Gandhara sculptural schist: Proposed source |
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| Institution: | 1. Dept. of Geomaterials, Instituto de Geociencias (IGEO, CSIC-UCM), José Antonio Novais 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. Dept. of Material Science, Metallurgical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry, Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI·MAR), Universidad de Cádiz, Avda. República Saharaui s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain;3. Dept. of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), Università della Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Previously suggested source localities for the chloritoid-paragonite-muscovite quartz schist, the most widely used Gandharan rock, have been examined and rejected. However, an ancient disused quarry near Sakhakot, south of Dargai, in northern Pakistan, has been located and sampled. Chemical and mineralogical comparisons between two quarry samples and a specimen of artifact schist are very close, leading to the proposal that the quarry is one definite source of Gandhara sculptural schist. |
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