赣杭构造带相山火山侵入杂岩的岩浆演化特征——来自斜长石和黑云母的化学成分研究

黑云母、斜长石等矿物可作为寄主岩石的岩浆演化的指示剂。本文借助电子探针微区分析技术,通过对赣杭构造带中相山盆地火山侵入杂岩中这些矿物的化学组成进行定量分析发现:碎斑熔岩、花岗斑岩及石英二长斑岩的斜长石环带不明显,并且主要是中长石;石英二长斑岩中黑云母矿物成分为镁质黑云母和铁质黑云母,化学成分更为接近研究区镁铁质微粒包体中黑云母的成分,而碎斑熔岩及花岗斑岩中黑云母的镁含量较低。结合黑云母、斜长石矿物的化学特征及前人的工作研究,相山碎斑熔岩和花岗斑岩的物质来源主要是壳源,没有明显地幔物质的加入,而石英二长斑岩有一定量的地幔物质的加入,并且这个地幔物质的加入发生在石英二长斑岩的黑云母开始结晶之前。     

湖北铜绿山铜铁矿床中煌斑岩的矿物学特征及岩石成因初探

湖北铜绿山矽卡岩型铜铁矿床处于长江中下游铁铜成矿带西部的鄂东南矿集区。最近我们在该矿区工作中采集到两条侵入于含矿石英二长闪长玢岩中的煌斑岩脉。本文对这些煌斑岩脉进行了详细的镜下岩相学观察,并对其中造岩矿物黑云母、辉石和长石进行了电子探针成分分析。根据这些数据本文论述了煌斑岩的物源、形成环境以及岩浆体系的物理化学条件。研究表明,煌斑岩中云母为富镁黑云母,其形成的岩浆体系处于中低氧逸度(近Ni-Ni O);黑云母与全岩都具有高钛特征,表明煌斑岩的物源深度可能来自较深部地幔(如软流圈)。煌斑岩中辉石为单斜辉石,环带较为发育,有韵律环带和正环带,其韵律环带的形成可能是由于岩浆温压环境存在振荡性变化而形成的。铜绿山矿床中煌斑岩属于云煌岩;其岩浆来源具幔源性,受到地壳的混染作用不强。     

唐古拉山北坡中新世霓辉石正长岩的地球化学特征、时代及构造意义

阿多霓辉石正长岩是分布在唐古拉山北坡的碱性侵入岩,岩石中含有大量的霓辉石、白榴石、霞石等碱性矿物。侵入体具有明显的分带性,其中心的白榴石霓辉石正长岩为典型的碱性岩,而边部或呈岩脉状出现的霓辉石正长斑岩为酸性程度较高的霓辉石正长岩,岩石具有富钾、高硅和低铁镁的特点,稀土元素配分型式呈轻稀土元素富集型,无Eu异常。霓辉石正长岩侵入于早—中侏罗世雁石坪群中,上新世曲果组不整合于其上。在黑云母霓辉石正长斑岩中获得了10.71Ma±0.08Ma和11.26Ma±0.16Ma正长石和黑云母的Ar39/Ar40坪年龄,其侵位时代为中新世。构造环境分析结果显示其形成于后造山构造环境。这表明在10Ma左右青藏高原处在构造体制转换时期,这些碱性岩是造山带崩塌早期阶段的产物。     

豫西火神庙石英闪长岩的矿物学特征及其意义

火神庙岩体位于华北陆块南缘栾川矿集区西部,为一杂岩体,主要由石英闪长岩、二长花岗岩和花岗斑岩组成,其中石英闪长岩出露于边部,构成了岩体的主体。为准确厘定石英闪长岩的形成过程以及形成的物理化学条件,并为进一步确定火神庙钼矿床成因提供依据,对主要造岩矿物(斜长石、钾长石、角闪石和黑云母)成分进行了详细的研究。结果显示石英闪长岩中的斜长石主要为中长石,可分为“正环带”斜长石、“反环带”斜长石和“韵律环带”斜长石;钾长石为正长石;角闪石为镁角闪石;黑云母属于原生镁质- 铁质黑云母。石英闪长岩形成过程中岩浆经历了多期演化：早期岩浆稳定结晶,结晶出An=30～35的斜长石;中期岩浆含水量增加,斜长石An值显著升高,An=39～42;晚期岩浆稳定结晶、含水量降低,结晶出An=42～28的斜长石。岩浆结晶温度为798～830℃、结晶压力上限为198～242MPa、氧逸度为-14～-13。镁铁质岩浆较高的氧逸度、温度及Cl含量与火神庙钼矿床的形成密切相关。     

硅酸盐细菌在矿物表面上的吸附及其选择性——以正长石和黑云母为例

以硅酸盐细菌和正长石、黑云母为实验材料,研究了正长石和黑云母单独存在以及二者共存时,吸附时间和细菌浓度对硅酸盐细菌在其表面上吸附行为的影响。研究结果表明:1)硅酸盐细菌在正长石和黑云母上单位面积吸附量达到最大的时间分别为40min和30min,对应的细菌浓度分别为25×106个/mL和30×106个/mL;2)在细菌浓度相同时,无论是在正长石和黑云母单一矿物体系还是在二者共存体系中,正长石表面的单位面积吸附量始终大于黑云母;3)在正长石和黑云母共存体系中,硅酸盐细菌倾向于选择性吸附在正长石上,而且细菌浓度越大这种倾向越明显。实验结果有可能为研究矿物的微生物风化机理提供重要的信息。     

穆隆套金矿床（西乌兹别克斯坦）的成岩模式

总结了穆隆套矿床的地质构造、岩石学和矿物学资料，提出了能解释其金矿化发育范围大、金的成色高的成因观点。矿床产于通过内生作用富集碳和金的陆源岩石建造中，形成于流体－岩浆交代陆源岩石的过程中，此过程伴有金的富集及其淋滤净化。金矿石以花岗质和花岗正长质煌斑岩所固有的矿物共生组合（黑云母＋斜长石＋石英＋正长石）和成分为特征。伴随煌斑岩的侵入，陆源围岩层发生了碳质交代作用、黑云母化、进化变质作用和分散状矿化     

广西燕山期马其岗二长斑岩的矿物学特征及其成因

华南晚中生代侵入岩的成因与演化一直是地学界探索的焦点问题之一.本次对广西马其岗二长斑岩的斑晶矿物进行了矿物学特征及成因意义研究,查明该二长斑岩斑晶主要由斜长石、钾长石、斜方辉石和单斜辉石组成,基质主要由隐晶质、黑云母微晶和长石微晶等组成.斑晶斜长石属于中长石(An=30.17～49.36),发育韵律环带和正环带;钾长石属于正长石w(Qr)为63.70％～80.74％,发育条纹和环带;辉石全部属于Ca-Mg-Fe辉石族;斜方辉石的端元组分w(B)范围为Wo为2.85％～4.75％,En为38.29％～46.65％,Fs为49.09％～58.86％.单斜辉石的端元组分w(B)范围为Wo为41.45％～42.05％,En为32.67％～33.43％,Fs为24.52％～25.83％;辉石总体上均为低w(TiO2),w(Al2O3)和w(Na2O)的特点,斜方铁辉石具有拉斑系列的演化特征,普通辉石具有钙碱性系列的演化特征.依此认为:岩浆在由深部向浅部运移过程中发生了岩浆混合作用.     

湘南多金属矿集区燕山期成矿花岗岩的造岩矿物特征及其成因意义

湘南地区燕山期成矿花岗岩有3种类型,其主要造岩矿物化学成分和种属明显不同;矿物的化学成分变异特征均显示出壳幔岩浆混合成因的特点：①角闪石均属于钙质角闪石亚类。②MC型早期次花岗岩中的黑云母多属镁质黑云母;CM型晚期次花岗岩中的黑云母主要为铁质黑云母;C型花岗岩中的黑云母主要为铁叶云母-铁黑云母,且多为铁锂黑云母。3类型花岗岩中黑云母的成分变异呈线型关系,暗示有成因联系。③3类型花岗岩中斜长石有明显区别,MC型多为中长石,CM的多为更长石,C型多为钠长石。斜长石环带构造发育程度不同,CM型早期次单元花岗岩中的斜长石环带最发育。④CM型花岗岩及其暗色微粒包体中的碱性长石主要属于相对富钾的正长石,包体中的个别属歪长石,表明其形成温度较高;C型花岗岩中碱性长石为相对贫钾的钠正长石及微斜长石。⑤造岩矿物特征和成分变异显示了成矿花岗岩的形成与壳幔岩浆混合作用有关,形成MC型和CM型早期次单元花岗岩的岩浆演化主要是岩浆混合作用,而CM型花岗岩晚期次的花岗岩类和C型花岗岩类的岩浆演化可能还存在分离结晶作用。     

粤西银岩—锡坪地区燕山晚期花岗岩类成岩特征、演化规律及其与锡、钼、钨成矿关系研究

银岩—锡坪地区燕山晚期花岗岩类划分为两个阶段三次侵入。第一阶段有花岗斑岩、石英斑岩两次侵入;第二阶段为中细粒黑云母钾长化岗岩。燕山晚期花岗岩类属板块内部张性构造环境理形成的陆壳改造型花岗岩类,定位浅,其分布明显受北西构造带控制。研究花岗岩特征与锡、钼、钨矿床成矿火系,认为第一阶段花岗斑岩与斑岩型锡钼矿床有关,第二阶段黑云母钾长共花岗岩与云英岩锡钨钼矿化关系密切。     

西藏甲玛铜多金属矿含矿斑岩黑云母和角闪石矿物化学特征

甲玛超大型铜多金属矿床位于冈底斯成矿带东段,矿体主要包括矽卡岩型、斑岩型、角岩型和独立金矿体4种类型。矿床中酸性侵入体中广泛发育岩浆黑云母,部分岩体较发育角闪石。本文在全面开展矿区地质调查和详细的钻孔岩芯编录的基础上,对含矿二长花岗斑岩和含矿花岗闪长斑岩中的岩浆黑云母以及含矿花岗闪长斑岩中的角闪石开展了矿物学及矿物化学研究,以揭示其成岩成矿意义。研究结果表明,二长花岗斑岩和花岗闪长斑岩中的岩浆黑云母为镁质黑云母,具有富镁高钛、高铝低硅、富钾贫钠的特点。与花岗闪长斑岩相比,二长花岗斑岩中的岩浆黑云母具有较低的TiO₂、FeO^T、MgO、MnO、Na₂O、BaO含量,较高的Al₂O₃和SiO₂含量。花岗闪长斑岩中的角闪石属于阳起石,具有高硅低铝钛、富镁钙贫钠钾等特征。黑云母和角闪石温度计计算结果显示,含矿二长花岗斑岩中黑云母结晶温度为740.1~783.8℃,平均为762.4℃;含矿花岗闪长斑岩中黑云母结晶温度为750.3~766.9℃,平均为757.2℃;含矿花岗闪长斑岩中角闪石结晶温度为654.1~698.9℃,平均为680.3℃。黑云母和角闪石矿物化学特征指示,二长花岗斑岩和花岗闪长斑岩为造山带钙碱性岩系、Ⅰ型花岗岩,具有壳幔混源的特征。二长花岗斑岩和花岗闪长斑岩具有较高的氧逸度（NNO以上）及水含量,有利于铜、钼等成矿物质进入成矿流体中。     

Thermal expansion of plagioclase feldspars

The volume thermal expansion coefficient and the anisotropy of thermal expansion were determined for nine natural feldspars with compositions, in terms of albite (NaAlSi₃O₈, Ab) and anorthite (CaAl₂Si₂O₈, An), of Ab₁₀₀, An₂₇Ab₇₃, An₃₅Ab₆₅, An₄₆Ab₅₄, An₆₀Ab₄₀, An₇₈Ab₂₂, An₈₉Ab₁₁, An₉₆Ab₄ and An₁₀₀ by high resolution powder diffraction with a synchrotron radiation source. Unit-cell parameters were determined from 124 powder patterns of each sample, collected over the temperature range 298–935 K. The volume thermal expansion coefficient of the samples determined by a linear fit of V/V ₀ = α(T − T ₀) varies with composition (X _An in mol %) as:

河北武安坦岭多斑斜长斑岩的成因:冻结岩浆房活化机制

流变学实验表明,当岩浆中晶体体积分数达到约50vol%时,岩浆体实际上处于冻结状态,不再具有整体迁移的能力。但在自然界中仍存在含大量斑晶的浅成火成岩和火山岩。因此,富晶体岩浆的上升过程和侵位机制是近年来地球科学领域关注的热点之一。目前,冻结岩浆房的活化机制主要有二种:升温活化机制和流体活化机制。河北武安坦岭地区新发现的多斑斜长斑岩为揭示冻结岩浆房的活化提供了契机。野外观察和晶体粒度分布(CSD)分析表明,坦岭斜长斑岩中斜长石斑晶高达70vol%,基质为显微晶质结构。斜长石斑晶粒径分布均一,大小约为3.1×1.7mm;显微镜观察和背散射图像揭示,斜长石斑晶具环带结构,由宽广的斜长石核部+宽度可变的条纹长石边部组成,且无熔蚀现象;电子探针成分剖面分析表明,斑晶核部成分为更长石(An_(27)Ab_(71)Or_2),幔部为更长石(An_(13)Ab_(83)Or_4),边部为条纹长石。边部条纹长石的成分有一定变化,从内侧到外侧,主晶钠长石成分由Ab_(53)Or_(47)变为Ab_(99)Or_1,客晶钾长石成分由Ab_(48)Or_(51)变为Ab3Or97。斑晶斜长石核部存在细长条状或斑点状钾长石,且越靠近中心,钾长石斑点的数量越少。这些特点表明,边部条纹长石为交代成因。稀土和微量元素分析则显示,边部条纹长石具弱正Eu异常,相对富集LREE和K、Rb、Ba、Sr等大离子亲石元素,亏损Th、Zr、Nb的特点。CSD相关图解及以上特征表明,斜长石斑晶形成于稳定,封闭的结晶环境,并受到晚期碱交代作用的改造。基质主要由微粒钙质角闪石,条纹长石,石英,钾长石和钠长石组成,含少量自形-半自形磁铁矿和钛铁矿、磷灰石、榍石、金红石和锆石等11种矿物组成。11种矿物相和结构特征暗示基质形成于极端不稳定的结晶环境,与斜长石斑晶形成条件鲜明对照。根据基质的矿物组成,推测形成基质的岩浆具有富含K、Na、Fe、Si和挥发分的特征。这种特征与上述关于条纹长石环边形成条件的判断一致。据此,本文认为:产生斜长石斑晶的岩浆曾经在地壳深部作过长时间滞留,导致了斜长石的稳定结晶,增加了岩浆的粘度和密度,使岩浆处于冻结状态;富碱高铁熔体-流体流的注入大幅降低了岩浆的总粘度,并提高了岩浆的浮力,从而促使冻结岩浆房迅速活化和上升侵位;同时,富碱高铁熔体-流体流强烈交代了先存的斜长石斑晶,使其边部形成条纹长石;这种熔体-流体流则在快速排气,冷却过程中迅速结晶,形成了具有不平衡矿物组合的显微晶质基质。在岩浆侵入体较深部位,富碱高铁熔体-流体经历了很缓慢的固结过程,而相分离产生的流体有可能萃取携带岩浆中的铁质,形成富Fe流体流,后者可能对区内"铁矿浆"型铁矿的形成具有重要的贡献。     

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987113000893

Two petrologically distinct alkali feldspar syenite bodies （AFS-1 and AFS-2） from Chhotaudepur area, Deccan Large Igneous Province are reported in the present work. AFS-1 is characterized by hypidio-morphic texture and consists of feldspar （Or55Ab43 to Or25Ab71）, ferro-pargasite/ferro-pargasite horn-blende, hastingsite, pyroxene （Wo47, En5, Fs46）, magnetite and biotite. AFS-2 exhibits panidiomorphic texture with euhedral pyroxene （Wo47-50, En22-39, Fs12e31） set in a groundmass matrix of alkali feldspar （Or99Ab0.77 to Or1.33Ab98）, titanite and magnetite. In comparison to AFS-1, higher elemental concentra-tions of Ba, Sr and PREE are observed in AFS-2. The average peralkaline index of the alkali feldspar syenites is w1 indicating their alkaline nature. Variation discrimination diagrams involving major and trace elements and their ratios demonstrate that these alkali feldspar syenites have a shoshonite affinity but emplaced in a within-plate and rifting environment. No evidence of crustal contamination is perceptible in the multi-element primitive mantle normalized diagram as well as in terms of trace elemental ratios. The enrichment of incompatible elements in the alkali feldspar syenites suggests the involvement of mantle metasomatism in their genesis.     

白云鄂博的氟碳钡铈矿

氟碳钡铈矿(Cordylite)BaCe₂(CO₃)₃ F₂本世纪初首先发现于格陵兰纳尔萨尔苏克(Narssarssuk)的碱性正长伟晶岩脉中,与霓石、氟碳铈钙矿、柱星叶石和碳锶铈矿共生。1965年该矿物又发现于我国白云鄂博西矿区热液交代的元古代白云岩中。1975年,加拿大魁北克省圣赫莱山(Mont st. Hilaire,Quebec)的霞石正长岩中的伟晶岩脉中也发现了这一矿物,它与方沸石、霓石和钠闪石共生。     

The morphology and chemistry of K-feldspar megacrysts from Ikizdere Pluton: evidence for acid and basic magma interactions in granitoid rocks, NE-Turkey

Ikizdere Pluton consists of granite, granodiorite, tonalite, monzonite, quartz monzonite containing pinkish colored K-feldspar megacrysts (KFMs). The crystal sizes of the KFMs range from 1 to 4 cm. The lath-shaped megacrysts are uniformly (i.e., randomly) distributed in the host plutonic rocks and have mafic and felsic inclusions whose crystal sizes are smaller than 1 mm. The crystal inclusions are biotite, slightly annitic in composition with X_Mg[=Fe_tot/(Fe_tot+Mg)]=0.50-0.58, amphibole (magnesio-hornblende, X_Mg[=Mg/(Mg+Fe_tot)]=0.70-0.79), iron-titanium oxide (low titanium magnetit and ilmenite), plagioclase (Ab₇₅₋₂₅An₆₅₋₃₅) and as minor quartz. The compositions of the KFMs range from Or₉₅Ab₅An₀ to Or₈₂Ab₁₇An₁. BaO contents of the megacrysts increase from core to rim. The mafic and felsic inclusions are compositionally similar those of the host rocks.The chemical and textural features of K-feldspar are typical for megacrysts that grew as phenocrysts in dynamic granitoidic magma systems. The overgrowth of KFMs and mafic magma injections (magma mixing) may be related to temperature, pressure and compositional fluctuations in the magma chamber. Remnant of earlier formed K-feldspar crystals remain in the felsic magma system, while the mafic injection can decompose some earlier precipitated KFMs. The remnant of K-feldspar remaining after mafic injection are overgrown by rapid diffusion of Ba, K and Na elements in liquid phase, during the later stages of crystallization of the host magma.     

Twinning and exsolution in an antiperthite

An antiperthite feldspar (composition of the main part An_27.2 Ab_69.2Or_3.6) has been studied by x-rays and transmission electron microscopy. Complex twinning and exsolution on very fine scale are described for the first time for this compositional range. Evidence is given for a distinct intermediate region between the plagioclase and the potash feldspar. The formation of the crystal probably involves partial replacement, at least two step exsolution, and transformation of monoclinic plagioclase to triclinic plagioclase.     

Solubility of water-hydrogen fluid in haplogranite,albite, and sodium disilicate melts

Solubility curves of water-hydrogen fluid were studied using a high-pressure gas apparatus at a pressure of 200 MPa under variable fluid composition in haplogranite (Ab ₃₉ Or ₃₂ Qtz ₂₉, 950°C), Na-disilicate (Na₂Si₂O₅, 950°C), and albite melts (1200°C). The mole fraction of hydrogen in experiments was controlled directly by Ar-H₂ mixtures using a specially designed cell with a Shaw membrane. $ X_{H_2 }^{Ar - H_2 } $ X_{H_2 }^{Ar - H_2 } ranged from 0 to 1. In some experiments with haplogranite and Na-disilicate melts under oxidizing conditions, in order to increase the accuracy of experimental parameters, the fugacities of oxygen and hydrogen were controlled using the double-capsule technique and the solid-phase buffer mixtures Ni-NiO (NNO) and Co-CoO (CCO). The addition of H₂ to the H₂O-saturated systems ($ X_{H_2 }^{H_2 O - H_2 } $ X_{H_2 }^{H_2 O - H_2 } ≥ 0.012) results in the appearance of a distinct maximum on the solubility curves at $ X_{H_2 }^{H_2 O - H_2 } $ X_{H_2 }^{H_2 O - H_2 } = 0.05–0.07 (H₂ mole fractions were calculated for real H₂O-H₂ mixtures of real gases), and the maximum content of H₂O-H₂ fluid increases relative to the H₂O-saturated melts by 1.51 wt % for haplogranite melt at $ X_{H_2 } $ X_{H_2 } = 0.063, 2.68 wt % for albite melt at $ X_{H_2 } $ X_{H_2 } = 0.066, and 3.54 wt % for Na-disilicate melt at $ X_{H_2 } $ X_{H_2 } = 0.067. A further increase in H₂ content in the gas mixture decreases the solubility of H₂O-H₂ fluid in the melts, and under pure H₂ pressure, the contents of fluid components are 0.08 wt % in haplogranite melt and 0.06 wt % in albite melt. The ¹H NMR study of aluminosilicate and Na-silicate glasses obtained under the pressure of H₂O and H₂O-H₂ fluids suggests different mechanisms of the dissolution of H₂O and H₂O-H₂ fluids in magmatic melts. In addition to the spectra of dissolved water fluid, the spectra of quenched glasses synthesized under H₂O-H₂ fluid pressure exhibited a narrow line of molecular hydrogen with a width at half height of 1.8–2.0 kHz at $ X_{H_2 } $ X_{H_2 } ≥ 0.653 for albite and $ X_{H_2 } $ X_{H_2 } ≥ 0.063 for Na-disilicate and two lines at $ X_{H_2 } $ X_{H_2 } ≥ 0.063 for the haplogranite composition.     

Mineralogy of silicate inclusions of the Colomera IIE iron and crystallization of Cr-diopside and alkali feldspar from a partial melt

We studied the mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and compositions of 48 interior silicate inclusions and a large K-rich surface inclusion from the Colomera IIE iron meteorite. Common minerals in the interior silicate inclusions are Cr diopside and Na plagioclase (albite). They are often enclosed by or coexist with albitic glasses with excess silica and minor Fe-Mg components. This mineral assemblage is similar to the “andesitic” material found in the Caddo County IAB iron meteorite for which a partial melt origin has been proposed. The fairly uniform compositions of Cr diopside (Ca₄₄Mg₄₆Fe₁₀) and Na plagioclase (Or_2.5Ab_90.0An_7.5 to Or_3.5Ab_96.1An_0.4) in Colomera interior inclusions and the angular boundaries between minerals and metal suggest that diopside and plagioclase partially crystallized under near-equilibrium conditions from a common melt before emplacement into molten metal. The melt-crystal assemblage has been called “crystal mush.” The bulk compositions of the individual composite inclusions form an array between the most diopside-rich inclusion and plagioclase. This is consistent only with a simple mechanical mixing relationship, not a magmatic evolution series. We propose a model in which partly molten metal and crystal mush were mixed together by impact on the IIE parent body. Other models involving impact melting of the chondritic source material followed by growth of diopside and plagioclase do not easily explain near equilibrium growth of diopside and Na plagioclase, followed by rapid cooling. In the K-rich surface inclusion, K feldspar, orthopyroxene, and olivine were found together with diopside for the first time. K feldspar (sanidine, Or_92.7Ab_7.2An_0.1 to Or_87.3Ab_11.0An_1.7) occurs in an irregular veinlike region in contact with large orthopyroxene crystals of nearly uniform composition (Ca_1.3Mg_80.5Fe_17.8 to Ca_3.1Mg_78.1Fe_18.9) and intruding into a relict olivine with deformed-oval shape. Silica and subrounded Cr diopside are present within such K-feldspar regions. Some enrichments of the albite component have been detected at the end of curved elongated nodules of K feldspar intruded into the mafic silicates. The textural relationships suggest that a K-rich melt was present. A K-rich melt is neither the first melt of a chondritic system nor a differentiation product of a Na-rich partial melt of chondritic material. The K-rich material may have originated as a fluid phase that leached K from surrounding materials and segregated by a mechanism similar to that proposed for the Na-rich inclusions.     

Crystal chemical significance of chemical zoning in dissakisite-(Ce)

Dissakisites from Trimouns dolomite mine, France, have two kinds of single crystals: chemical-zoned and homogeneous types. Back-scattered electron microprobe (BSE) images of these dissakisites reveal both Ca–Al rich dark zones and Fe-ΣREE rich bright zones. Crystal structures of three dark and two bright zones in a chemical-zoned dissakisite and of a homogeneous zone in unzoned dissakisite were refined to individual R indices (about 3.0–5.0%) based on 1,400 observed [|F ₀| > 4σF ₀] reflections measured with MoKα X-radiation using the single crystal diffractometer. The differences in brightness between their BSE images arise from those in coupled substitutions of the elements occupying A2 and M3 sites. The main reason for these differences is that ten-coordinated A2 polyhedra and M3 octahedra are directly linked through their shared edge, which creates a great potential for making this coupled substitution. This zoning indicates that formation of the whole zoned crystal, where each zone could be grown steadily with its crystallographic axes mutually parallel to each other, may be identified as autoepitaxy.     

Origin of dyke swarms in Wadi El Redi-Wadi Lahami area,southern Eastern Desert of Egypt

Dykes predominate within the Neoproterozoic rocks, especially granites, of Wadi El Redi-Wadi Lahami area in the southern Eastern Desert of Egypt. The dyke swarms form three major suites: from the oldest to the youngest, they are basaltic andesite—Suite 1 (E-W and ENE-WSW), rhyolite—Suite 2 (NE-SW), and andesite—Suite 3 (NNE-SSW, NNW-SSE, and NW-SE). Despite the wide ranges of the dyke compositions, the feldspar and amphibole are usually the essential forming minerals. The plagioclase arrays between Ab_0.9An_99.10 in the basaltic andesite and Ab_98.80An_0.70 in the rhyolite, while sanidine ranges from Or_44.60Ab_49.70 to Or_98.40Ab_1.60. Amphibole in Suite 1 and 3 (Al₂O₃, TiO₂, Na₂O, and K₂O are the lowest and those of SiO₂ and CaO are the highest) samples are usually magnesio-hornblende, whereas it is edenite and tschermakite in Suite 2 dykes. Despite all parent magmas have calc-alkaline affinity, some elements such as Ni show an erratic behavior against the progressing differentiation from one magma chamber and implying for an assimilation of the country rocks. The high contents of amphibole, the depletion in Ti, and the enrichment in large-ion lithophile elements (such as K, Rb, Ba, Sr, and Ba) compared to the primitive mantle composition are consistent with parent hydrous melts generated due to extension above the subduction zone. The estimated compositions of liquids in equilibrium with amphiboles and the pressures at which they crystallized (4.61–7.8 kbar for the Suite 2 and 1.5–2 kbar for the Suites 1 and 3) are greatly varied. These are indications for a difference in the source regions of the parent magmas of the studied dykes. It is supposed that the Suite 1 and 2 dykes are a conjugate set emplaced due to the NW-SE crustal extension in the Arabian-Nubian shield, whereas the Suite 3 dykes generated due to the rifting along the Red Sea.