Synthetic Mn3+-kyanite and viridine, (Al2-xMn x 3+ ) SiO5, in the system Al2O3-MnO-MnO2-SiO2

Experiments on the join Al₂SiO₅-“Mn₂SiO₅” of the system Al₂O₃-SiO₂-MnO-MnO₂ in the pressure/temperature range 10–20 kb/900–1050° C with gem quality andalusite, Mn₂O₃, and high purity SiO₂ as starting materials and using /_O2-buffer techniques to preserve the Mn³⁺ oxidation state had following results: At 20 kb/1000°C orange-yellow kyanite mixed crystals are formed. The kyanite solid solubility is limited at about (Al_1.88Mn _0.12 ³⁺ )SiO₅ and, thus, equals approximately that on the join Al₂SiO₅-“Fe₂SiO₅” (Langer and Frentrup, 1973) indicating that there is no Jahn-Teller stabilisation of Mn³⁺ in the kyanite matrix. 5 mole % substitution causes the kyanite lattice constants a _o, b _o, c _o, and V _o to increase by 0.015, 0.009, 0.014 Å, and 1.6 ų, resp., while α, β, γ, remain unchanged. Between 10 and 18 kb/900°C, Mn³⁺-substituted, strongly pleochroitic (emeraldgreen-yellow) andalusite_ss (viridine) was obtained. At 15 kb/900°C, the viridine compositional range is about (Al_1.86Mn _0.14 ³⁺ )SiO₅-(Al_1.56Mn _0,44 ³⁺ )SiO₅. Thus, Al→Mn³⁺ substitutional degrees are appreciably higher in andalusite than in kyanite, proving a strong Jahn-Teller effect of Mn³⁺ in the andalusite structure, which stabilises this structure type at the expense of kyanite and sillimanite and, thus, enlarges its PT-stability range extremely. 17 mole % substitution cause the andalusite constants a _o, b _o, c _o, and V _o to increase by 0.118, 0.029, 0.047 Å and 9.4 ų, resp. At “Mn₂SiO₅”-contents smaller than about 7 mole %, viridine coexists with Mn-poor kyanite. At “Mn₂SiO₅”-concentrations higher than the maximum kyanite or viridine miscibility, braunite (tetragonal, ideal formula Mn²⁺Mn³⁺[O₈/Si0₄]), pyrolusite and SiO₂ were found to coexist with the Mn³⁺-saturated ky _ss or and _ss, respectively. In both cases, braunites were Al-substituted (about 1 Al for 1 Mn³⁺). Pure synthetic braunites had the lattice constants a _o 9.425, c _o, 18.700 Å, V _o 1661.1 ų (ideal compn.) and a _o 9.374, c _o 18.593 ų, V _o 1633.6 ų (1 Al for 1 Mn³⁺). Stable coexistence of the Mn²⁺-bearing phase braunite with the Mn⁴⁺-bearing phase pyrolusite was proved by runs in the limiting system MnO-MnO₂-SiO₂.     

Phase relationships of sursassite and other Mn-silicates in highly oxidized low-grade,high-pressure metamorphic rocks from Evvia and Andros islands,Greece

High-pressure, low-temperature metamorphic Mn-rich quartzites from Andros and Evvia (Euboea) islands, Greece, situated in the Eocene blueschist belt of the Hellenides, reveal different Mn-Al-Ca-Mg-silicate assemblages in response to variable metamorphic grade. On Evvia, piemontite- and/or braunite-rich quartzites which are associated with low-grade blueschists (T<400° C, P> 8 kbar) show the principle mineral assemblage quartz + montite + sursassite + braunite + Mg-chlorite + hematite + rutile + titanite. The Mn-Al-silicate sursassite, basically (Mn²⁺, Ca)₄ Al₂(Al, Fe³⁺, Mn³⁺, Mg)₄Si₆O₂₁(OH)₇, thus far reported as a rare mineral, locally occurs as a rockforming mineral in cm- to m-thick layers. On Andros, higher-grade quartzites (T450–500° C, P>10 kbar) of similar composition contain the assemblage quartz + piemontite + spessartine + braunite + Mg-chlorite+hematite + phengite+ phlogopite + rutile. Rare sursassite is present only as a relict phase. Additional, mostly accessory minerals in quartzites from Evvia and Andros are ardennite, Na-amphibole, acmitic clinopyroxene, albite, apatite, and tourmaline. The chemical composition of the main phases is characterized in detail.Disequilibrium textures and mineral compositions in some samples from Andros and Evvia imply the reactions sursassite + braunite + quartz = spessartine+clinochlore±hematite + H₂O + O₂ (1) sursassite + braunite + phengite + quartz = spessartine + phlogopite±hematite + H₂O + O₂ (2) and in braunite-free assemblages sursassite + Mn³⁺Fe _–1 ³⁺ [hematite, piemontite] + hematite + quartz = spessartine + clinochlore + H₂O+O₂ (3) Reactions (1) to (3) have positive P-T slopes. They are considered to account for the breakdown of sursassite and the formation of spessartine during prograde metamorphism of the piemontite quartzites and related rocks. P-T data from Andros and Evvia and geological data from few other occurrences reported suggest sursassite+ quartz±braunite to be stable at T<400–450° C over a considerable pressure interval at least up to 10 kbar. Theoretical phase relations among Mn³⁺-Mn²⁺-silicates in the pseudoquaternary system Al-Mn-Ca-Mg with excess quartz, H₂O, and O₂ indicate that low-grade assemblages containing sursassite (±braunite±pumpellyite±viridine±piemontite + quartz) are likely precursors of higher-grade assemblages including spessartine, Mg-chlorite, braunite, viridine, and piemontite reported from greenschist-, amphibolite-, and high-grade blueschist-facies rocks of appropriate composition.     

Experimental studies to 10 kb of the bulk composition tremolite50-tschermakite50+excess H2O

Phase relations for the magnesio-hornblende bulk composition, 2 CaO·4 MgO·Al₂O₃·7 SiO₂+ excess H₂O, have been investigated to 10 kb employing hydrothermal and piston-cylinder techniques. The low-temperature limit of amphibole in this system lies at 519° C, 1,000 bars, 541° C, 2,000 bars, and 718° C, 10 kb. The low-T assemblage consists of an+chl+di+tc(+f), and is related to the adjacent high-T equilibrium assemblage, amph+an+chl+f, by the solid-solid reaction (A): 2 di+tc=tr. Small amounts of aluminum, hypothesized to be preferentially dissolved in the cpx (and in the tc) relative to amph, may account for the broad P-T stability range of the di+tc assemblage in the synthetic work relative to systems involving stoichiometric tr, Ca₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, such as are common in natural, Al-poor calc-silicate parageneses. Alternatively, the low-temperature assemblage produced in the experiments may be metastable. For the investigated bulk composition, synthetic tremolitic-cummingtonitic amphibole contains relatively modest amounts of ts, Ca₂Mg₃Al₂ ^IVSi₆-Al₂ ^IVO₂₂(OH)₂; at pressures of 1,000–3,000 bars, solid solution extends from near tremolite only to about cu₁₁tr₆₉ts₂₀, analogous to most analyzed natural magnesio-hornblendic specimens. At 10 kb fluid pressure, the solid solution reaches approximately cu₀₆tr₅₃ts₄₁ for the investigated bulk composition, and appears to be virtually independent of temperature. Amphibole and 14 Å chl react within the amphibole stability field, along curve (B), at about 704° C and 2,000 bars, to produce an, en, fo and f (H=40.9 kcal/ mole); at pressures greater than approximately 7kb, due to the incompatibility of an and fo, the higher temperature assemblage consists of amph, an, en, sp and f. Above P _fluid– T curve (B), the amphibole coexists with an+en+fo+f at low pressures; at higher pressures, the amphibole, which is in equilibrium with an+en+sp+f, is relatively more aluminous. The high-T stability limit of aluminous tr+fo lies approximately 20–25° C below the dehydration curve for stoichiometric tremolite on its own bulk composition. Reaction (C), tr+fo=2 di+5 en+f (H = 39.4 kcal/mole), produces an+di+en+f, the highest temperature subsolidus assemblage investigated for the tr₅₀ts₅₀ bulk composition. Hydrous melt is encountered at temperatures at least as low as 900° C at 10 kb, and at that fluid pressure coexists with amphibole over an interval of more than 60° C. Limited solid solution observed between tr and ts in nature (tr_100-70) is accounted for by the restricted range of amphibole compositions produced in the present study. Such amphiboles, moreover, appear to have both high- and low-temperature stability limits, as demonstrated by the experimental results.Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Publication No. 2811     

Phase relations in the CaMgSi<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>6</Subscript>–KAlSi<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>8</Subscript> join at 6 and 3.5 GPa as a model for formation of some potassium-bearing deep-seated mineral assemblages

The join CaMgSi₂O₆–KAlSi₃O₈ has been studied at 6 GPa (890–1,500°C) and 3.5 GPa (1,000–1,100°C). K-rich melts in the join produce assemblages Cpx + Grt, Cpx + Opx, Cpx + San, and Cpx + Grt + San at 1,100–1,300°C. At N_San^system<~70 mol%, sanidine is unstable on the solidus and appears at the liquidus, if N_San^system>90 mol%. This explains a scarcity of San in mantle Cpx-rich assemblages and its association with high-K aluminosilicate melt inclusions in diamonds. In absence of San, KCpx is the only host for potassium. The K-jadeite content in KCpx systematically increases with decreasing temperature and reaches 10–12 mol% near the solidus. However, KCpx coexists with San at N_San^system>70 mol% and <1,300°C, being formed via reaction San + L=KCpx. The KJd content in KCpx is controlled by the equilibrium San=KJd + SiO₂^L that displaces to the right with increasing pressure and decreasing both the temperature and This equilibrium is considered to be responsible for the formation of San lamellae in natural UHP Cpx. In our experiments at 3.5 GPa, garnet is absent whereas the KJd and Ca-Eskola contents in Cpx are low, and the join CaMgSi₂O₆–KAlSi₃O₈ is close to binary (with the eutectic Cpx + San + L). Different topologies of the join at 6 and 3.5 GPa define a sequence of mineral crystallization from K-rich aluminosilicate melts during cooling and decompression: from KCpx + Grt without San at P>4 GPa to Cpx + San at P<4 GPa. Similar sequence of assemblages is observed in some eclogitic xenoliths from kimberlites and Grt–Cpx rocks of the Kokchetav Complex (Northern Kazakhstan).     

Synthesis and some properties of iron- and vanadium-bearing kyanites, (Al,Fe3+)2SiO5and (Al,V3+)2SiO5

Iron- and vanadium-bearing kyanites have been synthesized at 900 and 1100° C/20 kb in a piston-cylinder apparatus using Mn₂O₃/Mn₃O₄- and MnO/Mn-mixtures, respectively, as oxygen buffers. Solid solubility on the pseudobinary section Al₂SiO₅-Fe₂SiO₅(-V₂SiO₅) of the system Al₂O₃-Fe₂O₃(V₂O₃)-SiO₂ extends up to 6.5 mole% (14mole %) of the theoretical end member FeSiO₅(V₂SiO₅) at 900°C/20 kb. For bulk compositions with higher Fe₂SiO₅ (V₂SiO₅) contents the corundum type phases M₂O₃(M = Fe³⁺, V³⁺) are found to coexist with the Fe³⁺(V³⁺)-saturated kyanite solid solution plus quartz. The extent of solid solubility on the join Al₂SiO₅-Fe₂SiO₅ at 1 100°C was not found to be significantly higher than at 900° C. Microprobe analyses of iron bearing kyanites gave no significant indication of ternary solid solubility in these mixed crystals. Lattice constants a ₀, b ₀, c ₀, and V₀ of the kyanite solid solutions increase with increasing Fe₂SiO₅- and V₂SiO₅-contents proportionally to the ionic radii of Fe³⁺ and V³⁺, respectively, the triclinic angles ,, remain constant. Iron kyanites are light yellowish-green, vanadium kyanites are light green. Iron kyanites, (Al_1.87 Fe _0.13 ³⁺ )SiO₅, were obtained as crystals up to 700 m in length.     

Minerals of the viridine hornfels from Darmstadt,Germany

Viridine containing the highest amounts of Mn₂O₃ detected thus far (up to 20.5 mol % “Mn₂SiO₅”) coexists in a metasedimentary hornfels with spessartine, Mn-phlogopite (mangan-ophyllite), Mn-phengite (alurgite), hematite, quartz and probably some primary braunite. In layers poorer in viridine spessartine is absent but piemontite appears as an additional phase. Microprobe analyses of all these phases are presented which indicate very strong fractionation of Mg and Mn in coexisting phlogopite and garnet, and of Fe and Mn in coexisting hematite and braunite. Sericitic aggregates consisting of phengitic muscovite and braunite are interpreted as retrograde alteration products of viridine, but might partly be pinitic alterations of a former Mg-rich cordierite. Due to the occurrence of the assemblage spessartine-viridine-quartz Mn-cordierite cannot have been a stable phase prior to retrograde alterations. In general the stability field of viridine is extended towards higher temperatures as compared to that of pure andalusite, Al₂SiO₅. Due to the coexistence of phlogopite and muscovite (phengite) the temperature of contact metamorphism cannot have exceeded some 550°–650° C depending on the prevailing water pressure.     

Synthesis and characterization of Mn-bearing ilvaite CaFe 2−x 2+ MnxFe3+ [Si2O7/O/(OH)]

Summary Synthesis of Mn-bearing ilvaites, CaFe _2–x ²⁺ Mn_xFe³⁺ [Si₂O₇/O/(OH)], with 0 x 0.19, have been performed under hydrothermal conditions at 2 and 3 kbars, T = 300 -400°C and at oxygen fugacities defined by the Fe₂O₃/Fe₃O₄ - and the Ni/NiO -buffer. As shown by X-ray diffraction, the substitution of Fe²⁺ by Mn²⁺ decreases the monoclinic angle and causes a phase transition from monoclinic to orthorhombic at x = 0.19. The Fe-distribution has been determined by Mössbauer spectroscopy.

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Synthese und Charakterisierung von Mn-haltigem Ilvait CaFe _2–x ²⁺ Mn_xFe³⁺ [Si₂O₇/O/(OH)]

Zusammenfassung Mn-haltiger Ilvait CaFe _2–x ²⁺ Mn_x Fe³⁺ [Si₂O₇/O/(OH)] wurde unter hydrothermalen Bedingungen bei Drucken von 2 und 3 kbar, Temperaturen zwischen 300 und 400°C und bei Sauerstoff Fugazitäten, die durch Festkörperpuffer (Fe₂O₃/Fe₃O₄ und Ni/NiO) kontrolliert wurden, hergestellt. Röntgenbeugungsuntersuchungen zeigen, daß mit steigendem Mn-Einbau der monokline Winkel kleiner wird, und daß bei x = 0.19 ein Phasenübergang von der monoklinen zur orthorhombischen Struktur erfolgt. Die Fe-Verteilung wurde mit Mössbauer-Spektroskopie bestimmt.

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End-member ferrian kanonaite: an andalusite phase with one Al fully replaced by (Mn,Fe)<Superscript>3+</Superscript> in a quartz vein from the Ardennes mountains,Belgium, and its origin

Kanonaite, with compositions plotting on the join Mn³⁺AlSiO₅–Fe³⁺AlSiO₅, was discovered in a late quartz vein of the Le Coreux metamorphic manganese deposit. A typical structural formula is (Mn³⁺_3.69Fe³⁺_0.36)Al_3.95Si_4.00O₂₀, representing maximum solid solution within the system Al₂SiO₅–Mn₂SiO₅–Fe₂SiO₅. Refractive indices are =1.777; =1.855. The end-member compositions form the outermost, latest products in zoned crystals ranging to less manganiferous kanonaite. A crystal structure determination of a Mn-rich kanonaite confirms that about 96% of all the Mn³⁺ present is located in the strongly Jahn-Teller-distorted octahedron of the andalusite-type structure. Combining all relevant mineral-chemical and petrological data available on the deposit, a speculative model is presented in which kanonaite crystals with successively higher Mn³⁺ contents form during decreasing temperatures in the course of the anticlockwise PTt path of extensional metamorphism. Kaolinite occurring in zones within composite kanonaite porphyroblasts of adjacent phyllites is regarded here as by-product of a continuous retrograde breakdown reaction of less manganiferous kanonaite. In places, kanonaite was peripherally replaced by muscovite and Mn- and Fe-oxides.Editorial responsibility: J. HoefsDedicated to the late Dr. H.S. Yoder, Jr.     

Natural occurrence of a (Fe,Mn, Mg) tetrasilicic potassium mica

A mica whose structural formula: (K_1.76Na_0.31)(Fe_2.22Mn_1.29Mg_0.99Ti_0.28Al_0.240.98) ·(Si_7.33Al_0.67)O_20.26(F_2.16OH_1.58) closely approximates that of tetrasilicic potassium mica K₂(M ₅ ²⁺ )Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)₄ where M²⁺ represents Mg²⁺, Fe²⁺, Mn²⁺, ..., has been discovered in the matrix of a peralkaline rhyolite (comendite) of the Mont-Dore massif (France). These micas had been obtained previously by synthesis only. In the groundmass of the rock, the micaceous phase is accompanied by a manganoan arfvedsonite, pyrophanite, magnetite, apatite, sphene, zircon and fluorite. The crystallographic properties of the mica are typically that of a tetrasilicic mica, with d ₀₆₀ = 1.533Å and space group C2/m. There is a regular decrease of d ₀₆₀ (parameter b) with the ionic radius of the octahedral cation in synthetic micas containing Fe²⁺, Co²⁺, Mg²⁺, Ni²⁺. The purely Mn²⁺ end-member could not be synthesised; its instability is discussed on the basis of structural considerations. The conditions of crystallization of the micaceous phase are estimated to be 760 ° C, 800 bars with a f _{o 2}=10^–14.7 bar. This mica has crystallized from a residual liquid, with high activity of silica and low activity of alumina, whose origin is discussed. The name MONT-DORITE is proposed for this natural tetrasilicic mica having Fe/Fe+Mg >1/2 and Fe/Fe+Mn >1/2. This name is from the stratovolcano Mont-Dore.     

High pressure single-crystal synthesis, structure and compressibility of the garnet Mn2+ 3Mn3+ 2[SiO4]3

Single crystals of the garnet Mn²⁺ ₃Mn³⁺ ₂[SiO₄]₃ and coesite were synthesised from MnO₂-SiO₂ oxide mixtures at 1000°C and 9 GPa in a multianvil press. The crystal structure of the garnet [space group Ia3¯d, a=11.801(2) Å] was refined at room temperature and 100 K from single-crystal X-ray data to R1=2.36% and R1=2.71%, respectively. In contrast to tetragonal Ca₃Mn³⁺ ₂[GeO₄]₃ (space group I4₁/a), the high-pressure garnet is cubic and does not display an ordered Jahn-Teller distortion of octahedral Mn³⁺. A disordered Jahn-Teller distortion either dynamic or static is evidenced by unusual high anisotropic displacement parameters. The room temperature structure is characterised by following bond lengths: Si-O=1.636(4) Å (tetrahedron), Mn³⁺-O=1.995 (4) Å (octahedron), Mn²⁺-O=2.280(5) and 2.409(4) Å (dodecahedron). The cubic structure was preserved upon cooling to 100 K [a=11.788(2) Å] and upon compressing up to 11.8 GPa in a diamond-anvil cell. Pressure variation of the unit cell parameter expressed by a third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state led to a bulk modulus K ₀=151.6(8) GPa and its pressure derivatives K′=6.38(19). The peak positions of the Raman spectrum recorded for Mn²⁺ ₃Mn³⁺ ₂[SiO₄]₃ were assigned based on a calderite Mn²⁺ ₃Fe³⁺ ₂[SiO₄]₃ model extrapolated from andradite and grossular literature data.     

Experimental determination of Mn-Mg mixing properties in garnet,olivine and oxide

We have measured the mixing properties of Mn-Mg olivine and Mn-Mg garnet at 1300° C from a combination of interphase partitioning experiments involving these phases, Pt-Mn alloys and Mn-Mg oxide solid solutions. Activity coefficients of Mn dilute in Pt-Mn alloys at 1300° C/1 atm were measured by equilibrating the alloy with MnO at known f _{O 2}. Assuming that the log f _{O 2} of the Mn-MnO equilibrium under these conditions is-17.80 (Robie et al. 1978), we obtain for _Mn: log_Mn = –5.25 + 3.67 X_Mn + 11.41X² _Mn Mixing properties of (Mn,Mg)O were determined by reversing the Mn contents of the alloys in equilibrium with oxide at known f _{O 2}. Additional constraints were obtained by measuring the maximum extent of immiscibility in (Mn,Mg)O at 800 and 750° C. The data are adequately described by an asymmetric (Mn,Mg)O solution with the following upper and lower limits on nonideality: (a) W_Mn = 19.9kj/Mol; W_Mg = 13.7kj/Mol; (b) W_Mn = 19.9kj/Mol; W_Mg = 8.2kj/Mol; Olivine-oxide partitioning was tightly bracketed at 1300° C and oxide properties used to obtain activity-composition relations for Mn-Mg olivine. Despite strong M2 ordering of Mn in olivine, the macroscopic properties are adequately described by a symmetric model with: W^ol = 5.5 ± 2.5 kj/mol (1-site basis) Using these values for olivine, garnet-olivine partitioning at 27 kbar/1300° C leads to an Mn-Mg interaction parameter in garnet given by: W^gt = 1.5 ± 2.5kJ/mol (1-site basis) Garnet-olivine partitioning at 9 kbar/1000° C is consistent with the same extent of garnet nonideality and the apparent absence of excess volume on the pyrope-spessartine join indicates that any pressure-dependence of W^Gt must be small. If olivine and garnet properties are both treated as unknown and the garnet-olivine partitioning data alone used to derive W^Ol and W^Gt, by multiple linear regression, best-fit values of 6.16 and 1.44 kJ/mol. are obtained. These are in excellent agreement with the values derived from metal-oxide, oxide-olivine and olivine-garnet equilibria.     

The Cu-Zn-S system

The phase relations in the Cu-Zn-S system were studied at temperatures ranging from 100 ° to 1050 °C with emphasis on the 500 ° and 800 °C isotherms. All experiments were performed in closed, evacuated silica tubes in which vapor always is a phase. Ternary phases did not appear in any of these experiments. At 800 °C tie-lines exist between cubic ZnS (sphalerite) and the digenite-chalcoite solid solution, between ZnS and three CuZn alloys (, , ) and between ZnS and ZnCu liquid containing from zero to about 30 wt % Cu. Only the cubic, sphalerite, form of ZnS was encountered in the present study. At 800 °C the solid solution of ZnS in Cu₂S is 7.0 ± 1 wt % and the solid solution of Cu₂S in ZnS is less than 1.0 wt %. At lower temperatures ZnS coexists with all other phases once they become stable, i.e., -CuZn (<598 °C), CuS (<507 °C), and blue-remaining covellite (<157 °C). At 500 °C the solid solution of ZnS in Cu₂S is 1.5±0.5 wt % and that of Cu₂S in ZnS is less than 0.1 wt %. The presence of ZnS depresses the temperature of the hexagonal cubic inversion in Cu₂S by about 13 °C, but does not measurably affect the temperature of the monoclinic hexagonal inversion in Cu₂S nor that of the cubic cubic inversion in Cu₉S₅. The coexistence in nature of sphalerite and copper-sulfides is discussed in light of the low temperature phase relations in the Cu-Zn-S system.

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Zusammenfassung Die Phasengleichgewichtsredaktionen des Dreistoffsystems Cu-Zn-S wurden über einen weiten Temperaturbereich, nämlich von 100 °C bis zu 1050 °C und dabei besonders nachdrücklich die 500 ° und 800 °C-Isothermen, untersucht. Alle Experimente wurden in abgeschmolzenen und vorher evakuierten Quarzglasampullen durchgeführt, in welchen eine Dampfphase (vapor) stets gegenwärtig war. In keinem der Experimente war das Vorhandensein einer ternären Phase zu verzeichnen. Bei 800 °C verlaufen Konodenscharen vom kubischen ZnS (Zinkblende) zur Digenit-Kupferglanz-Mischkristallreihe, ferner Konoden zwischen ZnS und drei Cu-Zu-Legierungen (, , ) und zwischen ZnS und einer Zn-Cu-Schmelze von 0 bis ca. 30 Gew.-% Cu. In der hier vorliegenden Arbeit trat nur kubisches ZnS (Zinkblende) auf. Cu₂S vermag bei 800 °C 7,0±1 Gew.-% ZnS in fester Lösung aufzunehmen, während die Löslichkeit von Cu₂S in ZnS weniger als 1,0 Gew.-% beträgt. Mit zunehmender Temperaturerniedrigung koexistiert ZnS mit allen übrigen Phasen des Systems, sobald diese stabil werden, z. B. -CuZn (<598 °C), CuS (<507 °C) und blaubleibender Covellin (<157 °C). Bei 500 °C beträgt die Löslichkeit von ZnS in Cu₂S nur noch 1,5±0,5 Gew.-% und die von Cu₂S in ZnS weinger als 0,1 Gew.-%. Die Gegenwart von ZnS erniedright die Inversionstemperatur von hexagonalem kubischen Cu₂S um etwa 13 °C, hat aber weder einen meßbaren Einfluß auf die Inversionstemperatur des monoklinen hexagonalen Cu₂S noch auf die kubisch kubische Inversion des Cu₉S₅. Angeischts der im Cu-Zn-S-System ermittelten Phasenbeziehungen bei niedrigen Temperaturen werden die Koexistenz natürlicher Zinkblende mit Kupfersulfiden diskutiert.

     

Structural control of polyhedral compression in synthetic braunite, Mn2+Mn3+ 6O8SiO4

The compression of synthetic braunite, Mn²⁺Mn³⁺ ₆O₈SiO₄, was studied by high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction carried out in a diamond-anvil cell. The equation of state at room temperature (third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state: V ₀=1661.15(8) ų, K _0,298=180.7±0.9 GPa, K′=6.5±0.3) was determined from unit-cell volume data to 9.18 GPa. Crystal structures were determined at 6 different pressures to 7.69 GPa. Compression of the structure (space group I4₁/acd) was found to be slightly anisotropic (a ₀=9.4262(4) Å, K _a =499±4 GPa, K _a ′=19.7±0.9; c ₀=18.6964(6) Å, K _c =657±6 GPa, K _c ′=15.7±1.4) which can be attributed to the fact that the Mn³⁺-O bonds, which are the most compressible bonds, are aligned closer to the (001) plane than to the c axis. The large bulk modulus is the result of the structural topology in which 2/3 and 1/2 of the edges of the Mn²⁺O₈ and Mn³⁺O₆ polyhedra share edges with other polyhedra. The Mn²⁺O₈ polyhedra were found to compress isotropically, whereas anisotropic compressional behaviour was observed for all three Mn³⁺O₆ octahedra. Although the polyhedral geometry of all three crystallographically independent Mn³⁺ sites shows the same type of uniaxially elongated distortion, the compression of the individual octahedral configurations was found to be strongly dependent upon both the geometry of the polyhedron itself and the types of, and the connectivity to, the neighbouring polyhedra. The differences in the configuration of the different oxygen atoms, and therefore the structural topology, is one of the major factors determining the type and degree of the pressure-induced distortion, while the Jahn-Teller effect plays a subordinate role.     

Synthesis and physical properties of piemontite Ca2Al3-pMn p 3+ (Si2O7/SiO4/O/OH)

Mn³⁺-bearing piemontites and orthozoisites, Ca₂(Al_3-pMn³⁺ _p)-(Si₂O₇/SiO₄/O/OH), have been synthesized on the join Cz (p = 0.0)-Pm (p = 3.0) of the system CaO-Al₂O₃-(MnO·MnO₂)-SiO₂-H₂O atP = 15 kb,T= 800 °C, and \(f_{O_2 } \) of the Mn₂O₃/MnO₂ buffer. Pure Al-Mn³⁺-piemontites were obtained with 0.5≦p≦1.75, whereas atp=0.25 Mn³⁺-bearing orthozoisite (thulite) formed as single phase product. The limit of piemontite solid solubility is found near p=1.9 at the above conditions. Withp>1.9, the maximum piemontite coexisted with a new high pressure phase CMS-X1, a Ca-bearing braunite (Mn _0.2 ²⁺ Ca_0.8)Mn ₆ ³⁺ O₈(SiO₄), and quartz. Al-Mn³⁺-piemontite lattice constants (LC),b ₀,c ₀,V ₀, increase with increasingp:

Magnetic phase diagrams of Mg-, Fe-, (Cu + Ti)- and Cu-substituted braunite Mn<Superscript>2+</Superscript>Mn<Subscript>6</Subscript><Superscript>3+</Superscript>SiO<Subscript>12</Subscript>

 The magnetic behavior of the Jahn-Teller structure braunite, (Mn²⁺ _1−yM _y )(Mn³⁺ _{6− x} M_x)SiO₁₂, is strongly influenced by the incorporation of elements substituting manganese. Magnetic properties of well-defined synthetic samples were investigated in dependence on the composition. The final results are presented in magnetic phase diagrams. To derive the necessary data, ac susceptibility and magnetization of braunites with the substitutional elements M = Mg, Fe, (Cu+Ti) and Cu were measured. Whereas the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature, T _N , of pure braunite is hardly affected by the substitution of nonmagnetic Mg, it is rapidly suppressed by the substitution of magnetic atoms at the Mn positions. Typically for a concentration (x, y) ≥ 0.7 of the substituted elements, a spin glass phase occurs in the magnetic phase diagrams. Additionally, for the braunite system with Fe³⁺ substitutions, we observe in the concentration range 0.2 < x< 0.7 a double transition from the paramagnetic state, first to the antiferromagnetic state, followed by a transition to a spin glass state at lower temperatures. The unusual change of the magnetic properties with magnetic substitution at the Mn positions is attributed to the peculiar antiferromagnetic structure of braunite, which has been resolved recently. Received: 19 April 2001 / Accepted: 6 September 2001     

Determination of Gibbs free energies of formation for the silicates MnSiO3, Mn2SiO4 and Mn7SiO12 in the temperature range 1000–1350 K by solid state emf measurements

Standard Gibbs free energies of formation (A _f G⁰) for the minerals rhodonite (MnSiO₃), tephroite (Mn₂SiO₄) and braunite (Mn₇SiO₁₂) have been determined by measuring the oxygen fugacities of the following redox equilibria: 3Mn₂SiO₄(s)+1/2O₂(g)3MnSiO₃(s)+Mn₃O₄(s) MnSi0₃(s)+2Mn₃O₄(s)+1/2₂O₂(g)Mn₇SiO₁₂(s) and 7MnSiO₃(s)+3/2O₂(gMn₇SiO₁₂)(s)+6SiO₂(s) The measurements were performed by means of the solid-state emf technique involving calcia-stabilized zirconia as electrolyte material. The temperature range covered was 1000–1350 K.The results obtained were used to construct a diagram at 1200 K with the axes lgf(O₂)-molar ratio Si/(Si+Mn) to indicate the stability ranges of the manganese silicates.     

Crystal chemistry and reaction relations of piemontites and thulites from highly oxidized low grade metamorphic rocks at Vitali,Andros Island,Greece

Piemontite- and thulite-bearing assemblages from highly oxidized metapelitic and metacalcareous schists associated with braunite quartzites at Vitali, Andros island, Greece, were chemically investigated. The Mn-rich metasediments are intercalated in a series of metapelitic quartzose schists, marbles, and basic metavolcanites which were affected by a regional metamorphism of the highP/T type (T=400–500° C,P>9 kb) and a later Barrovian-type greenschist metamorphism (T=400–500° C,P～-5–6 kb). Texturally and chemically two generations of piemontite (I and II) can be distinguished which may show complex compositional zoning. Piemontite I coexisted at highP/T conditions with braunite, manganian phengite (alurgite), Mn³⁺-Mn²⁺-bearing Na-pyroxene (violan), carbonate, quartz, hollandite, and hematite. Zoned grains generally exhibit a decreasing Mn³⁺ and an increasing Fe³⁺ and Al content towards the rim. Chemical compositions of piemontite I range from 2.0 to 32.1 mole % Mn³⁺, 0 to 25.6 mole % Fe³⁺, and 60.2 to 81.2 mole % Al. Up to 12.5 mole % Ca on the A(2) site can be substituted by Sr. Piemontites formed in contact or close to braunite (±hematite) attained maximum (Mn³⁺+Fe³⁺)Al_?1 substitution corrresponding to about 33 mole % Mn³⁺+Fe³⁺ in lowiron compositions and up to about 39 mole % Mn³⁺+ Fe³⁺ at intermediate Fe³⁺/(Fe³⁺+Mn³⁺) ratios. Piemontite II which discontinuously overgrows piemontite I or occurs as separate grains may have been formed by greenschist facies decomposition of manganian Na-pyroxenes according to the reaction: (1) $$\begin{gathered} {\text{Mn}}^{{\text{3 + }}} - Mn^{2 + } - bearing omphacite/chloromelanite \hfill \\ + CO_2 + H_2 O + HCl \pm hermatite \hfill \\ = piemontite + tremolite + albite + chlorite \hfill \\ + calcite + quartz + NaCl \pm O_2 . \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ Thulites crystallized in coexistence with Al-rich piemontite II. All thulites analysed are low-Fe³⁺ manganian orthozoisites with Mn^tot～-Mn³⁺ substituting for Al on the M(3) site. Their compositions range from 2.9 to 7.2 mole % Mn³⁺, 0 to 1.2 mole % Fe³⁺, and 91.8 to 96.7 mole % Al. Piemontites II in thulite-bearing assemblages range from 5.8 to 15.9 mole % Mn³⁺, 0 to 3.7 mole % Fe³⁺, and 83.7 to 93.6 mole % Al. By contrast, piemontites II in thulite-free assemblages are similarly enriched in Mn³⁺ + Fe³⁺ — and partially in Sr²⁺ — as core compositions of piemontite I (21.1 to 29.6 mole % Mn³⁺, 2.0 to 16.5 mole % Fe³⁺, 60.6 to 68.4 mole % Al, 0 to 29.4 mole % Sr in the A(2) site). The analytical data presented in this paper document for the first time a continuous low-Fe³⁺ piemontite solid solution series from 5.8 to 32.1 mole % Mn³⁺. Aluminous piemontite II is enriched by about 3 mole % Mn³⁺+Fe³⁺ relative to coexisting thulite in Fe³⁺-poor samples and by about 6 mole % Mn³⁺+Fe³⁺ in more Fe³⁺-rich samples. Mineral pairs from different samples form a continuous compositional loop. Compositional shift of mineral pairs is attributed to the effect of a variable fluid composition at constantP _fluid andT on the continuous reaction: (2) $$\begin{gathered} piemontite + CO_2 \hfill \\ = thulite + calcite + quartz \hfill \\ + Mn^{2 + } Ca_{ - 1} [calcite] + H{_2} O + O{_2} \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ Further evidence for a variable \(x_{H_2 O} \) and/or \(f_{O_2 } \) possibly resulting from fluid infiltration and local buffering during the greenschist metamorphism is derived from the local decomposition of piemontite, braunite, and rutile to form spessartine, calcite, titanite, and hematite by the reactions: (3) $$\begin{gathered} piemontite + braunite + CO_2 \hfill \\ = sperssartine + calcite + quartz \pm hermatite \hfill \\ + H{_2} O + O{_2} \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ and more rarely: (4) $$\begin{gathered} piemontite + quartz + rutile + braunite \hfill \\ = spessartine + titanite + hematite + H{_2} O + O{_2} . \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$      

Silica activity and P total in igneous rocks

The variation of silica activity with temperature and pressure for a variety of silica buffers (mineral pairs) allows P _total to be calculated for a wide range of igneous rocks. The method also depends on evaluating ( log a _{SiO 2}/P)_T and ( log a _{SiO 2}/ T)p; the former is equivalent to the partial molar volume of silica in silicate liquids, while the latter is estimated from published experiments on natural melts. Results for calc-alkaline rhyolites with phenocrysts of quartz, olivine or orthopyroxene, and iron-titanium oxides, range from 3.45 to 9.58 kilobars; a pantellerite is intermediate at 7.53 kilobars. At 1327° C, the silicate inclusions in diamond equilibrated at 63.5 kilobars, and the kimberlite crystallisation path intersected the baddeleyite-zircon reaction at 55.7 kilobars. Two trachybasalts would equilibrate with their lherzolite xenoliths at 17.0 and 21.0 kilobars at surface quenching temperatures. Potassic lavas such as orendites and ugandites at 1300° C would be in equilibrium with mantle olivine-orthropyroxene at 35.1 and 69.0 kilobars respectively. Basalts and basaltic-andesites could equilibrate (at 1100° C) with quartz at between 24.9 and 26.8 kilobars; quartz can therefore be considered a possible high pressure xenocryst in lavas with low Sr⁸⁷/Sr⁸⁶ ratios. Andesites will equilibrate at 1300° C with the mantle at a depth of 75 kilometres; at greater depths andesite will have a basaltic precursor. In general, lavas with low silica activity will equilibrate at greater depths in the mantle than those with higher silica activities.The Apollo 11 basalts contain minerals which suggest equilibration at 37 kilobars; the calculated quenching temperature is 1009° C, from which logf _{O 2} can be derived (–15.2) which in turn indicates approximately 0.10% Fe₂O₃ in these lavas.     

Mendigite,Mn2Mn2MnCa(Si3O9)2, a new mineral species of the bustamite group from the Eifel volcanic region,Germany

A new mineral, mendigite (IMA no. 2014-007), isostructural with bustamite, has been found in the In den Dellen pumice quarry near Mendig, Laacher Lake area, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. Associated minerals are sanidine, nosean, rhodonite, tephroite, magnetite, and a pyrochlore-group mineral. Mendigite occurs as clusters of long-prismatic crystals (up to 0.1 × 0.2 × 2.5 mm in size) in cavities within sanidinite. The color is dark brown with a brown streak. Perfect cleavage is parallel to (001). D _calc = 3.56 g/cm³. The IR spectrum shows the absence of H₂O and OH groups. Mendigite is biaxial (–), α = 1.722 (calc), β = 1.782(5), γ = 1.796(5), 2V _meas = 50(10)°. The chemical composition (electron microprobe, mean of 4 point analyses, the Mn²⁺/Mn³⁺ ratio determined from structural data and charge-balance constraints) is as follows (wt %): 0.36 MgO, 10.78 CaO, 37.47 MnO, 2.91 Mn₂O₃, 4.42 Fe₂O₃, 1.08 Al₂O₃, 43.80 SiO₂, total 100.82. The empirical formula is Mn_2.00(Mn_1.33Ca_0.67) (Mn_0.50 ²⁺ Mn_0.28 ³⁺ Fe_0.15 ³⁺ Mg_0.07)(Ca_0.80 (Mn_0.20 ²⁺)(Si_5.57 Fe_0.27 ³⁺ Al_0.16O₁₈). The idealized formula is Mn₂Mn₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂. The crystal structure has been refined for a single crystal. Mendigite is triclinic, space group \(P\bar 1\); the unit-cell parameters are a = 7.0993(4), b = 7.6370(5), c = 7.7037(4) Å, α = 79.58(1)°, β = 62.62(1)°, γ = 76.47(1)°; V = 359.29(4) ų, Z = 1. The strongest reflections on the X-ray powder diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 3.72 (32) (020), 3.40 (20) (002, 021), 3.199 (25) (012), 3.000 (26), (\(01\bar 2\), \(1\bar 20\)), 2.885 (100) (221, \(2\bar 11\), \(1\bar 21\)), 2.691 (21) (222, \(2\bar 10\)), 2.397 (21) (\(02\bar 2\), \(21\bar 1\), 203, 031), 1.774 (37) (412, \(3\bar 21\)). The type specimen is deposited in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, registration number 4420/1.     

Origin and metamorphic evolution of rocks with braunite and pyrophanite from the Iberian Massif (SW Spain)

Summary ?Rocks containing braunite from the Ossa-Morena central belt (Iberian Massif, SW Spain) have been studied; these include nodules and layers of braunite (association I), Mn-slates (association II) and Mn-metatuffs (associations III and IV). Geochemical features of braunite nodules such as Mn/Fe ratios around 2, positive Ce-anomalies and good correlations among Mn, Fe, Co, Cu and REE contents indicate that the protolith of the braunite-nodules was precipitated from oxidising sea water. Greenschist facies Hercynian metamorphism reduced initial Mn⁴⁺ to Mn³⁺ and Mn²⁺. High initial fO₂ of oxide beds (association I) limited reduction to the formation of braunite. Reduction continued until the formation of garnet + piemontite (associations II and III), and pyroxmangite + pyrophanite (association IV). Ti-rich braunites (up to 6.8% of TiO₂) occur in slates and metatuffs in which the (Mn + Fe)/Ti ratio of the whole rock is lower than 30, while braunites have lower Ti contents in slates and metatuffs with (Mn + Fe)/Ti ratios around 90. Fe-rich braunite crystallized in rocks with Mn²⁺ oxide and silicate where low Mn³⁺/Mn²⁺ in the whole rock facilitated substitution of Fe³⁺ for Mn³⁺. Received January 30, 2002; revised version accepted May 7, 2002 Published online November 22, 2002