湖南省柿竹园矽卡岩矿床中石榴石特征

通过野外与显微镜观察和电子探针分析, 对柿竹园多金属矿床矽卡岩中石榴石的特征进行了研究.根据石榴石的产出状态、矿物的共生组合, 矽卡岩可分为4个带: 磁铁矿-辉石-石榴石带、辉石-石榴石带、符山石-石榴石带、矽卡岩化大理岩带.从成分上的变化, 探讨了石榴石在各矽卡岩带中的特征.柿竹园矿床矽卡岩中的石榴石可分为早、晚两期, 早期形成的石榴石颜色为暗棕色, 并且在垂直和水平方向上有明显的变化规律.从磁铁矿-辉石-石榴石带到矽卡岩化大理石带, 随着石榴石中Fe₂O₃含量的减少, Al₂O₃含量的增加, 由钙铁榴石向钙铝榴石变化; 石榴石晶体具有从核部向边缘由均质性向非均质性变化的规律.早期石榴石形成于较氧化的条件下, 温度为520~620℃, 压力为1000×105Pa, 由富含Si, Al, Fe, Cl, F组分的热液和泥盆纪佘田桥组灰岩反应交代形成.当温度降至450~ 540℃, pH, Eh值降低时, 晚期石榴石形成的同时使白钨矿沉淀.晚期石榴石颜色比早期形成的石榴石浅, 为红色.结晶颗粒较大, 并且, 普遍可以观察到石榴石环带结构.      

华南不同成因花岗质岩石中钾长石的结构态

自然界长石的Al/Si有序程度是岩石形成条件的客观反映,它引起岩石学者的广泛兴趣。用X射线粉晶衍射法研究花岗质岩石中钾长石的Al/Si有序程度是一种简便而又迅速的方法。本文采用Al在钾长石的四种四面体位置中的占位率,即t_1o、t_1m、t_2o和t_2m,指示钾长石的Al/Si有序度。这些数值比通常采用的三斜度△_(131)或δ指数更直接反映长石中Al、Si的     

日本彩虹石榴石的矿物学特征研究

利用带能谱仪的扫描电镜、电子探针、傅立叶红外光谱仪和激光拉曼光谱仪对日本奈良县吉野郡天川村彩虹石榴石样品进行了矿物结构、化学组成及光谱学特征的研究,分析彩虹效应成因,推测其形成环境。背散射图像可见深浅不一的条带交互排列,能谱半定量分析显示,浅灰色条带元素组成与较纯的钙铁榴石一致,深灰色条带元素组成为含Al的钙铁榴石,两者互层形成薄层结构,这种特殊结构使光发生干涉和衍射作用从而产生彩虹效应。电子探针测试确定日本彩虹石榴石主体成分接近纯钙铁榴石。在彩虹色矿物表面(简称彩虹面),垂直的薄层结构构成衍射光栅,使入射光产生光栅衍射,而平行彩虹面生长的薄层使入射光发生干涉作用,两种作用产生的光波结合形成彩虹色。日本彩虹石榴石的反射红外光谱中可见[Si O4]峰位以及受少量Al—O结构影响的Fe—O结构峰位,其红外光谱特征与含有少量Al的钙铁榴石结构对应。激光拉曼光谱测试发现Al含量高的部分较Al含量低(或无)的部分峰位向高频方向移动2 cm-1,整体谱学特征与钙铁榴石特征一致。日本彩虹石榴石具有钙铁榴石和铝含量较高的钙铁榴石交互排列的结构,据此推测其在富Fe贫Al的环境中形成。     

花岗岩—H2O—HF体系相关系及氟对花岗质熔体结构的影响

通过在0.1GPa压力下钠长花岗岩-H₂O-HF体系相关系实验获得,随体系F含量的增加,石英的温度稳定域上限升高,长石的温度稳定域上限降低;石英、碱性长石的晶-液平衡热力学计算表明,F导致花岗质熔体中组分SiO₂的活度增加,组分NaAlSi₃O₈和KAlSi₃O₈的活度减小,且NaAlSi₃O₈活度较KAlSi₃O₈活度减小幅度大。这些结果显示了F在花岗质熔体中与Si以外的阳离子Al、Na、K等产生了结合,且F与Na结合的优先性大于K,破坏了具有电荷平衡离子Na、K的AlO₂^-四面体,使熔体架状网格中Si/(Si+Al)和K/Na比值增大。通过F与H₂O对花岗岩体系相平衡的影响比较,作者认为F不与Si结合是它与OH^-在干扰熔体结构方面的最大区别。     

新疆库鲁克塔格兴地塔格群中石榴石的矿物学特征研究

通过电子探针测试和X射线粉晶衍射分析,对新疆库鲁克塔格兴地塔格群中红色石榴石样品的矿物学特征进行了研究。电子探针测试结果显示,不同变质期次形成的石榴石,铁铝榴石端员组分均由核部到边部逐渐增加,锰铝榴石均由核部向边缘逐渐减少,镁铝榴石由核部到边部逐渐增加,钙质系列石榴石总含量很低且变化稳定。研究表明,兴地塔格群石榴石由核部至边缘生长温度整体上升,形成压力基本稳定,石榴石形成环境的变质程度逐渐提高。根据X射线粉晶衍射数据计算出石榴石的晶胞参数较理论值大,是由Ca2+、Mn2+两种大半径离子对Fe2+的置换数目多于小半径Mg2+对Fe2+的置换引起的。     

赣东北朱溪钨(铜)矿床两期石榴石研究及其对成矿作用的指示

本文对朱溪超大型钨(铜)矿床中两类与白钨矿密切相关的石榴石进行了研究。研究表明,这两类共存的石榴石与夕卡岩型矿床中常见的同期热液在不同阶段形成的两种石榴石不同。早期石榴石相对更加富Fe(Ad_37.17~41.84Gr_54.83~59.57Sp_3.10~4.62),而晚期石榴石更加富Al(Ad_12.69~14.42Gr_77.56~79.03Sp_0.44~0.92),成分上更接近钙铝榴石端员,具有更低的Sn含量,更高的U含量,并在稀土配分曲线中显示出更明显的正Eu异常,表明晚期石榴石形成时的氧逸度明显低于早期石榴石形成时的氧逸度。晚期石榴石相对于早期石榴石具有更高的Cu、Pb、Zn、Li、Be、B、Rb、Cs、Sr含量和更低的W、Mo、Ga、Ge含量,并且与成矿相关岩体具有相似的稀土配分模式曲线,表明晚期石榴石与朱溪矿床的成矿相关岩浆演化而形成的残余岩浆热液流体具有更加密切的相关性。本文研究的两类共存的石榴石可能是两期成矿热液流体作用的产物,暗示朱溪矿床的成矿作用可能与多期岩浆活动有关。     

偏岭石结构研究

用广角度X射线散射 (WAXS)和由它得到的径向分布函数 (RDF)研究了偏岭石的结构。偏岭石是一种以非晶组份为主的部分有序的中间序性物质。构成偏岭石的结构单元是四面体 [MO₄ ](M =Si,Al)和八面体 [AlO₆](O =O,OH)。偏岭石结构中近邻四面体与四面体共顶连接构成M-O层,八面体与八面体共棱或共面连接构成Al-O层;而四面体与八面体通过不规则的共顶连接构成近程层状结构。它的近程结构将不随序性或结晶性变化。它的微结构及其随热处理温度的变化主要决定于结构基元之间的关系和序性。偏岭石是结构不同于变高岭石的一种粘土.     

电气石中铁的混合原子价态的穆斯堡尔谱效应的研究

在不同温度下获得的穆斯堡尔谱显示，在铁原子群中热激活电荷不受位置限制。铁原子群位于电气石结构的八面体的Y和Z格点中。与温度的关系表明，不受限制的过程中产生一个非常高的激活能，该过程发生在结晶中等距格点之间。为了抑制不受位置限制的过程，观察了电气石在氢中退火情况，从而使电子限制在Z格点。     

仇山酸化钙基膨润土的 27Al和 29Si 魔角旋转核磁共振谱及脱色率研究

对用不同酸度处理的仇山钙基膨润土进行了化学分析、X射线衍线（XRD）、^27Al和^29Si魔角旋转核磁共振（MAS NMR）、吡啶吸附样品的红外光谱（IR）、比表面积、阳离子交换容量（CEC）和脱色率等测定。结果表明，随着处理酸度的增加和蒙脱石中阳离子的溶出，它的d(001)的衍射强度降低，同时其Si和Al原子局域结构环境发生了显著的改变，Al原子由Al^Ⅵ变成Al^Ⅵ，Si原子由Q^Si(0Al)结构向Q^4Si(0Al)和Q^3Si(1OH)结构转变。八面体片阳离子的溶出和Si,Al原子局域结构环境的转变，显著地增加了比表面积和孔结构；Al^Ⅵ向Al^Ⅵ的转变形成了Lewis酸中心，而Si原子局域结构环境的改变形成了Br φnsted酸中心。膨润土脱色率随处理酸度增加的本质原因是在Si和Al原子局域环境的变化过程中，在其表面分别形成了Brφnsted酸中心和Lewis酸中心。     

常用气体地热温度计的应用及效果评价

基于冰岛部分地热田的实际资料,选择有代表性的、不同温度的地热田,应用CO₂、H₂S、H₂、CO₂/H₂和H₂S/H₂气体地热温度计计算热储温度,深入探讨了影响温度计准确性的各种因素,提出CO₂和H₂S温度计具有良好的实用价值。在热储温度T<200℃时,CO₂温度计的预测温度略低;在200℃<T<300℃范围时,H₂S温度计标定不够准确。并对现有的其它气体地热温度计进行了简要评价。     

Cation disorder in garnets along the Mg3Al2Si3O12-Mg4Si4O12 join: an infrared,Raman and NMR study

We have obtained infrared and Raman spectra for garnets synthesized at high (static) pressures and temperatures along the join Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ (pyrope) — Mg₄Si₄O₁₂ (magnesium majorite). The vibrational spectra of Mg-majorite show a large number of additional weak peaks compared with the spectra of cubic pyrope garnet, consistent with tetragonal symmetry for the MgSiO₃ garnet phase. The Raman bands for this phase show no evidence for line broadening, suggesting that Mg and Si are ordered on octahedral sites in the garnet. The bands for the intermediate garnet compositions are significantly broadened compared with the end-members pyrope and Mg-majorite, indicating cation disorder in the intermediate phases. Solid state ²⁷Al NMR spectroscopy for pyrope and two intermediate compositions show that Al is present only on octahedral sites, so the cation disorder is most likely confined to Mg-Al-Si mixing on the octahedral sites. We have also obtained a Raman spectrum for a natural, shock-produced (Fe,Mg) majorite garnet. The sharp Raman peaks suggest little or no cation disorder in this sample.     

Simulation studies on the pyrope-grossular garnet solid solution

The local structural response of Ca/Mg substitution and the energetic effects associated with dodecahedral ordering in the pyrope-grossular garnet solid solution are derived from a combination of static lattice energy calculations and Monte Carlo simulations. We start with a thorough analysis of the goodness of the empirical potential models used for the modelling of aluminosilicate garnets. The degree of polyhedral distortion was found to be a sensitive indicator for the quality of the model and, by comparison with experimental data, was used to select the best of several available empirical potentials. The Ca/Mg substitution on the dodecahedral site in garnet was found to produce strong local distortions in the surrounding tetrahedral and octahedral polyhedra. This arises from the absence of rigid unit modes (RUMS) in the garnet structure, because local rotations of otherwise rigid SiO₄ tetrahedra and AlO₆ octahedra cannot occur in order to accommodate different-sized divalent cations in the dodecahedral sites. Strain effects, therefore, mainly govern the dodecahedral substitution, and the corresponding strain field around a dodecahedral site has a minimum radius of 5?Å. Pyrope-grossular solid solution compositions were modelled using a supercell approach. For several garnet compositions many different configurations representing individual disordered arrangements were relaxed. The resulting energies were analyzed in terms of different-neighbour interactions to determine the parameters of a model Hamiltonian. The corresponding interaction energies were found to be virtually independent of composition. Surprisingly, the nearest-neighbour interaction between edge-sharing dodecahedra is of no particular significance in the garnets. Instead, the strongest interaction is only via the third-nearest neighbours, i.e. dodecahedra that are edge-shared to a common SiO₄ tetrahedron. This cannot lead to dodecahedral long-range order in garnets, but can produce significant amounts of short-range order. Monte Carlo simulations were performed on several compositions to determine the macroscopic effects such as NMR-based cluster occupancy, ordering energy and configurational entropy of the short-range ordering process. As expected, the samples tend to random disorder at high temperatures, and at low temperatures it is compositions nearer Py50Gr50 that depart most strongly from random mixing. For example, a maximum reduction of 3.5?J?mol^?1?K^?1 is predicted for Py75Gr25 and ～10?J?mol^?1?K^?1 for Py50Gr50. A comparison of NMR cluster occupancy with experimental ²⁹Si MAS NMR resonance intensity is partly successful. However, the changes in NMR cluster occupancy are relatively low (～5%) compared to changes in configurational entropy (～30%), implying that it might be difficult to estimate exact entropy data from ²⁹Si MAS NMR line intensities.     

The cubic-tetragonal phase transition in the system majorite (Mg4Si4O12) – pyrope (Mg3Al2Si3O12), and garnet symmetry in the Earth's transition zone

 Garnets along the join Mg₄Si₄O₁₂ (majorite end member) – Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ (pyrope) synthesized at 2000 °C, 19 GPa are, after quench, tetragonal in the compositional range up to 20 mol% pyrope, but cubic at higher Al contents. Lattice constants a _tet and a _tet in the tetragonal compositional range converge with increasing pyrope contents towards the lattice constant of the cubic garnets. The elastic strain and the intensity of the (222) reflection as a function of composition indicate a second-order phase transition near 20 mol% pyrope. From the wedge-like shape of pseudomerohedral twins and their interaction near 90° twin-boundary corners, as well as from the absence of growth-induced dislocations, it is concluded that the Al-poor garnets are also cubic at synthesis conditions but invert by (Mg,Si) ordering on the octahedral sites into tetragonal phases of space group I4₁/a upon quench. This implies that the cubic-to-tetragonal phase transition in Mg₄Si₄O₁₂ garnet occurs below 2000 °C at 19 GPa and at even lower temperatures in more aluminous compositions. A composition-dependent Landau model is consistent with a direct transformation from Ia3d to I4₁/a. Comparison of the T-X stability field of majorite-pyrope garnets with the chemistry of majorite-rich garnets expected to occur in the Earth's transition zone shows that the latter will be cubic under all conditions. Softening of elastic constants, which commonly accompanies ferroelastic phase transitions, may affect the seismic velocities of garnets in the deeper transition zone where majorite contents are highest. Received July 5, 1996 / Revised, accepted September 24, 1996     

Octahedral cation ordering of illite and smectite. Theoretical exchange potential determination and Monte Carlo simulations

The distributions of Al ³⁺/Mg ²⁺ and Al ³⁺/ Fe ³⁺ were studied in the octahedral sheet of illites and smectites. Cation exchange interaction parameters J _i, as first, second, third and fourth neighbours were calculated by means of empirical interatomic potentials. Several compositions with different interlayer cations and tetrahedral charge were studied in both Al/Mg and Al/Fe systems. The values of J _i parameters were similar in all Al/Mg samples. From these J _i values, a strong trend to form AlMg pairs was observed in the Al/Mg system. In the Al/Fe system, the values of J _i are very small, indicating no preference for Al/Fe mixing. From these J _i parameters, Monte Carlo simulations of octahedral cation ordering were performed. In the Al/Mg system, an order/disorder phase transition was observed obtaining a fully ordered distribution without presence of an MgMg pair, according to experimental data. Similar phase transitions were observed for the octahedral compositions Al/Mg 1/1 and 3/1. In the Al/Fe system an order/disorder phase transition was also detected but at very low temperature for illite and smectite. Complete Al/Fe mixing is observed in the most stable ordered distribution. This is consistent with experimental results for synthetic Fe/Al smectites.     

Majoritic garnet grains within shock-induced melt veins in amphibolites from the Ries impact crater suggest ultrahigh crystallization pressures between 18 and 9 GPa

Shock-induced melt veins in amphibolites from the Nördlinger Ries often have chemical compositions that are similar to bulk rock (i.e., basaltic), but there are other veins that are confined to chlorite-rich cracks that formed before the impact and these are poor in Ca and Na. Majoritic garnets within the shock veins show a broad chemical variation between three endmembers: (1) \({}^{\text{VIII}}{{\text{M}^{2+}}_3} {}^{\text{VI}}{\text{Al}}_{2} ({}^{\text{IV}}{\text{SiO}}_{4} )_{3}\) (normal garnet, Grt), (2) \({}^{\text{VIII}}{{\text{M}^{2+}}_3} {}^{\text{VI}}[{\text{M}}^{2 + } ({\text{Si,Ti}})]({}^{\text{IV}}{\text{SiO}}_{4} )_{3}\)  (majorite, Maj), and (3) \({}^{\text{VIII}}({{\text {Na} {\text M}^{2+}}_2}) {}^{\text{VI}}[ ({\text{Si,Ti}}){\text {Al}}]({}^{\text{IV}}{\text{SiO}}_{4} )_{3}\) (Na-majorite₅₀Grt₅₀), whereby M²⁺ = Mg²⁺, Fe²⁺, Mn²⁺, Ca²⁺. In particular, we observed a broad variation in ^VI(Si,Ti) which ranges from 0.12 to 0.58 cations per formula unit (cpfu). All these majoritic garnets crystallized during shock pressure release at different ultrahigh pressures. Those with high ^VI(Si,Ti) (0.36–0.58 cpfu) formed at high pressures and temperatures from amphibole-rich melts, while majoritic garnets with lower ^VI(Si,Ti) of 0.12–0.27 cpfu formed at lower pressures and temperatures from chlorite-rich melts. Furthermore, majoritic garnets with intermediate values of ^VI(Si,Ti) (0.24–0.39) crystallized from melts with intermediate contents of Ca and Na. To the best of our knowledge the ‘MORB-type’ Ca–Na-rich majoritic garnets with maximum contents of 2.99 wt% Na₂O and calculated crystallisation pressures of 16–18 GPa are the most extreme representatives ever found in terrestrial shocked materials. At the Ries, the duration of the initial contact and compression stage at the central location of impact is estimated to only ~ 0.1 s. We used a ~ 200-µm-thick shock-induced vein in a moderately shocked amphibolite to model its pressure–temperature–time (P–T–t) path. The graphic model manifests a peak temperature of ~ 2600 °C for the vein, continuum pressure lasting for ~ 0.02 s, a quench duration of ~ 0.02 s and a shock pulse of ~ 0.038 s. The small difference between the continuum pressure and the pressure of majoritic garnet crystallization underlines the usefulness of applying crystallisation pressures of majoritic garnets from metabasites for calculation of dynamic shock pressures of host rocks. Majoritic garnets of chlorite provenance, however, are not suitable for the determination of continuum pressure since they crystallized relatively late during shock release. An extraordinary glass- and majorite-bearing amphibole fragment in a shock-vein of one amphibolite documents the whole unloading path.     

The CaGeO3–Ca3Fe2Ge3O12 garnet join: an experimental study

Germanate garnets are often used as isostructural analogues of silicate garnets to provide insight into the crystal chemistry and symmetry of the less accessible natural garnet solid solutions. We synthesised two series of germanate garnets at 3 GPa along the join^VIIICa₃^VI(CaGe)^IVGe₃O₁₂–^VIIICa₃^VIFe₂^IVGe₃O₁₂ at 900 °C and 1,100 °C. Samples with compositions close to the CaGeO₃ end-member consist of tetragonal garnet with a small amount of triclinic CaGe₂O₅. Samples with nominal compositions between X_Fe=0.4 and 1.0 consist of a mixture of tetragonal and cubic garnets; whereas, single-phase cubic garnets were obtained for compositions with X_Fe>1.2 (X_Fe gives the iron content expressed in atoms per formula unit, and varies between 0 and 2 along the join). Run products which were primarily single-phase garnet were investigated using Mössbauer spectroscopy. Spectra from samples synthesised at 1,100°C consist of one well-resolved doublet that can be assigned to Fe³⁺ in the octahedral site of the garnet structure. A second doublet, present primarily in samples synthesised at 900°C, can be assigned to Fe²⁺ at the octahedral sites of the garnet structure. The relative abundance of Fe²⁺ decreases with increasing iron content. Transmission electron microscopy analyses confirm this tendency and show that the garnets are essentially defect-free. The unit-cell parameters of tetragonal ^VIIICa₃^VI(CaGe)^IVGe₃O₃ garnet decrease with increasing synthesis temperature, and the deviation from cubic symmetry becomes smaller. Cubic garnets show a linear decrease of unit-cell parameter with increasing iron content. The results are discussed in the context of iron incorporation into ^VIIIMg₃^VI(MgSi)^IVSi₃O₃ majorite.     

Synthesis and stability of the garnet calderite in the system Fe-Mn-Si-O

The rare garnet end member calderite, Mn ₃ ²⁺ Fe ₂ ³⁺ Si₃O₁₂, has been synthesized, under the oxygen fugacity of the hematite/magnetite buffer, at pressures not lower than 22 kbar. The synthetic crystals are generally zoned and may contain up to 3 mol% of the Fe²⁺-(=skiagite-) or 10 mol% of the Mn³⁺-(=blythite-) end members, but, under equilibrium conditions, the stable garnets have a restricted compositional range with about 1–4 mol% skiagite. Mn³⁺ represents only a residue of the Mn₂O₃ used in the starting material. At temperatures above 720° C (at 24 kbar) to 850° C (at 30 kbar) these garnets break down into coexisting pairs of magnetite-jacobsite and pyroxmangite-FeSiO₃ solid solutions. No indication for divariancy of this breakdown reaction could be established so that the observed coexistence of garnet and breakdown products over a PT interval must be due to disequilibrium. Although extrapolations of the high-pressure stability data towards lower pressures are hazardous, it is clear that nearly pure calderite garnets can only form in metamorphic environments characterized by geothermal gradients not exceeding some 10°–15° C/km, that is in subduction zone metamorphism. A low-pressure end of the calderite stability is likely because, at temperatures below 250°–300° C, pyroxmangite probably becomes unstable and hydrous Mn²⁺-silicates appear among the low-temperature breakdown products of calderite. Since the upper temperature stability limits of the common garnet end members spessartine and andradite lie some 800° C above that for calderite, solid solutions with these components will drastically stabilize the garnet phase towards both higher temperatures and lower pressures. This explains why garnets containing around 70 mol% calderite can be formed in amphibolitefacies metamorphism.     

河北省涉县符山铁矿石榴子石特征及其形成条件

符山铁矿是所谓“邯邢式”铁矿中较典型的中等矿床,石榴子石作为主要的矽卡岩矿物,其成分变化较大,物理性质有较大差异,反映了形成时物理、化学条件的不同。本文对石榴子石进行了矿床矿物学研究,总结了该矿区石榴子石的特点及其变化规律,并讨论了不同石榴子石的形成条件以及和成矿的关系。     

Monte Carlo simulation of mixing in Ca3Fe2Ge3O12–Ca4Ge4O12 garnets and implications for the thermodynamic stability of pyrope–majorite solid solution

Static lattice energy calculations, based on empirical pair potentials, were performed for a large set of structures differing in the arrangement of octahedral cations within the garnet 2 × 2 × 2 supercell. The compositions of these structures varied between Ca₃Fe₂Ge₃O₁₂ and Ca₄Ge₄O₁₂. The energies were cluster expanded using pair and quaternary terms. The derived ordering constants were used to constrain Monte Carlo simulations of temperature-dependent mixing properties in the ranges of 1,073–3,673 K and 0–10 GPa. The free energies of mixing were calculated using the method of thermodynamic integration. The calculations predict a wide miscibility gap between Fe-rich (cubic) and Fe-pure (tetragonal) garnets consistent with recent experimental observations of Iezzi et al. (Phys Chem Miner 32:197–207, 2005). It is shown that the miscibility gap arises due to a very strong cation ordering at the Fe-pure composition, driven by the charge difference between Ca²⁺ and Ge⁴⁺ cations. The structural and thermodynamic analogies between Ca–Ge and Mg–Si systems suggest that a similar miscibility gap should exist between pyrope and Mg–Si-majorite.     

REE in skarn systems: A LA-ICP-MS study of garnets from the Crown Jewel gold deposit

Metamorphic and magmatic garnets are known to fractionate REE, with generally HREE-enriched patterns, and high Lu/Hf and Sm/Nd ratios, making them very useful as geochemical tracers and in geochronological studies. However, these garnets are typically Al-rich (pyrope, almandine, spessartine, and grossular) and little is known about garnets with a more andraditic (Fe³⁺) composition, as frequently found in skarn systems. This paper presents LA-ICP-MS data for garnets from the Crown Jewel Au-skarn deposit (USA), discusses the factors controlling incorporation of REE into garnets, and strengthens the potential of garnet REE geochemistry as a tool to help understand the evolution of metasomatic fluids.Garnets from the Crown Jewel deposit range from Adr₃₀Grs₇₀ to almost pure andradite (Adr_>99). Fe-rich garnets (Adr_>90) are isotropic, whereas Al-rich garnets deviate from cubic symmetry and are anisotropic, often showing sectorial dodecahedral twinning. All garnets are extremely LILE-depleted, Ta, Hf, and Th and reveal a positive correlation of ΣREE³⁺ with Al content. The Al-rich garnets are relatively enriched in Y, Zr, and Sc and show “typical” HREE-enriched and LREE-depleted patterns with small Eu anomalies. Fe-rich garnets (Adr_>90) have much lower ΣREE and exhibit LREE-enriched and HREE-depleted patterns, with a strong positive Eu anomaly. Incorporation of REE into garnet is in part controlled by its crystal chemistry, with REE³⁺ following a coupled, YAG-type substitution mechanism , whereas Eu²⁺ substitutes for X²⁺ cations. Thermodynamic data (e.g., H_mixing) in grossular-andradite mixtures suggest preferential incorporation of HREE in grossular and LREE in more andraditic compositions.Variations in textural and optical features and in garnet geochemistry are largely controlled by external factors, such as fluid composition, W/R ratios, mineral growth kinetics, and metasomatism dynamics, suggesting an overall system that shifts dynamically between internally and externally buffered fluid chemistry driven by fracturing. Al-rich garnets formed by diffusive metasomatism, at low W/R ratios, from host-rock buffered metasomatic fluids. Fe-rich garnets grow rapidly by advective metasomatism, at higher W/R ratios, from magmatic-derived fluids, consistent with an increase in porosity by fracturing.