>The Lavrion area is part of the Attic-Cycladic massif. Blue amphibole analyses revealed that they are glaucophane or ferroglaucophane. Ca-amphiboles are characterized as actinolite or actinolitic hornblende. The Ps component of epidotes from the glaucophane-bearing rocks varies from 25.42&#x2013;30.89%, whereas the Ps component of epidotes from the greenschist assemblages ranges from 23.81&#x2013;26.88%. Chlorites show narrow compositional variations of ferromagnesian ratios (<italic>X</italic><sub>mg</sub>=0.48&#x2013;0.53). Albites are almost pure Ab<sub>100</sub>. The Kfeldspar present has a low Ab content. The evolution of the prasinites studied is characterized by the progressive transformation of eclogite facies (?) rocks through epidote blueschists into greenschists. A <italic>P-T</italic> path for the prasinites is presented indicating epidote blueschist facies at <italic>P-T</italic> conditions of around 7.0&#x2013;7.5 kbar and 300&#x2013;340&#x00B0;C. Pressures of 4.0&#x2013;4.5 kbar and temperatures around 340&#x2013;360&#x00B0;C are estimated for the subsequent overprint in the greenschist facies. The path EBS to GS conditions followed under nearly isothermal uplift.</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>blueschist</kwd>
<kwd>greenschist</kwd>
<kwd>prasinite</kwd>
<kwd><italic>P-T</italic> path</kwd>
<kwd>Lavrion</kwd>
<kwd>Greece</kwd>
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