Category details
Categoryrodingite
Alternative termsgranatite
SourceTe Papa AAT additions
Overview
Is a metasomatic rock composed of grossular-andradite garnet and calcic pyroxene; vesuvianite, epidote and scapolite. Rodingite was first named from outcrops of the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt in the Roding River, Nelson, New Zealand. An obsolete name for rodingite is granatite.