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{"title":"Ecandrewsite (ZnTiO3) in Amphibolites, Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina: Mineral Chemistry and Comparison with Different Worldwide Paragenetic Occurrences","authors":"M. J. Espeche, R. Lira","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2100055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2100055","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Ecandrewsite (ZnTiO3) and other ilmenite-group minerals have been found in amphibolites of the Sierras de Córdoba basement, Argentina, in an area where zinc is a relatively widespread element in the associated metasedimentary and metaigneous sequences. Ilmenite group minerals occur as anhedral to subhedral, tens to a hundred micrometer-sized relic inclusions in titanite. Electron microprobe analyses reveal compositions along a discontinuous solid-solution trend ranging from manganoan ferroan ecandrewsite toward ilmenite s.s., passing through intermediate members such as ferroan manganoan ecandrewsite, zincian manganoan ilmenite, and manganoan ilmenite. Considering that thermodynamic constraints do exist for the solubility of ZnTiO3 in ilmenite under mid- to high-grade regional metamorphic conditions, we believe that ecandrewsite and Zn-rich ilmenite compositions were attained by metasomatic fluid–mineral reactions during retrograde regional metamorphism, i.e., after the centripetal replacement of protolithic Zn-bearing ilmenite group species by titanite. The original composition of the ilmenite group species might have been Zn-poor ilmenite; however, the attainment of ecandrewsite compositions possibly needed an external supply of zinc provided by the fluid. The variations of the zinc contents were controlled by the substitution of Fe by Zn + Mn in the absence of any type of regular zonation. This is the first worldwide report of ecandrewsite in amphibolites, which has so far been described in quartz-rich metasediments, quartz-gahnite exhalites, kyanitic schists, nepheline syenites, metamorphosed volcanic hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) mineralizations, and albitites. The presence of ecandrewsite in amphibolite, as has been proved for zincian ilmenite and gahnite in other metasedimentary sequences elsewhere in the world, could become another pathfinder or indicator mineral for Zn-enriched portions of the crust.","PeriodicalId":134244,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Mineralogist","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128272028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Thorasphite, Th2H(AsO4)2(PO4)·6H2O, a New Mineral from Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia","authors":"P. Elliott","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2100064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2100064","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The new mineral species thorasphite, Th2H(AsO4)2(PO4)·6H2O, has been discovered at the abandoned tin deposit at Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia. It occurs as brownish pink to salmon pink, prismatic to acicular crystals up to 0.08 mm in length and 0.002 mm across, associated with jarosite in cavities in a quartz-muscovite matrix. Thorasphite has a white streak and a vitreous luster. The calculated density is 4.185 g/cm3. The mineral is orthorhombic, space group Pbcn, a = 13.673(3), b = 9.925(2), c = 10.222(2) Å, V = 1387.2(5) Å3, and Z = 4. The eight strongest lines in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern are [dobs Å (I) (hkl)]: 8.007 (100) (110), 5.127 (57) (002), 4.934 (71) (020, 211), 4.320 (24) (112), 4.251 (38) (121), 3.225 (22) (130, 312), 3.189 (27) (321), 2.926 (27) (213). Electron microprobe analysis gave (average of n = 9): ThO2 51.35, Na2O 0.17, K2O 0.20, Al2O3 0.35, FeO 0.90, Ce2O3 0.27, As2O5 19.65, P2O5 12.27, SiO2 0.08, Cl 0.20, H2O(calc) 13.58, O=Cl –0.05, Total 98.97 wt.%. On the basis of 18 anions per formula unit, the empirical formula is Th1.72Fe2+0.11Al0.06Na0.05K0.04Ce0.01As1.51P1.53Si0.01O17.95Cl0.05H13.31. The crystal structure has been solved from synchrotron single-crystal data and refined to R1 = 7.48% on the basis of 1432 reflections with Fo > 4σ(Fo). The structure consists of Th2[O12(H2O)4] dimers which link in the c direction by edge-sharing PO4 tetrahedra and corner-sharing AsO4 tetrahedra to form chains along [001]. Chains link by corner-sharing Th[O7(H2O)2] polyhedra and AsO4 tetrahedra, giving rise to a framework hosting channels along [001] which are occupied by H2O molecules.","PeriodicalId":134244,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Mineralogist","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130302427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bortolanite, Ca2(Ca1.5Zr0.5)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(FO)F2, a New Rinkite-Group (Seidozerite Supergroup) TS-Block Mineral from the Bortolan Quarry, Poços de Caldas Massif, Minas Gerais, Brazil","authors":"Maxwell C. Day, E. Sokolova, F. Hawthorne, L. Horváth, E. Pfenninger-Horváth","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2200001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2200001","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Bortolanite (IMA 2021–040a), ideally Ca2(Ca1.5Zr0.5)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(FO)F2, is a rinkite-group (seidozerite supergroup) TS-block mineral from Poços de Caldas massif, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Associated minerals are götzenite, nepheline, alkali feldspar, aegirine, natrolite, analcime, and manganoan pectolite. Bortolanite shows complex compositional zoning with götzenite and is visually indistinguishable from götzenite. Bortolanite is pale-yellow to brown and has a vitreous luster. Cleavage is perfect parallel to {100}. Mohs hardness is 5. Bortolanite fluoresces weak yellow under ultraviolet light (100–280 nm). Dcalc. = 3.195 g/cm3. Bortolanite is biaxial (+) with refractive indices (λ = 589.3 nm) α = 1.673(2), β = 1.677(2), γ = 1.690(2); 2Vmeas. = 56(2)°, 2Vcalc. = 58.4°. Chemical analysis by electron microprobe gave Nb2O5 1.07, HfO2 0.20, ZrO2 6.70, TiO2 9.94, SiO2 32.49, Gd2O3 0.12, Nd2O3 0.37, Ce2O3 1.25, La2O3 0.65, Y2O3 0.31, FeO 0.59, MnO 1.46, CaO 31.15, Na2O 8.36, F 6.95, O=F –2.93, sum 98.68 wt.%. The empirical formula based on 18 (O + F) apfu is (Ca1.88La0.03Ce0.06Nd0.02Gd0.01)Σ2[Ca1.56(Zr0.41Hf0.01Y0.02)Σ0.44]Σ2(Na0.85Ca0.15)Σ1(Na1.18Ca0.60Mn0.16Fe2+0.06)Σ2(Ti0.94Nb0.06)Σ1(Si4.07O14)(O1.24F0.76)Σ2F2, Z = 1. The simplified formula is Ca2(Ca,Zr)2Na(Na,Ca)2Ti(Si2O7)2(O,F)2F2. Bortolanite is triclinic, space group P, a 9.615(3), b 5.725(2), c 7.316(2) Å, α 89.91(1), β 101.14(1), γ 100.91(1)°, V 387.7(3) Å3. The crystal structure was refined to R1 = 3.19% on the basis of 2194 unique reflections [F > 4σ(F)] measured using a Bruker APEX II ULTRA three-circle diffractometer with a rotating-anode generator (MoKα), multilayer optics, and an APEX II 4K CCD detector. The crystal structure of bortolanite is a framework of TS (Titanium-Silicate) blocks [structure type B3(RG)], where the TS block consists of HOH sheets (H-heteropolyhedral, O-octahedral). The TS block exhibits linkage and stereochemistry typical for the rinkite group where Ti (+ Nb + Zr) = 1 apfu. The O sheet is composed of Ti-dominant MO(1) octahedra, [8]Na-dominant MO(2) polyhedra and (Na,Ca) MO(3) octahedra. In the H sheet in bortolanite, Si2O7 groups link to (Ca1.5Zr0.5) MH and Ca-dominant AP octahedra. Along a, TS blocks link directly through common edges of MH and AP polyhedra and common vertices of MH, AP, and Si polyhedra of the H sheets belonging to two TS blocks. The name bortolanite is after the locality: the Bortolan quarry in the Poços de Caldas massif, Brazil. Bortolanite is isostructural with three rinkite-group minerals: fogoite-(Y), hainite-(Y), and götzenite.","PeriodicalId":134244,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Mineralogist","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128359288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An In Situ Decarbonation Kinetic Study of Calcite Using Synchrotron Radiation XRD","authors":"Chuan-jiang Liu, Kenan Han, Duojun Wang","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2100063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2100063","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In situ decarbonation kinetics of calcite were investigated at high temperatures, up to 900 °C, using synchrotron radiation powder X-ray diffraction. The sequence of X-ray diffraction spectra reveals that calcite begins to thermally decompose into lime (CaO) and CO2 at 800 °C and ambient pressure. The decarbonation degree gradually increases with temperature, and calcite completely transforms into lime at 900 °C. The kinetic analysis of the isothermal data using an Avrami model involving nucleation and growth yields the values for the decarbonation rate and reaction order. Our results indicate that the decarbonation rate increases from 2.89 × 10–4s–1 to 3.48 × 10–3s–1 with elevated temperature from 840 to 880 °C, showing a positive temperature dependence on the reaction rate. The calculated Avrami exponent (n) values between 1.35 and 2.38 suggest that the thermal decomposition of calcite should be mainly dominated by homogeneous nucleation and CO2 diffusion-controlled growth. In natural carbonate fault rocks, the decarbonation of CaCO3 caused by frictional heating may be strengthened by the action of high shear velocity. In addition, the resulting ultrafine powder and CO2 pressurization can remarkably reduce the friction coefficient between two fault planes, which further leads to carbonate fault weakening. The yielding result will be conductive to better understanding the role of decarbonation of calcite in some active fault zones.","PeriodicalId":134244,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Mineralogist","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117124724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mass Bias Corrections for Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Tourmaline by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry","authors":"J. Whattam, R. Sharpe, S. Skelton, Maxwell C. Day, M. Fayek, F. Hawthorne","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2200005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2200005","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Hydrogen (δ2H) and oxygen (δ18O) stable isotopes are used to trace fluid sources, metals, and contaminants in the environment and Earth's subsurface. Tourmaline-supergroup minerals provide an opportunity to quantify both δ2H and δ18O from the same grain using in situ analytical techniques (e.g., Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry – SIMS). These minerals occur in a wide variety of geological environments and have a wide range of chemical compositions. However, large differences in chemical composition are problematic during SIMS analysis, as instrumental mass fractionation (IMF) often varies with the chemical composition of the mineral. Therefore, calibration models derived by analyzing tourmalines of different chemical composition must be developed for accurate analysis by SIMS. Hydrogen and oxygen isotope analysis was done on six reference tourmaline samples using a CAMECA 7f SIMS instrument operating at extreme energy filtering. Spot-to-spot repeatability for tourmalines was in the range 4–5‰ and 0.6–1.0‰ for δ2H and δ18O, respectively. There is a strong correlation between IMF and several elements (B, Si, Ca, Fe, and Fe#). Iron content is the most robust predictor of IMF, and we report two calibration curves for the correction of δ2H and δ18O measured by SIMS using reference tourmaline crystals with different Fe contents, ranging from 0.00 to 14.00 wt.% Fe. This is the first calibration curve used to correct for the fractionation of hydrogen isotope ratios in tourmaline as measured by SIMS. Tourmaline-supergroup minerals require a suite of at least three, with a range of Fe content, to ensure accurate and precise H and O analysis by SIMS. Crystallographic orientation effects were not observed for these tourmalines.","PeriodicalId":134244,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Mineralogist","volume":"64 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133238654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Donowensite, Ca(H2O)3Fe3+2(V2O7)2, and Mikehowardite, Fe3+4(VO4)4(H2O)2·H2O, Two New Vanadium Minerals from the Wilson Springs Vanadium Mine, Wilson Springs, Arkansas, USA","authors":"A. Kampf, John M. Hughes, B. Nash, Jason B. Smith","doi":"10.3749/canmin.210015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.210015","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Donowensite (IMA2020-067), Ca(H2O)3Fe3+2(V2O7)2, and mikehowardite (IMA2020-068), Fe3+4(VO4)4(H2O)2·H2O, are intimately associated new secondary minerals from the Wilson Springs vanadium mine, Wilson Springs, Arkansas, USA. Donowensite has the following properties: needles up to 1 mm in length; yellow color; orange streak; subadamantine luster; brittle; Mohs hardness 3; splintery fracture; three cleavages ({001} perfect, {100} and {010} very good); density 2.97(2) g/cm3; biaxial (+), α > 1.95, β > 1.95, γ > 1.95; 2V = 72(2)°; moderate r > v dispersion; orientation X ^ b = 7°, Z ≈ c; pleochroism X brown orange, Y orange yellow, Z yellow. Mikehowardite has the following properties: equant prisms up to 0.15 mm in length; very dark brown color; yellow-orange streak; subadamantine luster; Mohs hardness 3½; irregular, stepped fracture; three cleavages ({100} very good, two undetermined good cleavages); density 3.19(2) g/cm3; biaxial with slight pleochroism in shades of brown-orange; Gladstone-Dale nav = 2.034. Electron probe microanalyses provided the empirical formulae Ca0.93Fe3+1.92Mn3+0.01V4.06P0.01O17H6.00 for donowensite and K0.11Ca0.02Fe3+3.78Mn3+0.03V3.67P0.33O18.87H6.18 for mikehowardite. Donowensite is triclinic, P with a = 7.3452(4), b = 9.9291(4), c = 10.0151(7) Å, α = 94.455(7), β = 98.476(7), γ = 100.779(7)°, V = 705.52(7) Å3, and Z = 2. Mikehowardite is triclinic, P with a = 6.6546(17), b = 6.6689(14), c = 9.003(2) Å, α = 76.515(5), β = 84.400(6), γ = 75.058(5)°, V = 375.11(15) Å3, and Z = 1. The structure of donowensite (R1 = 0.0561 for 2615 I > 2σI reflections) contains zig-zag chains of edge-sharing FeO6 octahedra that are linked to one another by V2O7 pyrovanadate groups to form sheets between which are Ca2+ cations and H2O groups. The structure of mikehowardite (R1 = 0.0678 for 1098 I > 2σI reflections) has similarities to the structure of schubnelite. In both mikehowardite and schubnelite, edge-sharing dimers of Fe3+O6 octahedra are linked by distorted VO4 tetrahedra.","PeriodicalId":134244,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Mineralogist","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123978065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Zero-Valent-Dominant Pyrochlores: Endmember Formula Calculation and Petrogenetic Significance","authors":"S. Bhattacharjee, Monojit Dey, Aniket Chakarabarty, R. Mitchell, M. Ren","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2100058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2100058","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The existing classification of pyrochlore group minerals is essentially based on the dominant valence rule. However, coupled heterovalent-homovalent substitutions at the A-, B-, and Y-sites commonly result in charge-imbalanced endmember formulae. The application of the site total charge (STC) method permits the determination of a charge-balanced endmember. Species names are assigned by using the dominant constituent rule. According to the current IMA nomenclature scheme, some previously established pyrochlore species, such as kalipyrochlore, strontiopyrochlore, bariopyrochlore, plumbopyrochlore, ceriopyrochlore, yttropyrochlore, bismutopyrochlore, and uranpyrochlore, are all grouped as zero-valent-dominant pyrochlores, resulting in the loss of petrogenetic information. In this work, the zero-valent-dominant pyrochlores of the pyrochlore group (sensu stricto) are classified into R+-, R2+-, R3+-, and R4+-pyrochlores where the respective cations (R) are the dominant valencies at the A- and Y-sites (for R+-pyrochlores) after vacancies (□) and H2O. The endmember charge arrangements are determined by the STC method to obtain charge-balanced endmember formulae for all possible zero-valent pyrochlore species. It is recommended that suitable adjectival modifiers be used along with the species name to emphasize the abundance of certain cations, which may or may not be reflected in the endmember formula. This approach would facilitate the usage of pyrochlore group minerals for all practical petrological and exploration purposes. It is considered that pyrochlores with significant A-site vacancies do not necessarily reflect formation in a supergene environment, as such pyrochlores can also form in hydrothermal parageneses.","PeriodicalId":134244,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Mineralogist","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123669338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fluorite Mineralization at the Dwyer Mine, Wilberforce Area, Ontario, Canada: Microtextural Indications of a Fluor-Calciocarbonatite","authors":"R. Martin, D. Schumann","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2000125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2000125","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The ore at the Dwyer fluorite mine, near Wilberforce, Ontario, consists of calcite–fluorite dikes that show clear signs of flowage. Those dikes and the large-scale development of fenites at the expense of a granite–monzonite pluton can only be explained by the existence of a subjacent body of carbonatite. The dikes consist of ribbons of calcite and fluorite and contain subhedral crystals of fluorapatite aligned with the ribbons. The dikes also carry crystals of aegirine-augite, titanite, and bastnäsite-(Ce). Both the fluorapatite and aegirine-augite contain micrometric globules of boundary-layer melt that crystallized in situ to calcite, fluorite, quartz, bastnäsite-(Ce), hematite, and titanite. Fragments of the REE-enriched fenite show signs of incipient rheomorphism at a temperature estimated to be at least 725 °C. The large-scale alkali metasomatism occurred toward the end of the Grenville orogenic cycle, at a time of crustal relaxation, roughly 200 million years after emplacement of a granite–monzonite pluton. By analogy with occurrences elsewhere, it is likely that the carbonatitic melt separated immiscibly from a nepheline syenitic parental melt. Fluor-calciocarbonatitic magmatism likely is genetically linked to the U and Th mineralization in the area and contributed to the unusual geological complexity of the Bancroft–Haliburton region.","PeriodicalId":134244,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Mineralogist","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129899798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of Grain Size, Cooling Rate, and Sample Preparation on the Phase Transition from Protoenstatite to Clinoenstatite","authors":"S. Ohi, Tatsuya Osako, A. Miyake","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2100010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2100010","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 X-ray diffraction experiments were carried out with protoenstatite, chemical composition Mg2Si2O6, in order to clarify the conditions under which protoenstatite can be retained at room temperature. Our results show that grain size, cooling rate, and shear stress during sample preparation clearly affect the transition from protoenstatite to clinoenstatite. Smaller protoenstatite grains were more likely to be retained, and the relationship between the retained volume ratio of the protoenstatite and grain size was statistically consistent with martensitic nucleation. The most protoenstatite was retained in the experiment using a cooling rate of 3 °C/min; the retained volume ratio decreased in experiments with both faster and slower cooling rates. The martensitic transformation of protoenstatite to clinoenstatite is promoted by shear stress caused by a fast cooling rate. Shear stress caused by grinding and polishing also promotes the transformation, but ion milling, used to prepare samples for transmission electron microscope observation, leaves the protoenstatite unchanged. Therefore, samples including protoenstatite should be prepared without producing shear stress so that the protoenstatite can be observed.","PeriodicalId":134244,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Mineralogist","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123858508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Origin of the Sokoman Iron Formation, Labrador Trough, Canada","authors":"I. S. Zajac, J. Peter","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2000112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2000112","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Lower Proterozoic, Lake Superior-type Sokoman Iron Formation of the Labrador Trough is one of the world's largest iron formations. It represents a unique, major event in the history of the Trough. Originally a largely irregularly bedded, intraclastic, granular, locally oolitic, conglomeratic iron formation, it is highly variable in its stratigraphy, mineralogy, and textures, which are the consequence of sedimentology, diagenesis, metamorphism, structural deformation, and magmatic overprint. Despite its complexity, the regional characteristics of the iron formation within the 1200 km length of the Labrador Trough indicate three main stratigraphic units, defined by their dominant iron minerals: the lower and upper parts of the formation are characterized by the abundance of iron silicates and carbonates (silicate-carbonate facies), and the middle part is characterized by the dominance of iron oxides (oxide facies). The origin of these lithostratigraphic units of the iron formation is attributed to three main sea-level changes which changed the chemistry (oxidation–reduction potential) and the physical energy (wave and current action) of the sedimentary environment.\u0000 The vast amount of iron and some of the silica required for deposition of the Sokoman Formation is inferred to be the consequence of intense hydrothermal activity within a major rift created by the eastward extension of the Labrador Trough ca 1.88 Ga. The hydrothermal fluids venting within the rift saturated the deep and likely anoxic sea of the Trough with ferrous iron and some silica which then upwelled onto its oxygenated shallow waters to deposit the iron formation.\u0000 The end of the processes involved in creating the iron formation ca. 1.82 Ga is attributed to the westward contraction of the Trough induced by the Hudsonian (Trans-Hudson) orogeny, which closed the iron- and silica-generating rift and at the same time ended all magmatic activities and related sedimentation coeval with the deposition of the iron formation.","PeriodicalId":134244,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Mineralogist","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134053233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}