赣南淘锡坑锡矿床中锡石晶体形态学和地球化学研究

本文对淘锡坑锡矿床的含矿石英脉中的锡石晶体开展了晶体形态学和地球化学的系统研究。按晶面组合特征,淘锡坑锡矿床中的锡石可分为三种类型:由{111}锥面+{110}柱面共2个单形构成的A型锡石、由{111}锥面+{110}柱面+{100}柱面共3个单形构成的B型锡石和由{111}锥面+{101}锥面+{110}柱面+{100}柱面共4个单形构成的C型锡石。综合各种锡石晶型与结晶条件的资料分析,本文推测A型、B型锡石的结晶温度高于C型锡石的。本文首次利用电子探针分析仪对锡石进行阴极发光（CL）成像观测,发现淘锡坑锡矿床中的锡石经历了两期结晶作用:早期锡石以CL荧光亮度较小（黑色——暗灰色）为特征,边缘有明显的溶蚀痕迹,常见典型的韵律振荡构造和砂钟构造,其晶面组合特征显示了早期锡石属于A型或B型锡石;晚期锡石以CL荧光亮度较大（白色——浅灰色）为特征,往往沿着早期锡石的溶蚀边界面充填生长,一般不显示韵律振荡构造和砂钟构造,其晶面组合特征显示了晚期锡石属于C型锡石。电子探针分析显示,淘锡坑锡矿床中锡石的FeO、Ta₂O₅含量较高,指示其形成于高温热液环境;HfO₂含量较高,Zr/Hf比值较低,说明成矿热液来源于高度分异的花岗质岩浆。两期锡石的FeO含量和In₂O₃含量的对比结果显示,早期锡石相对富FeO而贫In₂O₃,反映了早期锡石的结晶温度和压力均高于晚期锡石的,故两期锡石的结晶作用分别与淘锡坑矿床的两期岩浆热液成矿作用相关。     

天然金刚石平行{100}的正常生长

利用同步辐射对天然金刚石晶体进行了形貌学研究，在的完整晶体内观察到晶体以平行{100}生长为主的正常生长，而不是前人所常见的平行{111}生长。生长带方向平行于(100)、（100）和（010）、（010）。生长带分布在偏离晶体中心的曲面内。由生长带的分布与形态可以观察到晶体不同晶面生长速度具有明显差异。     

黄铁矿晶体形态标型在金矿评价中的意义

黄铁矿晶体形态是金矿床矿物学填图的良好指示参数之一.黄铁矿的微形貌特征具有指示其形成环境的意义.在金矿床中,早期成矿阶段结晶的a{100}或e{hk0}形态黄铁矿含金性较差;主成矿阶段形成的ae、aeo、ao、oa、oe等聚形晶,以及{310}、{320}等e黄铁矿含金性较好.黄铁矿形态沿矿体空间可以表现出分带性.其垂向分带趋势为:矿体上部以o{111}晶形为主,矿体中部以e{hk0}形为主,矿体下部主要以a{100}形占主导,或分别以其晶面发育的聚形为主.但不同矿床,甚至同一矿床的不同矿脉,这种分带的表现也不完全一致.因此,应用此分带模式进行深部矿体预测时,应具体情况具体分析.     

个旧锡矿锡石的矿物学研究

对个旧锡矿床的块状硫化物型、电气石细脉带型、含锡白云岩型、层间氧化矿型矿床中的锡石晶体运用扫描电镜、阴极发光成像技术、X-射线粉晶衍射、电子探针等试验开展了矿物学的系统研究。结果表明从块状硫化物型→电气石细脉带型→含锡白云岩型→层间氧化矿型矿床中的锡石有如下特征或变化规律:1颗粒体积依次变小。2深色的锡石到浅色锡石晶胞参数变大,c∶a值变小。3锡石晶体单型组合共有7种,单型从{111}锥面发育逐渐向{110}柱面发育。4锡石内部环带从均匀发育到不发育。以上特征均指示了4种矿床类型中锡石的形成温度依次降低。根据CL阴极发光下锡石亮度的差异,判断块状硫化物型、电气石细脉带型、含锡白云岩型矿床中锡石存在2个形成期次,认为此3类矿床在早阶段高温热液流体活动与早期锡石结晶作用有关,晚阶段低温热液流体活动与晚期锡石结晶作用有关。而层间氧化矿型矿床中的锡石具备悬浮在流体中生成的特征,可能为被流体搬运沉积形成,认为此矿床为重泥质沉积成因。     

黄铁矿成因形态学

在1981—1986年野外工作的基础上,作者对胶东三县四个金矿床黄铁矿晶体形态进行了系统研究,对其中2495粒晶体进行了统计,对300粒晶体进行了测角,对60粒晶体进行了微形貌观察。根据以上实际工作及国内外有关资料提出了黄铁矿晶休常见单形出现频率的定量资料与晶体微形貌的特点,特别是{210}面上负条纹的特征与成因探讨。并讨论了黄铁矿晶体形态与分带性,与形成温度,与主、微量成分,与共生组合及与矿化等的关系。查明黄铁矿形态及其晶面微形貌的发育与硫逸度、温度、冷却速度等密切相关。在以上基础上提出了胶东四个金矿床中蚀变岩型金矿及石英脉型金矿两种成因类型黄铁矿形态特征上的五点差异。最后对黄铁矿研究方法要点进行了总结。     

黄铁矿成因形态学

1981—1986年,我们对玲珑金矿、夏甸金矿、栖霞金矿和三山岛金矿的黄铁矿晶体形态进行了野外和室内研究。其中,晶形统计2495粒,晶体测角300粒,用扫描电子显微镜对60粒晶体进行了微形貌研究。对四个金矿床的研究表明,黄铁矿晶体单形以立方体{100}最常见,出现频率为92.47%,其次为五角十二面体{hko}(其形号包括{210}、{310}、{410}、{810}、{830}、{910}及{11,1,0})出现频率为57.27%;其次为八面体{111},出现频率为16.88%,较少见的为偏方复十二面体{hkl}(其形号包括{321}、{421}、{10,6,5),{18,24,25)及{34,     

锆石柱面中Hf、Y的配位差异性及其对晶型的控制效应

天然锆石的形态并不简单地依照PBC理论发育,它同时受到生长温度 、熔体扩散系数等物理参数的影响,以及置换Zr的杂质离子的种类和浓度等化学因素的制约 ,即杂质离子选择性地置换Zr而降低晶面的生长速度。通过对{100}和{110}柱面的半定量分 析发现,Hf4+、Y3+离子同O2-离子的成键数目在{100}与{110}生长层 上是不同的,且Hf-O的键强比Zr-O的大,而Y-O的键强比Zr-O的小。如果假定晶体与岩浆熔体并未达到真正的平衡,而是各晶面与岩浆熔体分别达到平衡,按热力学中浓度与能量变化的指数律去处理Hf和Y在{100}与{110}晶面上的配分可以得到,{100}晶面上趋于富Hf贫 Y,{110}晶面上趋于富Y贫Hf,从而导致富Hf的锆石上{100}优先发育,富Y的锆石上{110}优 先发育。     

平武板状绿柱石{0001}晶面的溶蚀像特征与晶体生长

板状绿柱石产于花岗岩云英岩化边部或晶洞壁的白云母-钠长石-绿柱石-水晶的矿物组合中,钠长石呈自形晶,绿柱石的洁净度与透明度相对较差。晶体测量表明,晶体的单形晶面发育依次为c{0001}→s{11 2-1}→p{10 1-1}→m{10 1-0}→v{21 3-1}、n{45 9-4}、a{11 2-0}。微分干涉显微镜(DIC)及扫描电镜(SEM)研究表明:各单形晶面上生长纹(微形貌)反映面网结构的对称性,c{0001}单形晶面上的六边形溶蚀坑(50～170μm)是由平行晶体C轴的各单形晶面生长层从晶体中心向外叠堆组成,层生长机理制约晶体生长全过程,平行双面(c)的生长层较薄(5～8μm)且较稳定,六方双锥(s)生长层较厚且圆滑,六方柱(m)生长层由晶体中心往外其厚度由厚逐渐变薄(12～20μm),台间隔由窄变宽。晶体溶蚀是从面网密度最大的c{0001}开始,溶蚀面积依平行双面(c)、六方双锥(s)单形晶面由大变小,六方柱(a)、复六方双锥(v、n)单形晶面因面网密度小而未受到溶蚀。据矿物共生组合、流体包裹体均一法测量与拉曼光谱(LRS)分析表明板状绿柱石是在中–高温(303℃)、过饱和度较大、成矿介质的钠长石化发育且热动力环境相对稳定的条件下形成,气液包裹体主要由H2O、CO2及微量CH4、N2组成,CO2及微量CH4、N2可能与碳酸盐围岩有关。     

晶面腐蚀像与晶面对称及晶面结构的关系

综合分析了石英、石榴子石、橄榄石、锆石、红柱石的各不同结晶学意义的晶面腐蚀像特点,总结了晶面腐蚀像与晶面对称性及晶面结构特点之间的关系.腐蚀像不仅可以揭示晶面及晶体的对称性,还可以揭示晶面的结晶学意义,即同一晶体上的不同结晶学意义的晶面,尽管对称性相同,也具有不同的腐蚀像;不同晶体之间的具有相同对称性的晶面可能会有相同的腐蚀像;腐蚀像类似于一种宏观晶体形态,主要与晶面的对称性有关,与晶面上原子、离子排列的结构细节关系不大;同一晶体的同一晶面在不同的腐蚀剂中所得的腐蚀像也可能完全不同;有些晶面的腐蚀像可以用晶体生长形态的常见晶面与被腐蚀面的交棱来解释.该研究在揭示晶体溶解形态机理、将溶解形态与晶体生长形态对比、用溶解形态来反映晶体曾经经历的酸-碱环境等方面具有理论与实际意义.      

雄黄矿物表面氧化过程的量子化学计算

采用密度泛涵量子化学计算方法对雄黄矿物晶体{010}晶面进行了计算，分析了该晶面的表面化学反应活性，表明表面上不同位置As、S原子的化学活性相差不大；同时对雄黄矿物晶体{010}表面吸附H2O、O2分子时的模型进行了势能面扫描计算，发现H2O和O2分子在该表面吸附时将发生解离，同时雄黄中的As将被氧化而形成砷的氧化物。     

锆石形态标型特征及标型生长机制探讨

本文在系统总结归纳不同研究者对锆石形态标型特征的研究成果基础上，重点从晶体生长、晶体化学和地球化学理论为重点探讨了锆石形态标型特征的生长机制。研究表明：锆石晶体结构中不同的面网方向，其平面内的原子组成、比例、化学键联结和键力以及面网间距和密度都是有差别的，由此决定了锆石晶体在不同的结晶介质条件下，不同面网的生长速度发生改变，生成相应的晶形。例如，尽管碱性元素并不进入锆石晶格，但它们可以影响Ｚｒ、Ｓｉ、Ｏ离子的扩散速度，但是富钾和富钠的介质对锆石晶形发育的影响是有差别的，表现为：在富钾的介质中，将导致柱面的法向生长速度较锥面快得多，而锥面中，｛１１１｝的法向生长又较｛３１１｝快，由此决定了形成以｛３１１｝锥为主的双锥状晶体；在富钠的介质中，柱面和锥面都有一定程度的发育，但前者弱于后者，而柱面中，｛１００｝的法向生长较｛１１０｝慢，由此决定了形成以｛１００｝柱和｛１１１｝锥为主的短柱锥状晶体。根据类似方法，论证了其它形态标型特征的客观性，从而揭示了标型之间的内在联系和本质，展示了花岗岩研究中锆石形态标型特征应用推广的前景，也可为单颗粒锆石定年研究提供更多的分析应用价值     

Inclusions of metal solvent and color of boron-bearing monocrystals of synthetic diamond

Cuboctahedral diamond monocrystals of physical classification type IIb weighing from 0.1 to 2 carats and with minor faces {110}, {311}, and {511} have been synthesized. The crystals are characterized by various hues of blue and dark blue depending on the amount of B in the system. A characteristic feature of these diamonds is a sectorial structure expressed in a nonuniform color distribution. The following types of metallic inclusions in the crystals have been recognized: faceted isometric, lamellar, and extended inclusions; unfaceted irregular and drop-shaped inclusions; and microinclusions. These inclusions are related to the chemical composition of the metal solvent.     

Systematics of internal zircon morphology in major Variscan granitoid types

The internal morphologies of zircon crystals from different types of granitoids (alkaline, calcalkaline and anatectic) are revealed by cathodoluminescence imaging and are described in terms of growth rates of the crystal faces relative to each other. Zircons in the alkaline granitoids are characterized by high and constant growth rates of {010} relative to the pyramidal forms and by symmetric grwoth of {011}. Zircons in the calcalkaline and anatectic granitoids are characterized by fluctuating or gradually decreasing relative growth rates of {010}, by asymmetric and highly variable growth of {011}, and by a tendency of {110} to become grwoth-inhibited. Corrosion events are interspersed during zircon growth in the calcalkaline magmas. In the calcalkaline and anatectic magmas, a discontinuity breaks the morphological evolution at late stages of crystallization. The discontinuity coincides with a sharp drop in cathodoluminescence. The growth behaviour of each crystal form is analysed and compared with predictions made by the periodic bond chain (PBC) theory. It is argued that the relative growth rate of {010} depends on supersaturation, that the growth rates of {011} faces are changed in response to different ratios of adsorbing cations (Na, K, Al), and that {110} faces become growth-inhibited by the adsorption of H₂O or trace elements enriched in the residual liquid. Morphological and chemical discontinuities at late stages of crystallization are reasonably explained by the formation of larger growth units (from smaller ionic entities) in the residual liquid. Important factors controlling the zircon morphology in different types of granitoids are: high cooling rates (alkaline magmas), magma mixing (calcalkaline magmas), enrichment of H₂O and trace elements in residual liquids (calcalkaline and anatectic magmas), and the major element chemistry of the magma, possibly the ratio of Na and K to Al (agpaicity).     

Influence of lysozyme on the precipitation of calcium carbonate: a kinetic and morphologic study

Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the interactions between proteins and mineral surfaces, among them a combination of electrostatic, stereochemical interactions and molecular recognition between the protein and the crystal surface. To identify the mechanisms of interaction in the lysozyme-calcium carbonate model system, the effect of this protein on the precipitation kinetics and morphology of calcite crystals was examined. The solution chemistry and morphology of the solid were monitored over time in a set of time-series free-drift experiments in which CaCO₃ was precipitated from solution in a closed system at 25°C and 1 atm total pressure, in the presence and absence of lysozyme. The precipitation of calcite was preceded by the precipitation of a metastable phase that later dissolved and gave rise to calcite as the sole phase. With increasing lysozyme concentration, the nucleation of both the metastable phase and calcite occurred at lower Ω_calcite, indicating that lysozyme favored the nucleation of both phases. Calcite growth rate was not affected by the presence of lysozyme, at least at protein concentrations ranging from 0 mg/mL to 10 mg/mL.Lysozyme modified the habit of calcite crystals. The degree of habit modification changed with protein concentration. At lower concentrations of lysozyme, the typical rhombohedral habit of calcite crystals was modified by the expression of {110} faces, which resulted from the preferential adsorption of protein on these faces. With increasing lysozyme concentration, the growth of {110}, {100}, and finally {001} faces was sequentially inhibited. This adsorption sequence may be explained by an electrostatic interaction between lysozyme and calcite, in which the inhibition of the growth of {110}, {100}, and {001} faces could be explained by a combined effect of the density of carbonate groups in the calcite face and the specific orientation (perpendicular) of these carbonate groups with respect to the calcite surface. Overgrowth of calcite in the presence of lysozyme demonstrated that the protein favored and controlled the nucleation on the calcite substrate. Overgrowth crystals nucleated epitaxially in lines which run diagonal to rhombohedral {104} faces.     

Sodian stellerite from Capo Pula,Sardegna

The sodian stellerite (a zeolite) occurs as lustrous white or slightly pink, easily cleavable lamellae, filling cavities and fractures in an acid lava (andesite or rhyolite) in the cliff below S. Efisio Tower, near Capo Pula, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy. The principal forms present are {010}, {011}, {111}. Single crystal photographs show an orthorhombic symmetry and Ammm (or Ammm) space group. An indexed X-ray diffraction powder pattern is provided. Unit cell dimensions, chemical formula, density, optical properties and thermal behaviour are given.     

A TEM study of the oriented orthopyroxene and forsterite inclusions in garnet from Otrøy garnet peridotite,WGR, Norway: new insights on crystallographic characteristics and growth energetics of exsolved pyroxene in relict majoritic garnet

Regularly oriented orthopyroxene (opx) and forsterite (fo) inclusions occur as opx + rutile (rt) or fo + rt inclusion domains in garnet (grt) from Otrøy peridotite. Electron diffraction characterization shows that forsterite inclusions do not have any specific crystallographic orientation relationships (COR) with the garnet host. In contrast, orthopyroxene inclusions have two sets of COR, that is, COR‐I: <111>_grt//<001>_opx and {110}_grt～//～{100}_opx (～13° off) and COR‐II: <111>_grt//<011>_opx and {110}_grt～//～{100}_opx (～14° off), in four garnet grains analysed. Both variants of orthopyroxene have a blade‐like habit with one pair of broad crystal faces parallel/sub‐parallel to {110}_grt plane and the long axis of the crystal, <001>_opx for COR‐I and <011>_opx for COR‐II, along <111>_grt direction. Whereas the lack of specific COR between forsterite and garnet, along with the presence of abundant infiltrating trails/veinlets decorated by fo + rt at garnet edges, provide compelling evidence for the formation of forsterite inclusions in garnet through the sequential cleaving–infiltrating–precipitating–healing process at low temperatures, the origin of the epitaxial orthopyroxene inclusions in garnet is not so obvious. In this connection, the reported COR, the crystal habit and the crystal growth energetics of the exsolved orthopyroxene in relict majoritic garnet were reviewed/clarified. The exsolved orthopyroxene in a relict majoritic garnet follows COR‐III: {112}_grt//{100}_opx and <111>_grt//<001>_opx. Based on the detailed trace analysis on published SEM images, these exsolved orthopyroxene inclusions are shown to have the crystal habit with one pair of broad crystal faces parallel to {112}_grt//{100}_opx and the long crystal axis along <111>_grt//<001>_opx. Such a crystal habit can be rationalized by the differences in oxygen sub‐lattices of both structures and represents the energetically favoured crystal shape of orthopyroxene inclusions in garnet formed by solid‐state exsolution mechanism. Considering the very different COR, crystal habit, as well as crystal growth direction, the orthopyroxene inclusions in garnet of the present sample most likely had been formed by mechanism(s) other than solid‐state exsolution, regardless of their regularly oriented appearance in garnet and the COR specification between orthopyroxene and garnet. In fact, the crystallographic characteristics of orthopyroxene and the similar chemical compositions of garnet at opx + rt inclusion domains, fo + rt inclusion domains/trails and garnet rim suggest that the orthopyroxene inclusions in the garnet are most likely formed by similar cleaving‐infiltration process as forsterite inclusions, though probably at an earlier stage of metamorphism. This work demonstrates that the oriented inclusions in host minerals, with or without specific COR, can arise from mechanism(s) other than solid‐state exsolution. Caution is thus needed in the interpretation of such COR, so that an erroneous identification of exhumation from UHP depths would not be made.     

东伙房金矿中黄铁矿和石英的某些标型特征及其找矿意义

主要对黄铁矿及石英的某些标型特征进行研究，并推测成矿的有利部位，研究发现，本区成矿阶段的黄铁矿为ｎ＋ｐ混合型，ｐ型含量愈高，矿化愈好，金品位高值区与热电系数标志值５００～７００部位吻合，主成矿阶段出现（１００）＋（３２１）＋（２１０）＋（３２１）及（１００）＋（２１０）＋（１１１）黄铁矿聚形，石英热发光强度大（大于０．５Ｒ）发光曲线峰多（双峰），总积分强度大于４．３Ｒ是本区主成矿阶段的一个标志。