Phlogopites incorporate Ba into their structure both by metasomatism and crystallization mechanism in calc-alkaline melts.
Temperatures are moderate to high, oxygen fugacities are low and pressure is generally low.
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Ba phlogopite has been formed by magmas in subduction enriched continental lithospheric mantle at weak depth and low geothermal gradient.
Igneous phlogopites are used as metallogenic indicator of barium.