Petrology of thermally metamorphosed pelitic rocks in the Champawat Area,Kumaun Himalaya

In the Champawat area, Kumaun Himalaya, greenschist facies regionally metamorphosed rocksviz chlorite-phyllite and schist have been subjected to thermal metamorphism due to emplacement of batholithic granite/granodiorite body. As a consequence, biotite, garnet, andalusite, fibrolite, sillimanite and perthite minerals have formed in the contact rocks. The conspicuous absence of cordierite and staurolite reported from such aureole rocks is due to higher FeO/MgO ratio of the bulk rock composition in the former while the absence of staurolite is due to low Al₂O₃/FeO+MgO ratio in the schists. AFM diagram demonstrates that in muscovite-bearing schist, the bulk composition of chlorite- and cordierite-bearing rocks are restricted to low FeO/MgO side and thus the restricted occurrence of former and the absence of latter in the contact rocks of the area. This is further evident from the common occurrence of almandine-rich garnet in the rocks.     

山西省中条山铜矿田电气石与电气石岩的研究

本文通过对中条山铜矿田电气石和电气石岩地质产状、岩相学和矿物学、矿物化学等特征的研究，指出本区有三种成因类型的电气石：（１）北峪酸性侵入体岩浆期后热液成因电气石；（２）中条群地层中变质热液形成的电气石；（３）赋矿岩石和近矿围岩中热液蚀变电气石。第（３）类电气石具有特征的产状、矿物化学和矿物共生组合标型，是重要的找矿标志     

冀东太平寨地区麻粒岩及有关岩石的辉石研究

冀东早太古代迁西群是由火山-沉积岩系变质生成的一套变质杂岩。它的主体是麻粒岩类以及退变质生成的斜长角闪岩类的岩石。该套变质岩系的下部夹有层状和透镜状变质超镁铁质岩(变橄辉岩、变辉橄岩、变辉石岩及变闪辉岩),而上部为变质的含铁岩系。以石渣子山和娄子山为例,它们的含铁岩层分别为辉石磁铁石英岩和英榴易熔岩。 本区的麻粒岩和斜长角闪岩在岩相学上呈渐变关系。绝对不含角闪石和/或富钛黑云母的麻粒岩是很少的。本文将以角闪石和斜长石为主要组成矿物的岩石归为斜长角闪岩类。在斜长角闪岩类岩石中,角闪石含量大大超过辉石,另外常见被角闪石交代的辉石残晶。     

The variation in garnet,biotite and chlorite composition in medium grade pelitic rocks from the Dalradian,Scotland, with particular reference to the zonation in garnet

Garnet, biotite and host rock have been analysed along a traverse from the garnet isograd to the kyanite zone in the Dalradian of Central Perthshire, Scotland. FeO and MgO increase and MnO and CaO decrease in the garnet with increasing grade. Microprobe analyses of the garnets reveal zoning, which indicates that a garnet crystal as a whole does not equilibrate with the matrix during growth. Coexisting biotite varies in composition as a result of the abstraction of MnO, FeO etc. from the rook by the growing garnet, i.e. the mg/mg + fe ratio increases with grade. The microprobe analyses also reveal the size of the system from which garnet abstracted material varied from 0.100 to 2.000 g and the nucleation was frequently instantaneous. It also reveals the equilibrium or non-equilibrium nature of the assemblage, and explains the variation in garnet composition with grade in terms of a segregation model with a changing distribution coefficient. Primary chlorite was analysed from rocks near to the garnet isograd containing garnet and biotite. It has a similar mg/mg + fe value to the coexisting biotite. The results show that the three phase field defining the garnet isograd moves towards the mg corner with increasing grade. The higher grade fields lie to the mg rich side of the three phase field so that the sequence of mineral assemblages across the Barrovian zones in Perthshire, from the garnet isograd to the kyanite zone, can be summarized and displayed on a phase diagram.     

High-pressing preparation of rock glasses and their elastic properties

Melt glasses for seven types of rock ranging from acid to basic were prepared under 1.0 GPa on a multi-anvil pressure apparatus, YJ-3000 ton press. Densities and elastic properties of the melt glasses were compared with those described in previous studies. It was found that the glasses melted under 1.0 GPa were consistent in density with both naturally-occurring glassy rocks and artificially prepared glasses melted at ambient pressure. The densities of glasses are negatively correlated with the SiO2 contents and positively correlated with the （MgO＋FeO） contents. The compressive velocity （Vp） of glass tends to increase with decreasing SiO2 contents and increasing （MgO＋FeO） contents. The shear velocity （Vs） of glass tends to increase slightly with increasing SiO2 contents, which has little connection with the （MgO＋FeO） contents. It was calculated from densities and velocities that the elastic moduli of glasses are negatively correlated with the SiO2 contents and positively correlated with the （MgO＋FeO） contents.     

The petrology of a potassic syenite and its associated biotite pyroxenite at Shaki,Western Nigeria

A syenite gneiss associated with biotite pyroxenite and biotite-muscovite gneiss forms an elongated mass covering about 150 km² in the basement complex around Shaki in Western Nigeria. It lies conformably in the biotite-museovite gneiss to which it is similar in texture. The biotite pyroxenite occurs as patches of varying sizes widely distributed throughout the syenite but is not found in any of the surrounding rocks.18 chemical analyses and 62 modal analyses show that the syenite is composed essentially of microcline (in places slightly perthitic), albite, quartz, diopsidic augite and hornblende and is chemically characterised by the unusual combination of very high K₂O with high MgO, FeO and CaO contents. The biotite pyroxenite and the syenite contain high amounts of the trace elements characteristic of both magnesian ultra-basic rocks and granitic rocks.The syenite and the biotite pyroxenite are believed to have originated through two metasomatic alteration processes; one characterised by CaO+FeO+MgO and the other by K₂O. The two processes are believed to have been simultaneous and related. The process may be analogous to that obtaining during fenitisation.     

藏南过铝花岗岩中电气石的矿物化学特征及成因意义

讨论了藏南过铝花岗岩中电气石的地质产状、矿物学和矿物化学特征。结果表明:(1)在以氧原子数为24.5计算的化学式中,电气石的(Fe+Mg)/Mg比值在2.32~5.37之间,指示花岗岩和伟晶岩中的电气石均为黑电气石系列,而且属镁电气石—铁电气石系列中的较富铁电气石的成员;(2)电气石的FeO/(FeO+MgO)值高达0.70~0.89,与贫Li花岗岩接近,Al-Al50Fe50-Al50Mg50图解和Fe-Mg-Ca图解投点均位于贫Li花岗岩区,属于贫Li花岗岩有关的电气石;(3)TiO2-MnO/CaO-MgO/FeO三元图解可判定属于第Ⅰ类,即MgO和FeO含量同步消长,且较贫Mg富Fe,而MnO和TiO2含量为异步消长,这与电气石的FeO/(FeO+MgO)值所反映的性质相同;(4)地质产状、矿物学及矿物化学揭示的成因信息表明藏南过铝花岗岩中的电气石为酸性侵入体岩浆期后热液成因。     

Petrochemistry and mineralogy of early Precambrian anorthositic rocks of the Limpopo belt, southern Africa

Two sections of the anorthosite ‘complex’ were examined at Messina, South Africa and at Pikwe, Botswana. Thirty XRF whole-rock analyses of samples in stratigraphic order show that alkalies at Messina increase upwards from leuco-gabbros to anorthosites, but no such correlation was found at Pikwe. Electron probe analyses of plagioclases in 33 samples indicate extensive normal zoning and variation (An₃₁-An₈₀) especially at Pikwe. The highest An-contents tend to vary monotonically with stratigraphic position, whereas the lowest values are erratic. Twenty-two amphibole analyses indicate that SiO₂, TiO₂ and MgO/FeO increase, decrease and increase, respectively, with height at Messina, but 22 analyses from Pikwe show no such trends. Their compositions are similar to those from the Fiskenaesset complex. Aluminous chromites are Fe-rich, also like the Fiskenaesset ones.

The Limpopo anorthositic rocks belong to a layered igneous body that was recrystallized by regional metamorphism and subjected to erratic metasomatism. The original Limpopo and Fiskenaesset bodies strongly resemble gabbroic and peridotitic relics in the Peninsular Ranges Batholith in S. California.     

河北省赤城县小张家口超基性岩体主要特征和时代

小张家口超基性岩体是华北板块北缘超基性岩带的一个典型岩体，岩相分带明显，由透辉岩、闪辉岩、二辉岩和纯橄岩组成，主要矿物组成包括透辉石、贵橄榄石、角闪石等。化学成分上富ＦｅＯ、ＣａＯ而贫ＭｇＯ，ｍ／ｆ平均２．２１，属铁质或富铁质超基性岩。稀土分布形式为轻稀土富集型，具不显著的负铕异常，微量元素以富含不相容元素Ｒｂ、Ｔｉ、Ｓｒ、Ｖ等而贫Ｃｒ、Ｃｏ、Ｎｉ等相容元素为特征。Ｓｍ－Ｎｄ等时年龄１８３７Ｍａ，Ｎｄ（ｔ）为十１０．７２。该岩体由亏损型地幔部分熔融所产生的岩浆经结晶分异作用而形成。     

Chemistry of micas and chlorite in Proterozoic acid metavolcanics and associated rocks from the Hästefält area,Norberg ore district,central Sweden

Microprobe analyses are performed on micas (biotite, muscovite and phlogopite) and chlorite from 1.9–1.8 Ga acid K- or Na-rich metavolcanics, cordierit-emica schists and manganiferous rocks from the Hästefält area in central Sweden. The results indicate that Fe-rich biotites and muscovites containing 10 to 25% celadonite and/or pyrophyllite are common in the K- and Na-rich metavolcanics. In the cordierite-mica schists the biotites are Mg-rich and the muscovites contain less than 10% celadonite and/or pyrophyllite. The predominant mica in the manganiferous rocks are phlogopite and less frequent rather pure muscovite. The chlorites show a wide range in composition, but principally those occurring in the K- and Na-rich metavolcanics are brunsvigite and diabantite and those in the cordierite-mica schists and the manganiferous rocks are mainly sheridanite and clinochlore. The chlorites of the manganiferous rocks show enrichment in Mn compared to those in other rock types. In general the compositional variations in the micas and less commonly chlorites are strongly controlled by rock type and fluid chemistry, particularly with respect to the ratio of FeO/(FeO+MgO). Estimates of maximum prograde metamorphic temperature, based on phyllosilicates and co-existing cordierite and garnets, indicate a value of up to 500° C.     

Spinel-anthophyllite rocks of the Kokchetav massif (northern Kazakhstan)

Spinel-anthophyllite rocks that may be classified as ultrabasic low-Ca spinel amphibolites have been first discovered in the Kokchetav collision zone (northern Kazakhstan). They outcrop 2 km west of Enbek-Berlyk Village among schists and quartzites and are closely associated with spinel harzburgites and garnet pyroxenites. The main hosted minerals are spinel (hercynite) and anthophyllite. The rocks bear magnetite-hornblende-spinel-anthophyllite pseudomorphs with rounded and polygonal sections, which might have been resulted from the replacement of garnet grains. The prismatic anthophyllite crystals and scarce olivine relics contain elongate parallel spinel inclusions resembling spinel-olivine syntactic intergrowths in the Enbek-Berlyk spinel harzburgites. The spinel-anthophyllite rocks are similar to the associated spinel harzburgites in CaO, MnO, SiO₂, and Al₂O₃ contents but are richer in FeO and poorer in MgO (F = FeO/(FeO + MgO) = 57% against 35% in the harzburgites). Geological, mineralogical, and geochemical data suggest that the spinel-anthophyllite rocks formed during the isochemical contact metamorphism of garnet-bearing spinel harzburgites, which contained more FeO and less MgO than garnet-free harzburgites of the same area. Variations in FeO and MgO contents in both types of harzburgites seem to be due to different chemical compositions of the chlorite protoliths of these rocks.     

Garnet-amphibolites at Yokokawa in the Abukuma metamorphic belt,Japan

The mineralogy and petrochemistry of the garnet-amphibolites from the highgrade part of the Abukuma metamorphic belt have been studied, using five analyses of rocks, five of hornblendes, three of garnets and one analysis of cummingtonite, Garnetiferous amphibolites are rich in Fe, whereas non-garnetiferous ones are rich in Mg, especially in cummingtonite-amphibolite. The chemical composition of hornblendes associated with garnet is pargasitic and rich in FeO and poor in CaO, but that of non-garnetiferous rocks is rich in MgO. The garnets are rich in almandine molecule. Mg/Mg + Fe²⁺ ratios of both hornblendes and garnets correspond with those of the host rocks. The development of garnet in the Adirondack metabasites belonging to the upper almandine-amphibolite and granulite facies is observed in Mg-rich rocks as well as in Fe-rich rocks, in which both garnet and hornblende are rich in Mg respectively. However, under the conditions of the andalusite-sillimanite type metamorphism as shown in the Abukuma Plateau, Fe-rich garnet occurs in Fe-rich basic rocks, but cummingtonite occurs in Mg-rich ones instead of Mg-rich garnet. Finally, the problem of polymetamorphism is discussed. The cummingtonite-amphibolite may be the product of polymetamorphism, and Mg-rich garnet which had been present previously was decomposed to cummingtonite and plagioclase by the subsequent regional metamorphism of andalusite-sillimanite type.     

鄂东南铜山口铜(钼)矿床黑云母矿物化学特征及其对岩石成因与成矿的指示

在鄂东南铜山口铜(钼)矿床存在着3种产状的黑云母,分别是赋存于花岗闪长斑岩矿物颗粒间的黑云母、钾长石斑晶内的黑云母以及蚀变带内的黑云母。本文运用电子探针(EMPA)和激光剥蚀-等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)技术,对这3种不同产状的黑云母进行了原位成分分析。结果表明,3种产状的黑云母Ti的含量介于0.38～0.45之间,且Mg/(Mg+Fe)介于0.53～0.72之间,类似于岩浆成因黑云母的成分特征。3种产状的黑云母MgO和FeOT值差别较大,但Al2O3、TiO2、SiO2、Na2O和K2O值差别不明显。作为花岗闪长斑岩质熔体中Rb、Ba、Nb、Ta等不相容元素及Sc、V、Co、Ni、Cr等相容元素的主要载体,黑云母的U、Th、Pb、Sr、Zr、Hf、Y等元素含量显著低于主岩,而且高场强元素Nb、Ta受后期岩浆热液作用的影响较弱。黑云母并不是影响全岩稀土特征的主要矿物相。铜山口花岗闪长斑岩的形成与幔源岩浆作用关系密切,并可能与板块俯冲作用相关。黑云母含Cu量的高低并不是衡量侵入体是否成矿的有效指标,但体系中高的氧逸度(logfO2NiNiO+1),有利于斑岩铜矿的形成。与Cu成矿有关的黑云母具有高镁低铁的特征,与Sn成矿有关的黑云母则具有高铁低镁的特征。     

西秦岭金厂石英闪长岩的岩浆混合成因：岩相学和锆石U-Pb年代学证据及其构造意义

位于西秦岭南部的金厂石英闪长岩岩体内含有大量镁铁质暗色微粒包体,包体大多呈浑圆状和水滴状,部分呈不规则拉长状,与寄主岩的接触界线截然或呈渐变过渡关系。石英闪长岩中的磷灰石呈短柱状,而包体中的磷灰石则呈细长针状,反映基性岩浆的快速冷凝结晶。石英闪长岩中的斜长石发育振荡环带,核部的斜长石An低,而边部斜长石An先急剧上升,复又下降;核部与边部之间存在明显的间断,同时斜长石边部包裹有暗色矿物,指示其形成时可能有更基性的岩浆注入。寄主岩中的角闪石大多为普通角闪石和镁普通角闪石,属SiO2饱和型,而包体中角闪石一部分为镁普通角闪石,属SiO2饱和型,一部分为韭闪石、韭闪石质普通角闪石,属SiO2不饱和类型。包体中的角闪石自核部到边部,Al2O3与TiO2含量急剧下降,说明核部和幔部相对于边部形成于更高温的环境。寄主岩中黑云母部分为铁质黑云母,部分为镁质黑云母,而包体中黑云母均为镁质黑云母,在∑FeO/(∑FeO+MgO)对MgO图解上寄主岩与包体中黑云母均落入壳-幔混源区。寄主岩和包体中的锆石均为典型的岩浆锆石,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年表明它们的形成年龄分别为212±2Ma及215±1Ma(2σ),在误差范围内基本一致,证明二者同时形成。综合以上岩相学和年代学证据认为,金厂石英闪长岩和镁铁质暗色微粒包体是幔源基性岩浆和壳源酸性岩浆混合作用的产物,形成于秦岭造山带中三叠世造山后伸展环境。结合区域上的研究结果认为,中—晚三叠世时期的幔源岩浆底侵和下地壳部分熔融在西秦岭广泛存在。     

冈底斯花岗岩类中的长石光性成分和结构状态的研究

沿噶尔河-雅鲁藏布江及其北岸的冈底斯山系分布着巨大的弧形花岗质岩基,向东延伸到波密、察隅地区,其范围东西长达两千余公里、南北宽几十公里到百余公里。岩带位置与印度板块和欧亚大陆板块之间的缝合线方向一致。根据迪肖和甘塞尔报道,该岩带向西经克什米尔地区延伸到巴基斯坦境内。     

Mineralogy, petrology and P–T–t path of Ca–Na amphibole assemblages, Saint-Martin des Noyers formation, Vendée, France

Abstract The Saint-Martin des Noyers Formation is interpreted as a slice of an island-arc system of Lower to Middle Palaeozoic age, located in the internal part of the Variscan orogen in Vendée (Armorican Massif, France). Metamorphosed igneous rocks range in composition from ultramafic to rhyolitic. The regular increase in the FeO/(FeO+MgO) ratio, from mafic to silicic samples, results in a systematic variability in the nature and composition of the metamorphic phases. In basaltic samples, the occurrence of relict garnet-barroisite assemblages suggests relatively high-pressure conditions for the peak of metamorphism. During a subsequent retrograde evolution, the primary barroisitic hornblendes recrystallized to texturally complex mixtures of actinolite and hornblende. Despite this complication, it is possible to decipher a P–T-t path based on amphibole chemistry. The P–T trajectory deduced is dominated by the effect of pressure and consistent with early underthrusting and subsequent tectonic uplift of the ancient arc of Saint-Martin des Noyers.     

新疆库米什北超基性岩发现及大地构造意义

新疆库米什北超基性岩的发现,为中天山南缘长阿吾子-古洛沟-吾瓦门蛇绿混杂岩带东延提供了重要地质依据。该超基性岩主要为变质橄榄岩,呈构造岩块出露于韧性剪切带中。原岩以蚀变单辉橄榄岩、二辉橄榄岩、辉橄岩为主,属钙碱性岩系。岩石普遍蛇纹石化、片理化,与围岩呈构造接触关系。M/F比值平均15.1,大于7,MgO/(MgO+FeO)平均比值0.85,TiO2含量为0.03%～0.14%,小于0.22%。轻重稀土元素分异明显,具Eu正异常特征。表明出露于中天山南缘最北部古洛沟-吾瓦门-拱拜子蛇绿混杂岩带与库米什以南地区榆树沟-铜华山-硫磺山蛇绿混杂岩带并非同一条蛇绿岩带。     

Occurrence and Chemical Compositions of Amphiboles in Altered Dioritic Rocks of Laiwu Skarn‐Type Iron Deposit in West Shandong Area,China

The Laiwu Fe deposit is the largest skarn‐type deposit in West Shandong in China, with an estimated reserve of 290 Mt of iron ore. Here, we investigate the occurrence and chemical composition of amphiboles in altered dioritic rocks of this deposit. Three generations of amphibole group minerals were identified in these rocks. The first type (Type 1) is a hornblende with a generally euhedral crystal shape, 150–500 μm in size, and dominantly occurs in the host monzonite. The second type (Type 2) of hornblende occurs as fine grains (<100 μm) or concentric rims, less than 50 μm in thickness, around the Type 1 hornblende. The third type (Type 3) of amphibole is anhedral actinolite occurring along the boundary or the cracks of the Type 1 or 2 hornblende grains. The Type 1 hornblende has higher FeO (12.5–15.6 wt.%) and lower MgO contents (11.2–14.6 wt.%) than the Type 2 hornblende, which has an FeO content ranging from 8.8 to 10.5 wt.% and MgO content ranging from 14.2 to 17.1 wt.%. The Type 3 actinolite shows the lowest FeO (4.6–6.4 wt.%) and highest MgO (19.8–21.2 wt.%) contents. We infer that the Type 2 hornblende formed from Fe‐rich hydrothermal fluids released during rapid upwelling of the crystallizing magma. The fluids were relatively reduced and enriched in Fe. The Type 3 actinolite formed by coupled dissolution and reprecipitation, and its formation is one of the features denoting Fe‐enrichment events. Our study of these types of amphibole provides insights into the ore formation process.     

辽吉内生硼矿硼镁铁矿──硼铁矿系列的矿物学研究

辽吉内生硼矿分布于宽甸群的高小岭组（Ｐｔ１ｋｎ４）、老营沟组（Ｐｔ１ｋｎ６）和砖庙组（Ｐｔ１ｋｎ７）地层中。在硼矿床中，硼镁铁矿－硼铁矿系列的矿物有富镁硼铁矿、富铁硼镁铁矿和富镁硼镁铁矿。它们的矿物学特征取决于ｊ值［ＦｅＯ／（ＦｅＯ＋ＭｇＯ）］，ｆ值增大，硼镁铁矿的反射色、反射多色性和偏光色明显；红外光谱则表现为ν２和ν４的振动频率低移；晶胞参数ａ０和ｃ０增大。ｆ值减小，颜色、多色性变化明显。从Ｐｔ１ｋｎ４→Ｐｔ１ｋｎ６→Ｐｔ１ｋｎ７，硼镁铁矿的ｆ值逐渐减小，氧化系数增大，其形成向着富镁、氧化程度高的方向演化。硼镁铁矿的矿物学特征具有含硼层的指示意义。     

Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal alteration of basalt in the Kuroko mine area, Japan: implications for the evolution of a Back Arc Basin hydrothermal system

Basalt in the Furutobe District of the Kuroko mine area in Japan is characterized by abundant chlorite and epidote. Fluid inclusion studies indicate that chlorite is formed at lower temperatures (230–250°C) than epidote (250–280°C). The seawater/basalt mass ratio for the early chlorite-rich alteration was high (max. 40), but that for the later alteration was low (0.1–1.8). The CaO, Na₂O and SiO₂ of the bulk rock correlate negatively with MgO, while FeO and Σ Fe correlate positively with MgO. These changes in the characteristic features of hydrothermal alteration from early to late are generally similar to those for a mid-ocean ridge geothermal system accompanying basalt alteration.The MgO/FeO ratios of chlorite and actinolite and the Fe₂O₃ concentration of epidote from the basalt are greater than those of mid-ocean ridge basalt probably owing to the differences in the Fe₂O₃/FeO and MgO/FeO ratios of the parent rocks. The lower CaO concentration and the higher Na₂O concentration of the bulk rock compared with altered mid-ocean ridge basalt can be interpreted in terms of the difference in original bulk rock compositions.The Furutobe basalt, as well as other submarine back arc basalts, contains more vesicles filled with hydrothermal minerals (epidote, calcite, quartz, chlorite, pyrite) than do the mid-ocean ridge basalts. The abundance of vesicles plays an important role in controlling the secondary mineralogy and geochemistry of hydrothermally altered submarine back arc basin basalts.