Abstract
Detailed study of garnet and garnet-pyroxene inclusions from alkali basalts of Primorye allowed us to distinguish two heterogeneous mineral assemblages: early (primary) and late (secondary) ones. The former reflects the initial stage of rock formation and consists of garnet, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, plagioclase, and ilmenite. The latter, orthopyroxene-plagioclase-spinel assemblage replaces garnet. The transformation of garnet typically accompanies the change in the garnet assemblage to a higher temperature pyroxene-plagioclase-spinel assemblage owing to its entrainment in high temperature magma. The study of the chemical composition and textural relationships of minerals, together with the examination of similar mineral assemblages from alkali basalts around the world and mafic-ultramafic intrusions, led us to the conclusion that the garnet inclusions of Primorye are typical xenoliths and xenocrysts representing fragments of tholeiite intrusions of an ophiolite complex that were transformed in the host basaltic magma.
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