Eclogite blocks occur within a serpentinite body in the Orobashy area in the Kyrgyz Tien-Shan. A serpentinite body 300m×1,800m in dimension contains blocks of eclogites, garnetitites, garnet amphibolites and gneisses. The eclogites are composed mainly of garnet, clinopyroxene (sodic-augite), amphibole (magnesio-hornblende, tschermakite, pargasite and actinolite) and rutile with minor amounts of quartz, epidote, plagioclase, K-feldspar, biotite, paragonite, phengite and chlorite. The minerals included in the garnets of the eclogites such as epidote, amphibole (tschermakite, pargasite and magnesio-hornblende), biotite, paragonite, phengite, K-feldspar, plagioclase, clinopyroxene, rutile, and quartz are suggested as the minerals crystallized before the peak metamorphic stage. These minerals are probably divided into two groups; minerals of the precursor metamorphic event before the high-pressure type eclogitic metamorphism and those of the prograde metamorphic stage just before the eclogitic peak metamorphic stage. Coexistence of garnet and clinopyroxene together with rutile and quartz in the matrix represents a stage of the peak metamorphic conditions of the eclogite facies (T=600-650℃ and P>12-13kbar). Magnesio-hornblende, plagioclase, biotite and chlorite replace the garnets and clinopyroxenes, suggesting a retrograde metamorphic stage after the peak eclogitic conditions. Subhedral to anhedral magnesio-hornblendes containing eclogitic minerals such as garnet, clinopyroxene and rutile were probably formed during a prograde crystallization after eclogitic metamorphic conditions attained. Eclogites also occur in pelitic and granitic gneisses in the Aktyuz district, about 30km northeast of the Orobashy area. Despite differing modes of occurrence, the Orobashy and Aktyuz eclogites may have experienced similar metamorphic evolution.
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