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Yarlung Zangbo suture, Tibet, Chinai
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Yarlung Zangbo sutureZone (Tectonic)
TibetAutonomous Region
ChinaCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
435022
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:435022:7
GUID (UUID V4):
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Represent relics of oceanic lithosphere formed at various spreading centers in the Neo-Tethyan Ocean, which separated Greater India in the south from the Lhasa block in the north during the Mesozoic. The YZ ophiolites expose tens to hundreds of km2 outcrops of individual bodies; from east to west the main bodies are the Luobusa, Zedang, Xigaze, Saga, Dangqiong, Xiugugabu, Purang, and Dongbo ophiolites.

The YZSZ, as the youngest suture zone in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is located between the Eurasian and Indian Plates and extends approximately 2000 km. Ophiolitic massifs with critical chromite deposits (the LBS ophiolite) or chromite mineralization (e.g., PR, DB, CBZ, BAR, and DJW ophiolites) distribute discontinuously along the YZSZ.

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6 valid minerals.

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ⓘ Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘ Forsterite
Formula: Mg2SiO4
ⓘ Moissanite
Formula: SiC
ⓘ Native Iron
Formula: Fe
ⓘ Native Silicon
Formula: Si
ⓘ 'Petroleum'
ⓘ 'Petroleum var. Bitumen'
ⓘ Wüstite
Formula: FeO

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Iron1.AE.05Fe
ⓘNative Silicon1.CB.15Si
ⓘMoissanite1.DA.SiC
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘWüstite4.AB.25FeO
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘForsterite9.AC.05Mg2SiO4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Petroleum
var. Bitumen'		-
ⓘ''-

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ MoissaniteSiC
OOxygen
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Oⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Oⓘ WüstiteFeO
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Siⓘ MoissaniteSiC
Siⓘ Native SiliconSi
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Feⓘ Native IronFe
Feⓘ WüstiteFeO

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References

Zhang, R. Y., Yang, J. S., Ernst, W. G., Jahn, B. M., Iizuka, Y., & Guo, G. L. (2016). Discovery of in situ super-reducing, ultrahigh-pressure phases in the Luobusa ophiolitic chromitites, Tibet: New insights into the deep upper mantle and mantle transition zone. American Mineralogist, 101(6), 1285-1294.
[1]Xiong, Q., Dai, H. K., Zheng, J. P., Griffin, W. L., Zheng, H. D., Wang, L., & Reilly, S. Y. O. (2022). Vertical depletion of ophiolitic mantle reflects melt focusing and interaction in sub-spreading-center asthenosphere. Nature Communications, 13(1), 6956.
[2]Yuan, Qiuyun, Rui, Huichao, Bo, Rongzhong, Lian, Dongyang, Cai, Pengjie, Wu, Yue, Parlak, Osman, Dou, Haoran, Ma, Haitao, Masoud, Ahmed E. (2025) Petrology, mineralogy, and geochemistry of major podiform chromite deposits in China: Implications for their genesis. Ore Geology Reviews, 179. 106508 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106508
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