班公湖-怒江成矿带西段阿翁错地区早白垩世花岗闪长岩的成因及构造背景——来自斜长石和黑云母化学成分的约束

阿翁错地区早白垩世花岗闪长岩位于班公湖-怒江成矿带西段,广泛发育暗色微粒包体,是研究岩浆混合作用的理想对象。本文从地质学、岩相学和矿物化学等方面对花岗闪长岩开展了详细研究。包体形态多样,与寄主岩呈渐变或截然型接触关系,包体与寄主岩之间相互穿插,接触带发育冷凝边,包体从寄主岩中捕获了大量捕虏晶矿物,包体和寄主岩中均见针状磷灰石。电子探针结果显示:具正环带特征的寄主岩斜长石An值变化范围不大,在48.16～59.05之间,具致密韵律环带特征,可能代表镁铁质岩浆注入长英质岩浆房前结晶的斜长石;具反环带特征斜长石的An值变化范围较大,核部An值为29.86,往外An值陡增至51.09,整体呈逐渐增大趋势,暗示存在富钙基性岩浆的加入;具正-反环带特征的寄主岩斜长石核部至中间区域An值变化相对复杂,具稀疏韵律环带结构特征,反映斜长石结晶过程中因岩浆混合作用岩浆房环境发生突变,随着混合作用持续进行,岩浆逐渐冷却,斜长石在静态环境下继续结晶形成干净的正环带边部;包体斜长石虽然存在正环带,但其An值变化范围较大,在28.63～62.40之间,核部An值高,边部An值骤然降低,可能是镁铁质岩浆与长英质岩浆...     

新疆西准噶尔夏尔莆岩体岩浆混合的岩相学证据

夏尔莆岩体由寄主岩石、微粒镁铁质包体和中基性岩墙群组成,具丰富、典型的岩浆混合岩相学特征.野外露头,寄主岩石中暗色矿物分布不均并发育暗色矿物集合体、微小的镁铁质包体和不均匀混合条带;包体具有明显的塑性变形,与寄主岩石或界线截然或渐变过渡,常发育反向脉和寄主岩石中的长石巨晶(捕虏晶);中基性岩墙群与微粒镁铁质包体紧密共生并延伸方向基本一致,发育寄主岩石中的长石捕虏晶,被寄主岩的反向脉横切.在镜下,包体与寄主岩混合带中均发育斜长石异常环带和多种不平衡矿物共生现象,包体中发育针状磷灰石.这些特征表明镁铁质包体和中基性岩墙群来源于与寄主岩石同一岩浆事件的基性岩浆,并与其发生了强烈的岩浆混合作用.岩相学特征为夏尔莆岩体岩浆混合成因提供了重要佐证.     

有关金刚石形成条件的讨论

在总结了近十几年来有关金刚石成因资料的基础上,结合笔者的实际研究,将原生金刚石划分为三种成因类型：金伯利岩和钾镁煌斑岩型、超镁铁质岩侵入体型及超高压榴辉岩和高压变质岩型。金伯利岩和钾镁煌斑岩型的金刚石结晶时代老,时间跨度长,在地台克拉通化至寄主岩浆侵位的漫长地质历史阶段中都可以形成和生长,金刚石中的复杂环带是这些事件的记录。金刚石的形成和生长过程可以在纯固相的环境,依赖于Ｃ微粒的固体扩散完成,但最佳的情况是有熔体和／或流体的参与。克拉通演化过程中夭折的金伯利岩岩浆、钾镁煌斑岩岩浆及碳酸岩岩浆活动,以及深部流体脉动式的作用都是金刚石生长的有利时期。超镁铁质岩侵入体型金刚石的形成可能与岩体在固态侵位前地幔深部熔融橄榄玄武岩或苦橄质玄武岩岩浆的作用有关,同时也伴随深部流体的活动。中国西藏罗布莎岩体中与金刚石共生的矿物组合有些和金伯利岩型金刚石共生的矿物相似,可作为其依据。超高压榴辉岩型及其它与板块俯冲相关的金刚石的形成则与体系中存在强的应力有关。上述认识与金刚石结晶于高温、高压的基本条件并不相悖,但熔体和／或流体及强应力的存在都可以降低金刚石结晶时所需的温压条件。     

东昆仑香加花岗质岩体中镁铁质包体成因:岩相学及地球化学证据

东昆仑造山带以广泛发育富含镁铁质包体的早-中三叠世花岗岩为主要特征,但目前尚缺乏对不同类型镁铁质包体系统的岩相学和矿物学研究.在本文中,我们选择了极具代表性的香加花岗岩体及其中包体为研究对象,从岩相学和矿物化学角度揭示了东昆仑地区壳幔岩浆相互作用的详细过程.研究表明包体发育眼球状石英、韵律环带斜长石和针状磷灰石等不平衡结构和快速结晶现象,指示存在岩浆混合作用,而似辉绿辉长结构包体代表了岩浆混合的基性端元.此外,长石的多阶段生长证明可能存在多次的岩浆混合过程.镁铁质包体相对寄主岩（Mg#值为0.39~0.56,Fe#值为0.44~0.62）具高Mg#和低Fe#特征.包体具有两类角闪石:一类结晶源自早期深部幔源岩浆（TiO₂=2.1%~2.9%,SiO₂=41.75%~44.49%）,另一类则起源于浅部壳幔混合作用（TiO₂=1.0%~1.8%,SiO₂=42.49%~48.10%）.部分黑云母具有高镁特征（MgO=9.78%~11.53%,Mg#=0.462~0.541）,与幔源成因黑云母成分相当.斜长石的韵律环带及化学组成指示其岩浆混合成因.幔源基性岩浆在5×108 bar（约18 km）左右深度结晶并形成高钛角闪石,玄武质岩浆底侵上升,并发生壳幔岩浆混合作用,混合的岩浆上升至2.5×108 bar（约8 km）左右深度结晶形成低钛角闪石.以上证据指示,东昆仑地区在三叠纪时期可能经历了多期次的岩浆混合作用,地幔岩浆的注入在地壳深熔作用和地壳生长过程中扮演了重要角色.广泛的壳幔岩浆相互作用可能是三叠纪时期阿尼玛卿洋板片断离的重要响应.      

新疆巴楚地区金伯利质角砾橄榄岩物质组成及含矿性研究

本文讨论出露于新疆巴楚瓦吉里塔格地区的一种角砾状超镁铁岩,其结构、成分复杂,由超镁铁岩包体、斑晶（或捕晶）及基质三部分构成。超镁铁岩包体常见单辉辉石岩、纯橄岩,其次有少量橄榄辉石岩。研究表明均属基性岩浆结晶岩,本次研究未见幔源橄榄岩包体;斑晶主要为橄榄石,次为金云母,基质由微晶（10~40μm）单斜辉石、钙铁榴石、钙钛矿、磁铁矿（或含钛磁铁矿）、蛇纹石、碳酸盐及金属硫化物等组成;捕晶包括单斜辉石、褐色角闪石、磷灰石、含钛磁铁矿等。多种地球化学判别图均指示其属金伯利岩类,但低MgO和低Mg#比值、高TFe2O3和CaO等区别于世界典型金伯利岩。与典型金伯利岩有相似之处,该类岩石均具有向右陡倾的REE配分型式,但（La/Yb）n比值略偏低;微量元素蛛网图也与典型金伯利岩基本一致,仅显示更加富集不相容元素,具有更显著K, Ti负异常,且部分样品出现Rb, Zr, P负异常,指示其源区地幔交代程度偏低。鉴于岩石的产状、结构构造、矿物组合和地球化学性质近似于金伯利岩,但缺少高铬铬铁矿、镁铝榴石、镁钛铁矿等金伯利岩指示矿物,故不属典型的金伯利岩,可称之为金伯利质角砾橄榄岩。就少量研究样品所示信息,该类岩石不具有寻找金刚石的潜在远景,但鉴于巴楚及邻区尚有许多角砾状超镁铁岩岩墙和岩脉出露,该区金刚石成矿条件有待更进一步的研究。     

陕南凤凰岭南缘变质镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩矿物学特征——对Fe-Ti成矿作用的指示

陕南凤凰岭南缘变质镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩为富含Fe、Ti等有用元素的含矿岩体。利用岩石地球化学方法、偏光显微镜和电子探针技术对该区镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩的岩石学、地球化学和矿物学特征进行了研究,并对Fe-Ti氧化物的形成、富集进行了初步探讨,对成岩、成矿作用具有一定的参考意义。结果表明,成矿镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩与非成矿镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩为不同岩浆源区、同期岩浆作用的产物,镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩类的Fe-Ti矿化作用与初始岩浆的源岩之间具有密切关系。Fe-Ti氧化物主要以钛铁矿和榍石的形式存在,局部见少量金红石。化学成分上,钛铁矿具富锰贫镁特征,本区Fe-Ti氧化物的形成和富集过程经历了岩浆结晶分异阶段和热液蚀变阶段。     

陕南凤凰岭南缘变质镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩矿物学特征——对Fe-Ti 成矿作用的指示

陕南凤凰岭南缘变质镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩为富含Fe、Ti等有用元素的含矿岩体。利用岩石地球化学方法、偏光显微镜和电子探针技术对该区镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩的岩石学、地球化学和矿物学特征进行了研究,并对Fe-Ti氧化物的形成、富集进行了初步探讨,对成岩、成矿作用具有一定的参考意义。结果表明,成矿镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩与非成矿镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩为不同岩浆源区、同期岩浆作用的产物,镁铁质—超镁铁质侵入岩类的Fe-Ti矿化作用与初始岩浆的源岩之间具有密切关系。Fe-Ti氧化物主要以钛铁矿和榍石的形式存在,局部见少量金红石。化学成分上,钛铁矿具富锰贫镁特征,本区Fe-Ti氧化物的形成和富集过程经历了岩浆结晶分异阶段和热液蚀变阶段。     

东昆仑东段哈拉尕吐花岗岩基岩浆混合作用:来自岩石学和矿物学约束

哈拉尕吐花岗岩基位于东昆仑东段,其中花岗闪长岩岩浆混合作用明显,是研究岩浆混合作用的良好对象.从岩石学、岩相学和矿物化学等方面对哈拉尕吐花岗岩基进行了详细研究.电子探针结果显示:寄主岩斜长石的An值同相对应包体中斜长石捕掳晶近似;包体中基质斜长石大部分具核边结构,核部和边部An值存在间断;部分包体中浅色基质斜长石的An值与具核边结构斜长石的边部近似;辉长闪长岩中斜长石具较高的An值.寄主岩角闪石同相对应包体中角闪石捕掳晶的结晶温度、压力和氧逸度较为接近;包体中基质角闪石的结晶温度和压力低于寄主岩角闪石,氧逸度稍高于寄主岩角闪石;辉长闪长岩角闪石具有最高的结晶温度和压力及最低的氧逸度.哈图沟剖面和德福胜剖面寄主岩中的斜长石和角闪石的成分具有一定差别.岩浆不同期次侵入结晶和岩浆自身演化,使不同地点斜长石和角闪石的成分和物理化学特征具有一定变化.镁铁质岩浆位于地壳深部,氧逸度较低,使结晶的角闪石具有较高的形成压力和较低的氧逸度,斜长石具较高An值;随着镁铁质岩浆注入寄主岩,由于环境突变,使斜长石受到熔蚀;由于岩浆上侵以及两种岩浆物理化学性质差别较大,导致温度、压力和水饱和度降低,氧逸度升高,使包体中残留岩浆快速结晶,形成具核边结构、浅色均一的斜长石,以及结晶程度较差、较高氧逸度的角闪石.      

柴北缘果可山岩体的岩浆混合作用:来自岩相学、矿物学和地球化学证据

青海南山岩浆岩带沿柴达木盆地和西秦岭造山带北缘分布,主要由与古特提斯洋俯冲-碰撞相关的晚二叠世-三叠纪花岗岩组成。本文对柴北缘东段果可山石英闪长岩及其中镁铁质微粒包体开展岩相学、矿物学、地球化学和Sr-Nd同位素综合研究及成因约束,为探究壳-幔相互作用提供新信息。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年结果显示,果可山石英闪长岩与镁铁质包体形成于～247Ma。石英闪长岩属中钾钙碱性I型花岗岩,具有中等K_2O含量(1.43%～2.18%)和高Mg~#值(48.9～52.4),还表现出富集轻稀土元素、大离子亲石元素(如U、K、Pb),亏损重稀土元素和高场强元素(如Nb、Ta、Ti)和弱Eu负异常特征(Eu/Eu~*=0.71～0.85)。Sr-Nd同位素组成和矿物不平衡结构(如斜长石韵律环带和突变环带及角闪石包裹黑云母)表明,石英闪长岩主要源自镁铁质下地壳部分熔融并伴有富集地幔来源镁铁质组分的参与。镁铁质微粒包体呈椭球状,发育冷凝边和特殊的显微结构(如针状磷灰石、斜长石反环带和斜长石含刀刃状角闪石),具有更低的SiO 2含量(56.68%～59.28%)、更高的ε#Nd(t)和Mg值(58.5～62.2)以及更平坦的稀土配分曲线,暗示果可山镁铁质包体和寄主花岗岩是由源自遭受俯冲交代地幔的镁铁质岩浆与古老下地壳(古元古代晚期)来源的长英质岩浆不同比例混合形成的。结合前人对区域沉积学和构造解析研究结果,本文认为青海南山早-中三叠世岩浆活动与古特提斯洋向北俯冲诱发的幔源岩浆底侵和岩浆混合作用有关。     

北京房山花岗闪长岩体中包体的演化及闪长质微粒包体的成因

依据53个观察点2 615个包体的统计,将房山花岗闪长岩体中的包体划分为捕虏岩包体和微粒包体两大类.包体与岩体在组分上具有明显的浓度差,在物理化学上是不平衡的,包体与岩浆之间必然发生交互反应,从而形成包体的同心环带构造.捕虏岩包体环带构造特别发育,尤其是碳酸盐岩包体.根据50余个包体岩石薄片观察、矿物化学及岩石化学分析结果,将碳酸盐岩包体从早到晚的演化规律划分为4个阶段：热变质角岩化阶段→超镁铁质基性岩化阶段→中基性岩化阶段→中酸性岩化阶段,直至包体消失.56个微粒包体岩石薄片鉴定结果表明,其主要组成矿物是普通角闪石、黑云母和斜长石,组成和体积分数与闪长岩相当,因此又称为闪长质包体,定量统计结果表明,暗色闪长质包体的暗色矿物体积分数＞35％,浅色闪长质包体的暗色矿物体积分数＜35％,后者可构成前者的浅色边.根据闪长质微粒包体的宏观特征及分布规律、特殊的结构构造、主要造岩矿物与寄主岩的对比以及6 187个斜长石双晶类型百分率的成因分析得出,房山花岗闪长岩体中的闪长质微粒包体尽管有多种成因,但有不少可能是捕虏岩包体变质改造的结果.     

Green clinopyroxenes and associated phases in a potassium-rich lava from the Leucite Hills,Wyoming

Green, salitic pyroxenes occur as megacrysts and as cores in diopsidic pyroxene phenocrysts and microphenocrysts in a wyomingite lava from Hatcher Mesa, Leucite Hills, Wyoming. Al-rich phlogopite (16–21% Al₂O₃), apatite, Fe-Ti-oxide, Mg-rich olivine (Fo₉₃) and orthopyroxene (En₆₁) also occur as megacrysts or as inclusions in diopside phenocrysts. All of these phases are found in ultramafic xenoliths in the host lava, and petrographic and chemical evidence is presented that the megacrysts originate by the disaggregation of the xenoliths. It is concluded that the latter are accidental fragments of the wall rocks traversed by the wyomingite magma and it is suggested that the clinopyroxene-rich xenoliths, from which the green pyroxenes are derived, formed in the upper mantle as a result of local metasomatism or by crystallization from magmas of unknown composition during an earlier igneous event. The precise role of the clinopyroxene-rich xenoliths (which also contain apatite, Fe-Ti-oxide and amphibole) in the genesis of the Leucite Hills magmas cannot be elucidated on the basis of the available data, but it is unlikely that they represent the source material from which these magmas are derived.     

Crystal clots in calc-alkaline andesites as breakdown products of high-Al amphiboles

Andesites of the calc-alkaline volcanic series associated with the circum-Pacific orogenic zone commonly contain crystal clots consisting essentially of plagioclase, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and magnetite. It is proposed that these crystal clots represent the breakdown products of an amphibole as it enters the low-pressure environment of the upper crust. The bulk chemical composition of the clots compares favorably to that of the high-Al amphibole, pargasitic hornblende. The crystal clots support the hypothesis of the formation of andesitic magma by fractionation of early formed amphibole from a basaltic magma at total pressures less than 18 kbars and temperatures less than 1000° C. The origin of these clots has previously been attributed to random accumulation of phenocrysts. Some features of clot-bearing andesites from Crater Lake, Oregon, U.S.A., cannot be explained by this mechanism. First, in some andesites, certain minerals occur as phenocrysts but are not constituents of the clots, and conversely, certain minerals occurring as accessories in the clots are rarely found as phenocrysts. Second, the minerals comprising the clots occur in a fixed ratio that is significantly different than the ratio of the same minerals as phenocrysts. Crystal clots may form up to 10% by volume of the andesite, imparting a glomeroporphyritic texture to the rock. Crystal clots can be distinguished from xenoliths of similar mineralogy by the presence in the latter of abundant glass, both as interstitial material and as inclusions in the plagioclase grains, giving the plagioclase a “spongy” appearance.     

河北汉诺坝碱性玄武岩的源区和成因

我国华北北部新近纪喷发的汉诺坝玄武岩,岩层出露比较完整,普遍含有超镁铁岩包体和各种高压巨晶。大麻坪代黄沟剖面出露较好,主要岩性为玄武岩,从上到下可分为上三、二、一层和底层。岩相学观察显示这些玄武岩含有1%~5%的捕虏晶且斑晶数量很少。橄榄岩包体为尖晶石二辉橄榄岩,轻稀土略微亏损,轻重稀土无分馏,显示这是只经过少量部分熔融后的原始地幔包体。通过对代黄沟碱性玄武岩中橄榄石、辉石和斜长石等斑晶或捕虏晶的矿物学分析,得出它们的成分变化是玄武岩混合了分解的地幔橄榄岩快速上升造成的。玄武岩的主量元素与二辉橄榄岩相平衡的原生熔体相比,Mg#(52.0~62.7)以及CaO(7.3%~8.5%)、Ni((82~192)×10-6)和Cr((65~192)×10-6)含量都较低。玄武岩的稀土分配模式为轻稀土富集的右倾型,δEu=1.01~1.05,δCe=0.95~1.02,富集高场强元素Nb、Ta、Zr及大离子亲石元素Ba、Sr。玄武岩痕量元素Ba/Rb和Rb/Sr的比值显示源区可能遭受过流体的交代作用。同时,痕量元素显示这一系列玄武岩主要受到部分熔融的控制,大量的结晶分异并未发生,且源区残留石榴子石。分析认为玄武岩岩浆应该是原生岩浆,而不是演化岩浆,影响整个岩浆的形成的过程可能是部分熔融而不是分离结晶。基于目前已发表的实验岩石学结果和理论分析认为汉诺坝玄武岩与辉石岩类相平衡,源区主要矿物相为单斜辉石和石榴子石,可能存在少量的橄榄石。     

延边地区中生代火山岩的岩浆源区:来自Sr-Nd同位素和深源捕虏体(晶)的证据

延边地区中侏罗世和早白垩世火山岩中包含有较多的辉石岩捕虏体和角闪石捕虏晶,前者为普通辉石变种,其化学成分类似于中国东部新生代玄武岩中单斜辉石巨晶的成分,具有岩浆堆积成因特征;后者为韭闪石和镁质绿钠闪石变种,其成分类似于中生代晚期玄武岩中角闪二辉石岩包体里的角闪石和新生代玄武岩中的角闪石巨晶.矿物温压计算结果显示,它们形成深度介于25～37km.延边地区中生代火山岩的(87Sr/86Sr)i值介于0.704 3～0.705 0,εNd(t)值介于2.33～4.71,表明岩浆源区应是一套具有亏损性质的新增生的地幔物质.综合上述结果,可以判定延边地区中生代火山岩的原始岩浆应来源于新增生的壳幔过渡带物质的部分熔融,地壳增生事件的时间为新元古代.     

东天山黄山东和黄山西铜镍硫化物矿床含矿超镁铁岩的成岩-成矿作用机制:来自斜长石成分的约束

东天山黄山东和黄山西镁铁-超镁铁岩是区域早二叠世大规模幔源岩浆作用的产物,赋存有两个大型岩浆铜镍硫化物矿床.黄山东和黄山西矿床的主要矿体均赋存于超镁铁岩中,其含矿超镁铁岩的成因机制研究对揭示区域铜镍硫化物成矿作用机制具有重要意义.本文对黄山东和黄山西含矿超镁铁岩进行了详细的电子背散射图像研究,发现其斜长石斑晶存在显著的不平衡结构,并系统进行了电子探针成分剖面分析.结果显示斜长石具有剧烈变化的成分环带,其中黄山东超镁铁岩斜长石An值介于48.6~75.6,黄山西含矿超镁铁岩斜长石An值介于44.9~79.2,表明两个矿床含矿超镁铁岩的母岩浆在侵位过程中发生过显著的成分变化.结合黄山东和黄山西镁铁-超镁铁杂岩体地质特征,本文认为高分异镁铁质岩浆的加入导致了低分异超镁铁质岩浆成分发生显著变化,致使岩浆硫化物熔离,以及黄山东和黄山西大型铜镍硫化物矿床的形成.      

东昆仑中灶火地区超镁铁质辉石岩的成因

最近在青海东昆北中灶火地区发现超镁铁质岩的岩石学、地球化学以及成因矿物学等方面的研究成果.岩石主要由单斜辉石、斜方辉石和角闪石组成, 另有少量斜长石、石英、黑云母和铁质不透明矿物.角闪石和黑云母为后期退变质矿物.斜方辉石成因判别分析结果为岩浆成因, 故该超镁铁质岩为辉石岩而非麻粒岩.该辉石岩化学成分上表现为异常的高MgO、高CaO、低Al₂O₃特征, 微量元素表现为Rb、Th富集而Nb、Ti的亏损, 表明其来源于富集地幔.通过岩相学、稀土元素等特征与前人研究结果对比认为该辉石岩是俯冲洋壳部分熔融产生的富Si熔体与地幔橄榄岩发生交代反应产生辉石岩岩浆, 然后底侵到地壳中部冷却结晶形成的.野外地质特征显示辉石岩的侵位晚于发生糜棱岩化的围岩, 即晚于围岩的形成时代, 即早二叠世, 说明该辉石岩是在中二叠世古特提斯洋向北大规模俯冲及其所导致的弧后伸展的构造背景下形成的.      

Cumulating processes at the crust-mantle transition zone inferred from Permian mafic-ultramafic xenoliths (Puy Beaunit,France)

Ultramafic and mafic xenoliths of magmatic origin, sampled in the Beaunit vent (northern French Massif Central), derive from the Permian (257 Ma) Beaunit layered complex (BLC) that was emplaced at the crust-mantle transition zone (∼1 GPa). These plutonic xenoliths are linked to a single fractional crystallisation process in four steps: peridotitic cumulates; websteritic cumulates; Al-rich mafic cumulates (plagioclase, pyroxenes, garnet, amphibole and spinel) and finally low-Al mafic cumulates. This sequence of cumulates can be related to the compositional evolution of hydrous Mg basaltic magma that evolved to high-Al basalt and finally to andesitic basalt. Sr and Nd isotopic compositions confirm the co-genetic character of the various magmatic xenoliths and argue for an enriched upper mantle source comparable to present mantle wedges above subduction zones. LILE, LREE and Pb enrichment are a common feature of all xenoliths and argue for an enriched sub-alkaline transitional parental magma. The existence of a Permian magma chamber at 30 km depth suggests that the low-velocity zone observed locally beneath the Moho probably does not represent an anomalous mantle but rather a sequence of mafic/ultramafic cumulates with densities close to those of mantle rocks.     

Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of a rare ultramafic lamprophyre in the Tandilia belt basement,Río de la Plata Craton,Argentina

A metre-thick ultramafic lamprophyre dyke intrudes the basement of the Tandilia belt at the Sierra Alta de Vela, Argentina. A petrological and geochemical study of this rock and associated small dykes indicates a predominantly calc-alkaline trend. Phlogopite K–Ar dating of the ultramafic lamprophyre gave a minimum age of 1928 ± 54 Ma as a late event of the Transamazonian Orogeny, which is well represented in the basement of the Tandilia belt.An electron microprobe study indicates the presence of phlogopite, albite, chromite and Cr-rich phenocrysts and Cr-free microphenocrysts of diopside as primary minerals. Subsequent to deformation at the contacts with the wall rock, metasomatism generated strongly zoned amphibole (edenite, pargasite, Mg-hastingite and tremolite compositions) and andradite as well as chlorite, sericite, albite, apatite and calcite. The central zone of the lamprophyre is almost undeformed and exhibits some ocellar texture. Geochemical and isotopic signatures of the lamprophyre suggest that its magma source may have previously undergone incompatible element enrichment of the mantle source, representing the original precursor magma for the calc-alkaline dyke series of the Sierra Alta de Vela.     

Origin of the picrite blocks in the Marginal Border Group of the Skaergaard Intrusion,East Greenland

New evidence shows that the picrite blocks in the margins of the Skaergaard intrusion, East Greenland are gabbro-contaminated xenoliths of ultramafic rock. Earlier studies suggested that the picrite blocks were cumulates formed in the Marginal Border Group or in the Hidden Zone. However, there are no known occurrences of undisturbed picrite or ultramafic rocks in the Skaergaard intrusion, and an extensive Hidden Zone is not supported by geophysical data. The picrite blocks are most abundant near a body of wehrlite in Precambrian rocks near Watkins Fjord. The wehrlite, which has a composition and mineralogy similar to the most mafic of the picrite blocks, lies structurally below the northern margin of the intrusion. It is possible that the refractory precursors of picrite in the Skaergaard intrusion may have been ultramafic xenoliths and are not representative of the earliest differentiated pan of the intrusion.     

Clinopyroxene-melt Equilibrium of Cenozoic Basalts in Kuandian, Hannuoba and Mingxi areas, Eastern China and Its Importance

1. Introduction The depth of source of Cenozoic basalts and the genesis of mantle xenoliths in eastern China have been widely discussed by many geoscientists. There were basically two main opinions: one was that the relationship of basalts and the peridotite xenoliths are melt and residues (Cong et al, 1982; Liu et al, 1985; Qiu et al, 1986; E et al, 1987; Chi et al, 1988; Deng et al, 1988), and pyroxenite and gabrro enclaves are accumulation of fractional crystallization (Qiu et al, 1986;…