四川冕宁木落稀土矿床稀土元素迁移与沉淀机制:来自稀土矿物中流体包裹体的证据

木落稀土矿床位于印度-亚洲陆陆碰撞带之东部转换带,是四川冕宁-德昌稀土矿带的重要组成部分,其成矿与喜山期岩浆碳酸岩关系密切.本文在详细的矿床地质研究基础上,通过矿床中主要稀土矿物氟碳铈矿中流体包裹体岩相学、显微测温分析、包裹体成分的LRM分析和包裹体中子矿物相的SEM/EDS分析等,对与稀土矿化有关的成矿流体的特征、演化及稀土迁移与沉淀的机制进行了讨论.结果表明,与稀土成矿有关的流体为富CO2、H2、K 、Na 和SO2-4的中高温、高压超临界流体.超临界流体对稀土的迁移起到重要作用,温度、压力降低造成的超临界流体中CO2相与水溶液相的分离是造成稀土矿物沉淀的主要机制.     

湖南芙蓉锡多金属矿床流体包裹体地球化学研究

湖南芙蓉锡多金属矿床是中国最近发现的具有巨大找矿潜力的锡矿田，本文对白蜡水矿区和狗头岭矿区中主要的4种矿化类型（矽卡岩型、蚀变花岗岩、锡石硫化物型、云英岩型）进行了系统的流体包裹体研究，研究表明：该矿床中流体包裹体类型复杂，包括富含CO₂包裹体、气液包裹体、含子晶包裹体和气相包裹体。成矿流体为富含CO₂、CH₄等挥发分的高盐度、高温度的岩浆期后热液，成矿流体压力为1800~179 bar。锡成矿过程早期曾发生过流体不混溶和沸腾作用。CO₂相的分离导致热液流体的pH值升高，低盐度、低温大气降水的混入，导致成矿流体的温度进一步降低和锡石的沉淀。     

首例独立碲矿床流体包裹体研究

四川石棉大水沟碲矿床是世界首例独立碲多金属矿床。包裹体的相态和成分特征表明,矿石和变质分异脉体富含CO₂、CO₂-H₂O(低盐度流体)和CO₂-H₂O-NaCl(高盐度流体)三种体系的流体包裹体,成矿作用与前两种体系的流体有关。薄片中普遍存在包裹体的自然爆裂现象,大多数包裹体在均一前发生泄漏或爆裂。矿物温度计表明,磁黄铁矿阶段成矿温度约500℃, 辉碲铋矿阶段约400℃ ,流体密度变化在1.04~0.76 g/cm³之间,成矿压力分别为450~500 MPa和240~300 MPa,矿化是在高温高压条件下发生的。     

江西黄沙石英脉型钨矿床流体包裹体研究

黄沙钨矿床是赣南地区一大型石英脉型钨多金属矿床。本文采用"流体包裹体组合"的研究方法,对黄沙钨矿床主成矿阶段早期的黑钨矿-石英脉和晚期的硫化物-(黑钨矿)-石英脉石英中的流体包裹体进行了显微测温和拉曼探针的分析。研究表明,黑钨矿-石英脉中包裹体主要为水溶液包裹体和含CO₂水溶液包裹体,硫化物-(黑钨矿)-石英脉中主要发育水溶液包裹体。黑钨矿-石英脉中包裹体的均一温度明显高于硫化物-(黑钨矿)-石英脉中的包裹体,但两者水溶液包裹体的盐度相差不大。激光拉曼探针测试表明,两期矿脉中水溶液包裹体的组分主要为水,在黑钨矿-石英脉中的含CO₂水溶液包裹体,除CO₂外,还检测到CH₄和N₂组分。研究表明,以CO₂逸失为特征的流体不混溶作用是早期黑钨矿-石英脉含矿流体中的金属络合物分解并沉淀成矿的主要机制,晚期硫化物-(黑钨矿)-石英脉中矿质的沉淀则主要是流体的混合作用导致。     

宜昌黄陵地区板苍河金矿中的含H2S、有机质包裹体

板苍河金矿是典型的岩浆热液型金矿床。石英中发育的裹体有: ① 富CO₂包亵体; ②含L _CO2多相包裹体; ③ 两相气液包裹体; ④ 有机质包裹体; ⑤ 单相水溶液包裹体。群体包裹体成份分析结果中SO₄^2-高,在冷冻法测定时出现乩S水合物,而激光拉曼探针分析结果证实其中有较多的H₂S、HS^-和有机质。在对这种包裹体进行详细研究基础上,对有关问题进行了有益的讨论。     

流体包裹体盐度低温拉曼光谱测定方法研究

氯盐溶液作为流体包裹体中最普遍和最重要的盐水化合物,是测定包裹体盐水溶液含盐度的主要溶质,但由于其强离子键化合物的分子特性在常温、常压下没有拉曼效应,拉曼光谱测试无法获取氯盐的有效特征信息,使得利用拉曼光谱研究流体包裹体分子组分及含盐度的方法存在严重缺陷。本文联合利用激光拉曼光谱探针和冷热台,原位采集了不同盐度的NaCl-H₂O和CaCl₂-H₂O标准盐水溶液在低温下(-185℃)形成的冰、NaCl水合物和CaCl₂水合物的拉曼光谱,分析了不同盐度标准盐水溶液形成的水合物拉曼特征峰的变化规律,尝试建立流体包裹体盐度低温拉曼光谱测定方法。分析表明,NaCl水合物约3425 cm^-1拉曼特征峰与冰约3120 cm^-1拉曼特征峰峰面积比值和配制的NaCl-H₂O标准溶液盐度呈良好的正相关(r²=0.9995),CaCl₂水合物约3431 cm^-1拉曼特征峰与冰约3120 cm^-1拉曼特征峰峰面积比值也和配制的CaCl₂-H₂O标准溶液盐度呈较好的正相关(r²=0.9458)。利用愈合人工水晶法合成的NaCl-H₂O和CaCl₂-H₂O包裹体标样检验了用上述方法低温测定流体包裹体盐度的可靠性,结果表明该技术用于盐度大于0.5 mol/L的NaCl-H₂O体系流体包裹体时,数据精度好于20%;用于盐度大于0.5 mol/L的CaCl₂-H₂O体系流体包裹体时,数据精度最高可达5%,完全可达到半定量-定量测定的要求。研究还发现,包裹体内压可能对低温拉曼光谱测定流体包裹体盐度影响不大,分析中获得的冰拉曼特征峰的拉曼位移(约3120 cm^-1)与前人略有差异,可能与实验条件下获得的冰的多型不同有关。与国内外同行的研究结果比较,本研究更加注重该项实验技术的实际应用,通过对不同体系盐水溶液系列进行拉曼光谱实验分析,对实验条件和方法进行不断优化,在确定流体体系的同时实现了包裹体盐水溶液盐度半定量-定量测定,准确度优于传统方法,并且该方法具有很强的实用性。     

白云鄂博超大型稀土-铌-铁矿床成矿过程中的流体不混溶作用

白云鄂博超大型REE-Nb-Fe矿床赋存在白云岩内，矿体由磁铁矿、稀土氟碳酸盐、萤石、霓石、角闪石、方解石和重晶石等矿物组成。在白云鄂博矿床矿石和脉石矿物中赋存有两/三相富CO₂、三相高盐卤水和两相水溶液包裹体3大类型。显微测温表明富CO₂包裹体内还有近于纯的CO₂，成矿流体为H₂O-CO₂-NaCl-（F-REE）体系。高盐卤水包裹体和富CO₂包裹体共生且具有近似的完全均一温度，表明初始热液发生了流体不混溶作用。流体包裹体中出现稀土子矿物，表明初始成矿流体含有很高的稀土元素，这也许是形成白云鄂博超大型稀土矿床的原因。     

山东金翅岭金矿成矿流体特征

[摘 要]通过流体包裹体岩相学、显微测温学和包裹体稀土元素等的分析,研究山东金翅岭金矿床成矿流体性质和演化,研究结果表明:流体包裹体主要为气液两相包裹体,另有少量液相包裹体。包裹体气相成分主要以H₂O、CO₂为主。液相成分属Na⁺-K⁺-Ca²⁺-Mg²⁺-Cl^--SO²_-4体系,成矿流体为岩浆热液夹有变质水和大气降水的混合流体。流体包裹体的均一温度介于140～350℃,金的主成矿期为第域和第芋阶段,成矿温度范围为290℃～185℃,流体盐度介于7.3%～8.9%,为中-低温、低盐度的成矿流体。石英、黄铁矿包裹体稀土元素特征研究表明:轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损,具有中等负铕异常,标准化曲线为略右倾曲线。     

水射流破碎联合CO2置换开采天然气水合物新工艺及实验研究

本文对目前开采天然气水合物的5种方法进行了归纳总结,重点分析了CO₂置换开采以及固体开采法,并通过分析这2种开采方法的优劣势,提出了水射流冲蚀、破碎海洋天然气水合物储层联合CO₂置换开采天然气水合物的新思路。水射流冲蚀、破坏水合物储层后形成的采空区能为CO₂提供更好的储藏空间并提高其与储层的作用面积,提高置换效率;封存的CO₂水合物也可以提高水合物储层的稳定性,具有良好的互补效应。实验结果表明,在整个置换过程中,含采空区储层CH₄置换率为24.3%,CO₂封存率为22.1%;完整储层CH₄置换率为15.3%,CO₂封存率为20.9%,置换率提升约59%,封存率提升约5.7%。采空区的作用主要体现在提升水合物置换介质的注入量上。     

沉积岩中无机CO2热模拟实验研究

结合三水盆地的地质特点，分析了无机CO₂热模拟实验研究的可能性，进行了不同条件下的模拟试验和相关的分析测试，提出了无机CO₂生成量和转化率的概念和计算方法。从实验结果来看：含有一定量碳酸盐矿物的沉积岩，在一定温度下可转化形成相当数量的无机CO₂，无机CO₂转化率越高，岩石中碳酸盐矿物越容易转化生成无机CO₂；相同热成熟度条件下，Ⅱ型干酪根生成有机CO₂的量较Ⅲ型的少；CO₂中碳同位素与CO₂的成因密切相关，随有机质热成熟度的增加，同种类型有机质生成的有机CO₂相对富集¹³C；无机CO₂较有机CO₂的碳同位素明显富集¹³C，随水介质的pH值降低，无机CO₂气含量、模拟温度及时间的增加，无机CO₂相对富集¹³C。实验研究结果为CO₂成因研究及其资源评价提供了实验依据。     

Molecular H2O in armenite, BaCa2Al6Si9O30·2H2O, and epididymite, Na2Be2Si6O15·H2O: Heat capacity, entropy and local-bonding behavior of confined H2O in microporous silicates

Armenite, ideal formula BaCa₂Al₆Si₉O₃₀·2H₂O, and its dehydrated analog BaCa₂Al₆Si₉O₃₀ and epididymite, ideal formula Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O, and its dehydrated analog Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅ were studied by low-temperature relaxation calorimetry between 5 and 300 K to determine the heat capacity, C_p, behavior of their confined H₂O. Differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetry measurements, FTIR spectroscopy, electron microprobe analysis and powder Rietveld refinements were undertaken to characterize the phases and the local environment around the H₂O molecule.The determined structural formula for armenite is Ba_0.88(0.01)Ca_1.99(0.02)Na_0.04(0.01)Al_5.89(0.03)Si_9.12(0.02)O₃₀·2H₂O and for epididymite Na_1.88(0.03)K_0.05(0.004)Na_0.01(0.004)Be_2.02(0.008)Si_6.00(0.01)O₁₅·H₂O. The infrared (IR) spectra give information on the nature of the H₂O molecules in the natural phases via their H₂O stretching and bending vibrations, which in the case of epididymite only could be assigned. The powder X-ray diffraction data show that armenite and its dehydrated analog have similar structures, whereas in the case of epididymite there are structural differences between the natural and dehydrated phases. This is also reflected in the lattice IR mode behavior, as observed for the natural phases and the H₂O-free phases. The standard entropy at 298 K for armenite is S° = 795.7 ± 6.2 J/mol K and its dehydrated analog is S° = 737.0 ± 6.2 J/mol K. For epididymite S° = 425.7 ± 4.1 J/mol K was obtained and its dehydrated analog has S° = 372.5 ± 5.0 J/mol K. The heat capacity and entropy of dehydration at 298 K are Δ = 3.4 J/mol K and ΔS^rxn = 319.1 J/mol K and Δ = −14.3 J/mol K and ΔS^rxn = 135.7 J/mol K for armenite and epididymite, respectively. The H₂O molecules in both phases appear to be ordered. They are held in place via an ion-dipole interaction between the H₂O molecule and a Ca cation in the case of armenite and a Na cation in epididymite and through hydrogen-bonding between the H₂O molecule and oxygen atoms of the respective silicate frameworks. Of the three different H₂O phases ice, liquid water and steam, the C_p behavior of confined H₂O in both armenite and epididymite is most similar to that of ice, but there are differences between the two silicates and from the C_p behavior of ice. Hydrogen-bonding behavior and its relation to the entropy of confined H₂O at 298 K is analyzed for various microporous silicates.The entropy of confined H₂O at 298 K in various silicates increases approximately linearly with increasing average wavenumber of the OH-stretching vibrations. The interpretation is that decreased hydrogen-bonding strength between a H₂O molecule and the silicate framework, as well as weak ion-dipole interactions, results in increased entropy of H₂O. This results in increased amplitudes of external H₂O vibrations, especially translations of the molecule, and they contribute strongly to the entropy of confined H₂O at T < 298 K.     

Thermochemistry of glasses and liquids in the systems CaMgSi2O6-CaAl2Si2O8-NaAlSi3O8, SiO2-CaAl2Si2O8-NaAlSi3O8 and SiO2-Al2O3-CaO-Na2O

Enthalpies of solution in 2PbO· B₂O₃ at 712°C have been measured for glasses in the systems albite anorthite diopside, NaAlO₂-SiO₂, Ca_0.5AlO₂-SiO₂ and albite-anorthite-quartz. The systems albite-anorthite and diopside-anorthite show substantial negative enthalpies of mixing, albite-diopside shows significant positive heats of mixing. For compositions up to NaAlO₂ = 0.42 (which includes the subsystem albite-silica) the system NaAlO₂-SiO₂ shows essentially zero heats of mixing. A negative ternary excess heat of mixing is found in the plagioclase-rich portion of the albite-anorthite-diopside system. The join Si₄O₈-CaAl₂Si₂O₈ shows small but significant heats of mixing. In albite-anorthite-quartz. ternary glasses, the ternary excess enthalpy of mixing is positive.Based on available heat capacity data and appropriate consideration of the glass transition, the enthalpy of the crystal-glass transition (vitrification) is a serious underestimate of the enthalpy of the crystal-liquid transition (fusion) especially when the melting point, T_f, is many hundreds of degrees higher than the glass transition temperature, T_g. On the other hand, the same heat capacity data suggest that the enthalpies of mixing in albite-anorthite-diopside liquids are calculated to be quite similar to those in the glasses. The enthalpies of mixing observed in general support the structural models proposed by Taylor and Brown (1979a, b) and others for the structure of aluminosilicate glasses.     

A hydrothermal investigation of the system FeO, Fe2O3, TiO2

Phase relations in the system FeO---Fe₂O₃---TiO₂, at temperatures ranging between 300°C and 700°C, have been investigated experimentally with special refference to the reaction Fe₃O₄ + TiO₂ = Fe₂O₃ + FeTiO₃. Pressure was varied between 500 and 2000 bars but its effect was negligible. Magnetite and rutile are the stable assemblage at temperatures above 550 dgC, and hematite and ilmenite are stable for lower temperatures. The equilibrium oxygen fugacity is estimated to be 10^−17.5 bars at equilibrium temperature. It is suggested that intermediate hematite-ilmenite solid solutions are inhomogeneous, consisting of ‘domains’ of hematite and ilmenite. The ‘domains’ are too small to be resolved by X-ray diffraction techniques. The top of the solvus curve in the hematite-ilmenite solution corresponds to a temperature of 660°C. Regular solution theory is not applicable to the solid solution.     

Alkali-free tourmaline in the system MgO-Al2O3-B2O3-SiO2-H2O

An end member of the tourmaline series with a structural formula □(Mg₂Al)Al₆(BO₃)₃[Si₆O₁₈](OH)₄ has been synthesized in the system MgO-Al₂O₃-B₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O where it represents the only phase with a tourmaline structure. Our experiments provide no evidence for the substitutions Al → Mg + H, Mg → 2H, B + H → Si, and AlAl → MgSi and we were not able to synthesize a phase “Mg-aluminobuergerite” characterized by Mg in the (3a)-site and a strong (OH)-deficiency reported by Rosenberg and Foit (1975). The alkali-free tourmaline has a vacant (3a)-site and is related to dravite by the □ + Al for Na + Mg substitution. It is stable from at least 300°C to about 800°C at low fluid pressures and 100% excess B₂O₃, and can be synthesized up to a pressure of 20 kbars. At higher temperatures the tourmaline decomposes into grandidierite or a boron-bearing phase possibly related to mullite (“B-mullite”), quartz, and unidentified solid phases, or the tourmaline melts incongruently into corundum + liquid, depending on pressure. In the absence of excess B₂O₃ tourmaline stability is lowered by about 60°C. Tourmaline may coexist with the other MgO-Al₂O₃-B₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O phases forsterite, enstatite, chlorite, talc, quartz, grandidierite, corundum, spinel, “B-mullite,” cordierite, and sinhalite depending on the prevailing PTX-conditions.The (3a)-vacant tourmaline has the space group R3m with $\text{a =15.90}\text{A}\text{?}$, $\text{c = 7.115}\text{A}\text{?}$, and $\text{V = 1557.0}\text{A}\text{?}{}^3$. However, these values vary at room temperature with the pressure-temperature conditions of synthesis by $\text{±0.015}\text{A}\text{?}\text{in a}$, $\text{±0.010}\text{A}\text{?}\text{in c}$, and $\text{±4.0}\text{A}\text{?}{}^3\text{in V}$, probably as a result of MgAl order/disorder relations in the octahedral positions. Despite these variations intensity calculations support the assumed structural formula. Refractive indices are n_o = 1.631(2), n_E = 1.610(2), Δn = 0.021. The infrared spectrum is intermediate between those of dravite and elbaite. The common alkali and calcium deficiencies of natural tourmalines may at least partly be explained by miscibilities towards (3a)-vacant end members. The apparent absence of (3a)-vacant tourmaline in nature is probably due to the lack of fluids that carry boron but no Na or Ca.     

An electrochemical study of Ni2+, Co2+, and Zn2+ ions in melts of composition CaMgSi2O6

Cyclic voltammetry has been done for Ni²⁺, Co²⁺, and Zn²⁺ in melts of diopside composition in the temperature range 1425 to 1575°C. Voltammetric curves for all three ions excellently match theoretical curves for uncomplicated, reversible charge transfer at the Pt electrode. This implies that the neutral metal atoms remain dissolved in the melt. The reference electrode is a form of oxygen electrode. Relative to that reference assigned a reduction potential of 0.00 volt, the values of standard reduction potential for the ions are $\text{E}{}^1\text{(}\text{Ni}{}^{\mathrm{2+}}\text{Ni}{}^0\text{,}\text{diopside}\text{, 1500°C) = ?0.32 ± .01}\text{V}$, $\text{E}{}^1\text{(}\text{Co}{}^{\mathrm{2+}}\text{Co}{}^0\text{,}\text{diopside}\text{, 1500°C) = ?0.45 ± .02}\text{V}$, and $\text{E}{}^1\text{(}\text{Zn}{}^{\mathrm{2+}}\text{Zn}{}^0\text{,}\text{diopside}\text{, 1500°C) = ?0.53 ± .01}\text{V}$. The electrode reactions are rapid, with first order rate constants of the order of 10^?2 cm/sec. Diffusion coefficients were found to be 2.6 × 10^?6 cm²/sec for Ni²⁺, 3.4 × 10^?6 cm²/sec for Co²⁺, and 3.8 × 10^?6 cm²/sec for Zn²⁺ at 1500°C. The value of $\text{E1}$ ($\text{Ni}{}^{\mathrm{2+}}\text{Ni}{}^0$, diopside) is a linear function of temperature over the range studied, with values of ?0.35 V at 1425°C and ?0.29 V at 1575°C. At constant temperature the value of $\text{E}{}^1\text{(}\text{Ni}{}^{\mathrm{2+}}\text{Ni}{}^0\text{, 1525°C}$) was not observed to vary with composition over the range CaO · MgO · 2SiO₂ to CaO·MgO·3SiO₂ or from 1.67 CaO·0.33MgO·2SiO₂ to 0.5 CaO·1.5MgO·2SiO₂. The value for the diffusion coefficient for Ni²⁺ decreased by an order of magnitude at 1525°C over the compositional range CaO · MgO · 1.25SiO₂ to CaO · MgO · 3SiO₂. This is consistent with a mechanism by which Ni²⁺ ions diffuse by moving from one octahedral coordination site to another in the melt, with the same Ni²⁺ species discharging at the cathode regardless of the SiO₂ concentration in the melt.     

Polymerization of silicate and aluminate tetrahedra in glasses,melts and aqueous solutions—II. The network modifying effects of Mg2+ , K+, Na+, Li+, H+, OH−, F−, Cl−, H2O,CO2 and H3O+ on silicate polymers

The effect of the group IA and VIIA ions, as well as Mg²⁺, and the molecules H₂O, CO₂, H₃O⁺ and OH^? on the energy of the Si-O bond in a H₆Si₂O₇ cluster has been calculated using semiempirical molecular orbital calculations (CNDO/2). Three types of elementary processes, i.e. substitution, addition, and polymerization reactions have been used to interpret data on the dynamic viscosity, surface tension and surface charge, hydrolytic weakening, diffusivity, conductivity, freezing point depression, and degree of polymerization of silicates in melts, glasses, and aqueous solutions. As a test of our calculational procedure, observed X-ray emission spectra of binary alkali silicate glasses were compared with calculated electronic spectra. The well known bondlength variations between the bridging bond [Si-O(br)] and the non-bridging bond [Si-O(nbr)] in alkali silicates are shown to be due to the propagation of oscillating bond-energy patterns through the silica framework. A kinetic interpretation of some results of our calculations is given in terms of the Bell-Evans-Polanyi reaction principle.     

Partitioning of Ni2+, Co2+, Fe2+, Mn2+ and Mg2+ between olivine and silicate melts: compositional dependence of partition coefficient

Partitioning of Ni²⁺, Co²⁺, Fe²⁺, Mn²⁺ and Mg²⁺ between olivine and silicate melts has been determined near the join (Mg_0.5·-Fe_0.5)₂SiO₄-K₂O 4SiO₂ and for seven different basaltic compositions. The experiments were made at 1 atm total pressure, 1500-1100°C, and under moderate to reducing oxygen fugacities. The concentration factor, defined as K^MO = (MO)^ol/(MO)^liq (molar ratio), increases markedly for all the cations studied as the olivine component of the liquid decreases. Much of the increase in K^MO is considered as due to the compositional effect of the coexisting liquid: the temperature effect on K^MO is probably opposite to the compositional effect (K^MO decreases as temperature decreases).The partition coefficient K^MO-MgO = (MO/MgO)^ol/(MO/MgO)^liq for the reaction, M_ol²⁺ + Mg_liq²⁺ = M_liq²⁺ + Mg_ol²⁺. is relatively constant over a wide range of SiO₂ content of the liquid, except in the case of Ni²⁺. The partition coefficients have similar ranges both in synthetic and natural rock systems: K^NiO-MgO = 1.8–3.0, K^CoO-MgO = 0.6–0.8, K^FeO-MgO = 0.27–0.38, and K^MnO-MgO = 0.23–0.32. There is a systematic variation in the partition coefficient K^MO-MgO with the composition of liquid; K^MO-MgO increases with increasing SiO₂ content of melt. The partition coefficients for Co²⁺, Fe²⁺ and Mn²⁺ are useful to test the equilibration of olivine with magma of a wide compositional range.     

Microscope-photometric methods for non-destructive Fe2+ – Fe3+ determination in chloritoids (Fe2+, Mn2+, Mg)2 (Al,Fe3+)4 Si2O10(OH)4

Six natural chloritoid crystals with Fe²⁺ and Fe³⁺ contents ranging from 4.15 to 12.81 and from 0.411 to 0.849g-atoms/l, respectively, as determined by means of microprobe and Mössbauer techniques, served as reference material to develop non-destructive microscope-spectrophotometric methods for quantitative Fe²⁺ – Fe³⁺ determinations in chloritoids from unpolarized spectra of (001) platelets. Fe²⁺ concentrations in g-atom/l can be obtained from [ [Fe³⁺]=C₁xD₁/t where D₁ = log₁₀(I_0/I at 28,000 cm^-1 and t=crystal thickness in cm; C₁ is a conttant that may be influenced somewhat by experimental conditions and is found to be 0.002289 with the experimental set-up used in this study. Fe²⁺ concentrations in g-atom/l can be obtained from [Fe²⁺]=C₁xD₁/D₁-C₃ with D₂=log₁₀(I₀/I) at 16,300 cm^?1 and constants C₄ = 45.36 and C₅ = 3.540. Due to the uncertainties in absorbance measurements, D₁ and D₂ and the thickness measurements, the accuracies are ±0.05 and ±0.15 g-atom/l for [Fe³⁺] and [Fe²⁺], respectively. The determinations may be carried out on chloritoid grains in normal thin sections with an areal resolution of ～10 μm.     

Structure of mineral glasses—I. The feldspar glasses NaAlSi3O8, KAlSi3O8, CaAl2Si2O8

The short range distribution of interatomic distances in three feldspar glasses has been determined by X-ray radial distribution analysis. The resulting radial distribution functions (RDF's) are interpreted by comparison with RDF's calculated for various quasi-crystalline models of the glass structure.The experimental RDF's of the alkali feldspar glasses were found to be inconsistent with the four-membered rings of tetrahedra associated with crystalline feldspars; the structures of these glasses are probably based on interconnected six-membered rings of the type found in tridymite, nepheline, or kalsilite. In contrast, the RDF of calcic feldspar glass is consistent with a four-membered ring structure of the type found in crystalline anorthite. T-O bond lengths (T = Si,Al) increase from 1.60 Å in SiO₂ glass [J. H. Konnert and J. Karle (1973) Acta Cryst.A29, 702–710] to 1.63 Å in the alkali feldspar glasses to 1.66 Å in the calcic feldspar glass due to the substitution of Al for Si in the tetrahedra] sites. The T-O-T bond angles inferred from the RDF peak positions are 151° in SiO₂ glass (see reference above), 146° in the alkali feldspar glasses, and 143° in the calcic feldspar glass. Detail in the RDF at distances greater than 5 Å suggests that the alkali feldspar glasses have a higher degree of long range order than the calcic feldspar glasses.Assuming that the structural details of our feldspar glasses are similar to those of the melts, the observed structural differences between the alkali feldspar and calcic feldspar glasses helps explain the differences in crystallization kinetics of anhydrous feldspar composition melts. Structural interpretations of some thermodynamic and rheologic phenomena associated with feldspar melts are also presented based on these results.