Kinetically induced compositional zoning in titanite: implications for accessory-phase/melt partitioning of trace elements

Usually it is assumed that the partitioning of trace elements into titanite in metaluminous granitoid plutonic environments takes place under equilibrium conditions and that compositional zoning is due solely to progressive changes in melt chemistry and/or mineral/melt partition coefficients. Examination of titanites from a variety of Caledonian metaluminous granitoids and related rocks has revealed that sector zoning is present, indicating disequilibrium partitioning. The sector zoning in titanites is defined principally by the distribution of the rare earth elements (REE), Y, Nb, Al and Fe. The REE, Y and Nb preferentially occur within the minor (100) sectors relative to the morphologically important (111) sectors. The reverse is true of Al and Fe which preferentially occur within the (111) sectors relative to the (100) sectors. The patterns of sector zoning are complicated by the fact that the relative growth rates of the various crystal faces fluctuated during growth. Sector zoning indicates that crystal-interface kinetics are responsible for the observed patterns of element partitioning. It is concluded that differences in the lateral-layerspreading rates of crystal faces bring about the sector zoning. The results have implications for the use of trace element partition coefficients in the modelling of fractionation processes.     

Sector zoned aegirine from the Ilímaussaq alkaline intrusion,South Greenland

Sector zoned aegirine crystals occur in the interstices of peralkaline nepheline syenites in Ilímaussaq. The crystals have grass-green [001] sectors enriched in Ca and Fe²⁺ (as CaFeSi₂O₆), Mn and Zr; pale green {010} sectors enriched in Al (as NaAlSi₂O₆); blue-green {110} sectors enriched in Ti (as NaTi_0.5Fe _0.5 ²⁺ Si₂O₆); and light green {100} sectors enriched in Fe₃₊ (as NaFe³⁺ Si₂O₆).The crystals grew in the liquid with a rate that did not exceed the diffusion rate of most elements in the liquid. However. Fe³⁺ seems to have had diffusion rates lower than the crystal growth rate, and this probably caused the development of some sectors enriched in acmite and others enriched in the hedenbergite component. For Al, Ti and Zr a crystal structural control is envisaged although a recent structure-based model for sector zoning fails to explain the efficient separation of these elements into different sectors.Three more occurrences of sector zoned aegirine are noted, all from peralkaline nepheline syenites. The phenomenon is probably more widespread than hitherto realised.Contribution to the mineralogy of Ilímaussaq no. 62     

Kinetic aspects of sector zoning in arsenopyrite: A case study

Summary A simple quartz-arsenopyrite vein assemblage formed at temperatures of 280–200°C occurs in the Madan lead-zinc ore district, Bulgaria. Spear-shaped arsenopyrite is bounded by {101}, {010} and {210}; compositionally it is pure FeAs_1-xS_1+X of variable x. The BSE image of an oriented (001) section reveals a pronounced sector zoning defined solely by differences in the S/As ratio. The boundary between the (210) and (010) growth sectors reflects the changes of their growth rates V⁰¹⁰ and V²¹⁰ in perfect correlation with zonal S/As oscillations. The V°10/V²¹⁰ ratios determined in 20 zones range from 0.1 to 2.4, and correspond to S variations from 39 to 34 at.% derived from 7 microprobe point analyses. The S content in the (010) sector is on average 1.5 at.% lower than in the (210) one, the difference decreasing from about 2.5 to less than 0.33 at.% with the decreasing V⁰¹⁰/V²¹⁰. The rate/composition relationship obeys the following rules: the higher the S/As the lower the V⁰¹⁰/V²¹⁰, and the slower the (010) growth. The phenomenon is interpreted in terms of crystal growth theory of a solid solution analyzing the arsenopyrite growth history on hand specimen, microscopic and structural scales. Sector zoning in this particular case is explained by processes taking place very close to the growing crystal surface which are superimposed on those produced by larger-scale variations in the hydrothermal environment.

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Kinetische Aspekte des sektoriellen Zonenbaues von Arsenkies: Untersuchung eines Wachstumsphdnomens

Zusammenfassung Eine gewöhnliche Quarz-Arsenkies Paragenese im Blei-Zink Erzgebiet von Madan, Bulgarien, bildete sich im Temperatur-Intervall von 280-200°C. Speerförmiger Arsenkies ist begrenzt von den Flächenformen 11011, {010} und {210}, wobei das Mineral der Zusammensetzung FeAs_1-xS_1+X mit variierendem x entspricht. Die Rückstreuelektronenabbildung eines (001)-orientierten Querschnittes zeigt einen deutlichen Sektorzon-enbau, der ausschließlich durch Unterschiede im S/As-Verhaltnis bestimmt wird. Die Grenze zwischen den Wachstumssektoren (210) und (010) spiegelt Veränderungen in ihren Wachstumsgeschwindigkeiten V⁰¹⁰ und V²¹⁰ wieder, die mit den zonenkorrelierten S/As Schwankungen variieren. Die Verhdltnisse V⁰¹⁰/V^21O wurden in 20 Zonen des Kristalls bestimmt; she variieren zwischen 0.1 und 2.4 und entsprechen einer Variation von 39 bis 34 At.% S, die durch 7 Elektronenstrahlmikrosondenanalysen bestimmt wurden. Der S-Gehalt im Sektor (010) ist durchschnittlich mit 1.5 At.% niedriger als im Sektor (210); der entsprechende Unterschied nimmt von ungefdhr 2.5 bis 0.33 At.% mit der Verringerung von V⁰¹⁰/V² ab. Die Beziehung Wachstumsgeschwindigkeit/ Element unterliegt der Regel: je hoher das Verhaltnis S/As; desto niedriger ist V⁰¹⁰/V²¹⁰ und desto langsamer ist das Wachstum von (010). Diese Erscheinung wird im Rahmen der Kristallwachstumstheorie einer festen Lösung gedeutet, wobei die Wachstumsgeschichte des Arsenkieses makroskopisch, mikroskopisch und strukturell analysiert wurde. Auf these Weise wird der Sektorzonenbau als ein Resultat von Prozessen interpretiert, die ganz nah der wachsenden Kristalloberfldche ablaufen und die die Veränderungen des hydrothermalen Milieus überlagern.

     

Petrology of Ocellar Lamprophyres from Western Otago, New Zealand

The southern part of a lamprophyre dyke swarm from West Otago,New Zealand comprises monchiquites and camptonites. Dykes arecompositionally similar to volatile-rich nephelinite or nephelinebasanite, and contain leucocratic ocelli and irregular veinsegregations of nepheline benmoreite composition. Ocelli arecommonly zoned with an upper globule or centrally disposed coreof analcime-carbonate and an alkali feldspar-kaersutite-richlining. Virtually identical zoning is developed in minerals common toboth lamprophyre host and ocellus. Kaersutite is progressivelyenriched in Fe, Mn, Al_vi, and Na + K, and depleted in Mg, andTi towards the rim. Titanaugite is concentrically zoned to aegirine-augite,and is sector zoned with prism sectors enriched in Ti and Al(and to a lesser extent in Fe and Na) compared to basal sectors.Brown micas are zoned from titanphlogopite cores to titanbiotiteand titaniferous lepidomelane rims. In monchiquites glass occurs as an intersertal phase and asan ocellus infilling. The glass is phonolitic and contrastssharply with the composition of the ultrabasic host, indicatingthat production of extreme differentiates without intermediatecompositions is possible by fractional crystallization. Identicalglass compositions in both lamprophyre groundmass and ocelluspreclude liquid immiscibility. Instead, it is suggested thatocelli are segregations of residual liquids drawn into gas vesiclesas a consequence of reduction of the vapour phase, volume duringcooling. The analcime-carbonate globule within the ocellus isinterpreted as the condensed vapour phase. At Haast River, in the northern part of the swarm the dyke associationof peridotite, camptonite, trachyte, tinguaite, and carbonatiteis readily explained in terms of this model. Fractional crystallizationof camptonite results in phonolitic late stage liquids which,if separated from the lamprophyre host crystallize as sodalitetinguaites, leaving a more ultrabasic residuum whose compositionis equivalent to damkjernitic peridotite. Vesiculation of thecamptonite results in separation of a volatile phase (fluidimmiscibility) which is carbonate and alkali-rich, the sourceof both carbonatites and the agent responsible for fenitization.     

Mg-Fe云母化学成分的解释和分类(Ⅱ)——Mg-Fe云母的自然分类

给出云母化学成分比值FM=6(Fe⁺²+Mn)/(Fe²⁺+Mn+Mg),用以表示Mg-Fe云母成分变化的基本趋势。根据291个云母的化学成分相对于FM值的异常变化,提出了天然Mg-Fe云母自然分类的新方案:把FM≌1.20(1.05-1.35)、4.80作为区分金云母、黑云母和铁叶云母的界线;FM>0.60的金云母称为铁金云母;以FM=2.70、3.60把黑云母再细分为富镁黑云母、镁铁黑云母和富铁黑云母。Mg-Fe云母自然分类的本质是各成员云母之间白云母置换方式和限度的潜在差异在不同的自然结晶条件下的反映。     

Three polytypes of lepidolite from Czechoslovakia

The micas come from two pegmatites penetrating serpentinite in Western Moravia, Czechoslovakia. The lepidolite from Biskupice is chemically halfway between polytithionite and trilithionite, and exhibits the 2M₁ structure which so far was unknown in natural lepidolites. The optical axial plane is perpendicular to (010). In lepidolite crystals from Radkovice, the 2M₂ structure predominates over 1M. The composition is close to trilithionite. The optic axial plane is parallel to (010). Refractive indices, densities, and cell volumes are similar, but the IR absorption spectrum, thermal behaviour, and 2V are different from the corresponding parameters in lepidolite from Biskupice.     

Origin of sector trilling in cordierite in Daimonji hornfels,Kyoto, Japan

Sector trilling of cordierite in hornfels in the inner part of a contact aureole at Daimonji, Japan is a new type which consists not only of six (100) sectors (a-sectors) forming trilling, but also of (001) sectors (c-sectors) and high-index sectors (h-sectors). Complex twins within and among these sectors were studied from a viewpoint of a pseudo twin. The complex texture originated from both growth and transformation processes. The c-sector consists of three groups of domains which are related by a pseudo twin. This intrasector pseudo twin indicates that the initial phase of the c-sector was hexagonal cordierite (indialite) which later transformed to orthorhombic. The a-sector is related to adjacent sectors by a rotation of 120° around the c axis, resulting in an intersector pseudo twin. The a-sector is interpreted to have formed by overgrowth of orthorhombic cordierite on prism faces of indialite. The h-sector with the dendritic texture is also interpreted to have grown as orthorhombic cordierite. In hornfels in the middle part of the aureole, cordierites with sector trilling often coexist with single crystals of cordierite, and the sector trilling has no c- and h-sectors. This trilling type suggests that nucleation of indialite was subsequently followed by growth of orthorhombic cordierite in its stable field.     

Sector-zoned augite megacrysts in Aleutian high alumina basalts: implications for the conditions of basalt crystallization and the generation of calc-alkaline series magmas

Several high alumina basalts from the Aleutian volcanic centers of Cold Bay and Kanaga Island contain large (up to 1.5 cm diameter) megacrysts of sector-zoned augite. The megacrysts are invariably euhedral with well developed {001}, {010} and {111} forms. All crystals display concentric bands that are rich in mineral and glass inclusions. The sector zonation typically occurs as well developed (010), (100), (111) and (110) sectors which grew at different rates. A comparison of the width of synchronous growth bands indicates that following relative growth rates: (111) ≫ (100) ∼ (110) > (010). Compositionally, SiO₂ and MgO abundances decrease, and TiO₂, Al₂O₃, FeO and Na₂O abundances increase in the different sectors in the order (111), (100) ∼ (110), (010). This order is identical to that deduced for the relative growth rates, implying that growth rate clearly had a role in the development of the sector zonation. Calculated pre-eruption H₂O contents of the basalts range from 1 to 3 wt% but actual (measured) post-eruption H₂O contents range from 0.01 to 0.3 wt%. Deteurium isotopic values are heavily depleted and range from −110 to −141‰ . Together these indicate significant vapor (H₂O) exsolution prior to eruption. Maximum H₂O abundances in primitive glass inclusions, thought to be most representative of the host liquid reservoir at the time of melt entrapment, systematically decrease from the core to the rim of one augite megacryst studied in detail. We conclude that the presence of sector-zoned augite is due to augite supersaturation and rapid crystallization brought about by magma decompression and volatile (H₂O) exsolution. The calculated pre-eruption H₂O contents of 1–3 wt% limit vapor exsolution and basalt crystallization to depths of less than 3 and more likely 1.5 km. Very rapid crystallization at very shallow depths makes it unlikely that the time scales between initial crystallization and final eruption are sufficient to permit appreciable amounts of fractional crystallization. Given that high alumina basalt fractionation is the dominant process for generating more evolved andesite, dacite and rhyolite magmas of the calc-alkaline suite, the inability of parental high alumina basalt to yield such derivative magmas in the low pressure environment places the likely site of fractionation in the high pressure environment, at or near the base of the crust. Received: 1 December 1997 / Accepted: 23 December 1998     

Cordierite microstructure and texture in a moldanubian gneiss

The microstructure and texture in cordierites of a moldanubian gneiss from the Bohemian Massif has been analysed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and universal stage in order to get information on the deformation mechanisms and textural development of this rock-forming mineral. Deformation may have taken place at temperatures between about 500° C and 630° C and pressures smaller than about 3 kb. The elongated cordierite xenoblasts show a typical dislocation creep microstructure consisting of subgrain boundaries and free dislocations. The dislocations have [001], [010] and 1/2<110> Burgers vectors. [001] dislocations often have pure screw and edge character the latter type being climb-dissociated on (001). Among the dislocations reactions are common. The main subgrain boundaries observed are (010)[001], {110}[001] and (001)[010] tilt boundaries. Burgers vectors and dislocation line directions reveal (100)[001], (010)[001], (100)[010], {110} 1/2<110> and (001)1/2<110> as activated slip systems. The crystallographic preferred orientation (here referred to as texture) consists of a [001] maximum in the foliation parallel to the mineral lineation. [100] and [010] maxima are perpendicular to it within and normal to the foliation, respectively, with a girdle tendency normal to the lineation. The texture may be explained by simple shear deformation on the {hkO}[001] slip systems with preference of (010)[001].     

藏东及邻区钾玄岩系岩石云母特征及其岩石学意义

青藏高原东部及邻区新生代钾玄岩系列岩石包括钾质碱性深成岩、火山岩、煌斑岩和偏酸性的斑岩。云母是钾玄岩系列岩石中的主要暗色矿物，分布亦较广泛。我们用单矿物化学分析方法测定本区钾玄武岩系四种岩石中云母和化学成分，其结果MF＝1．30－1．99，应为金云母－富镁黑云母，属于富碱富镁高铝贫铁类型的云母；云母的红外光谱，在450cm^-1和1000cm^-1附近都有很强的吸收谱带，显示了四种岩石中的云母具有类似的红外光谱特征；X光衍射测定，本区云母的d(060)为15．32nm-15.41nm，它们的晶胞参数变化不大，均为三八面体1M型云母。以上特征表明，本区钾玄岩系四种岩石中云母均形成于高碱度环境，它们与钙碱性系列岩石中云母形成的环境迥然不同。从四种岩石的云母具有相似的化学成分、红外光谱和晶胞参数，说明它们的寄生岩石具有钾岩的特征，其物源来自交代地幔。     

Deformation of biotite and muscovite: Optical microstructure

An optical comparison illustrates the difference in behaviour of the two mica minerals biotite and muscovite; their response to deformation, and to chemical processes such as grain dissolution. Non-passive mechanical rotation, segmentation of deformed grains by a recovery-recrystallization type process and syntectonic growth of the phyllosilicates all contribute to the development of a strong tectonic foliation within a deformed pegmatite from the Italian Alps. There are significant mechanical differences between the two micas. Biotite readily deforms by kinking whereas muscovite forms sinusoidal folds and seldom kinks. If kink-like structures (deformation zones) are present in muscovite they are generally accompanied by fracturing. Fracturing and displacements are obvious in most deformed muscovites both parallel to axial surfaces and between (001) cleavages. Fracturing is occasionally recognised in biotite. However, it is often obscured by extensive dissolution and new grain nucleation. Evidence for dissolution processes in biotite is more abundant than in muscovite.     

Dislocation substructure of mantle-derived olivine as revealed by selective chemical etching and transmission electron microscopy

Cleaved and mechanically polished surfaces of olivine from peridotite xenoliths from San Carlos, Arizona, were chemically etched using the techniques of Wegner and Christie (1974). Dislocation etch pits are produced on all surface orientations and they tend to be preferentially aligned along the traces of subgrain boundaries, which are approximately parallel to (100), (010), and (001). Shallow channels were also produced on (010) surfaces and represent dislocations near the surface that are etched out along their lengths. The dislocation etch channel loops are often concentric, and emanate from (100) subgrain boundaries, which suggests that dislocation sources are in the boundaries. Data on subgrain misorientation and dislocation line orientation and arguments based on subgrain boundary energy minimization are used to characterize the dislocation structures of the subgrain boundaries. (010) subgrain boundaries are of the twist type, composed of networks of [100] and [001] screw dislocations. Both (100) and (001) subgrain boundaries are tilt walls composed of arrays of edge dislocation with Burgers vectors b=[100] and [001], respectively. The inferred slip systems are {001} 〈100〉, {100} 〈001〉, and {010} 〈100〉 in order of diminishing importance. Exploratory transmission electron microscopy is in accord with these identifications. The flow stresses associated with the development of the subgrain structure are estimated from the densities of free dislocations and from the subgrain dimensions. Inferred stresses range from 35 to 75 bars using the free dislocation densities and 20 to 100 bars using the subgrain sizes.     

Evidence of multi-stage faulting by clay mineral analysis: Example in a normal fault zone affecting arkosic sandstones (Annot sandstones)

Fault affecting silicoclastic sediments are commonly enriched in clay minerals. Clays are sensitive to fluid–rock interactions and deformation mechanisms; in this paper, they are used as proxy for fault activity and behavior. The present study focuses on clay mineral assemblages from the Point Vert normal fault zone located in the Annot sandstones, a Priabonian-Rupelian turbidite succession of the Alpine foredeep in SE France. In this area, the Annot sandstones were buried around 6–8 km below the front of Alpine nappes soon after their deposition and exhumed during the middle-late Miocene. The fault affects arkosic sandstone beds alternating with pelitic layers, and displays throw of about thirty meters. The fault core zone comprises intensely foliated sandstones bounding a corridor of gouge about 20 cm thick. The foliated sandstones display clay concentration along S–C structures characterized by dissolution of K-feldspar and their replacement by mica, associated with quartz pressure solution, intense microfracturation and quartz vein precipitation. The gouge is formed by a clayey matrix containing fragments of foliated sandstones and pelites. However, a detailed petrographical investigation suggests complex polyphase deformation processes. Optical and SEM observations show that the clay minerals fraction of all studied rocks (pelites and sandstones from the damage and core zones of the fault) is dominated by white micas and chlorite. These minerals have two different origins: detrital and newly-formed. Detrital micas are identified by their larger shape and their chemical composition with a lower Fe–Mg content than the newly-formed white micas. In the foliated sandstones, newly-formed white micas are concentrated along S–C structures or replace K-feldspar. Both types of newly formed micas display the same chemical composition confirmed microstructural observations suggesting that they formed in the same conditions. They have the following structural formulas: Na_0.05 K_0.86 (Al _1.77 Fe_0.08 Mg_0.15) (Si_3.22 Al_0.78) O₁₀ (OH)_2. They are enriched in Fe and Mg compared to the detrital micas. Newly-formed chlorites are associated with micas along the shear planes. According to microprobe analyses, they present the following structural formula: (Al_1,48 Fe_2,50 Mg_1,84) (Si_2,82 Al_1,18) O₁₀ (OH)₈. All these data suggest that these clay minerals are synkinematic and registered the fault activity. In the gouge samples, illite and chlorite are the major clay minerals; smectite is locally present in some samples.In the foliated sandstones, Kubler Index (KI) ((001) XRD peak width at half height) data and thermodynamic calculations from synkinematic chlorite chemistry suggest that the main fault deformation occurred under temperatures around 220 °C (diagenesis to anchizone boundary). KI measured on pelites and sandstones from the hanging and footwall, display similar values coherent with the maximal burial temperature of the Annot sandstones in this area. The gouge samples have a higher KI index, which could be explained by a reactivation of the fault at lower temperatures during the exhumation of the Annot sandstones formation.     

哀牢山─金沙江裂谷系岩石中镁铁云母成分特征及其岩石学意义

本区的Mg－Fe云母是富镁黑云母及金云母，MF＞1．35，［Mg／（Mg＋Fe3+＋Fe2+＋Mn）］＞0.65，［（Fe3+＋Fe2+）／（Fe3+＋Fe2+＋Mg）］＜0．4，属于富镁、富碱、高硅、贫铁类型云母。根据Mg－Fe云母的成分及形成的物化条件，表明其寄生岩石属于富碱，浅成一超浅成的幔源岩石。     

焦家式金矿中铬铝云母化学成分的标型性

本文系统研究了胶东地区金矿中产出的铬铝云母亚族中３个白云母、１６个绢云母和３２个含Ｃｒ云母种属的化学成分特征。提出了含Ｃｒ云母种属结构层内四面体、八面体及层间离子种类和数量在焦家式金矿成矿过程中的指示作用，阐明了白云母、绢云母及含Ｃｒ云母种属之间的演化特征在与焦家式金矿化有关的成岩成矿作用中的标型意义。     

Experimental deformation of a synthetic dunite at high temperature and pressure. II. Transmission electron microscopy

We have performed detailed transmission electron microscope on most of the deformed synthetic dunite specimens prepared in the study by Zeuch and Green (1984). We have identified three basic types of sub-boundaries, simple tilt walls in (100) and (001). composed by b = [100] and b = [001] edge dislocations, respectively, and twist boundaries in (010) composed of b = [100] and b = [001] screws. We have also observed more complex, asymmetric lilt boundaries in (100) and (001). Like the (010) twist boundaries, these asymmetric tilt walls are common only at the highest temperatures and lowest strain rates. Subgrain development is extensive at the higher temperatures and lower strain rates, and subgrains are composed of the above-mentioned three types of sub-boundaries; edge components in (100) and (001) ire “knitted” to screw components in (010) as described by Kirby and Wegner (1978) for naturally deformed olivine. In many areas of the samples which we studied, subgrain development is not observed, but parallel arrays of tilt boundaries of one type or the other are present. At higher temperatures and lower strain rates. “(100) organization” (Durham et al., 1977) is common; this structure consists of parallel arrays of (100) tilt boundaries with b = [100] screws connecting the sub-boundaries. At lower temperatures we have observed an analogous arrangement of (001) sub-boundaries and b = [001] screws, which we refer to as “(001) organization”. Under all experimental conditions, dislocations with b = [100] and b = [001] are present in approximately equal numbers. However, the two types of dislocations also have distinctly different geometries under all test conditions. We suggest that the transition from slip parallel to [001] to slip parallel to [100] with increasing temperature, which has been reported in earlier studies may also depend upon water content. The substructures which we observe are virtually identical to those seen in many naturally deformed peridolites. and we conclude that the mechanisms involved in both natural and laboratory deformation of olivine polycrystals are similar. On the other hand, the substructures reported here are very different from those observed in experimentally deformed olivine single crystals. It seems likely that these substructural differences reflect fundamental differences in the behavior oh single crystals and polycrystals. which are in turn reflected in different measured creep strengths.     

Chemistry of micas from kimberlites and xenoliths—II. Primary- and secondary-textured micas from peridotite xenoliths

Micas from coarse granular Iherzolites in S. African kimberlites may be separated into two groups; those showing primary textural relationships with coexisting silicates and those with secondary, alteration relationships with other silicates. Primary-textured micas form a tight cluster with a mean composition from 10 coarse garnet lherzolites of: SiO₂ 41.0, TiO₂ 0.18, Al₂O₃ 13.5, Cr₂O₃ 0.82, total Fe as FeO 2.60, MnO 0.02, MgO 26.0, NiO 0.22, CaO 0.01, BaO 0.29, Na₂O 0.31, K₂O 10.0, Rb₂O 0.028, Cl 0.08, F 0.43 wt%. Primary-textured micas in aggregates with clinopyroxene have higher TiO₂ and four specimens which look similar to the primary group but have textural ambiguities have still higher TiO₂Micas with secondary textures have wide ranges of composition which may be correlated with details of the textural parageneses. Micas from kelyphitic rims around garnets tend to be Cr-rich while those from veinlets are Cr-poor. Both groups tend to have higher FeO and TiO₂ than the primary group. Micas produced by alteration of, or filling veinlets through, orthopyroxene have a wide compositional range which overlaps that of the primary-textured micas, especially for harzburgite specimens.The primary-textured micas show a positive correlation with coexisting pyroxenes for MgO/(MgO + FeO) and TiO₂, but not for Cr₂O₃. Secondary-textured micas do not show correlations with coexisting pyroxenes for any elements.The ‘primary-metasomatic’ micas described by Harte and Gurney (1975) and metasomatic and other micas described by Boettcher et al. (1979) and Boettcher and O'neil (1979) are richer in FeO and TiO₂ than the present primary-textured micas, and are attributed to crystallization from fractionated fluids.     

大同地开石的扫描电镜研究

大同地开石呈团块状、网脉状、充填在侏罗纪煤系地层“陷落柱”的岩堆孔隙和洞穴中,是一种成岩后生作用的产物,大多数地开石是在后生氧化作用下,由高岭石逐渐转化形成,而大同地开石却是在地下深处与大气隔绝的封闭的还原环境里形成。经扫描电镜观察,该地开石晶体大都呈假六方板状,轮廓明显,晶面体平整光滑,(010)和(001)晶面普遍生长良好,晶体堆垛疏松,无光滑平整柱面的塔品和六角柱聚合体。     

Geochemistry and specific features of manganese ore formation in sediments of oceanic bioproductive zones

Processes of authigenic manganese ore formation in sediments of the northern equatorial Pacific are considered on the basis of study of the surface layer (<2 mm) of ferromanganese nodule and four micronodule size fractions from the associated surface sediment (0–7 cm). Inhomogeneity of the nodule composition is shown. The Mn/Fe ratio is maximal in samples taken from the lateral sectors of nodule at the water-sediment interface. Compositional differences of nodules are related to the preferential accumulation of microelements in iron oxyhydroxides (P, Sr, Pb, U, Bi, Th, Y, and REE), manganese hydroxides (Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Mo, Tl, W), and lithogenous component trapped during nodule growth (Ga, Rb, Ba, and Cs). The Ce accumulation in the REE composition is maximal in the upper and lower parts of the nodule characterized by the minimal Mn/Fe values. The compositional comparison of manganese micronodules and surface layers of the nodule demonstrated that the micronodule material was subjected to a more intense reworking during the diagenesis of sediments. The micronodules are characterized by higher Mn/Fe and P/Fe ratios but lower Ni/Cu and Co/Ni ratios. The micronodules and nodules do not differ in terms of contents of Ce and Th that are least mobile elements during the diagenesis of elements. Differences in the chemical composition of micronodules and nodules are related not only to the additional input of Mn in the process of diagenesis, but also to the transformation of iron oxyhydroxides after the removal of Mn from the close association with Fe formed in the suspended matter at the stage of sedimentation.     

Depositional controls on glaucony texture and composition, Upper Jurassic, West Siberian Basin

This study examines textural inhomogeneity and variable chemical composition of Upper Jurassic glaucony in relation to small‐scale synsedimentary and postsedimentary authigenic processes controlled by the palaeonvironmental and palaeogeographical context. Four glaucony types with complex textural and compositional features have been recognized in cores of the Georgiev Formation of the West Siberian Basin. Samples exclusively made of light green type 1 glaucony (K₂O < 6·5%: the less mature type, richer in glauconite–smectite mixed layer) formed under dysoxic conditions in the deepest distal marine environments of the northern sectors of the West Siberian Basin. Dark green type 2 glaucony is the most mature (richest in glauconitic mica: K₂O up to 8·5%), is sometimes associated with type 1 glaucony, and is typical of high bottom areas with a low sedimentation rate within the central sectors of the basin. Type 3 glaucony is formed by brown grains, poorer in K and Fe but richer in Al and Si than type 2 glaucony, and is only present in strongly condensed successions of the central‐eastern sectors of the West Siberian Basin. Type 4 glaucony is much richer in Fe than any other type, shows fresh yellowish green cores slightly less mature than type 2 glaucony, and brown rims and cracks with composition similar to that of type 3 grains; it was formed in western sectors of the West Siberian Basin, close to Urals. Weathering under a subtropical to temperate climate, and erosion of badly drained peneplaned lowland areas around the basin, provided Al‐rich terrigenous clays as substratum for glauconitization, which explains Al and Si enrichment in Siberian glaucony. Maturation from glauconite–smectite to glauconitic mica is monitored by a change from light to dark green colour related to decrease in Al, Si, Mg, Ca and Na, and to increase in K and Fe. Brown rims of type 4 glaucony, and brown type 3 grains formed after leaching of Fe and K from mature glauconite, with formation of clays and Fe oxyhydroxides as reaction products, as a result of free oxygen exposure related to a hydrodynamic regime and temporary sea‐level fall. Glauconitization stopped and diagenetic pyrite formed due to basin deepening and burial under black shales during the latest Jurassic–earliest Cretaceous transgression. This study demonstrates that, due to the complex nature of glaucony, the authigenesis of glauconitic minerals in the rock record cannot be correctly understood if the palaeoenvironmental context and the palaeogeographical context of glaucony‐bearing sediments are not considered.