辽宁瓦房店和山东蒙阴金伯利岩中铬铁矿成分特征及指示意义

为了研究瓦房店和蒙阴矿区铬铁矿成分与金伯利岩含矿性关系,对2个矿区的铬铁矿进行了系统的采样,利用电子探针波谱技术测定了不同品位含矿岩管金伯利岩中的100个铬铁矿微区化学成分.分析结果表明：不同世代的铬铁矿的化学成分不同,主要差别在铬和铝2个元素上.如果用Cr/（Cr+Al）=Cr'来表示铬铁矿与金伯利岩含矿性的关系,那么金刚石包裹体中铬铁矿的Cr'值为89.75%;富矿岩体中的第一世代铬铁矿Cr'值为89.47%;中等含矿岩体中第一世代铬铁矿Cr'值为86.83%,第二世代铬铁矿Cr'值为82.74%;贫矿的岩体中第三世代铬铁矿Cr'值为68.98%.金伯利岩岩体中含金刚石由富到贫,对应岩石中铬铁矿Cr'值依次变低,具有明显的找矿矿物学特征.     

栾川矿集区黄背岭-中鱼库花岗岩中黑云母成分特征及成岩成矿意义

黄背岭-中鱼库钼多金属矿矿区是栾川矿集区目前的重点找矿区域。通过对黄背岭含矿斑状花岗岩与中鱼库隐伏的黑云母二长花岗岩进行岩相学观察与黑云母的化学成分特征分析,探讨了本区的岩石成因及成矿潜力。结果表明黄背岭和中鱼库花岗岩中的黑云母都属于镁质黑云母。黄背岭花岗岩中的黑云母Ti=0.15apfu~0.20apfu,具有退变质与固相线下交代成因的特征,中鱼库花岗岩中的黑云母Ti=0.27apfu~0.35apfu,具有岩浆成因的特征。从岩体浅部到深部,黄背岭岩体结晶压力为93 MPa~14 MPa,结晶深度为3.4km~0.5km。中鱼库岩体结晶压力为145 MPa~58 MPa,结晶深度为5.3km~2.1km。两岩体浅部结晶压力大,深部结晶压力小,表明两者均为快速侵入。两岩体均属壳幔混源的I型花岗岩,是深源中浅成花岗岩。两岩体形成时的温度分别为939.4℃~1 006℃,833℃~966℃,氧逸度分别为10-11.8 MPa~10-10 MPa,10-13.08 MPa~10-10.4 MPa。两者形成时的温度与氧逸度均较高,与其共存的流体都富氟,有利于钼钨多金属矿成矿。综上并结合透岩浆成矿作用的观点,认为本区成矿潜力大。     

山东蒙阴县西峪矿区深部与外围金刚石指示矿物——利用金刚石指示矿物预测金伯利岩的含矿性

金伯利岩中的石榴子石、铬铁矿和铬透辉石是寻找金刚石矿的重要指示矿物,根据这些指示矿物的含量可大致推断金刚石原生矿的存在及含矿性。石榴子石中G10组指示金伯利岩中金刚石的存在,其含量越高,岩体中金刚石品位相对较富。由西峪G10组含量小于常马G10组含量,可推断西峪金刚石品位小于常马金刚石品位,事实证明推断正确;S1、S2、S6组铬铁矿是与金刚石共生的铬铁矿,西峪矿区62粒S6组和1粒S7组铬铁矿与深源捕虏体橄榄岩有关,几乎全部来自金伯利岩,具有重要指示意义;Cr_2O_3≥1.2%的铬透辉石含量越多,金刚石品位越高。通过统计分析,地表铬透辉石中Cr_2O_3≥1.2%含量略大于岩管深部,西峪矿区深部矿体平均品位略低于地表矿体平均品位,说明可通过铬透辉石定性地推断金伯利岩的含矿性。结合CSAMT和钻探等地质工作,在西峪岩管群深部-205m以下找到金刚石原生矿,在外围通过槽探工程发现红旗15-1岩脉,并在选矿样中选获18颗金刚石,充分证明了根据金刚石指示矿物找矿方法定性预测金伯利岩含矿性的有效性和可行性。     

新疆玉海-三岔口铜矿黑云母矿物化学特征及成岩成矿意义

黑云母的化学成分对于揭示结晶条件、岩石成因、成矿演化以及含矿性评价等具有重要的指示意义.利用电子探针（EPMA）对新疆玉海和三岔口铜矿中的黑云母进行成分分析,结果表明与成矿相关岩体的黑云母具有富镁贫铁的特征,而无矿化岩体中的黑云母则呈现富铁贫镁的特征.分析结果显示矿化岩体中黑云母为再平衡镁质黑云母,而无矿化岩体中黑云母为原生铁质黑云母;它们的寄主岩石均属于I型花岗岩,形成于与俯冲相关的构造背景,但是与矿化相关岩体的岩浆源区为壳幔混合来源,而无矿岩体的源区为地壳来源,形成过程中有新生地壳组分的混染;两类黑云母的结晶温度为529~677 ℃,寄主岩体的固结压力为1.1~2.8 kbar,均形成于高氧逸度条件;此外,黑云母的Mg/Fe和Fe2+/（Fe2++Mg2+）还可以区分斑岩型铜矿的含矿性.      

新疆北山坡一基性-超基性岩体铬铁矿矿物学特征及其指示意义

坡一含铜镍基性-超基性岩体是新疆北山西段早二叠世幔源岩浆活动产物之一。本文主要对该岩体中铬铁矿及内部固体包裹物进行了电子探针分析。坡一岩体铬铁矿主要成分呈线性变化并具低Zn、Ti和Fe3+的特征。铬铁矿内部固体包裹物由橄榄石、辉石等无水单矿物相包裹物,角闪石、金云母等含水多矿物相包裹物以及硫化物三类组成,硅酸盐包裹物化学成分上表现出富镁高铬的特点,其中云母具有富碱高镁的特征。估算得到铬铁矿结晶温度在1340~1411℃之间,结晶压力在2.56~3.33 GPa之间,坡一岩体原始岩浆Al2O3含量约为14.13%,Ti O2含量约为1.57%。结合已有研究成果,认为坡一岩体原始岩浆早期属于低钛苦橄质岩浆,可能是软流圈地幔环境下经历了15.5%~18.9%程度的部分熔融产物。原始岩浆早期存在含水富挥发份流(熔)体相且达到了硫饱和,铬铁矿结晶可能是导致硫饱和的重要原因。     

西藏西南部拉昂错和东坡蛇绿岩体中新发现铬铁矿化点

"西藏雅鲁藏布江西段铬铁矿资源远景调查"是我所承担的矿产资源评价项目.项目组在2003~2005年开展野外调查工作中,在西藏普兰县拉昂错蛇绿岩体和札达县东坡蛇绿岩体内新发现了铬铁矿化,找矿工作取得重要的进展.经初步研究,区内铬铁矿属于典型的豆荚状铬铁矿,其含矿岩体与国内外同类大型铬铁矿床的含矿岩体特征相似,岩体规模大,由方辉橄榄岩和纯橄榄岩组成,具有岩相分带,显示出较好的成矿前景.     

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。     

中国含铬铁矿超基性岩体的岩浆成分类型及成矿特征

重要的铬铁矿床均产于基性、超基性侵入岩中.铬铁矿的造矿元素,通过岩浆分异作用,于岩浆晚期残余岩浆中富集并结晶形成具工业价值的铬铁矿床.因此,铬铁矿床在侵入体中的空间分布和在成因上,总是与一定的岩相有密切关系.重视对矿石和成矿母岩的矿物学和岩石学研究,对阐明铬铁矿的成因是重要的.但成矿岩相的形成及其矿物、化学成分特征,则又与侵入岩体的岩浆成分密切相关.由不同成分的基性、超基性岩浆形成的岩体,在空间分布上有一定规律性,并具有不同的成矿特征.     

西藏浦桑果矿区中新世中酸性侵入岩锆石微量元素特征及地质意义

浦桑果是近年来西藏冈底斯成矿带内发现的唯一一个富钴矽卡岩型铜多金属矿床,铜、铅、锌品位高,开发价值巨大。矿区主要出露黑云母花岗闪长岩和闪长玢岩中酸性侵入岩体,岩体形成时代均为中新世（13~14 Ma）,但其岩体含矿性目前尚未查明,是否具有斑岩型铜矿成矿潜力值得进一步探讨和研究。本文主要采用LA- ICP- MS原位成分分析方法分别对黑云母花岗闪长岩和闪长玢岩中锆石展开系统的原位微量元素分析。分析结果表明,黑云母花岗闪长岩和闪长玢岩中锆石均发育典型的振荡环带结构,两种岩体具有相似的REE配分模式、Ce正异常和Eu负异常特征,锆石成因类型属于典型的岩浆锆石类,锆石主要结晶形成于陆壳环境。锆石初始饱和温度和锆石Ti结晶温度计算结果表明,黑云母花岗闪长岩锆石初始饱和温度范围为633~645℃,锆石Ti结晶温度为658~817℃;闪长玢岩锆石初始饱和温度分布在549~626℃,锆石Ti结晶温度为640~772℃,锆石初始饱和温度均低于锆石Ti结晶温度,综合指示矿区中酸性岩体形成过程中存在多期次岩浆熔体的补给作用。锆石n(Ce4+)/n(Ce3+)、EuN/Eu*N、微量元素Dy/Yb、(Ce/Nd)/Y值与氧逸度（ΔFMQ）特征表明,黑云母花岗闪长岩较闪长玢岩具有更高的氧逸度范围（ΔFMQ+0. 44 ~ ΔFMQ+3. 86）和相对高的水含量,从而更有利于浦桑果矿区铜、硫等成矿元素在岩浆中进一步富集成矿,且矿区可能发育中—大型规模的金属矿床,然而进一步发育斑岩型铜矿床的可能性较低。     

滇西北中甸弧成矿岩体中榍石化学成分特征及其成岩成矿标识

位于西南三江构造火成岩带义敦弧南段的中甸弧,以发育印支期斑岩型铜矿床和燕山期矽卡岩-热液石英脉型钼-钨-铜矿而著称.针对普朗、地苏嘎和休瓦促成矿岩体中的榍石单矿物,利用EMPA和LA-ICP-MS测定化学成分,探讨化学成分对成岩成矿的指示意义.普朗、地苏嘎和休瓦促岩体榍石均为岩浆来源.普朗岩体榍石形成温度为743~754℃,休瓦促岩体榍石形成温度为702~753℃.根据榍石的δCe、δEu推断三个岩体氧逸度高低顺序为:普朗>地苏嘎>休瓦促,榍石中的Cu含量对母岩浆中的Cu金属量变化不敏感,不能单独作为母岩浆Cu金属量的判别标志;钼成矿对岩体的氧逸度要求不高,在利用榍石中的Mo含量判断母岩浆中的Mo金属量时要综合考虑氧逸度和辉钼矿结晶的影响;岩体中的F含量能降低岩浆粘度,对钼成矿有促进作用,可以作为Mo成矿的指标;榍石中的W、Sn含量对Mo-W矿床具有指示作用,休瓦促Mo-W矿岩体中榍石的W、Sn含量要高于普朗和地苏嘎不成Mo-W矿的岩体.      

不同地质建造类型的生态环境功能特征——以西昌地区为例

地质建造背景可以直接反映该地区的形成演化过程、物质组成和地理条件,直接或间接地影响基岩上的生态环境。小范围内生态环境效应由地质建造直接控制,再由不同的气候条件、人类活动进行改造。土壤中的营养元素基本继承于母岩,而气候条件和人类活动同样会对土壤的物理性质、化学性质形成扰动。以中国地质调查局生态地质调查工程之大凉山区生态地质调查项目为依托,以沉积建造特征、空间分布、大地构造属性等因素为基础,将西昌地区划分为11个地质建造单元。通过详细的野外调查和数据分析,对西昌地区不同地质建造单元进行研究,认为建造单元上的生态地质环境存在明显的差异性,地质建造背景直接制约了成土母质及土壤的物理化学性质,营养元素在成土母质和土壤之间的迁移存在明显的继承性。同时,不同的地质建造单元和不同的地理地貌特征共同决定了不同地质建造单元的生态功能属性。研究成果为下一步开展生态地质调查提供依据和思路。     

吉林临江地区草山花岗岩体中黑云母成分特征及其成岩成矿意义

草山花岗岩为八里沟金矿成矿岩体。笔者利用电子探针对草山花岗岩体中黑云母化学成分进行研究,以此来探讨岩浆成因及成矿潜力。研究表明草山花岗岩中的黑云母为岩浆成因的镁质黑云母,具有富Al、K、Mg、Ti,低Na、Ca的特征。以22个氧原子为基础计算了黑云母的阳离子数及相关参数,其全铝(~TAl)、镁质率(Mg~#)较高。利用黑云母化学成分对岩体固结的温度、压力、侵位深度及氧逸度进行了估算。岩石固结时的温度为750℃~780℃,固结压力范围为131.77~143.89 MPa,侵位深度为5.0~5.4 km,氧逸度f(O_2)=10~(-13)~10~(-14);由此得出其为中等深度、高温、高氧逸度岩体。黑云母化学成分特征暗示岩石为I型花岗岩,岩浆是在太平洋板块向华北板块俯冲、地壳加厚的背景下,由壳、幔物质混熔而形成。草山花岗岩固结时温度、氧逸度较高,有利于Au进入岩浆期后成矿流体中,表明八里沟金矿潜力较大。     

On the thermal and redox history of the Yamato diogenite Y-74013

The Yamato diogenite, Y-74013, shows a high degree of textural equilibrium with the apparent crystallization sequence: troilite and metal → orthopyroxene → plagioclase. The position of the large chromite crystals in this sequence is unclear. Except chromite, all other minerals have composition similar to common orthopyroxene achondrites. The chromite is more magnesian than in common diogenites, strongly zoned and, on the whole, intermediate in composition between chromites of diogenites and pallasites. Texture, mineral composition data and an equilibrium thermodynamic analysis of the mineral association strongly indicate that the chromite crystallized earlier than the silicates at a much higher temperature (possibly above 1100°C) and rapidly grew in a medium which was progressively enriched in Mg, Al and Ti. But the chromite failed to reach chemical equilibrium, even at its outermost rim, with the orthopyroxene. The calculated equilibrium log fO₂ of the Yamato diogenite, ?20·21 to ?11·08 for temperatures between 880°C and 1500°C is well within the normal oxygen fugacity range of pyroxene achondrites.     

元古代蛇绿岩及铬铁矿

本文总结了国外典型元古代蛇绿岩的岩石组合、野外产状、地球化学资料以及成矿特征,并与显生宙蛇绿岩进行了对比,继而探讨元古代板块构造演化和铬铁矿成因。资料表明,早元古代和中-新元古代均有蛇绿岩的存在,但前者较少,仅见于Canadian地盾的Cape Smith Belt中的Prutuniq蛇绿岩(2. 05～2. 0Ga)和芬兰Fennoscandian地盾的Outokumpu和Jormua蛇绿岩(时代为1. 97～1. 96Ga),而中-新元古代的蛇绿岩则见于世界许多地区,如埃及东部沙漠区(～750Ma)和非洲东北部地区(ca.900～800Ma)等。与显生宙蛇绿岩相比,这些老蛇绿岩具如下特征:(1)它们均为被肢解的蛇绿岩,大多与"弧火山岩"和(或)混杂岩伴生,经历不同程度的变形和变质(具绿片岩相-角闪岩相组合);(2)岩石组合大多较齐全,壳层组合发育,以镁铁-超镁铁岩(堆晶岩)、辉长岩、镁铁质席状岩床(墙)杂岩、火山岩为代表;层状镁铁-超镁铁岩的韵律层以及矿物的隐晶变化等均提示了岩浆多期次活动及开放岩浆房的特征;(3)元古代蛇绿岩中既有高铝型铬铁矿,也有高铬型铬铁矿,且主要寄主于纯橄岩(或蛇纹岩)中;高铝型和高铬型直接受控于熔体的熔融程度及含水流体的参与,反映了铬铁矿形成于俯冲带演化的不同阶段;铬铁矿规模均较小,且均以低TiO 2为特征,均为岩浆分异作用的产物,明显区别于显生宙熔融残余成因的豆荚状铬铁矿;(4)元古代蛇绿岩常伴有硫化物Cu-Co-Zn-Au矿,且铬铁矿含Zn较高(Zn=0. 11%～0. 18%)(如芬兰Outokumpu蛇绿岩);橄榄岩及铬铁矿中常含较高的MnO (高达1. 79%,如埃及东部的Wizer蛇绿岩);(5)元古代蛇绿岩具多种成因:主要为俯冲带成因(如埃及蛇绿岩、北东非蛇绿岩、芬兰Outokumpu蛇绿岩),少量为洋中脊成因(加拿大Purtuniq蛇绿岩)及裂谷成因(芬兰Jormua蛇绿岩)等。     

Chromite in the Platreef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa): occurrence and evolution of its chemical composition

The regional distribution and chemical composition of massive and disseminated chromitites through a Platreef sequence and along a strike distance of over ∼20 km were investigated to correlate them both within the framework of the northern limb and to the eastern and western limbs of the Bushveld Complex. The chromitite layers and seams of the Platreef form two main chromite-bearing zones: the Upper Chromitite that occurs as two to three discontinuous seams in feldspathic pyroxenite at approximately 20 m below the Platreef top contact and the Lower Chromitite that is composed of multiple seams in feldspathic harzburgite, pyroxenite and norite close to the bottom contact of the Platreef with footwall. Electron micro-probe analyses reveal that the chemical composition of chromite depends on the host rock type. Norite and pyroxenite host chromite with the highest Cr₂O₃ content while harzburgite-hosted chromites are Cr and Mg poor. The wide range in chromite compositions is explained by the influence of late-magmatic processes including post-cumulus growth and re-equilibration, interaction with fluid- and sulphide-saturated magmatic liquid and contact metamorphism. Each of these processes is characterised by its own distinct geochemical signature, but generally they lead to a decrease in Mg and Al and an increase in both di- and tri-valent Fe in the chromite. The occurrence of chromitite locally on the different distance from the contact between the upper Platreef sills and the overlying Main Zone magma suggests erosion of the upper Platreef by the Main Zone as it was emplaced. The localisation of chromitites supports an independent development of the northern limb during the Critical Zone emplacement although the chemical composition of chromite and co-existing silicates from ultramafic rocks suggest a Critical Zone affinity with the eastern and western limbs of the Bushveld Complex.     

应用统计法作金刚石找矿中铬铁矿的属性判别

根据金伯利岩、钾镁煌斑岩、金刚石包体及其它岩石中铬铁矿电子探针分析成果的统计,发现铬铁矿随着Cr_2O_3含量的降低,其它组分具有四种演化趋势。一般一种岩石中的铬铁矿只有一种演化趋势,唯有金伯利岩、钾镁煌斑岩中有两种演化趋势共存。根据统计资料,采用Cr_2O_3-TiO_2、Cr_2O_3-Al_2O_3和MgO含量,建立了金伯利岩、钾镁煌斑岩中铬铁矿属性判别图,图中三个区间可提供岩石类型、含矿性及保存性三种信息。     

A Metamorphosed, Early Archaean Chromitite from West Greenland: Implications for the Genesis of Archaean Anorthositic Chromitites

An early Archaean (>3·81 Ga) chromitite–ultramaficlayered body from the Ujaragssuit nunât area, west Greenland,may represent the Earth’s oldest chromitite. The layeredbody occurs as a large xenolith (800 m x 100 m) entrained withintonalitic gneisses and preserves primary igneous layering andtextures. New Re–Os and Pb–Pb isotope results supportthe view that it has been metamorphosed twice, in the earlyand late Archaean at 3·75 Ga and 2·8 Ga. Mineralchemistry and textures indicate that the chromite compositionspreserve two different evolutionary trends. There is a mainmagmatic trend in which Cr/(Cr + Al) ratios remain relativelyconstant but in which there is strong enrichment in Fe³⁺, Fe²⁺and Ti with progressive differentiation. This trend is a compositeof magmatic-liquidus, magmatic-cooling and subsolidus re-equilibrationprocesses. A second trend is defined by chromites from harzburgitesin the upper part of the layered body. These chromites showmagmatic replacement textures in which Fe-rich chromites arealtered to aluminous chromites. Chromites showing magmatic replacementtextures are thought to have formed by reaction with a late,interstitial melt during the solidification of the layered body.The close association between the Fe³⁺–Cr-chromites ofthe main trend and Al-rich chromites of the type found in otherArchaean megacrystic anorthosites suggest a magmatic-geneticrelationship between the two types of chromite. We propose thatanorthositic chromites form in an Fe-rich basaltic melt derivedfrom a komatiitic, boninitic or basaltic parent magma throughreaction between the melt and early-formed Fe-rich chromite. KEY WORDS: chromite; anorthosite; Archaean; Greenland; Re–Os     

Exploring for kimberlites in glaciated terrains using chromite in quaternary till—a regional case study from northern Finland

Prospecting for kimberlites and related rocks in till-covered terrains requires a methodology for recovering a few small grains within tens of kilograms samples, necessitating 1 ppb sensitivity or better. As part of reconnaissance survey for the kimberlite indicator minerals, i.e. pyrope garnet, picroilmenite, chromite and chromian diopside, the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) developed such a system by significantly modifying and augmenting a 3″ Knelson Concentrator that accomplishes nearly complete recovery of moderately heavy minerals (>0.25 mm) from till samples.Diamondiferous kimberlites occur in the eastern Finland around the Kaavi–Kuopio and Kuhmo areas and much of the rest of the Karelian craton remains prospective based on the empirical evidence necessary for diamond preservation: thick (>200 km) lithospheric mantle, low heat flow and Archaean age rocks. A target area in Lapland, 20×50 km in size, was selected for a pilot study to test extraction of chromite for the (1) discrimination of regionally and locally derived populations, and (2) recognition of possible kimberlitic/lamproitic chromites. Area selection was based on the regional occurrence of a variety of mantle-derived rocks, the recovery of a chromian pyrope grain from till in 1996 and most importantly, the well-established Quaternary stratigraphy in the region. The sample material consisted of sixty-two 80-kg excavator and 40-kg shovel samples. Approximately 1000 chromite grains, almost exclusively 0.25–0.5 mm in diameter, were recovered and analysed by electron microprobe.Tills in the sampling area proved to contain at least two compositional populations of chromite. The first is present in almost every sample and is apparently derived from layered mafic intrusions distal to and up-ice from the study area. The second population consists of chromites with low Ti, high Cr and Mg similar to inclusions in diamond. It is present in approximately one third of the samples, concentrated in a couple of clusters within the target area and is therefore considered to be of more local derivation. Since no high-Ti, high-Cr chromites diagnostic for kimberlites and lamproites were present in the samples, the source for the low-Ti, high-Cr, high-Mg chromite grains remains uncertain, but is probably not kimberlitic. Although this apparently is a negative outcome for diamond exploration in the target area, the main goal of the study was realised by showing the applicability of the system to heavy mineral separation from Quaternary glacial deposits.     

Textural and compositional relationships of rutile and chromite in Sittampundi anorthosite complex, Tamil Nadu

The anorthosite complexes and related rock types of the Indian Precambrian shield are primarily associated with either cratons or mobile belts. They were metamorphosed under amphibolites to granulite facies conditions. The major rock types are chromite-bearing meta-anorthosites, amphibolites, basic granulites, pink granites and gneisses. This study was carried out on chromitite bearing samples from Sittampundi layered anorthosite complex, Tamil Nadu, to evaluate the textural and compositional relationships of rutile and chromite. The pristine composition of the chromites is still preserved inspite of intense metamorphic and tectonic process. The rutiles are differentiated into isolated, clustered and exsolved rutile grains.