There are numerous outcrops of lamprophyric rocks, as sill and dikes, in the northwestern part of Iran. These rocks can be classified in two mica- and amphibole-rich types. Amphibole-rich type includes amphibole, olivine psudomorphs, and clinopyroxene phenocrysts in the matrix of feldspar and altered glass. Mica-rich lamprophyres include mica and clinopyroxene phenocrysts in the matrix of felds...

Delbar metamorphic complex is located in 130 Km south of Shahrood (Biarjmand area) in Northern margin of the central Iran zone. The varied metamorphic rocks including meta-psammite, meta-greywacke, meta-pelite, marble and amphibolite and mylonitized granites and leucogranites intrusions are exposed in this complex. The field and petrography evidences indicated the evolutions resulted of the inc...

Andarian area is located north of Tabriz city, north west Iran, and tectonically is a part of Ahar-Arasbaran magmatic belt. Geology of the area includes Miocene shallow pluton, Cretaceous flysch-type sediments, metamorphic rocks )hornfels and skarn( and volcanic rocks. Mineralization occurred in two stages: primary and secondary. The primary ore minerals include Au, pyrite and stibnite. Malachi...

The granitoid intrusions of Dehnow, which is located  in northwest of Mashhad in immediate contact with garnet-rich hornfels, contain large crystals of garnets. They provide an excellent opportunity to study the effect of host rocks in contamination of a garnet-bearing granitoid magma. The garnet crystals contain abundant inclusions that are indicative of igneous phases and are arranged in a ci...