“…As a geochemical tracer, garnet in metamorphic and magmatic systems is usually characterized by HRE-enriched and LREE-depleted REE pattern (Bai & van Groos, 1999;Chen, Zhou, Zheng, Chen, & Hu, 2015;Dragovic, Samanta, Baxter, & Selverstone, 2012;Yang et al, 2013) and high Lu/Hf and Sm/Nd ratios (Hensen & Zhou, 1995;Smit, Scherer, & Mezger, 2013). Garnet is also a common mineral in skarntype deposits (Baghban et al, 2016;Meinert, 1992;Peng et al, 2015;Zhai et al, 2014) and is generally composed of andradite-grossular solid solution series, displaying variable REE patterns (Gaspar, Knaack, Meinert, & Moretti, 2008;Ismail et al, 2014;Zuo et al, 2015). Garnet in skarn-type deposits is generally precipitated during the prograde stage and is typically spatially related to magmatic intrusions Somarin, 2004).…”