B. M. Shabaga, M. Fayek, Alysha G. McNeil, R. Linnen, E. Potter
Uranium deposits are globally diverse, occurring in a wide variety of geological settings and ranging in age from Archean to Holocene. As a result, understanding the mechanisms involved in the genesis and subsequent alteration of these complex deposits is challenging. Building on recent work on the geochemical signatures of uraninite, a series of experiments were designed to document the partitioning of rare earth elements between uraninite and fluids over a range of temperatures and to explore the impact of O and H diffusion, under reducing conditions, on U-Pb isotope systematics and rare earth element concentrations in uraninite. Our results show that O and H diffusion in the presence of a rare earth element-rich fluid, under reducing conditions, has no effect on rare earth element concentrations and patterns or U-Pb isotopic compositions of uraninite. Our results also show that temperature (300 to 700 °C) has no effect on the rare earth element patterns, indicating that the dominant control on rare earth element concentration in uraninite is the metal source(s), the ability of the fluids to transport rare earth elements without inducing fractionation, and the degree of recrystallization. These results have implications for nuclear forensics, as well as for our understanding of the genesis of uranium-bearing ore deposits.
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I. Pekov, N. Zubkova, A. Agakhanov, N. Chukanov, D. I. Belakovskiy, E. Sidorov, S. Britvin, A. Turchkova, D. Pushcharovsky
The new mineral eleomelanite, (K2Pb)Cu4O2(SO4)4, was found in the Arsenatnaya fumarole on the Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. It is associated with euchlorine, fedotovite, wulffite, chalcocyanite, dolerophanite, dravertite, hermannjahnite, alumoklyuchevskite, klyuchevskite, piypite, cryptochalcite, cesiodymite, anglesite, langbeinite, calciolangbeinite, metathénardite, belomarinaite, aphthitalite, krasheninnikovite, steklite, anhydrite, hematite, tenorite, sanidine, sylvite, halite, lammerite, urusovite, and gold. Eleomelanite occurs as interrupted crusts up to 6 mm across and up to 0.3 mm thick consisting of equant, prismatic, or tabular crystals or grains up to 0.3 mm. It is translucent and black. The luster is oleaginous on crystal faces and vitreous on a cleavage surface. Dcalc is 3.790 g/cm3. Eleomelanite is optically biaxial (–), α 1.646(3), β 1.715(6), γ 1.734(6), 2Vmeas. = 60(15)°. The chemical composition (wt.%, electron-microprobe) is K2O 9.62, Rb2O 0.49, Cs2O 0.24, CaO 1.23, CuO 35.28, PbO 19.25, SO3 34.78, total 100.89. The empirical formula calculated based on 18 O apfu is (K1.88Pb0.79Ca0.20Rb0.05Cs0.02)Σ2.94Cu4.07S3.99O18. Eleomelanite is monoclinic, P21/n, a 9.3986(3), b 4.8911(1), c 18.2293(5) Å, β 104.409(3)°, V 811.63(4) Å3, and Z = 2. The strongest reflections of the powder XRD pattern [d,Å(I)(hkl)] are: 7.38(44)(101), 3.699(78)(112), , 3.173(40)(211), 2.915(35)(114), 2.838(35)(204), , and . The crystal structure was solved using single-crystal XRD data, R1 = 4.78%. It is based on heteropolyhedral Cu–S–O chains composed of Cu-centered polyhedra with [4+1+1] Cu2+ coordination and SO4 tetrahedra. Adjacent Cu–S–O chains are connected via chains of (K,Pb)O8 and KO10 polyhedra. Eleomelanite belongs to a novel structure type but has common structural features with klyuchevskite, alumoklyuchevskite, wulffite, parawulffite, and piypite. The name is derived from the Greek ελαιν (eleon), oil, and μλας (melas), black, due to its black color and oleaginous luster on crystal faces that are uncommon for sulfate minerals.
在俄罗斯堪察加托尔巴切克火山大托尔巴切克裂缝北突第二火山锥的Arsenatnaya火山喷发孔中发现了一种新矿物(K2Pb)Cu4O2(SO4)4。它与氯气、铁云母、乌云母、辉蓝矿、白云石、德云母、hermanjahnite、alumok柳斑钛矿、k柳斑钛矿、闪铜矿、隐铜矿、铯钇矿、菱辉石、菱辉石、钾辉石、铁辉石、硬石膏、赤铁矿、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石、钾辉石和金有关。铁榴辉石形成宽达6毫米、厚达0.3毫米的间断结壳,由等长、棱柱状或板状晶体或厚达0.3毫米的颗粒组成。它是半透明的,黑色的。水晶表面的光泽是油质的,而切割表面的光泽是玻璃状的。Dcalc为3.790 g/cm3。Eleomelanite为双轴(-),α 1.646(3), β 1.715(6), γ 1.734(6), 2Vmeas。= 60°(15)。化学成分(wt.%,电子探针)为K2O 9.62, Rb2O 0.49, Cs2O 0.24, CaO 1.23, CuO 35.28, PbO 19.25, SO3 34.78,总计100.89。基于18 O apfu计算的经验公式为(K1.88Pb0.79Ca0.20Rb0.05Cs0.02)Σ2.94Cu4.07S3.99O18。Eleomelanite为单斜晶,P21/n, a 9.3986(3), b 4.8911(1), c 18.2293(5) Å, β 104.409(3)°,V 811.63(4) Å3, Z = 2。粉末XRD谱图的最强反射[d,Å(I)(hkl)]分别为:7.38(44)(101),3.699(78)(112),3.173(40)(211),2.915(35)(114),2.838(35)(204),和。采用单晶XRD数据求解晶体结构,R1 = 4.78%。它是基于Cu-S-O杂多面体链,由[4+1+1]Cu2+配位的cu中心多面体和SO4四面体组成。相邻的Cu-S-O链通过(K,Pb)O8和KO10多面体链连接。Eleomelanite是一种新型的结构类型,但与克柳切夫钛矿、铝柳切夫钛矿、乌云母、副乌云母、滑石等具有共同的结构特征。它的名字来源于希腊语ελαιν (eleon)(油)和μλας (melas)(黑色)(黑色),因为它的颜色是黑色的,在硫酸盐矿物中不常见的晶体表面有油质光泽。
{"title":"Eleomelanite, (K2Pb)Cu4O2(SO4)4, a new mineral species from the Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia","authors":"I. Pekov, N. Zubkova, A. Agakhanov, N. Chukanov, D. I. Belakovskiy, E. Sidorov, S. Britvin, A. Turchkova, D. Pushcharovsky","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2000032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2000032","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The new mineral eleomelanite, (K2Pb)Cu4O2(SO4)4, was found in the Arsenatnaya fumarole on the Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. It is associated with euchlorine, fedotovite, wulffite, chalcocyanite, dolerophanite, dravertite, hermannjahnite, alumoklyuchevskite, klyuchevskite, piypite, cryptochalcite, cesiodymite, anglesite, langbeinite, calciolangbeinite, metathénardite, belomarinaite, aphthitalite, krasheninnikovite, steklite, anhydrite, hematite, tenorite, sanidine, sylvite, halite, lammerite, urusovite, and gold. Eleomelanite occurs as interrupted crusts up to 6 mm across and up to 0.3 mm thick consisting of equant, prismatic, or tabular crystals or grains up to 0.3 mm. It is translucent and black. The luster is oleaginous on crystal faces and vitreous on a cleavage surface. Dcalc is 3.790 g/cm3. Eleomelanite is optically biaxial (–), α 1.646(3), β 1.715(6), γ 1.734(6), 2Vmeas. = 60(15)°. The chemical composition (wt.%, electron-microprobe) is K2O 9.62, Rb2O 0.49, Cs2O 0.24, CaO 1.23, CuO 35.28, PbO 19.25, SO3 34.78, total 100.89. The empirical formula calculated based on 18 O apfu is (K1.88Pb0.79Ca0.20Rb0.05Cs0.02)Σ2.94Cu4.07S3.99O18. Eleomelanite is monoclinic, P21/n, a 9.3986(3), b 4.8911(1), c 18.2293(5) Å, β 104.409(3)°, V 811.63(4) Å3, and Z = 2. The strongest reflections of the powder XRD pattern [d,Å(I)(hkl)] are: 7.38(44)(101), 3.699(78)(112), , 3.173(40)(211), 2.915(35)(114), 2.838(35)(204), , and . The crystal structure was solved using single-crystal XRD data, R1 = 4.78%. It is based on heteropolyhedral Cu–S–O chains composed of Cu-centered polyhedra with [4+1+1] Cu2+ coordination and SO4 tetrahedra. Adjacent Cu–S–O chains are connected via chains of (K,Pb)O8 and KO10 polyhedra. Eleomelanite belongs to a novel structure type but has common structural features with klyuchevskite, alumoklyuchevskite, wulffite, parawulffite, and piypite. The name is derived from the Greek ελαιν (eleon), oil, and μλας (melas), black, due to its black color and oleaginous luster on crystal faces that are uncommon for sulfate minerals.","PeriodicalId":9455,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Mineralogist","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44156497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Kasatkin, F. Nestola, R. Škoda, N. Chukanov, A. Agakhanov, D. Belakovskiy, A. Lanza, M. Holá, M. Rumsey
Hingganite-(Nd), ideally Nd2□Be2Si2O8(OH)2, is a new gadolinite group, gadolinite supergroup mineral discovered at Zagi Mountain, near Kafoor Dheri, about 4 km S of Warsak and 30 km NW of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. The new mineral forms zones measuring up to 1 × 1 mm2 in loose prismatic crystals up to 0.7 cm long, where it is intergrown with hingganite-(Y). Other associated minerals include aegirine, microcline, fergusonite-(Y), and zircon. Hingganite-(Nd) is dark greenish-brown, transparent, has vitreous luster and a white streak. It is brittle and has a conchoidal fracture. No cleavage or parting are observed. Mohs hardness is 5½–6. Dcalc. = 4.690 g/cm3. Hingganite-(Nd) is non-pleochroic, optically biaxial (+), α = 1.746(5), β = 1.766(5), γ = 1.792(6) (589 nm). 2Vmeas. = 80(7)°; 2Vcalc. = 84°. Dispersion of optical axes was not observed. The average chemical composition of hingganite-(Nd) is as follows (wt.%; electron microprobe, BeO, B2O3, and Lu2O3 content measured by LA-ICP-MS; H2O calculated by stoichiometry): BeO 9.64, CaO 0.45, MnO 0.10, FeO 3.03, B2O3 0.42, Y2O3 8.75, La2O3 1.63, Ce2O3 12.89, Pr2O3 3.09, Nd2O3 16.90, Sm2O3 5.97, Eu2O3 1.08, Gd2O3 5.15, Tb2O3 0.50, Dy2O3 2.50, Ho2O3 0.33, Er2O3 0.84, Tm2O3 0.10, Yb2O3 0.44, Lu2O3 0.04, ThO2 0.13, SiO2 23.55, H2O 2.72, total 100.25. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 2 Si apfu is (Nd0.513Ce0.401Y0.395Sm0.175Gd0.145Pr0.096Dy0.068La0.051Ca0.041Eu0.031Er0.022Tb0.014Yb0.011Ho0.009Tm0.003Th0.003Lu0.001)Σ1.979(□0.778Fe2+0.215Mn0.007)Σ1.000(Be1.967B0.062)Σ2.029Si2O8.46(OH)1.54. Hingganite-(Nd) is monoclinic, space group P21/c with a = 4.77193(15), b = 7.6422(2), c = 9.9299(2) Å, β = 89.851(2)°, V = 362.123(14) Å3, and Z = 2. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 6.105 (95) (011), 4.959 (56) (002), 4.773 (100) (100), 3.462 (58) (102), 3.122 , 3.028 (61) (013), 2.864 (87) (121), 2.573 (89) (113). The crystal structure of hingganite-(Nd) was refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data to R = 0.034 for 2007 unique reflections with I > 2σ(I). The new mineral is named as an analogue of hingganite-(Y), hingganite-(Yb), and hingganite-(Ce), but with Nd dominant among the rare earth elements.
{"title":"Hingganite-(Nd), Nd2□Be2Si2O8(OH)2, a new gadolinite-supergroup mineral from Zagi Mountain, Pakistan","authors":"A. Kasatkin, F. Nestola, R. Škoda, N. Chukanov, A. Agakhanov, D. Belakovskiy, A. Lanza, M. Holá, M. Rumsey","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2000039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2000039","url":null,"abstract":"Hingganite-(Nd), ideally Nd2□Be2Si2O8(OH)2, is a new gadolinite group, gadolinite supergroup mineral discovered at Zagi Mountain, near Kafoor Dheri, about 4 km S of Warsak and 30 km NW of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. The new mineral forms zones measuring up to 1 × 1 mm2 in loose prismatic crystals up to 0.7 cm long, where it is intergrown with hingganite-(Y). Other associated minerals include aegirine, microcline, fergusonite-(Y), and zircon. Hingganite-(Nd) is dark greenish-brown, transparent, has vitreous luster and a white streak. It is brittle and has a conchoidal fracture. No cleavage or parting are observed. Mohs hardness is 5½–6. Dcalc. = 4.690 g/cm3. Hingganite-(Nd) is non-pleochroic, optically biaxial (+), α = 1.746(5), β = 1.766(5), γ = 1.792(6) (589 nm). 2Vmeas. = 80(7)°; 2Vcalc. = 84°. Dispersion of optical axes was not observed. The average chemical composition of hingganite-(Nd) is as follows (wt.%; electron microprobe, BeO, B2O3, and Lu2O3 content measured by LA-ICP-MS; H2O calculated by stoichiometry): BeO 9.64, CaO 0.45, MnO 0.10, FeO 3.03, B2O3 0.42, Y2O3 8.75, La2O3 1.63, Ce2O3 12.89, Pr2O3 3.09, Nd2O3 16.90, Sm2O3 5.97, Eu2O3 1.08, Gd2O3 5.15, Tb2O3 0.50, Dy2O3 2.50, Ho2O3 0.33, Er2O3 0.84, Tm2O3 0.10, Yb2O3 0.44, Lu2O3 0.04, ThO2 0.13, SiO2 23.55, H2O 2.72, total 100.25. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 2 Si apfu is (Nd0.513Ce0.401Y0.395Sm0.175Gd0.145Pr0.096Dy0.068La0.051Ca0.041Eu0.031Er0.022Tb0.014Yb0.011Ho0.009Tm0.003Th0.003Lu0.001)Σ1.979(□0.778Fe2+0.215Mn0.007)Σ1.000(Be1.967B0.062)Σ2.029Si2O8.46(OH)1.54. Hingganite-(Nd) is monoclinic, space group P21/c with a = 4.77193(15), b = 7.6422(2), c = 9.9299(2) Å, β = 89.851(2)°, V = 362.123(14) Å3, and Z = 2. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 6.105 (95) (011), 4.959 (56) (002), 4.773 (100) (100), 3.462 (58) (102), 3.122 , 3.028 (61) (013), 2.864 (87) (121), 2.573 (89) (113). The crystal structure of hingganite-(Nd) was refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data to R = 0.034 for 2007 unique reflections with I > 2σ(I). The new mineral is named as an analogue of hingganite-(Y), hingganite-(Yb), and hingganite-(Ce), but with Nd dominant among the rare earth elements.","PeriodicalId":9455,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Mineralogist","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45841861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Kasatkin, E. Makovicky, J. Plášil, R. Škoda, A. Agakhanov, I. Chaikovskiy, E. A. Vlasov, I. Pekov
The new sulfosalt chukotkaite, ideally AgPb7Sb5S15, was discovered in the valley of the Levyi Vulvyveem river, Amguema river basin, Iultin District, Eastern Chukotka, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, North-Eastern region, Russia. The new mineral forms anhedral grains up to 0.4 × 0.5 mm intergrown with pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena, stannite, quartz, and Mn-Fe-bearing clinochlore. Other associated minerals include arsenopyrite, benavidesite, diaphorite, jamesonite, owyheeite, uchucchacuaite, cassiterite, and fluorapatite. Chukotkaite is lead-grey and has metallic luster and a grey streak. It is brittle and has an uneven fracture. Neither cleavage nor parting were observed. Mohs hardness is 2–2½. Dcalc. = 6.255 g/cm3. In reflected light, chukotkaite is white, moderately anisotropic with rotation tints varying from bluish-grey to brownish-grey. No pleochroism or internal reflections are observed. The chemical composition of chukotkaite is (wt.%; electron microprobe) Ag 3.83, Pb 53.67, Sb 24.30, S 18.46, total 100.26. The empirical formula based on the sum of all atoms = 28 pfu is Ag0.93Pb6.78Sb5.22S15.07. Chukotkaite is monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 4.0575(3), b = 35.9502(11), c = 19.2215(19) Å, β = 90.525(8)°, V = 2803.7(4) Å3, and Z = 4. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 3.52 (100) (045), 3.38 (50) (055), 3.13 (50) (065), , 2.82 (25) (066), 1.91 (50) (0 1 10). The crystal structure of chukotkaite was refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data to R = 0.0712 for 3307 observed reflections with Iobs > 3σ(I). Chukotkaite belongs to the group of rod-based sulfosalts. The new mineral is named after the region of its type locality: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, North-Eastern Region, Russia.
{"title":"Chukotkaite, AgPb7Sb5S15, a new sulfosalt mineral from Eastern Chukotka, Russia","authors":"A. Kasatkin, E. Makovicky, J. Plášil, R. Škoda, A. Agakhanov, I. Chaikovskiy, E. A. Vlasov, I. Pekov","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2000036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2000036","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The new sulfosalt chukotkaite, ideally AgPb7Sb5S15, was discovered in the valley of the Levyi Vulvyveem river, Amguema river basin, Iultin District, Eastern Chukotka, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, North-Eastern region, Russia. The new mineral forms anhedral grains up to 0.4 × 0.5 mm intergrown with pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena, stannite, quartz, and Mn-Fe-bearing clinochlore. Other associated minerals include arsenopyrite, benavidesite, diaphorite, jamesonite, owyheeite, uchucchacuaite, cassiterite, and fluorapatite. Chukotkaite is lead-grey and has metallic luster and a grey streak. It is brittle and has an uneven fracture. Neither cleavage nor parting were observed. Mohs hardness is 2–2½. Dcalc. = 6.255 g/cm3. In reflected light, chukotkaite is white, moderately anisotropic with rotation tints varying from bluish-grey to brownish-grey. No pleochroism or internal reflections are observed. The chemical composition of chukotkaite is (wt.%; electron microprobe) Ag 3.83, Pb 53.67, Sb 24.30, S 18.46, total 100.26. The empirical formula based on the sum of all atoms = 28 pfu is Ag0.93Pb6.78Sb5.22S15.07. Chukotkaite is monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 4.0575(3), b = 35.9502(11), c = 19.2215(19) Å, β = 90.525(8)°, V = 2803.7(4) Å3, and Z = 4. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 3.52 (100) (045), 3.38 (50) (055), 3.13 (50) (065), , 2.82 (25) (066), 1.91 (50) (0 1 10). The crystal structure of chukotkaite was refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data to R = 0.0712 for 3307 observed reflections with Iobs > 3σ(I). Chukotkaite belongs to the group of rod-based sulfosalts. The new mineral is named after the region of its type locality: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, North-Eastern Region, Russia.","PeriodicalId":9455,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Mineralogist","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42684447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The crystal structure of a natural kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3 from the Mario Pinto Mine, Jenipapo district, Brazil, has been determined for the first time. Kosnarite and its related synthetic compounds (NZP) are open-framework orthophosphates of the type ([6]M′[8]M′′)L2(TO4)3 (where M = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs; L = Ti, Zr, Hf; and T = P, Si). These compounds have been proposed as potential radioactive waste hosts as a result of their physiochemical properties and because their crystal structure allows for extreme isomorphism and incorporation of all 42 radioactive nuclides present in nuclear waste. Kosnarite from the Mario Pinto mine is hexagonal, Rc, with a = 8.7205(1), c = 23.9436(3) Å, and V = 1576.89(4) Å3. The average chemical formula (n = 75) is (K0.96Na0.02)Σ0.98(Zr1.93Hf0.08)Σ1.01(P2.99Si0.01)Σ3.00O12. The structure contains one six-coordinated Zr site (L), one four-coordinated P site (T), and a six-coordinated K site (M′); in kosnarite, the M″ site is vacant. The average bond lengths in the ZrO6 octahedra (2.0646 Å) and PO4 tetrahedra (1.5278 Å) are slightly larger than those observed in the synthetic analogue ( = 2.063 Å,
= 1.522 Å). The ZrO6 octahedra and PO4 tetrahedra share corners to form ribbons of [Zr2(PO4)3]– units parallel to the c axis, which are further joined by PO4 tetrahedra perpendicular to c to form a 3D network. Kosnarite is one of only five natural alkali zircono-orthophosphates, all of which are late-stage hydrothermal minerals. Although synthetic Na-dominant endmember analogues of kosnarite exist, the distortions in the structure with respect to the M and L octahedra, along with experimental evidence at hydrothermal temperatures, suggest that only K (or Li) endmembers are possible in nature.
{"title":"Crystal structure determination of kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, from the Mario Pinto Mine, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Brazil","authors":"P. Piilonen, H. Friis, R. Rowe, G. Poirier","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2000044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2000044","url":null,"abstract":"The crystal structure of a natural kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3 from the Mario Pinto Mine, Jenipapo district, Brazil, has been determined for the first time. Kosnarite and its related synthetic compounds (NZP) are open-framework orthophosphates of the type ([6]M′[8]M′′)L2(TO4)3 (where M = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs; L = Ti, Zr, Hf; and T = P, Si). These compounds have been proposed as potential radioactive waste hosts as a result of their physiochemical properties and because their crystal structure allows for extreme isomorphism and incorporation of all 42 radioactive nuclides present in nuclear waste. Kosnarite from the Mario Pinto mine is hexagonal, Rc, with a = 8.7205(1), c = 23.9436(3) Å, and V = 1576.89(4) Å3. The average chemical formula (n = 75) is (K0.96Na0.02)Σ0.98(Zr1.93Hf0.08)Σ1.01(P2.99Si0.01)Σ3.00O12. The structure contains one six-coordinated Zr site (L), one four-coordinated P site (T), and a six-coordinated K site (M′); in kosnarite, the M″ site is vacant. The average bond lengths in the ZrO6 octahedra (2.0646 Å) and PO4 tetrahedra (1.5278 Å) are slightly larger than those observed in the synthetic analogue (<Zr–O> = 2.063 Å, <P–O> = 1.522 Å). The ZrO6 octahedra and PO4 tetrahedra share corners to form ribbons of [Zr2(PO4)3]– units parallel to the c axis, which are further joined by PO4 tetrahedra perpendicular to c to form a 3D network. Kosnarite is one of only five natural alkali zircono-orthophosphates, all of which are late-stage hydrothermal minerals. Although synthetic Na-dominant endmember analogues of kosnarite exist, the distortions in the structure with respect to the M and L octahedra, along with experimental evidence at hydrothermal temperatures, suggest that only K (or Li) endmembers are possible in nature.","PeriodicalId":9455,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Mineralogist","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3749/canmin.2000044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42121571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. M. Lima, R. G. Azzone, Luanna Chmyz, V. Guarino, E. Ruberti, Simone Albino da Silva, D. P. Svisero
The Indaiá-I and Indaiá-II intrusions are hypabyssal, small-sized ultrabasic bodies belonging to the Cretaceous magmatism of the Alto Paranaiba Alkaline Province (southeast-central western Brazil). While Indaiá-I is classified as an archetypal group-I kimberlite, Indaiá-II (its satellite intrusion) presents several petrographic and chemical distinctions: (1) an ultrapotassic composition (similar to kamafugites), (2) lower volumes of olivine macrocrysts, (3) diopside as the main matrix phase (in contrast with the presence of monticellite in Indaiá-I), (4) high amounts of phlogopite, and (5) abundant felsic boudinaged and stretched microenclaves and crustal xenoliths. Disequilibrium features, such as embayment and sieve textures in olivine and clinopyroxene grains, are indicative of open-system processes in Indaiá-II. Mineral reactions observed in Indaiá-II (e.g., diopside formed at the expense of monticellite and olivine; phlogopite nearby crustal enclaves and close to olivine macrocrysts) point to an increase in the silica activity of the kimberlite magma; otherwise partially melted crustal xenoliths present kalsilite, generated by desilification reactions. The high Contamination Index (2.12–2.25) and the large amounts of crustal xenoliths (most of them totally transformed or with evidence of partial melting) indicate a high degree of crustal assimilation in the Indaiá-II intrusion. Calculated melts (after removal of olivine xenocrysts) of Indaiá-II have higher amounts of SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, slightly higher Rb/Sr ratios, lower Ce/Pb and Gd/Lu ratios, higher 87Sr/86Sr, and lower 143Nd/144Nd than those calculated for Indaiá-I. Crustal contamination models were developed considering mixing between the calculated melts of Indaiá-I and partial melts modeled from the granitoid country rocks. Mixing-model curves using major and trace elements and isotopic compositions are consistent with crustal assimilation processes with amounts of crustal contribution of ca. 30%. We conclude that (1) Indaiá-II is representative of a highly contaminated kimberlitic intrusion, (2) this contamination occurred by the assimilation of anatectic melts from the main crustal country rocks of this area, and (3) Indaiá-I and Indaiá-II could have had the same parent melt, but with different degrees of crustal contamination. Our petrological model also indicates that Indaiá-II is a satellite blind pipe linked to the main occurrence of Indaiá-I.
{"title":"Petrographic, geochemical, and isotopic evidence of crustal assimilation processes in the Indaiá-II kimberlite, Alto Paranaíba Province, southeast Brazil","authors":"N. M. Lima, R. G. Azzone, Luanna Chmyz, V. Guarino, E. Ruberti, Simone Albino da Silva, D. P. Svisero","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2000031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2000031","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Indaiá-I and Indaiá-II intrusions are hypabyssal, small-sized ultrabasic bodies belonging to the Cretaceous magmatism of the Alto Paranaiba Alkaline Province (southeast-central western Brazil). While Indaiá-I is classified as an archetypal group-I kimberlite, Indaiá-II (its satellite intrusion) presents several petrographic and chemical distinctions: (1) an ultrapotassic composition (similar to kamafugites), (2) lower volumes of olivine macrocrysts, (3) diopside as the main matrix phase (in contrast with the presence of monticellite in Indaiá-I), (4) high amounts of phlogopite, and (5) abundant felsic boudinaged and stretched microenclaves and crustal xenoliths. Disequilibrium features, such as embayment and sieve textures in olivine and clinopyroxene grains, are indicative of open-system processes in Indaiá-II. Mineral reactions observed in Indaiá-II (e.g., diopside formed at the expense of monticellite and olivine; phlogopite nearby crustal enclaves and close to olivine macrocrysts) point to an increase in the silica activity of the kimberlite magma; otherwise partially melted crustal xenoliths present kalsilite, generated by desilification reactions. The high Contamination Index (2.12–2.25) and the large amounts of crustal xenoliths (most of them totally transformed or with evidence of partial melting) indicate a high degree of crustal assimilation in the Indaiá-II intrusion. Calculated melts (after removal of olivine xenocrysts) of Indaiá-II have higher amounts of SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, slightly higher Rb/Sr ratios, lower Ce/Pb and Gd/Lu ratios, higher 87Sr/86Sr, and lower 143Nd/144Nd than those calculated for Indaiá-I. Crustal contamination models were developed considering mixing between the calculated melts of Indaiá-I and partial melts modeled from the granitoid country rocks. Mixing-model curves using major and trace elements and isotopic compositions are consistent with crustal assimilation processes with amounts of crustal contribution of ca. 30%. We conclude that (1) Indaiá-II is representative of a highly contaminated kimberlitic intrusion, (2) this contamination occurred by the assimilation of anatectic melts from the main crustal country rocks of this area, and (3) Indaiá-I and Indaiá-II could have had the same parent melt, but with different degrees of crustal contamination. Our petrological model also indicates that Indaiá-II is a satellite blind pipe linked to the main occurrence of Indaiá-I.","PeriodicalId":9455,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Mineralogist","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3749/canmin.2000031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44436027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Lykova, N. Chukanov, I. Pekov, V. Yapaskurt, L. Pautov, V. Y. Karpenko, D. I. Belakovskiy, D. Varlamov, S. Britvin, K. Scheidl
The new ettringite-group mineral chiyokoite, ideally Ca3Si(CO3)[B(OH)4]O(OH)5·12H2O, was found in a hydrothermally altered calc-silicate skarn at the Fuka mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Associated minerals are calcite, henmilite, and tacharanite. Chiyokoite occurs as hexagonal prismatic crystals up to 30 μm long and up to 20 μm thick. The major forms are the hexagonal prism {100} and monohedra {0001} and {000}. The crystals are combined in clusters which form friable nests up to 1 cm across. The mineral is pink to colorless with white streak and vitreous luster. The cleavage is parallel to {100} and {0001}, good. The fracture is stepped. Dmeas is 1.85(1) g/cm3, Dcalc is 1.85 g/cm3. Chiyokoite is optically uniaxial (–), ω = 1.523(2) and ε = 1.492(3) (589 nm). The infrared spectrum is reported. The chemical composition (wt.%) is CaO 27.56, B2O3 3.47, Al2O3 3.05, Fe2O3 0.12, As2O3 4.77, MnO2 0.32, SiO2 6.55, SO3 0.76, H2O 46.3, CO2 7.30, total 100.2. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 3 Ca apfu is H31.37Ca3(Si0.67Al0.37Mn4+0.02Fe3+0.01)Σ1.07(C1.01B0.61As3+0.29S0.06)Σ1.97O24.19. The simplified general formula is Ca3(Si,Al)(CO3,AsO3)[B(OH)4,AsO3](OH)6·12H2O. Chiyokoite is hexagonal, P63, a = 11.0119(5), c = 10.5252(6) Å, and V = 1105.3(1) Å3. The strongest reflections of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d,Å(I)(hkl)] are: 9.53(100)(100), 5.50(24)(110), 4.618(11)(102), 3.812(23)(112), 3.412(15)(211), 2.726(14)(302), 2.521(19)(123), and 2.172(13)(320,402,223). The crystal structure, refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data [R1(F) = 0.042], is based on [Ca3(Si,Al)(OH)6(H2O)12] columns parallel to the c axis with B(OH)4– and CO32– and admixed AsO33– anionic groups in channels between the columns. The mineral is named in honor of Professor Chiyoko Henmi (1949–2018).
{"title":"Chiyokoite, Ca3Si(CO3)[B(OH)4]O(OH)5·12H2O, a new ettringite-group mineral from the Fuka mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan","authors":"I. Lykova, N. Chukanov, I. Pekov, V. Yapaskurt, L. Pautov, V. Y. Karpenko, D. I. Belakovskiy, D. Varlamov, S. Britvin, K. Scheidl","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2000030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2000030","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The new ettringite-group mineral chiyokoite, ideally Ca3Si(CO3)[B(OH)4]O(OH)5·12H2O, was found in a hydrothermally altered calc-silicate skarn at the Fuka mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Associated minerals are calcite, henmilite, and tacharanite. Chiyokoite occurs as hexagonal prismatic crystals up to 30 μm long and up to 20 μm thick. The major forms are the hexagonal prism {100} and monohedra {0001} and {000}. The crystals are combined in clusters which form friable nests up to 1 cm across. The mineral is pink to colorless with white streak and vitreous luster. The cleavage is parallel to {100} and {0001}, good. The fracture is stepped. Dmeas is 1.85(1) g/cm3, Dcalc is 1.85 g/cm3. Chiyokoite is optically uniaxial (–), ω = 1.523(2) and ε = 1.492(3) (589 nm). The infrared spectrum is reported. The chemical composition (wt.%) is CaO 27.56, B2O3 3.47, Al2O3 3.05, Fe2O3 0.12, As2O3 4.77, MnO2 0.32, SiO2 6.55, SO3 0.76, H2O 46.3, CO2 7.30, total 100.2. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 3 Ca apfu is H31.37Ca3(Si0.67Al0.37Mn4+0.02Fe3+0.01)Σ1.07(C1.01B0.61As3+0.29S0.06)Σ1.97O24.19. The simplified general formula is Ca3(Si,Al)(CO3,AsO3)[B(OH)4,AsO3](OH)6·12H2O. Chiyokoite is hexagonal, P63, a = 11.0119(5), c = 10.5252(6) Å, and V = 1105.3(1) Å3. The strongest reflections of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d,Å(I)(hkl)] are: 9.53(100)(100), 5.50(24)(110), 4.618(11)(102), 3.812(23)(112), 3.412(15)(211), 2.726(14)(302), 2.521(19)(123), and 2.172(13)(320,402,223). The crystal structure, refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data [R1(F) = 0.042], is based on [Ca3(Si,Al)(OH)6(H2O)12] columns parallel to the c axis with B(OH)4– and CO32– and admixed AsO33– anionic groups in channels between the columns. The mineral is named in honor of Professor Chiyoko Henmi (1949–2018).","PeriodicalId":9455,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Mineralogist","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3749/canmin.2000030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42138565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We describe an unusual example of rhythmically layered peraluminous granitic pegmatite locally developed in the intragranitic Potrerillos NYF pegmatites derived from the A-type host granites of the Las Chacras–Potrerillos batholith, Sierra de San Luis, Argentina. The strikingly rhythmic layers in the Zebra pegmatite consist of units of albite–K-feldspar–quartz–K-feldspar–albite, with accessory tourmaline and minor muscovite. The layers crystallized from a boron-bearing melt ponded and thermally insulated in the intermediate zone. A layer of low albite 1–2 cm thick was followed by coarser-grained K-feldspar, then well-ordered microcline, which gives way to quartz grains, also coarser-grained, in optical continuity. Zoned prismatic crystals of schorl nucleated in the feldspathic layer in random orientation. Muscovite is scarce. The rock has a granitic composition enriched in Rb, Cs, and B, and is depleted in the rare-earth elements compared to its precursor. We contend that the normative composition, 35.3% Or, 38.1% Ab, and 21.3% Q, was close to the eutectic in the granite system modified by dissolved H2O, F, and B, at a P(H2O) close to 3.5 kbar and a temperature in the range 575–600 °C. Repeated incursions from the field of Ab + Or to the field of quartz and back again as the melt was producing bubbles of H2O can account for the rhythmic crystallization and the local truncation or merging of the feldspathic layers. Occasional larger crystals of K-feldspar may have become detached from the wall or roof of the chamber.
我们描述了一个不寻常的有节奏层状过铝质花岗伟晶岩的例子,该花岗伟晶岩局部发育于potrerilllos的花岗伟晶岩中,该花岗伟晶岩来自阿根廷Sierra de San Luis的Las chacras - potrerilllos岩基的a型主花岗岩。斑马伟晶岩的韵律层由钠长石-钾长石-石英-钾长石-钠长石单元组成,配以电气石和少量白云母。这些层是由含硼熔体结晶而成的,中间区域是隔热的。在1 ~ 2 cm厚的低钠长石层之后是粗粒k长石层,然后是有序的微斜长石层,在光学连续性上,微斜长石层让位给同样粗粒的石英颗粒。长长石层中以随机取向成核的带状棱柱晶体。莫斯科是稀缺的。岩石具有富含Rb、Cs和B的花岗岩组成,与前体相比,稀土元素的含量较低。我们认为,在P(H2O)接近3.5 kbar,温度在575-600°C范围内,由溶解的H2O、F和B修饰的花岗岩体系中,标准成分(35.3% Or, 38.1% Ab和21.3% Q)接近共晶。当熔体产生H2O气泡时,从Ab + Or场到石英场的反复侵入可以解释有节奏的结晶和长石层的局部截断或合并。偶尔会有较大的钾长石晶体从岩室的壁或顶部脱落。
{"title":"The Zebra granitic pegmatite, San Luis, Argentina","authors":"M. A. Galliski, R. Martin, M. F. Márquez-Zavalía","doi":"10.3749/canmin.1900100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.1900100","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 We describe an unusual example of rhythmically layered peraluminous granitic pegmatite locally developed in the intragranitic Potrerillos NYF pegmatites derived from the A-type host granites of the Las Chacras–Potrerillos batholith, Sierra de San Luis, Argentina. The strikingly rhythmic layers in the Zebra pegmatite consist of units of albite–K-feldspar–quartz–K-feldspar–albite, with accessory tourmaline and minor muscovite. The layers crystallized from a boron-bearing melt ponded and thermally insulated in the intermediate zone. A layer of low albite 1–2 cm thick was followed by coarser-grained K-feldspar, then well-ordered microcline, which gives way to quartz grains, also coarser-grained, in optical continuity. Zoned prismatic crystals of schorl nucleated in the feldspathic layer in random orientation. Muscovite is scarce. The rock has a granitic composition enriched in Rb, Cs, and B, and is depleted in the rare-earth elements compared to its precursor. We contend that the normative composition, 35.3% Or, 38.1% Ab, and 21.3% Q, was close to the eutectic in the granite system modified by dissolved H2O, F, and B, at a P(H2O) close to 3.5 kbar and a temperature in the range 575–600 °C. Repeated incursions from the field of Ab + Or to the field of quartz and back again as the melt was producing bubbles of H2O can account for the rhythmic crystallization and the local truncation or merging of the feldspathic layers. Occasional larger crystals of K-feldspar may have become detached from the wall or roof of the chamber.","PeriodicalId":9455,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Mineralogist","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3749/canmin.1900100","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41751585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We studied compositional variations in columbite group minerals (CGM) from several granitic pegmatites of the beryl-columbite subtype in the Maršíkov district, Silesian Domain of the Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic. The CGM are characterized by distinct zoned patterns in BSE images. Primary magmatic homogeneous to oscillatory zoning is preserved in corroded crystal cores, whereas the majority of the crystal volume is replaced by secondary complexly zoned domains formed via post-magmatic processes. The primary domains show relatively uniform evolutionary trends from core to rim, generally with steeply increasing Ta/(Ta + Nb) and negligible to slightly increasing Mn/(Mn + Fe). In contrast, the compositions of secondary CGM domains indicate a reversed evolution, with: (1) steeply decreasing Ta/(Ta + Nb) and relatively constant Mn/(Mn + Fe) characteristics for CGM in the Bienergraben and Scheibengraben pegmatites, and (2) insignificantly decreasing Ta/(Ta + Nb) and strongly decreasing Mn/(Mn + Fe) characteristics for CGM in the Schinderhübel I and Lysá Hora pegmatites. Patchy zoning and secondary evolution in CGM result from metasomatic replacement processes related to fluids. These fluids are probably late-magmatic and exsolved from the residual melt and in later stages locally mixed with external Mg-enriched fluids derived from the host rocks. The presence of volatiles (mainly H2O, F) facilitated high mobility of the elements and replacement of the early CGM. Textural characteristics and compositional variations in CGM show the complex evolution of the pegmatite system from the magmatic stage to subsolidus-hydrothermal conditions.
{"title":"Compositional and textural variations of columbite-group minerals from beryl-columbite pegmatites in the Maršíkov District, Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic: Magmatic versus hydrothermal evolution","authors":"Š. Chládek, P. Uher, M. Novak","doi":"10.3749/canmin.1900093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.1900093","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 We studied compositional variations in columbite group minerals (CGM) from several granitic pegmatites of the beryl-columbite subtype in the Maršíkov district, Silesian Domain of the Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic. The CGM are characterized by distinct zoned patterns in BSE images. Primary magmatic homogeneous to oscillatory zoning is preserved in corroded crystal cores, whereas the majority of the crystal volume is replaced by secondary complexly zoned domains formed via post-magmatic processes. The primary domains show relatively uniform evolutionary trends from core to rim, generally with steeply increasing Ta/(Ta + Nb) and negligible to slightly increasing Mn/(Mn + Fe). In contrast, the compositions of secondary CGM domains indicate a reversed evolution, with: (1) steeply decreasing Ta/(Ta + Nb) and relatively constant Mn/(Mn + Fe) characteristics for CGM in the Bienergraben and Scheibengraben pegmatites, and (2) insignificantly decreasing Ta/(Ta + Nb) and strongly decreasing Mn/(Mn + Fe) characteristics for CGM in the Schinderhübel I and Lysá Hora pegmatites. Patchy zoning and secondary evolution in CGM result from metasomatic replacement processes related to fluids. These fluids are probably late-magmatic and exsolved from the residual melt and in later stages locally mixed with external Mg-enriched fluids derived from the host rocks. The presence of volatiles (mainly H2O, F) facilitated high mobility of the elements and replacement of the early CGM. Textural characteristics and compositional variations in CGM show the complex evolution of the pegmatite system from the magmatic stage to subsolidus-hydrothermal conditions.","PeriodicalId":9455,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Mineralogist","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3749/canmin.1900093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42226042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The alkaline Loch Borralan intrusion (Assynt Region, NW Highlands of Scotland) consists of a composite arrangement of several ultramafic to felsic plutonic rock bodies which were emplaced around 430 Ma into the Moine Thrust Zone during the Caledonian Orogeny. Some of the Loch Borralan rocks are ultrapotassic and contain pseudoleucite, i.e., a pseudomorph of alkali feldspar and nepheline after leucite. In total, 25 samples have been investigated, representing garnet-bearing pseudoleucite syenites and accompanying rock types such as nepheline-garnet-bearing syenites, alkali feldspar syenites, an amphibole syenite, a biotite-clinopyroxene syenite, and calcite-bearing glimmerites. Pseudoleucite is always associated with garnet, biotite, orthoclase, and minor clinopyroxene and titanite. Mineral chemical data indicate rather primitive magma compositions with no major differences between the various investigated main rock units. The abundant occurrence of up to 2 cm large, mostly euhedral pseudoleucite crystals and petrological phase considerations suggest that magmatic leucite physically separated from its host magma as a flotation cumulate. Based on our data and a comparison with previous field-based and experimental work, K-rich basanitic to tephriphonolitic melts that originated from a K-enriched mantle source may be parental to these rocks. The high liquidus temperatures at low pressures (e.g., ∼1100 °C at 1 bar PH2O) required to crystallize leucite could have resulted from the ascent of successive melt batches in a composite intrusion. Later melt batches would increase the temperature in earlier, already partially cooled batches, causing an increase in temperature and a decrease in pressure during ascent. The subsequent decomposition of leucite to pseudoleucite is interpreted to result from either dry breakdown or autometasomatism, i.e., involvement of late-magmatic fluids.
{"title":"Pseudoleucite syenites at Loch Borralan, Scotland: Petrology and a genetic model","authors":"R. Reich, M. Marks, T. Wenzel, G. Markl","doi":"10.3749/canmin.2000019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2000019","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The alkaline Loch Borralan intrusion (Assynt Region, NW Highlands of Scotland) consists of a composite arrangement of several ultramafic to felsic plutonic rock bodies which were emplaced around 430 Ma into the Moine Thrust Zone during the Caledonian Orogeny. Some of the Loch Borralan rocks are ultrapotassic and contain pseudoleucite, i.e., a pseudomorph of alkali feldspar and nepheline after leucite. In total, 25 samples have been investigated, representing garnet-bearing pseudoleucite syenites and accompanying rock types such as nepheline-garnet-bearing syenites, alkali feldspar syenites, an amphibole syenite, a biotite-clinopyroxene syenite, and calcite-bearing glimmerites.\u0000 Pseudoleucite is always associated with garnet, biotite, orthoclase, and minor clinopyroxene and titanite. Mineral chemical data indicate rather primitive magma compositions with no major differences between the various investigated main rock units. The abundant occurrence of up to 2 cm large, mostly euhedral pseudoleucite crystals and petrological phase considerations suggest that magmatic leucite physically separated from its host magma as a flotation cumulate. Based on our data and a comparison with previous field-based and experimental work, K-rich basanitic to tephriphonolitic melts that originated from a K-enriched mantle source may be parental to these rocks. The high liquidus temperatures at low pressures (e.g., ∼1100 °C at 1 bar PH2O) required to crystallize leucite could have resulted from the ascent of successive melt batches in a composite intrusion. Later melt batches would increase the temperature in earlier, already partially cooled batches, causing an increase in temperature and a decrease in pressure during ascent. The subsequent decomposition of leucite to pseudoleucite is interpreted to result from either dry breakdown or autometasomatism, i.e., involvement of late-magmatic fluids.","PeriodicalId":9455,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Mineralogist","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3749/canmin.2000019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45110691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}