论信阳地区珍珠云母的成因和意义

产于变余糜棱岩带中的原生珍珠云母首见于我国信阳地区。变余糜棱岩的矿物成分主要是珍珠云母、白色云母、十字石和石英,而且其中的珍珠云母、白色云母和十字石都呈变余残斑存在,所以,这些残斑矿物应是糜棱岩化前原岩中的原生变晶矿物。据实验资料,珍珠云母++字石+石英组合形成的温压条件为600—700MPa,560—650℃,fo_2=10~(-12)Pa。这正是一般含十字石和蓝晶石等变度带角闪岩相变质作用的温压条件。因此,珍珠云母++字石+石英组合完全可以成为角闪岩相变质作用的标志。     

我国的首例原生珍珠云母

珍珠云母,这种二八面体层状硅酸盐矿物,以前只知它们常见于富铝矿床中70年代中后期,方知它们是低至中级变质岩中并不少见的一类标准变质岩矿物,可是至今在我国的变质岩石学研究中却很少报道。我们研究的珍珠云母首先见于河南信阳地区,它是我国变质岩中的首例原生珍珠云母。信阳地区的珍珠云母产于时代有争议的信阳群龟小组变余糜棱岩中。珍珠云母在变余糜棱岩中呈鱼形残斑定向分布,并有复杂褶皱发育。和珍珠云母同期共生的矿物还有多硅白云母,十字石,石榴石和石英。前三者也多为变形残斑,石墨则为珍珠云母和白色云母中的包体,石     

竹山下铀矿床成矿过程探讨

对竹山下铀矿床中蚀变糜棱岩的矿物成分进行了研究,发现了一种新型Ｕ－Ｗ共生的蚀变糜棱岩型铀矿床,铀矿物主要是晶质铀矿;指出相应的成矿作用为燕山早期（１６５×１０６ａ±）气热高温热液铀成矿作用。     

大别山榴辉岩富流体退变质阶段的白色云母

大别山榴辉岩的退变质过程可分为贫流体、弱流体和富流体3个阶段。贫流体阶段的主要作用是榴辉岩造岩矿物的重结晶、同质多象转变和固溶体出溶;弱流体阶段有少量流体参与,并且其压力、温度较高,形成的白色云母主要为多硅白云母;富流体阶段在大量流体参与下,形成大量的低压含水矿物,其中包括多种白色云母。富流体阶段早期的白色云母主要为多硅白云母,其Si原子数介于6．5pfu和7．2pfu之间;晚期白色云母成分复杂,包括钠云母、白云母和珍珠云母。黑云母是退变质作用最晚期形成的云母。退变质云母具环带结构,其内带为钠云母,中带为白云母和珍珠云母的交生体,外带为黑云母。     

河台金矿伽马能谱K异常成因探讨

河台金矿是一个典型的与韧性剪切带有关的金矿床,也是目前粤西、桂东南已发现的最大的金矿床。为了给深边部的找矿提供科学依据,本文对河台金矿伽马能谱K异常进行了研究。河台金矿动力变质分异期、热液期与表生期生成的富钾矿物只有绢云母,表明本区引起伽马能谱K高异常的应为绢云母。这些绢云母可能成因于糜棱岩化过程与金-黄铁矿-石英热液蚀变过程中斜长石的绢云母化。其中,糜棱岩化过程引起的K高异常具有异常宽度小的特点,且具有指示糜棱岩带与矿体位置的意义。金-黄铁矿-石英阶段引起的K高异常具有异常宽度大的特点,且主要发育于糜棱带与不同岩性的接触带。伽马能谱K低异常则可能成因于热液成矿期中金-石英-多金属硫化物阶段的热液蚀变作用及低钾花岗伟晶岩脉的侵入。     

辽宁排山楼金矿围岩的岩石学特征

排山楼地区变质作用的主要因素为热量(约600℃)、化学活动流体和压力(地压应力和挤压应力).地壳震动是造成本区造山作用的原因.这种现象与板块构造理论相吻合.矿物分异作用序列为:首先,受火成侵入活动的影响,产生片麻岩、糜棱岩、花岗岩;然后,经历地压和挤压的作用;最后,发生各种类型蚀变作用,包括绢云母化、硅化、碳酸岩化、方解石化、绿泥石化、脱氧作用等.排山楼金矿成矿模式可概述如下:a)成矿作用为热液蚀变型,矿床赋存在太古宙变质岩大型韧性剪切带中;b)矿体产于裂隙中;c)矿体形态与岩脉和细脉形态一致;d)围岩经历了强烈的蚀变作用;e)黄铁矿是最重要的富金矿物,热液流体来源于侵入体,在流经破碎带和裂隙带后,在围岩中沉积黄铁矿.主要岩石类型有花岗岩、角闪岩、片岩、片麻岩和糜棱岩.区内广泛发育青盘岩化、泥化和绢云母化蚀变作用.主要蚀变矿物有石英、黄铁矿、白云母、绢云母、绿帘石、黑云母、微斜长石、方解石、角闪石、云母和锆石.矿体主要赋存在花岗岩和片麻岩中.主要蚀变作用为绢云母化、黑云母化、硅化和方解石化.蚀变过程中,铁氧化物(铁帽、云母)覆于贫硫酸盐矿石表面.蚀变类型有青盘岩化(黏土)、泥化和绢云母化.通常,氧化铁与黏土矿物的混合影响卫星影像中光谱的反射.利用遥感技术方法,适于这类矿床的进一步预测研究.     

辽宁排山楼金矿围岩的岩石学特征

排山楼地区变质作用的主要因素为热量(约600℃)、化学活动流体和压力(地压应力和挤压应力).地壳震动是造成本区造山作用的原因.这种现象与板块构造理论相吻合.矿物分异作用序列为:首先,受火成侵入活动的影响,产生片麻岩、糜棱岩、花岗岩;然后,经历地压和挤压的作用;最后,发生各种类型蚀变作用,包括绢云母化、硅化、碳酸岩化、方解石化、绿泥石化、脱氧作用等.排山楼金矿成矿模式可概述如下:a)成矿作用为热液蚀变型,矿床赋存在太古宙变质岩大型韧性剪切带中;b)矿体产于裂隙中;c)矿体形态与岩脉和细脉形态一致;d)围岩经历了强烈的蚀变作用;e)黄铁矿是最重要的富金矿物,热液流体来源于侵入体,在流经破碎带和裂隙带后,在围岩中沉积黄铁矿.主要岩石类型有花岗岩、角闪岩、片岩、片麻岩和糜棱岩.区内广泛发育青盘岩化、泥化和绢云母化蚀变作用.主要蚀变矿物有石英、黄铁矿、白云母、绢云母、绿帘石、黑云母、微斜长石、方解石、角闪石、云母和锆石.矿体主要赋存在花岗岩和片麻岩中.主要蚀变作用为绢云母化、黑云母化、硅化和方解石化.蚀变过程中,铁氧化物(铁帽、云母)覆于贫硫酸盐矿石表面.蚀变类型有青盘岩化(黏土)、泥化和绢云母化.通常,氧化铁与黏土矿物的混合影响卫星影像中光谱的反射.利用遥感技术方法,适于这类矿床的进一步预测研究.     

芬兰早元古代普奥兰卡耶尔维组的变质与构造演化——Ⅱ.压力-温度-变形—组成轨迹

在适合于游离Mn的AMF相的石榴石缺失的不变点之上,增加六个相位不变点,运用早元古奥普兰卡耶尔维组的矽线石、红柱石、蓝晶石、绿泥石、堇青石、黑云母、石榴石和十字石之间的共生关系,连同矿物成分,为含大量Mn(MnO=0.1—0.5%)的变泥岩建立了成岩参数坐标图。     

桂北元宝山韧性剪切带糜棱岩矿物化学特征及变质条件

桂北元宝山花岗岩岩体内发育一条长约25～30 km,宽约8～10 km,呈NNE向延伸的韧性剪切带,代表性的构造岩类型为长英质糜棱岩,其主要矿物都发生了不同程度的脆性–韧性变形。本文对韧性剪切带中代表性糜棱岩样品进行了细致的显微观察,同时利用电子探针技术对糜棱岩中不同产状的黑云母、白云母和绿泥石进行了详细的成分分析。在此基础上采用绿泥石成分地质温度计、白云母–绿泥石地质温度计、白云母/黑云母Ti温度计,结合多硅白云母Si压力计展开变质–变形温压研究,以期合理解译糜棱岩化过程中变形作用对云母类矿物中放射性成因氩(⁴⁰Ar^*)保存能力的影响以及这些云母矿物的⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar定年结果是代表冷却年龄还是变形年龄,为进一步探讨该地区在加里东期及其后的构造–热演化历史打下良好基础。显微镜下观察显示,糜棱岩中的云母类矿物主要以大颗粒残斑和细粒基质两种形式存在,其产状和粒径存在着较大的区别。电子探针成分分析结果显示,残斑云母与基质中新生或重结晶云母在化学成分上具有较大差异:与基质中的新生或重结晶白云母相比,残斑白...     

信阳龟山地区变余糜棱岩的矿物学特征与热—构造演化史

通过对河南信阳龟山地区变余糜棱岩中不同产状的石榴石、黑云母及白云等矿物的矿物学特征及其反映的变质作用温压条件研究，建立了区内变余糜棱岩热－构造演化的三阶段模式；（１）原岩的深部加热和抬升；（２）中深部走滑剪切和逆冲推覆；（浅表层脆性断裂和火山岩浆活动。     

Occurrence and breakdown of paragonite and margarite in the Greiner Schiefer Series (Zillerthal Alps,Tyrol)

Margarite and Paragonite are found coexisting in amphibolites of the Untere Schieferhülle in the area of the upper Schlegeistal (Zillerthal Alps, Northern Tyrol). These amphibolites are metamorphosed under conditions of the low grade amphibolite facies. The chemical composition of the two micas was determined by the electron microprobe. A maximum of 14 Mol-% margarite and 18 Mol-% muscovite enters into the paragonite, the margarite being entered by 20 to 50 Mol-% paragonite and a maximum of 10 Mol-% muscovite. There seems to be a solubility gap between margarite and paragonite in a range between 15 and 50 Mol-% margarite.At their margins the margarites and paragonites breakdown into a mixture of feldspar and into a fine, microscopically not identifiable phase. Plagioclases having An 28 to An 42 result from breakdown of paragonite, feldspars between An 50 and An 60 probably arose from breakdown of margarite. A definite statement on this probelem is not possible because the smallness and the inhomogeneity of the feldspar grains.Based on the experimental data concerning the stability of margarite, paragonite (±quartz, ±CO₂) and kyanite, the P-T-range of the metamorphosis is discussed.     

Upper-pressure stability of synthetic margarite plus quartz

Thermodynamic calculations have shown that the dP/dT slope of the reaction 4 margarite+3 quartz5 kyanite +2 zoisite+3 H₂O as determined by Storre and Nitsch (1974) is too steep. This reaction has been reinvestigated using synthetic margarite, zoisite, kyanite, and natural quartz in the starting mixtures and using infrared spectroscopy to examine the run products. The experimentally determined dP/dT slope ranges between –2.2 and –17 bars/ K, which is in excellent agreement with predictions based on thermodynamics. An internally consistent set of univariant curves could be fitted to the experimental reversals for the above reaction and for the reactions margarite+ quartz anorthite+kyanite+H₂O and 2 zoisite+kyanite +quartz 4 anorthite+H₂O investigated by Nitsch et al. (1981) and Goldsmith (1981), respectively. Addition of up to 40 mol % of the component NaAl₂(Si₃Al) ·O₁₀(OH)₂ (paragonite) to margarite will increase the stability of the margarite solid solution plus quartz by 2–3 kbar without significantly affecting the dP/dT slope, making the paragenesis margarite plus quartz a good geobarometer.     

Zur Stabilität von Margarit im System CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O

An increasing number of occurrences of margarite have been reported in the last years. However, previous experimental investigations in the system CaO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O are limited to the synthesis of margarite and to the upper stability limit according to the reaction (1) 1 margarite?1 anorthite +1 corundum +1 H₂O (Chatterjee, 1971; Velde, 1971). Since margarite often occurs together with quartz, the upper stability limit of margarite in the presence of quartz is of special interest. Therefore, the reactions (5) 1 margarite +1 quartz ?1anorthite +1 kyanite/andalusite +1 H₂O and (6) 4 margarite+3 quartz ? 2 zoisite+5 kyanite+3 H₂O were investigated experimentally using mixtures of natural margarite (from Chester, Mass., USA), quartz, kyanite, andalusite, zoisite, and synthetic anorthite. The indicated equilibrium temperatures at water pressures equal to total pressure are: 515± 25°C at 4 kb, 545 ±15°C at 5 kb, 590±10°C at 7 kb, and 650±10°C at 9 kb for reaction (5), and 651±11°C at 10 kb, 648 ± 8°C at 12.5kb, and 643±13°C at 15kb for reaction (6), respectively. Besides this, additional brackets for equilibrium temperatures were determined for the above cited reaction (1): 520±10°C at 3 kb, 580±10°C at 5 kb, and 640± 20°C at 7 kb. On the basis of these experimentally determined reactions (1), (5), and (6) and of the reactions (3) 2 zoisite +1 kyanite? 4 anorthite +1 corundum +1 H₂O (7) 2 zoisite +1 kyanite +1 quartz ? 4 anorthite +1 H₂O and (10) 1 pyrophyllite ? 1 andalusite/kyanite+3 quartz+1 H₂O for which experimental or, in the case of reaction (3), calculated data were already available, a pressure-temperature diagram with 3 invariant points and 11 univariant reactions was developed using the method of Schreinemakers. This diagram, summarizing both experimental and phase relation studies, allows conclusions about the conditions under which margarite has been formed in nature. Margarite is limited to low grade metamorphism at water pressures up to approximately 3.5 kb; in the presence of quartz, margarite is even limited to low grade metamorphism at water pressures up to 5.5 kb. Only at water pressures higher than the values stated before margarite, and margarite+quartz, respectively, can occur in medium grade metamorphism (as defined by Winkler, 1970 and 1973). For the combined occurrence of margarite+quartz and staurolite as reported by Harder (1956) and Frey (personal communication, 1973) it may be estimated that water pressure has been greater than approximately 5.5 kb, wheras temperature has been in the range from 550 to 650°C. Furthermore, the present study shows that the assemblage zoisite+kyanite (+ H₂O) is an indicator of both pressure [P _{H 2 O}> approximately 9kb]and temperature [T> approximately 640 to 650° Cat water Pressures up to 15 kb].     

Margarite in kyanite- and corundum-bearing anorthosite,amphibolite, and hornblendite from central Fiordland,New Zealand

Margarite is both abundant and widespread throughout a sequence of interstratified amphibolite, hornblendite, and metamorphosed anorthosite from the upper Lyvia River, central Fiordland. These rock types comprise part of a metamorphosed layered intrusion. Assemblages recorded from these rocks are the product of two distinct phases of metamorphism. First generation assemblages typically comprise plagioclase (An_84–96), hornblende, kyanite, and minor corundum. Clinozoisite and chlorite occur as late stage breakdown products of plagioclase and hornblende. Margarite developed during the second phase of metamorphism.Within the corundum-bearing rocks replacement of corundum or plagioclase by margarite can be observed directly. On the basis of these observations the following reaction is evident: 1 corundum+1 anorthite+1H₂O=1 margarite.In other assemblages the formation of margarite can be attributed to the breakdown of kyanite and clinozoisite according to the reaction: 2 kyanite+2 clinozoisite=1 margarite+3 anorthite.Margarite is found, however, to contain appreciable amounts of paragonite solid-solution (up to 28 mol%) and plagioclase produced (second generation) is not pure anorthite but of intermediate compositions (An_46–62). The reaction therefore involves the introduction of both soda and silica. Margarite also crystallized independently of clinozoisite according to a reaction of the general form: 5 pargasite+17 kyanite+19 H₂O =8 margarite+4 chlorite+7 plagioclase.Application of available experimental data suggests that the margarite formed between 550 and 720 ° C up to a maximum pressure of 9.5 kb. Whereas the involvement of albite component (second generation plagioclase) will tend to lower the temperatures and pressures necessary for the occurrence of margarite, this effect is partially offset by the significant amounts of paragonite end-member held within the margarite. An independent estimate of the metamorphic conditions in metapelites suggests that the introduction of albite lowers equilibration temperatures by about 2 ° C for every 1% albite.     

An EMP and TEM--AEM Study of Margarite, Muscovite and Paragonite in Polymetamorphic Metabauxites of Naxos Cyclades, Greece) and the Implications of Fine-scale Mica Interlayering and Multiple Mica Generations

Coexisting white micas and plagioclase were studied by electronmicroprobe (EMP), and transmission and analytical electron microscopy(TEM—AEM) in greenschist- to amphibolite-grade metabauxitesfrom Naxos. The TEM—AEM studies indicate that sub-micronscale (0.01–1.0 µm thick) semicoherent intergrowthsof margarite, paragonite and muscovite are common up to loweramphibolite conditions. If unrecognized, such small-scale micainterlayering can easily lead to incorrect interpretation ofEMP data. Muscovite and paragonite in M₂ greenschist-grade Naxosrocks are mainly relics of an earlier high-pressure metamorphism(M₁). Owing to the medium-pressure M₂ event, margante occursin middle greenschist-grade metabauxites and gradually is replacedby plagioclase + corundum in amphibolite-grade metabauxites.The margarite displays minor ^IVAl_{3 VI}(Fe³⁺, Al) Si_-3 ^VI-_-1 andconsiderable (Na, K) SiCa_-1Al_-1 substitution, resulting in upto 44 mol% paragonite and 6 mol % muscovite in solution. Thecompositional variation of muscovite is mainly described by^VI(Fe²⁺, Mg) Si ^VI Al_-1^VI Al_-1 and _VI(Fe₃₊Al^-1) exchanges, thelatter becoming dominant at amphibolite grade, Muscovite issignificantly richer in Fe than margarite or paragonite. Ca—Na—Kpartitioning data indicate that margarite commonly has a significantlyhigher Na/(Na+ K+Ca) value than coexisting muscovite or plagioclase.Exceptions are found in several greenschist-grade rocks, inwhich M₁-formed mussovite may have failed to equilibrate withM₂ margarite. The sluggishness of K-rich micas to recrystallizeand adjust composidonally to changing P-T conditions is alsoreflected in the results of mus-covite-paragonite solvus thermometry.Chemical data for Ca—Na micas from this study and literaturedata indicate that naturally coexisting margarite—paragonitepairs display considerably less mutual solubility than suggestedby experimental work. The variable and irregular Na partitioningbetween margarite and muscovite as observed in many metamorphicrocks could largely be related to opposing effects of pressureon Na solubility in margarite and paragonite and/or non-equilibriumbetween micas. KEY WORDS: Ca—Na—K mica; margarite; metabauxite; Naxos; sub-micron-scale mica interlayering     

Coexisting phengite,paragonite and margarite in metasediments of the mittlere Hohe Tauern,Austria

The assemblages phengite-paragonite, phengite-margarite and phengite-paragonitemargarite are very common in metasediments of a N-S profile in the middle sector of the Hohe Tauern. The Si⁴⁺-content of phengite shows no regular change with increasing temperature from north to south along the profile. The variations in the d ₀₀₂ basal spacings of phengite coexisting with paragonite are not only dependent on the Na⁺ content of phengite but also on the Mg²⁺+Fe²⁺ content of the micas. Neither the sodium content in phengite nor the potassium content in paragonite shows any dependence on temperature. Chemical analyses of coexisting phengite, paragonite and margarite give the extent of the three-phase-region which is characterized by a small amount of margarite in paragonite (4 Mol%), by a large quantity of Na⁺ in margarite (28 Mol% paragonite), and limited miscibility between phengite and paragonite.     

Progressive Low-Grade Metamorphism of a Black Shale Formation, Central Swiss Alps, with Special Reference to Pyrophyllite and Margarite Bearing Assemblages

The unmetamorphosed equivalents of the regionally metamorphosedclays and marls that make up the Alpine Liassic black shaleformation consist of illite, irregular mixed-layer illite/montmorillonite,chlorite, kaolinite, quartz, calcite, and dolomite, with accessoryfeldspars and organic material. At higher grade, in the anchizonalslates, pyrophyllite is present and is thought to have formedat the expense of kaolinite; paragonite and a mixed-layer paragonite/muscovitepresumably formed from the mixed-layer illite/montmorillonite.Anchimetamorphic illite is poorer in Fe and Mg than at the diageneticstage, having lost these elements during the formation of chlorite.Detrital feldspar has disappeared. In epimetamorphic phyllites, chloritoid and margarite appearby the reactions pyrophyllite + chlorite = chloritoid + quartz+ H₂O and pyrophyllite + calcite ± paragonite = margarite+ quartz + H₂O + CO₂, respectively. At the epi-mesozone transition,paragonite and chloritoid seem to become incompatible in thepresence of carbonates and yield the following breakdown products:plagioclase, margarite, clinozoisite (and minor zoisite), andbiotite. The maximum distribution of margarite is at the epizone-mesozoneboundary; at higher metamorphic grade margarite is consumedby a continuous reaction producing plagioclase. Most of the observed assemblages in the anchi-and epizone canbe treated in the two subsystems MgO (or FeO)-Na₂O–CaO–Al₂O₃–(KAl₃O₅–SiO₂–H₂O–CO₂).Chemographic analyses show that the variance of assemblagesdecreases with increasing metamorphic grade. Physical conditions are estimated from calibrated mineral reactionsand other petrographic data. The composition of the fluid phasewas low in X_CO2 throughout the metamorphic profile, whereasX_CH4 was very high, particularly in the anchizone where a_H2Owas probably as low as 0.2. P-T conditions along the metamorphicprofile are 1–2 kb/200–300 °C in the anchizone(Glarus Alps), and 5 kb/500–550 °C at the epi-mesozonetransition (Lukmanier area). Calculated geothermal gradientsdecrease from 50 °C/km in the anchimetamorphic Glarus Alpsto 30 °C/km at the epi-mesozone transition of the Lukmanierarea.     

Formation of corundum megacrysts during H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O-saturated incongruent melting of feldspar: P–T pseudosection-based modelling from the Skattøra migmatite complex,North Norwegian Caledonides

Corundum megacryst-bearing rocks associated with the high-pressure migmatites of the Skattøra migmatite complex (SMC) belonging to the Nakkedal Nappe Complex, North Norwegian Caledonides, display a classical example of incongruent melting of plagioclase under water-saturated conditions. Petrography and micro-textures suggest that several centimetre long corundum megacrysts formed from the silicate melt along with amphibole (pargasite) and plagioclase (X_An ~ 0.47). The corundum-bearing leucosomes are rich in biotite compared to the other mafic units of SMC. Locally, margarite occurs in coronas around corundum megacrysts. Geochemically, the corundum-bearing rocks are enriched in Al, K, Rb and Ba and depleted in Fe, Mg and Ca compared to the leucogabbroic host rock. A P–T pseudosection of the leucogabbro indicates that feldspar breakdown and corundum formation occurred at temperatures >850 °C and pressure >1.2 GPa. The calculated equilibrium P–T of the corundum-bearing rock corresponds to 750–825 °C and 0.9–1.1 GPa. The P–T pseudosection of margarite indicates that margarite formed after cooling and decompression to P–T conditions corresponding to 600 °C at 0.5 GPa. Based on geochemical and mineral chemical analysis coupled with thermodynamic modelling, we suggest that formation of corundum occurred as a result of high-pressure incongruent melting of plagioclase in the presence of a K-, Rb- and Ba-rich external fluid. It is also suggested that the external fluid transported out portions of Ca, Fe and Mg, resulting in an increase of the peraluminousity of the melt and promoting further growth of corundum.     

Singularities in NCKFMASH (Na2O–CaO–K2O–FeO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O)

A new petrogenetic grid is presented for the system NCKFMASH (Na₂O–CaO–K₂O–FeO–MgO–Al₂O₃–SiO₂–H₂O), in which Ca is incorporated in garnet, and CaAlNa₋₁Si₋₁ solid solution is considered for both the plagioclase and white-mica structures. A compatibility diagram for plagioclase-bearing metapelitic assemblages within the NCKFMASH system also has been derived. A dominant feature of the NCKFMASH grid is the singularities and associated singular reactions which occur along plagioclase+margarite- and plagioclase+paragonite-bearing univariant equilibria. The singularities represent compositional coplanarities which occur in response to the CaAlNa₋₁Si₋₁ substitution occurring at different rates in plagioclase and white-mica. This is controlled by a fundamental difference in the mixing within the two mineral structures. The singularities give rise to a number of intriguing phase diagram features, including azeotropes. From the results presented here, it is predicted that the occurrence of margarite and paragonite in pelitic rocks is controlled by equilibria related to the singularities. The presence of these white-micas is strongly dependent upon bulk composition, and plagioclase-bearing, margarite/paragonite-free assemblages, typical of Barrovian-type terranes, are predicted for bulk compositions of Mg/(Mg+Fe)≈0.4 and Ca/(Ca+Na)≈0.4 at for example 5.5  kbar.     

Evolution of 2:1 layered silicates in low-grade metamorphosed Liassic shales of Central Switzerland

White mica from the Liassic black shales and slates in Central Switzerland was analysed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron microprobe to determine its textural and compositional evolution during very low-grade prograde metamorphism. Samples were studied from the diagenetic zone, anchizone and epizone (T ≈100°–450 °C). Phyllosilicate minerals analysed include illite/smectite (I/S), phengite, muscovite, brammallite, paragonite, margarite and glauconite. Textural evolution primarily is towards larger, more defect-free grains with compositions that approach those of their respective end-members. The smectite-to-illite transformation reduced the amounts of the exchange components SiK_?1Al_?1, MgSiAl_?2, and Fe³⁺Al_?1. These trends continue to a lesser degree in the anchizone and epizone. Correlations between the proportion of smectite in I/S and the composition of I/S indicate that smectite layers may contain a high layer charge. Illite in I/S bears a compositional resemblance to macrocrystalline phengite in some samples, but is different in others. Paragonite first appears in the upper diagenetic zone or lower anchizone as an interlayer-deficient brammallite, and it may be mixed with muscovite on the nanometre scale. Owing to the small calculated structure factor for paragonite-muscovite superstructures, conventional X-ray powder diffraction cannot distinguish between mixed-layer structures and a homogeneous compositionally intermediate solid solutions. However, indirect TEM evidence shows that irregularly shaped domains of Na- and K-rich mica exist below 10 nm. Subsequent coarsening of domains at higher grades produced discrete paragonite grains at the margins of muscovite crystals or in laths parallel to the basal plane of the host muscovite. Margarite appears in the epizone and follows a textural evolution similar to paragonite in that mixtures of margarite, paragonite, and muscovite may initially occur on the nanometre scale. However, no evidence of interlayer-poor margarite has been found.