Petrology of calc-silicate rocks from Koduru,Andhra Pradesh,India

Mineral assemblages, rock and mineral chemistry, and mineral reactions, in calc-silicate rocks from Koduru area, Andhra Pradesh, India are discussed. Mineralogical and bulk chemical differences indicate 3 calc-silicate rock types — type I with K feldspar+calcite+wollastonite+quartz+scapolite+diopside_ss +andradite_ss+sphene, has relatively high rock oxidation ratios. Type II is a highly calcic variety with high rock MgFe ratios, and has K feldspar+calcite+wollastonite+quartz+scapolite + diopside_ss±grossularite_ss+sphene+zoisite. Type III has K feldspar +calcite+wollastonite+quartz+scapolite+diopside_ss +sphene+hornblende+magnetite, and has relatively low oxidation ratio and low MgFe ratio. The 3 calc-silicate rock types have originated as mixtures of limestone/dolomite/marl.Diopside was produced by a reaction involving Ca-amphibole +calcite+quartz, and reversed during retrogression. Andradite_ss in type I rocks was produced at the expense of hedenbergitic component of pyroxene in a continuous reaction as a consequence of increase in the oxygen content of the original sediment relative to type III. Calcite+quartz reacted to give wollastonite. During cooling an influx of water caused scapolite to alter to zoisite.