河北武安坦岭多斑斜长斑岩中基质矿物特征及其研究意义

河北武安坦岭斜长斑岩具有多斑斑状结构,基质为显微晶质结构。岩相学观察表明,斜长石斑晶有一个宽广的核部和一个宽度可变的条纹长石反应边,个别核部包含有角闪石、黑云母等矿物。基质矿物主要由蓝透闪石、条纹长石(An0Ab8.4Or91.5～An0.1Ab57.3Or42.6)、石英、钾长石(An0.3Ab5.9Or93.7～An0.3Ab4.7Or95.2)、钠长石(An0.2Ab98.3Or1.5～An0.1Ab99.2Or0.7)、磁铁矿、赤铁矿、钛铁矿、磷灰石、榍石和锆石等11种矿物组成。角闪石温压计计算结果得出,基质角闪石核部的结晶压力高于边部,核部为34.05 MPa,对应的结晶温度为660.35℃,结晶深度为1.29km;边部的结晶压力为24.32MPa,结晶温度为598.32℃,结晶深度为0.92km;而斜长石斑晶中的角闪石形成时压力为159.51～178.19MPa,温度为817.68～819.79℃,对应的形成深度为6.03～6.73km。基质角闪石在Al2O3-TiO2图上落在壳源区,而斑晶中的角闪石和黑云母都落在壳幔混合区。斜长石、条纹长石、磁铁矿和磷灰石的微量和稀土元素测试数据显示,其都具有相对富集LILE、亏损HFSE的特点,暗示了基质矿物的形成有流体参与。ICT三维扫描结果显示,斜长斑岩基质中的孔隙体积含量约为3.428%,铁质体积含量为4.371%,且铁氧化物和孔隙具弱连通性。通过讨论分析,笔者得出:(1)坦岭斜长斑岩中斜长石斑晶具有明显的交代结构,且晶体本身没有明显熔蚀现象,这些特征表明大量的斜长石斑晶快速上升,即"冻结岩浆房"的活化机制与流体密切相关;(2)斜长斑岩中基质矿物有十一种,且矿物类型复杂,不符合平衡系统矿物相律,应属于流体晶矿物组合;(3)坦岭斜长斑岩的基质"岩浆"可能是一种富Fe、K、P、Si、Na等元素的熔体-流体流;(4)多斑斜长斑岩的形成经历了(1)深度6～7km的深部岩浆房形成斜长石堆晶→(2)富Fe、K、P、Si、Na等元素的熔体-流体流加入深部岩浆房,冻结岩浆房活化→(3)由于流体超压,含大量斜长石斑晶的熔体-流体在地壳浅部(0.9～1.2km)呈小岩株状或岩脉状就位。多斑斜长斑岩为深部找矿提供了有力的线索。     

浙江雁荡山火山-侵入杂岩的岩浆混合作用——暗色包体中长石环带的证据

浙江雁荡山是中国东南部燕山晚期巨型火山-侵入杂岩带的重要组成部分。对其中央侵入相石英正长斑岩的暗色微粒包体中的斑晶和基质斜长石进行了详细的内部结构和成分分析,揭示了斜长石复杂环带的成因和相关的岩浆作用过程。斑晶斜长石由熔蚀的核部和表面干净的幔部组成,边部包裹有钾长石膜。核部斜长石呈浑圆状或港湾状,内部发育筛状结构,An成分显著低于幔部斜长石,代表来自酸性岩浆房中早期结晶的斜长石捕掳晶。同时,幔部斜长石与自形、表面干净的基质斜长石具有类似的An含量,且两者均含有针状磷灰石的包裹体,应结晶自与暗色微粒包体相应的基性岩浆。长石的复杂结构记录了雁荡山火山-侵入杂岩形成过程中的岩浆混合作用和岩浆演化过程。岩浆混合之后的火山喷发活动,造成岩浆房的压力突然减小,温压条件达到钾长石结晶的区域,在石英正长斑岩的斑晶斜长石和暗色包体中的斑晶与基质斜长石外均形成钾长石膜,构成反环斑结构。     

浙江雁荡山火山-侵入杂岩的岩浆混合作用——暗色包体中长石环带的证据

浙江雁荡山是中国东南部燕山晚期巨型火山-侵入杂岩带的重要组成部分。对其中央侵入相石英正长斑岩的暗色微粒包体中的斑晶和基质斜长石进行了详细的内部结构和成分分析,揭示了斜长石复杂环带的成因和相关的岩浆作用过程。斑晶斜长石由熔蚀的核部和表面干净的幔部组成,边部包裹有钾长石膜。核部斜长石呈浑圆状或港湾状,内部发育筛状结构,An成分显著低于幔部斜长石,代表来自酸性岩浆房中早期结晶的斜长石捕掳晶。同时,幔部斜长石与自形、表面干净的基质斜长石具有类似的An含量,且两者均含有针状磷灰石的包裹体,应结晶自与暗色微粒包体相应的基性岩浆。长石的复杂结构记录了雁荡山火山-侵入杂岩形成过程中的岩浆混合作用和岩浆演化过程。岩浆混合之后的火山喷发活动,造成岩浆房的压力突然减小,温压条件达到钾长石结晶的区域,在石英正长斑岩的斑晶斜长石和暗色包体中的斑晶与基质斜长石外均形成钾长石膜,构成反环斑结构。     

铜陵焦冲金矿岩浆作用过程:来自闪长玢岩的证据

本文主要针对安徽铜陵焦冲金矿区的闪长玢岩进行了详细的岩相学观察和矿物电子探针分析。岩相学观察表明,岩石内发育独特的石英斑晶、斜长石斑晶及其中的角闪石包裹体和角闪石斑晶。石英斑晶呈港湾状或次圆形,由溶蚀的次圆形内核和生长边构成,在内核与边部之间有熔融包裹体产出;斜长石斑晶具明显的"核-幔-边"环带结构,幔部发育明显的溶蚀界面,溶蚀界面处大量熔融包裹体呈环带分布;角闪石包裹体分别包裹于斜长石斑晶的核部和幔部,后者的边部被溶蚀呈次圆形;角闪石斑晶呈长条形,包裹有细针状的磷灰石。电子探针分析结果表明,斜长石中An含量自核部至边缘呈降低趋势,幔部出现多个An峰值;而来自斜长石斑晶核部、幔部和基质中的角闪石Al2O3含量从核部至基质也逐渐下降。采用角闪石-斜长石温压计和角闪石全铝压力计,分别对斜长石斑晶核部及包裹的角闪石、斜长石斑晶幔部及包裹的角闪石和基质中共生的角闪石-斜长石微晶的结晶温度和压力进行估计,结果表明,温度为806.84~808.75、791.00~797.86和660.3~683.9℃,压力为675~706、463~487和206~212 MPa,对应的形成深度为25.52~26.70、17.50~18.40和7.79~8.02km。角闪石斑晶的结晶压力和深度为448~483MPa和16.93~18.25km,与包裹于斜长石幔部的角闪石包裹体一致。根据以上岩相学和角闪石-斜长石矿物化学分析结果,本文提出一个多重岩浆房模型:来自深部幔源的流体(透岩浆流体)将不同层位的岩浆房串联活化,活化后的中基性岩浆和花岗闪长质岩浆混合形成中性岩浆,最后中性富流体的岩浆快速上侵冷却就位于地表,同时释放大量的挥发分(含矿物质),后期的减压排气作用可能是主要的成矿机制。     

青藏高原当雄地区方沸石响岩的主要造岩矿物特征: 原生方沸石的证据

方沸石响岩是一种罕见的碱性火山岩.采用电子探针、粉晶X射线衍射、扫描电镜、拉曼光谱等研究了青藏高原当雄地区方沸石响岩的主要造岩矿物种属、共生关系和结晶顺序.研究表明, 斑晶由方沸石和长石组成.方沸石为岩浆结晶晚期形成的原生矿物; 长石均发育“次生边”结构, 中央相为斜长石, 边缘相为碱性长石.基质由碱性长石、次透辉石、钛磁铁矿和褐铁矿组成.原生矿物的结晶顺序是: 斑晶长石的中央相→斑晶方沸石+斑晶长石边缘相富钾长石→基质长石→次透辉石→钛磁铁矿和褐铁矿.利用方沸石-熔体平衡估算出方沸石结晶时岩浆的温度和压力条件分别为600~640 ℃和(5~13) ×108 Pa, 考虑到青藏高原当时已形成巨厚地壳, 认为岩浆房存在于地壳深部.      

海底玄武岩中斜长石研究及其岩石学意义

冲绳海槽海底玄武岩中存在着三种不同世代的斜长石 :斑晶、微晶和基质斜长石 ,它们的平均粒径分别为 10 0 μm±、13μm±和 2μm±。斑晶斜长石在结构上存在核部与边部之分 ,在成分上反映为 An值出现明显的两级“台阶”,即 An值在80～ 90间波动的核部“平台”和 An值在 60～ 70间波动的边部“平台”,边部“平台”的成分与微晶斜长石一致。斜长石的结晶温度显示 ,斑晶核部温度为 12 50℃± ,边部温度为 10 50℃± ,而基质斜长石的结晶温度在 950℃±。笔者认为斜长石的这些特征 ,基本反映了该玄武岩浆的活动过程 :斑晶斜长石的核部记录了源区特征 ,边部及微晶斜长石反映了岩浆房中活动的特征 ,基质斜长石则记录了岩浆喷出洋壳后的过程。     

攀西地区新街层状岩体粒间不混熔作用:来自斜长石环带结构的记录

位于攀西地区的新街层状岩体赋含大量钒钛磁铁矿,是峨眉山大火成岩省的一部分。岩体下部带和中部带以单斜辉石岩为主,并伴生浸染状钒钛磁铁矿矿化;上部带以辉长岩为主,赋存厚层的钒钛磁铁矿矿体。之前研究认为厚层的钒钛磁铁矿矿体的形成与粒间不混熔的富Fe熔体有关,但对富Fe熔体的演化过程缺乏细致研究。本文通过对新街岩体上部带的富矿辉长岩层和上覆浅色辉长岩中斜长石环带结构和成分的研究,揭示了富Fe熔体的演化过程。在浅色辉长岩中保存的岩浆不混熔的直接证据表现为矿物粒间共轭的富Si交生体和富钛铁矿交生体代表的非反应结构。本次研究发现,与粒间富Si交生体接触的斜长石边部的FeO和TiO_2含量随斜长石牌号(An)值的降低而降低,而与粒间富钛铁矿交生体接触的斜长石边部的FeO和TiO_2含量随An值的降低而升高,说明斜长石的边部成分变化记录了粒间共轭的富Si和富Fe熔体的成分特征。在富矿辉长岩中,斜长石可分为初生和新生两种,初生斜长石的An值介于57~62,FeO含量为0.34%~0.50%,TiO_2含量为0.06%~0.13%,新生斜长石具有相对较高的An值(61~81)和FeO、TiO_2含量,二者的内部和边部还发育增生斜长石,其An值(~50)相对较低;在初生斜长石边部可见不连续的新生斜长石环带和增生斜长石边,造成其内部成分显著不均一,并发育复杂的环带结构。本文认为,初生斜长石是岩浆正常分离结晶作用的产物。在粒间熔体发生不混熔后,不混熔的富Fe熔体逐渐向岩浆房下方迁移并结晶出了一些相对高An值的新生斜长石,或沿一些初生斜长石边部生长形成不连续的高An环带。当富Fe熔体演化至晚期,由于矿物生长空间受限,仅在初生和新生斜长石局部形成了相对低An值的增生边、或沿颗粒裂隙进入斜长石内部形成增生斜长石核。     

岩浆作用过程的矿物记录:以邯邢地区中生代侵入岩为例

矿物环带结构是岩浆过程的良好记录,而矿物温压计可以定量计算岩浆的物理化学条件。该次研究对邯邢地区中生代侵入岩中两个浅成侵入体中典型的斜长石斑晶进行了电子探针和LA-ICP-MS元素面扫描,同时对其中不同成因的角闪石晶体进行了电子探针分析和物理化学条件计算。通过研究发现这两个样品中的斜长石斑晶属于循环晶。辉石闪长玢岩中的斜长石斑晶主要成分为更长石,而斑状石英二长岩中斜长石斑晶主要成分为中长石和拉长石。两者具有明显不同的环带结构,分别记录了不同的岩浆混合过程:前者记录了基性岩浆多次注入酸性岩浆房,并最终获得体积优势;后者记录了少量基性岩浆注入酸性岩浆房内,两者不断混合,形成均质化岩浆的过程。Fe元素从斜长石中心到边部有富集的趋势,表明岩浆最终向富铁的方向演化。角闪石温压计的计算结果表明,辉石闪长玢岩的岩浆房深度在5.5 km左右,温度大约为850 ℃,氧逸度大约为ΔNNO+1,熔体中的含水量大约为4.0%,其最终侵位于2.1 km的地壳深度。而斑状石英二长岩最终定位于2.0 km的地壳深度,角闪石结晶的平均温度为737 ℃,相对氧逸度为ΔNNO+1.2,熔体含水量为3.9%。     

浙江江山上墅组玄武粗安岩中单斜辉石环带特征及指示意义

岩浆化学混合作用长期通过岩石地球化学进行识别,一直缺乏直接的矿物学证据。针对这一问题,我们对浙江江山碗瑶乡上墅组内薄层状玄武粗安岩夹层中的单斜辉石矿物环带开展了系统的矿物学研究工作,探讨其岩石成因、构造背景和岩浆动力学过程,为江山地区新元古代岩浆构造演化过程提供新的证据。研究表明,单斜辉石以斑晶和基质两种形式产出,斑晶发育核-幔-边结构,其中幔部和边部包含有较多的钛铁矿、单斜辉石和斜长石等矿物包裹体,表明经历了复杂的岩浆活动过程。电子探针分析表明,基质和斑晶辉石都属于普通辉石,斑晶辉石从核部、幔部到边部成分呈现规律性变化,CaO和MgO含量增加、Al₂O₃和Na₂O、K₂O含量逐渐降低,但是基质辉石具有相对较低的Ti、Al和Na含量,且与斑晶边缘成分类似。单斜辉石原位微量元素组成表明,斑晶单斜辉石从核部到边部具有相似的特征,呈现Th、La、Nd和Ta等元素相对富集,Nb、K、Ti和Pb等元素相对亏损的特点。温压计算结果显示斑晶和基质的形成温度较低(1040.3～1122.3℃),斑晶核部结晶深度较深...     

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。     

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.     

A new method to quantify the real supply of mafic components to a hybrid andesite

The eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, has been ongoing since 1995. The volcano is erupting a crystal-rich hornblende-plagioclase andesite with ubiquitous mafic inclusions, indicating mixing with mafic magma. This mafic magma is thought to be the driving force of the eruption, supplying heat and volatiles to the andesite resident in the magma chamber. As well as producing macroscopic mafic inclusions, the magma mixing process involves incorporation of phenocrysts from the andesite into the mafic magma. These inherited phenocrysts show clear disequilibrium textures (e.g. sieved plagioclase rims and thermal breakdown rims on hornblende). Approximately 25 % of all phenocrysts in the andesite show these textures, indicating very extensive mass transfer between the two magma types. Fragments of mafic inclusions down to sub-mm scale are found in the andesite, together with mafic crystal clusters, which are commonly found adhered to the rims of phenocrysts with disequilibrium features. Mineral chemistry also points to the transfer of microlites or microphenocrysts, initially formed in the mafic inclusions, into the andesite. This combined evidence suggests that some of the mafic inclusions disaggregate during mingling and/or ascent, possibly due to shearing, and raises the question: What proportion of the andesite ‘groundmass’ actually originated in the mafic inclusions, and thus, what is the true amount of mafic magma in the magmatic system? We present a new method for quantifying the relative proportions of groundmass plagioclase derived from mafic and andesitic magma, based on analysis of back-scattered electron images of the groundmass. Preliminary results indicate that approximately 16 % of all groundmass plagioclase belongs genetically to the mafic inclusions. Together with the crystal clusters, disequilibrium phenocryst textures and mm-scale inclusions, there is a ‘cryptic’ mafic component in the andesite of approximately 6 % by volume. This is significant compared with the proportion of macroscopic mafic inclusions (typically ~ 1–5 %). The new method has the potential to allow tracking of the mafic fraction through time and thus to yield further insights into magma hybridisation processes.     

A petrological study of the younger Tongan andesites and dacites,and the olivine tholeiites of Niua Fo'ou Island,S. W. Pacific

Basaltic andesites are the dominant Tongan magma type, and are characterized by phenocrysts of augite, orthopyroxene (or rarely pigeonite), and calcic plagioclase (modally most abundant phase, and interpreted as the liquidus phase). The plagioclase phenocrysts exhibit slight oscillatory reverse zoning except for abrupt and thin more sodic rims, which are interpreted to develop during eruptive quenching. These rim compositions overlap those of the groundmass plagioclase. The pyroxene phenocrysts also exhibit only slight compositional zoning except for the outermost rim zones; the compositions of these rims, together with the groundmass pyroxenes, vary throughout the compositional range of subcalcic augite to ferroaugite through pigeonite to ferropigeonite, and are interpreted in terms of quench-controlled crystallization. This is supported, for example, by the random distribution of Al solid solution in the groundmass pyroxenes, compared to the more regular behaviour of Al in the phenocryst pyroxenes. The analysed Niua Fo'ou olivine tholeiites are aphyric; groundmass phases are plagioclase (An_17–88), olivine (Fa_18–63), titanomagnetite (usp. _59–73), and augite-ferroaugite which does not extend to subcalcic compositions; this is interpreted to be due to higher quenching temperatures and lower viscosities of these tholeiites compared to the basaltic andesites.Application of various geothermometers to the basaltic andesites suggest initial eruptive quenching temperatures of 1,008–1,124 ° C, plagioclase liquidus temperatures (1 bar) of 1,210–1,277 ° C, and orthopyroxene-clinopyroxene equilibration of 990–1,150 ° C. These calculated temperatures, together with supporting evidence (e.g. absence of olivine and amphibole, liquidus plagioclase, and plagioclase zoning patterns) are interpreted in terms of phenocryst crystallization from magmas that were either strongly water undersaturated, nearly anhydrous, or at best, water saturated at very low pressures (< 0.5 kb). This interpretation implies that these Tongan basaltic andesites did not originate by any of the currently proposed mechanisms involving hydrous melting within or above the Benioff zone.     

Tholeiitic andesite of high-pressure origin from the tweed shield volcano,northeastern New South Wales

A high-alumina tholeiitic andesite from the southern portion of the Tweed Shield Volcano in northeastern New South Wales contains abundant megacrysts of plagioclase (Ab₅₀An₄₆Or₄) and megacrysts of aluminian bronzite (Ca₄Mg₇₁Fe₂₅) and relatively Ca-poor aluminian augite (Ca₃₆Mg₄₁Fe₂₀). The pyroxenes commonly occur as inclusions in the plagioclase megacrysts. Electron probe microanalyses of the pyroxene megacrysts indicate that they differ in character and composition from the groundmass ferromagnesian phases, namely a more Al- and Na-poor augite (Ca₄₁Mg₄₂Fe₁₇) and olivine (Fa₅₃). The bulk composition of the plagioclase megacrysts is slightly more Ab-rich than that of the groundmass plagioclase, but differences in the two compositions are extended by microanalyses of groundmass plagioclases. Evaluation of the megacryst compositions in the light of experimental data and analogous occurrences in alkaline volcanics leads to the interpretation that the megacrysts represent cognate precipitates formed at pressures broadly equivalent to the crust-mantle boundary. More important, they provide strong evidence for the high pressure origin of tholeiitic andesites, customarily interpreted as the products of low pressure fractional crystallization of tholeiitic magma.     

Li, Be, B concentrations and δ7Li values in plagioclase phenocrysts of dacites from Nea Kameni (Santorini, Greece)

Li, Be, B and δ⁷Li SIMS analyses of plagioclase phenocrysts from the 1040–1941 Niki dacite lava (Nea Kameni, Santorini, Greece) exhibit varied processes. From their anorthite contents alone, the crystals may be segregated into four main types: type-N shows the normal decline in An during crystallisation (An_62–40); type-O has only oscillatory zoning accompanied by resorption surfaces (An_58–39); type-C is complex with high-An cores (subtype C1: An_64–58, subtype C2: An_88–73) and normal rims (An_55–42). Type-A plagioclase with high An content (An_92–82) is found within mafic enclaves. On the basis of their Li concentrations, type-O crystals may be subdivided into subtype O1 with flat Li concentration profiles and subtype O2 with decreasing Li concentration from core to rim. The concentrations of Be and B of all four types show a negative correlation with anorthite content (An), but Li concentration profiles differ amongst the different plagioclase types. Types N and O1, and the cores of type-C, are equilibrated in Li concentration. Types O2 and A, and the mantles of type-C display an initial enrichment in Li, probably from volatile influx into the melt. Consistent with the propensity towards equilibrium with the melt, these crystals display dramatic rim-ward declines in Li concentration. All analysed plagioclase crystals, except for the xenocrystic type-A, have nearly the same Li, Be and B concentrations at their rims. These coincide with the composition of plagioclase microlites in the groundmass, thereby affording estimates of plagioclase-melt partitioning for the light elements: K _Li = 0.19–0.28, K _Be = 0.24–0.38 and K _B = 0.007–0.009. δ⁷Li profiles in type-O2 and type-A phenocrysts manifest an unmistakable inverse relation to Li concentration, with variations of up to ~39 ‰, revealing preferential kinetic diffusion. This may have been driven by Li loss from the melt, most likely through degassing during decompression, perhaps in the course of magma ascent to subsequent eruption. Considering the rapid diffusion of Li in plagioclase, in situ phenocryst analyses may yield useful information about processes leading up to, or even causing, eruptions.     

碳酸岩岩浆演化的指示性矿物—环带金云母——以山东西部雪野碳酸岩为例

山东西部莱芜－淄博地区的中生代雪野碳酸岩中发育有大量罕见的反环带云母，云母的电子探针分析表明，云母斑晶的核心为黑云母，过渡带和边缘是金云母，基质中云母为金云母，核心黑云母与过渡带的金云母界限清晰，成分突变以及核心黑云母的溶蚀结构表明，核心黑云母和过渡带与边缘带金云母不是同一岩浆体系结晶的产物，核心黑云母可能是碳酸岩岩浆捕获的外来黑云母，过渡带与边缘带金云母同基质中金云母具有相似的化学成分，从过渡带到边缘带，金云母的Mg(Mg Fe)逐渐降低，反映了碳酸岩岩浆的不断结晶演化过程，TiO2的不断降低，一方面是由于岩浆的分异结晶，另一方面则是岩浆上升期间去气作用导致岩浆内CO2／H2O值降低所致。云母斑晶从过渡带向边缘带Al2O3含量逐渐减少，表明碳酸岩浆自过渡带云母结晶后没有富Al的圈岩物质加入。     

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.     

Characteristics and tectonic setting of the shoshonite rock association

A review of the major occurrences of shoshonitic rocks suggests there is a group that is near-silica saturated, K-rich and has low iron enrichment that cannot be unambigously classified as part of calc-alkaline or alkali-basalt associations. This group is here referred to as the shoshonite rock association. The shoshonite rock association is characterised by: hypersthene-olivine normative basalts, low iron enrichment, high Na₂O + K₂O, high content of light ion lithophile elements, high but variable Al₂O₃, high Fe₂O₃/FeO and low TiO₂. Mineralogical characteristics include: coexisting plagioclase and sanidine in the groundmass, K-feldspar rims on plagioclase phenocrysts, plagioclase An_50?85 Ab_40?15 Or_10?0 and low TiO₂ content and lack of iron enrichment in clinopyroxene. Shoshonitic rocks on continental margins are younger, stratigraphically higher and more distant from the oceanic trench than the high-K calc-alkaline or calc-alkaline suites, but there is a complete gradation between the suites. A similar zonation occurs in some island arcs. In other island arcs there is no spatial zonation of the suites but successively more K-rich lavas are produced above an ever steepening subduction zone. Steepening leads to ‘failure’ or flipping of the subduction zone and uplift and block faulting within the arc. Shoshonitic rocks are most commonly associated with this phase of island are development.     

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.