1. Vesuvianite can be used to date the formation of skarn mineralizations and possibly also the metamorphism and metasomatism of Argillaceous limestones

2. In continuation of a former paper (Chatterjee, 1962), further data pertaining to vesuvianite-bearing mineral parageneses from the greenschist fades of the western Alps, albite-epidote-hornfels facies of eastern Harz Mountains as well as from the hornblende hornfels facies of the Oslo region are reported.