Sapphirine-bearing Granulites from Abu-Balaram Area, Gujarat State: Implications for India-Madagascar Connection

P-T conditions of sapphirine bearing granulites from a new locality from the north eastern part of Gujarat range from 8.2–8.8 kbars at T of 950°C. The discovery of this UHT assemblage in the north western part of the Indian shield bordering the Aravalli-Delhi fold belt provides additional evidences for India-Madagascar connection, linking the Aravalli- Malani sequences to similar lithologies in northern Madagascar.