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The surface microtopography of garnet from metamorphic schists of the northern Ladoga region has been investigated. The morphology of garnet is distinguished by a rough stepped surface on dodecahedral faces {110} and by the absence of sharp crystal edges. As follows from experimental results on crystal growth under hydrothermal conditions, the microtopography pattern gives evidence for a highly oversaturated inter-granular medium and the important role of diffusion as a factor controlling garnet growth.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.L. Gulbin, A.I. Glazov, 2013, published in Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 2013, No. 2, pp. 128–136.
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Gulbin, Y.L., Glazov, A.I. Morphological evidence for diffusion-controlled growth of garnet from metapelites. Geol. Ore Deposits 55, 686–691 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701513080059
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