Kontinuierlicher und diskontinuierlicher Zonarbau in den Granaten der penninischen Gesteine der Zillertaler Alpen (Tirol/Österreich)

Zusammenfassung In den penninischen Gneisen, Glimmerschiefern und Amphiboliten der Zillertaler Alpen (Tirol/Österreich) treten Granate mit zwei Arten von Zonarbau auf: a) kontinuierlichem glockenförmigen und b) diskontinuierlichem sprunghaften. Die Granate mit kontinuierlichem Zonarbau sind im Kern MnO- und CaO-reich und im Rand FeO- und MgO-reich. Die Granate aus der Grünschieferfazies haben einen stärkeren Zonarbau als die der Amphibolitfazies.Die Granate mit diskontinuierlichem Zonarbau kommen in Gesteinen der Greinerschieferserie und in den gebänderten migmatischen Gneisen vor. Solche Granate zeigen eine sprunghafte Änderung ihrer chemischen Zusammensetzung an der Grenze zwischen dem idiomorphen Kern und dem Rand. Der Kern ist MnO-reich und CaO-arm, der Rand hingegen CaO- und FeO-reich. Dieser diskontinuerliche Zonarbau ist die Folge einer wahrscheinlich zweiaktigen kretazischen oder tertiären Metamorphose. Der Verteilungskoeffizient für das Mineralpaar Granat/Biotit ist in der Grünschieferfazies 57 für MnO und 0,3 für MgO. In der Amphibolitfazies ist er entsprechend 6 und 0,4.

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Continuous and discontinuous zoning in the garnets of the Penninic rocks of the Zillertaler Alpen (Tyrol/Austria)

Summary In the Penninic gneisses, micaschists and amphibolites of the Zillertaler Alpen (Tyrol/Austria) the garnets show two types of zoning: a) a continuous bellshaped zoning, and b) a discontinuous zoning. The garnets with a continuous zoning have cores rich in MnO and CaO and rims rich in FeO and MgO. The differences in composition between cores and rims are greater in the garnets of the Greenschist facies than in those of the Amphibolite facies.Garnets with discontinuous zoning are found in the rocks of the Greinerschiefer series and in migmatic gneisses. These garnets show an abrupt compositional change from euhedral cores very rich in MnO and poor in CaO to marginal zones rich in CaO and FeO. The discontinous zoning is due to a two stage metamorphism of possiblyCretaceous to Tertiary age. The distribution coefficients for the mineral pair garnet/biotite are about 57 for MnO and 0.3 for MgO in the Greenschist facies and 6 for MnO and 0.4 for MgO in the Amphibolite facies.

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The effect of fluid and deformation on zoning and inclusion patterns in poly-metamorphic garnets

Within the Bergen Arcs of W Norway, Caledonian eclogite facies assemblages (T650°C, P15 kbar) have formed from Grenvillian granulites (T= 800–900°C, P10 kbar) along shear zones and fluid pathways. Garnets in the granulites (grtI: Pyr_56–40 Alm_45–25Gro_19–14) are unzoned or display a weak (ca. 1 wt% FeO over 1000m) zoning. The eclogite facies rocks contain garnets inherited from their granulite facies protoliths. These relict garnets have certain areas with compositions identical to the garnets in their nearby granulite, but can be crosscut by bands of a more Almrich composition (grtII: Pyr_31–41Alm_40–47Gro_17–21) formed during the eclogite facies event. These bands, orientated preferentially parallel or perpendicular to the eclogite foliation, may contain mineral filled veins or trails of eclogite-facies minerals (omphacite, amphibole, white mica, kyanite, quartz and dolomite). Steep compositional gradients (up to 9 wt% FeO over 40 m) separate the two generations of garnets, indicating limited volume diffusion. The bands are interpreted as fluid rich channels where element mobility must have been infinitely greater than it was for the temperature controlled volume diffusion at mineral interfaces in the granulites. The re-equilibration of granulite facies garnets during the eclogite facies event must, therefore, be a function of fracture density (deformation) and fluid availability. The results cast doubts on modern petrological and geochronological methods that assume pure temperature controlled chemical re-equilibration of garnets.     

Petrochemistry of eclogites from the Koidu Kimberlite Complex,Sierra Leone

Petrography, mineral and bulk chemistry of upper mantle-derived eclogites (garnet and clinopyroxene) from the Koidu Kimberlite Complex, Sierra Leone, are presented in the first comprehensive study of these xenoliths from West Africa. Although peridotite-suite xenoliths are generally more common in kimberlites, the upper mantle sample preserved in Pipe Number 1 at Koidu is exclusively eclogitic, making this the fifth locality in which eclogite is the sole polymineralic xenolith in kimberlite. Over 2000 xenoliths were collected, of which 47 are described in detail that include diamond, graphite, kyanite, corundum, quartz after coesite, and amphibole eclogites. Grossular-pyrope-almandine garnets are chromium-poor (<0.72 wt% Cr₂O₃) and fall into two distinct groups based on magnesium content. High-MgO garnets have an average composition of Pyr₆₇Alm₂₂Gross₁₁, low-MgO garnets are grossular- and almandine-rich with an average composition of Gross₃₄Pyr₃₃Alm₃₃. Clinopyroxenes are omphacitic with a range in jadeite contents from 7.7 to 70.1 mol%. Three eclogites contain zoned and mantled garnets with almandine-rich cores and pyrope-rich rims, and zoned clinopyroxenes with diopside-rich cores and jadeite-rich rims, and are among a very rare group of eclogites reported on a world-wide basis. The bulk compositions of eclogites have ranges comparable to that of basalts. High-MgO eclogites (16–20 wt% MgO) have close chemical affinities to picrites, whereas low-MgO eclogites (6–13 wt% MgO) are similar to alkali basalts. High-MgO eclogites contain high-MgO garnets and jadeiterich clinopyroxenes. Low-MgO eclogites contain low-MgO garnets, diopside and omphacite, and the group of primary accessory phases (diamond, graphite, quartz after coesite, kyanite, and corundum); grospydites are peraluminous. Estimated temperatures and pressures of equilibration of diamond-bearing eclogites, using the diamond-graphite stability curve and the Ellis and Green (1979) geothermometer, are 1031°–1363° C at 45–50 kb.K _D values of Fe-Mg in garnet and clinopyroxene range from 2.3 to 12.2. Diamonds in eclogites are green, yellow, and clear, and range from cube to octahedral morphologies; the entire spectrum in color and morphology is present in a single metasomatized eclogite with zoned garnet and clinopyroxene. Ages estimated from Sm-Nd mineral isochrons range from 92–247 Ma. _Nd values range from +4.05 to 5.23. Values of specific gravity range from 3.06–3.60 g/cc, with calculated seismic Vp of 7.4–8.7 km/s. Petrographie, mineral, and bulk chemical data demonstrate an overall close similarity between the Koidu xenolith suite and upper mantle eclogites from other districts in Africa, Siberia and the United States. At least two origins are implied byP-T, bulk chemistry and mineral compositions: low-MgO eclogites, with diamond and other accessory minerals, are considered to have formed from melts trapped and metamorphically equilibrated in the lithosphere; high-MgO eclogites are picritic and are the products of large degrees of partial melting, with equilibration in the asthenosphere. Fluid or diluted melt metasomatism is pervasive and contributed here and elsewhere to the LIL and refractory silicate incompatible element signature in kimberlites and lamproites, and to secondary diamond growth.     

Complex replacement patterns in garnets from Bergen Arcs eclogites: A combined EBSD and analytical TEM study

Eclogite-facies rocks within the Bergen Arcs, western Norway, have formed from granulites along shear zones and fluid pathways. Garnets that were inherited from granulite facies protoliths show different types of replacement patterns due to an incomplete eclogitisation process including concentric rim zoning, zoning along vein fillings and inclusion trails, and zoning bands without inclusions. The interfacial part between the granulitic core and the eclogitic rim of garnet as well as the microstructure of other relevant minerals (omphacite, plagioclase) has been analysed using analytical transmission electron microscopy (ATEM). In garnet, the interface is characterised by gradual changes in composition from X_alm=0.31, X_pyr=0.50 to X_alm=0.54, and X_pyr=0.25 within ≈20 μm and exhibits no distinct change in microstructure. Granulitic plagioclase shows exsolution lamellae of the Bøggild intergrowth. In omphacite, anti-phase domains (APDs) which potentially record the temperature of cation ordering after mineral growth have been observed and their size suggest eclogitisation at 600–700 °C. The electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis revealed that the lattice orientation of the granulitic feldspar is basically unrelated to tectonic axes whereas newly formed eclogitic minerals omphacite and kyanite show a crystallographic relation to the foliation. In garnet, no change in the basic crystallographic orientation between the eclogitic and granulitic garnet composition was confirmed. However, misorientation analysis suggests a cellular microstructure not more than 1° misorientation in the core of the garnets, which is missing in the eclogitic rim indicating textural equilibration of the latter. The heterogeneous replacement patterns are characteristic for dissolution and re-precipitation reactions in an open system limited to fluid availability. The appearance of the compositional profile in garnet is interpreted as a diffusional re-equilibration step after the time-limited, fluid-mediated eclogitisation event that apparently obscured the initially sharp interface within the further retrograde metamorphic history.     

Single crystal infrared spectra in the range of OH fundamentals of paragenetic garnet,omphacite and kyanite in an eklogitic mantle xenolith

Summary Single crystals of paragenetic garnet (gt), omphacite (cpx) and kyanite (ky) were isolated from an eclogite xenolith from the Zagadochnaya kimberlite, Yakutia (grospydite Z13) and studied by polarized FTIR-microspectrometry in the OH valence vibrational region and by microprobe analyses. The coexisting minerals are homogeneous with respect to major and minor elements and have compositions near gross₄₉pyr₂₆alm₂₀uvar₄ (gt), jad₄₅dio₄₇hed₆kos₂ (cpx) and ky_>97. Single crystal spectra show one _OH-band for gt at 3630 cm^–1 (halfwidth ca. 100 cm^–1) which is very likely caused by vibrations of tetrahedral (OH)₄-^4– clusters replacing SiO₄ ^4– tetrahedra. Cpx shows one strong, but weakly pleochroic band at 3464 cm^–1 (halfwidth ca. 160 cm^–1) and a weak satellite band centered at 3620 cm^–1) with a distinct pleochroism. Ky OH spectra exhibit two sets of weak sharp pleochroic bands, a triplet, characteristic for high pressure ky, at 3439, 3410, 3387 cm^–1) and a doublet at 3279, 3264 cm^–1) (halfwidths ca. 10 cm^–1) From integral and linear absorbances in the unpolarized spectra defect-hydroxyl contents in the three coexisting minerals were estimated and found near O.OX wt% H₂O. The distribution scheme of hydrogen in the paragenetic minerals was evaluated to be c^ky < c^cpx < c^gt.

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Einkristall Infrarotspektren im Bereich der OH Grundschwingungen einer Granat-Omphacit-Kyanit Paragenese in einem eklogitischen Mantelxenolith

Zusammenfassung Aus einer Granat (Gt)-Omphacit (Cpx)-Kyanit (Ky) Paragenese eines Eklogit Xenoliths aus dem Zagadochnaya Kimberlit, Jakutien (Grospydit Z13), wurden Einkristalle isoliert und mit polarisierter FTIR-Mikrospektrometrie im OH Valenzschwingungsbereich und mit der Elektronenstrahl-Mikrosonde untersucht. Die koexistierenden Minerale sind hinsichtlich ihrer Haupt- und Nebenelemente homogen und haben Zusammen setzungen von etwa Gross⁴⁹Pyr²⁶Alm²⁰Uvar₄ (Gt), Jad₄₅Dio₄₇Hed₆Kos₂ (Cpx) and Ky_>97 Einkristallspektren von Gt zeigen eine _OH-Bande bei 3630 cm^–1) (Halbwerts breite ca. 100 cm^–1) die wahrscheinlich von Schwingungen tetraedrischer (OH)₄ ^4– Gruppen, die SiO₄ ^4– Tetraeder ersetzen, herrührt. Cpx zeigt eine starke, aber schwach pleochroitische Bande bei 3464 cm^–1 (Halbwertsbreite ca. 160 cm^–1) and eine schwache, deutlich pleochroitische Satellitenbande bei 3620 cm^–1) Ky OH Spektren zeigen zwei Gruppen von schwachen, scharfen pleochroitischen Banden, ein fur Hochdruck Ky charakteristisches Bandentriplett bei 3439, 3410, 3387 cm^–1) and ein Bandendublett bei 3279, 3264 cm^–1) (Halbwertsbreiten ca. 10 cm^–1) Aus den integralen and linearen Extinktionen der nicht-polarisierten Spektren wurde der Defekt-Hydroxyl Gehalt der drei koexistierenden Minerale abgeleitet and mit O.OX Gew% H₂O festgelegt. Das Verteilungsschema des Wasserstoffs kann in der Mineralparagenese mit c^Ky < c^Cpx c^Gt angegeben werden.

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Granate mit Zusammensetzungen zwischen Almandin und Grossular aus den westlichen Hohen Tauern, Österreich

Garnets in epidote-bearing gneisses and mica schists from the western Hohe Tauern, Austria, have been analyzed by optical, x-ray powder diffraction, wet chemical and electron microprobe methods.The garnets frequently show zonal structure and their core compositions are in the range 45–52% grossular, 31–44% almandine, 3–13% spessartine, 0–7% andradite and 0–2% pyrop. The refractive indices n=1.780–1.786 and the lattice parameter a=11.68–11.73 Å likewise are intermediate between almandine and grossular. It is suggested that there is complete solid solution between almandine and grossular, at least under the conditions of greenschist to low-temperature amphibolite facies of regional metamorphism of the Tauern area.

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Prof. Dr. F. Karl starb am 15. 8.1972.

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Dank. Die Mikrosonde wurde von der Stiftung Volkswagenwerk bereitgestellt, und die Probenahme wurde von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft unterstützt. Wir danken Herrn Dr. P. K. Hörmann (Kiel) für die naßchemische Granatanalyse und Herrn Dr. K. Abraham (Bochum) für die Bereitstellung seines Korrekturprogrammes für Mikrosondenanalysen.     

Fluorine-bearing hydrogarnets from Blengsvatn,Bamble Sector,south Norway

Summary Hydrograndites (grossular-andradite) with up to 1.60 weight percent fluorine occur in altered parts of andesine-garnet-biotite-cummingtonite-hornblende rocks, Blengsvatn, Bamble Sector, south Norway. The garnets occur intergrown with secondary prehnite, pumpellyite, epidote and chlorite along biotite cleavage planes and formed through retrogradation of nearby plagioclase, almandine-rich garnet and hornblende. The conditions of formation are estimated at about 300°C and 1–2 kbar. The observed F/OH distribution at 300°C and calculated relatively low fHF/fH₂O ratios of 10^–5.84 to 10^–7.32 indicates that fluorine is more strongly partitioned relative to OH in hydrogarnet than coexisting biotite and cummingtonite. The low fHF/fH₂O ratios suggest that fluorinebearing hydrogarnets could be very common.

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Fluorhaltige Hydrogranate von Blengsvatn, Bezirk Bamble, Südnorwegen

Zusammenfassung Fluorhaltige Hydrograndite (Grossular-Andradit) mit bis zu 1,60 Gew.% Fluor kommen in umgewandelten Teilen von Andesin-Granat-Biotit-Cummingtonit-HornblendeGesteinen von Blengsvatn, Bezirk Bamble, Südnorwegen, vor. Die Granate treten verwachsen mit sekundärem Prehnit, Pumpellyit, Epidot und Chlorit längs Biotitspaltflächen auf und bildeten sich durch retrograden Abbav von benachbartem Plagioklas, Almandin-reichem Granat und Hornblende. Die Bildungsbedingungen werden auf ungefähr 300°C und 1–2 kbar geschätzt. Die beobachtete F/OH-Verteilung und die relativ niedrigen berechneten fHF/fH₂OQuotienten von 10^–5.84 bis 10^–7.32 weisen darauf hin, daß Fluor relativ zu OH stärker in Hydrogranat als in koexistierendem Biotit und Cummingtonit angereichert ist. Die fHF/fH₂O-Verhältnisse lassen vermuten, daß fluorhaltige Hydrogranate sehr verbreitet sein könnten.

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Metamorphoseentwicklung in der südlichen Bunten Serie am Beispiel einiger Gneise,Moldanubikum, Niederösterreich

Zusammefassung Gneise aus dem südhchen Teil der Bunten Serie wurden im Hinblick auf ihre Metamorphoseentwicklung untersucht. Sie gehören allgemein dem FaziestypBi+Sil+Kfs+Gr an. Die Granate weisen alle für diesen Faziestyp charakteristischen Merkmale auf: weitgehende Homogenisierung durch Diffusion und Abkühlungserscheinungen am äußeren Rand. Ca- und Mn-reiche, reliktische Kerne mancher Granate weisen auf ein älteres Ereignis hin. Paragenetische Beziehungen und T- und P-Berechnungen ergeben folgende Bedingungen für die Hauptmetamorphose: 720–770°C bei 7–9 kbar und P_tot.Dieses metamorphe Ereignis dürfte sich mit der granulitfaziellen Metamorphose in der Gföhler Einheit korrelieren lassen. Somit wird der Wert der lithologischen Kriterien, die zur Ausscheidung der Bunten Serie und der Gföhler Einheit verwendet wurden, in Frage gestellt. Die vorliegenden Ergebnisse und Literaturdaten weisen auf eine jüngere, retrograde Wiederaufwärmung der Gesteine hin.

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Gneisses from the Moldanubikum, Lower Austria, and the Metamorphic Evolution of the Southern Bunte Serie

Summary A number of gneisses from the southern part of the Bunte Serie have been studied in order to determine the metamorphic evolution of this series. They all belong to the paragenetic facies typeBi+Sil+Kfs+Gr. Especially the garnets of these rocks exhibit all typical features of garnets from high temperature facies types: diffusional homogenization throughout the garnet and cooling patterns at the outer rim. Ca and Mn richer, relic cores in some garnets indicate an early metamorphism. Paragenetic and textural relations as well as temperature and pressure calculations suggest, the following conditions of the main metamorphism: 720–770°C at 7–9 kbar and P_tot.This metamorphism probably correlates with the granulite facies metamorphism in the Gföhler unit. Therefore lithologic criteria may not suffice to distinguish between the Bunte Serie and the Gföhler. The data presented suggest a retrogressive, younger metamorphism of the rocks.

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Mineralbestand und Genesis des Eisgarner Granits im niederösterreichischen Waldviertel

Zusammenfassung Der jüngste Granit im österreichischen Moldanubikum ist der im nordwestlichen Waldviertel aufgeschlossene Eisgarner Granit.Das Gestein ist ein Zweiglimmergranit. Der Plagioklas (20–28 Vol.-%), selten zonar gebaut, hat einen durchschnittlichen An-Gehalt von 13%; daneben treten basischere Plagioklase (An bis 30%) als Einschlüsse im Mikroklin auf. Der Alkalifeldspat (25–38 Vol.-%) ist ein gegitterter, perthitisch entmischter Mikroklin mit Or 67–72%, Ab 24–28%, An 1,8–2,8%. Durch den Gehalt an Spurenelementen unterscheidet er sich stark von dem der älteren moldanubischen Granite. Die Triklinität liegt meist unter 0,90. Quarz tritt stellenweise als frühes Kristallisat auf, gehört aber im allgemeinen zu den Letztausscheidungen. Biotit (4–7 Vol.-%) bildel 2M-Polymorphe, ebenso Muskowit (6,5–7,5%), der entweder durch Reaktion von Andalusit mit der Schmelze oder aus Alkalifeldspat durch Reaktion mit der fluiden Phase hervorgegangen ist. Die Akzessorien Spinell, Rutil, Granat und Andalusit weisen darauf hin, daß der Granit durch Anatexis hochmetamorpher Gesteine (Silimanitgneise?) entstanden ist. Die Kristallisation verlief im Temperaturbereich zwischen ca 700° und 600°C bei einem Wasserdampfdruck von ca 5000 bar.

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Summary The youngest granite in the Moldanubian zone of Austria is theEisgarn granite which is exposed in the northwestern part of the Lower Austrian Waldviertel.The rock is a two-mica granite. The plagioclase (20–28 vol.-%) has an average An-content of 13% and shows only a weak zonary structure. Also more basic plagioclases (up to An 30) occur as inclusions in microcline. The alkalifeldspar (25–38 vol.-%) is a cross-hatched microcline perthite with the composition Or 67–72, Ab 24–28, An 1,8–2,8. It is distinguished from the microcline perthites of older granites by its content in trace elements. Its obliquity lies below 0,90. Partly the quartz is an early crystallisate, it is commonly a very late product, however. Biotite (4–7 vol.-%) forms the 2M polymorphe, as well as muscovite (6,5–7,5 vol.-%) which may develop by reaction of andalusite with the melt or from alkalifeldspar by reaction with the fluid phase. The accessories rutile, spinel, garnet and andalusite indicate a development of the granite by anatexis of high-metamorphic rocks (sillimanite-bearing gneisses?). Crystallization took place in the temperature range of 700° to 600°C under a water-vapor-pressure of 5000 bars.

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Petrogenesis of Eclogite inclusions in the Moses Rock dyke,Utah, U.S.A.

Summary A detailed electron microprobe study of the mineralogy of fifteen eclogites from the Moses Rock kimberlitic dyke, Utah, has demonstrated complexity in compositional zoning of minerals. Most of the eclogites examined are of the almandine-jadeite type and zonal and irregular variation in grossular content of garnet and acmite, jadeite and diopside-hedenbergite content of pyroxene produce large uncertainties in temperature estimates based on Fe/Mg partitioning between garnet and clinopyroxene. Zoning pattems of increasingX _Mg in both clinopyroxene and garnet, and increasingX _Jd in clinopyroxene, suggest the introduction of Mg and Na throughout the evolution of these essentially bimineralic assemblages. Averaged data yield temperatures from 340°C to 500°C at 10 kbar for compositions of rims of coexisting garnet and clinopyroxene. Two samples contain pyrope-rich gamets but coexisting pyroxenes are extremely magnesian and temperatures of equilibration of both primary omphacite-pyrope and secondary omphacite-almandine/pyrope-chlorite are only slightly higher (500–650° at 10 kbar) than those for almandine jadeite eclogites and estimates overlap with those of some examples of the latter type. Unlike the majority of almandine-jadeite eclogites, two examples contain garnets with almandine-cores and pyrope-rich rims without accompanying variation in grossular content. The simple interpretation of these samples as evidence of garnet growth during prograde metamorphism is precluded by complex zoning in coexisting clinopyroxene. The eclogites provide evidence for the presence of a metamorphic terrane including rocktypes resembling those of blueschist terranes beneath the Colorado Plateau but do not permit deduction of theP,T path by which such rocktypes reached theirP,TT-conditions (10 kbar, 400–600°C) of metamorphism.

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Petrogenese von Eklogit-Einschlüssen im Moses Rock Dyke, Utah, U.S.A.

Zusammenfassung Eine detaillierte Studie der Mineralogie von fünfzehn Eklogiten vom Moses Rock Kimberlit-Dyke (Utah) mittels mikrosonde zeigte komplexe Zonierung der Zusammensetzung der Minerale. Die meisten der untersuchten Eklogite gehören zum Almandin-Jadeit-Typ; zonare und irreguläre Variationen der Grossularkomponente der Granate und der Akmit-, Jadeit- und der Diopsid-Hedenbergitkomponenten der Pyroxene resultieren in großen Unsicherheiten bei Temperaturabschätzungen auf der Basis von Fe/Mg-Verteilungen zwischen Granat und Clinopyroxenen. Durchschnittswerte von Randzonen koexistierender Granate und Clinopyroxene ergeben Temperaturen von 340°C bis 500°C für 10 kb.Zwei Proben enthielten pyropreichen Granat, die koexistierenden Clinopyroxene sind extrem Mg-reich und die Gleichgewichtstemperaturen sowohl von primärem Omphacit-Pyrop als auch von sekundärem Omphacit-Almandin/Pyrop-Chlorit sind nur geringfügig höher (500°–600°C bei 10 kb) als die für Almandin-Jadeit-Eklogite; die Schätzungen überlappen mit denen von einigen Proben des letzteren Typs.Im Gegensatz zur Mehrheit der Almandin-Jadeit-Eklogite enthalten zwei Proben Granate mit almandinreichen Kernen und pyropreichen Rändern ohne gleichzeitige Schwankungen im Grossulargehalt. Eine einfache Interpretation dieser als Beweis für Granatwachstum während prograder Metamorphose muß jedoch ausgeschlossen werden, da die koexistierenden Clinopyroxene komplex zoniert sind.Die Eklogite können als Beweis angesehen werden für das Vorhandensein eines metamorphen Bereichs unter dem Colorado-Plateau, der Gesteinstypen enthält, die denen der Glaukophanschieferfacies ähneln. Es können jedoch keine Aussagen über denP-T-Weg gemacht werden, über den diese Gesteinstypen ihre heute feststellbarenP-T-Bedingungen (400°–600°C, 10 kb) erreicht haben.

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Manganiferous schists and their origin,Hidaka Mountains,Hokkaido, Japan

Manganiferous quartz-mica schists (4 m in stratigraphic thickness) overlie epidote amphibolite in the Chiroro River area, Hidaka Mountains, Hokkaido. The schist layers have a considerable range of A/F ratios and bulk oxidation ratios which vary from 21.5 to 100. Manganese contents are from 4 to 30 times higher than that of the average shale with 0.09% MnO. The schists are essentially quartz-white mica-biotite-Mn garnet-tourmaline-±epidote-magnetite assemblages. A highly oxidized layer (5–8 cm thick) 95 cm above the epidote amphibolite contact is characterized by viridine-piemontite-spessartine-Mn white mica-Mn tourmaline-Ti-Mn haematite indicative of both high initial manganese content and very high f _O2 conditions of recrystallization.Viridine contains up to 17 mol% Mn³⁺SiO₅ and coexists with piemontite with between 13.6 and 15.4 wt% Mn₂O₃. Mn-poor-Fe-rich (Ps₃₂) epidote occurs in the less oxidized schist enclosing the viridine-piemontite bearing seam. Garnets vary widely in composition with end member variations (mol%) of Spess_22.9–80.5; And_0.2–11.7; Alm_1.1–57.1; Pyr_2.0–12.2; Gross_7.0–49.0. The more manganiferous garnets occur in rocks with higher oxidation ratios while almandiferous varieties occur in schists with low oxidation ratios. Biotite ranges from green to red-brown varieties (increasing Ti and Fe) with Mg/ (Mg+Fe) ratios varying from 56 to 48. Ten to fifteen percent octahedral R²⁺ is replaced by Al indicating a trend towards eastonite-siderophyllite. The white micas deviate only slightly from dioctahedral stoichiometry but have up to 25% of octahedral sites occupied by Fe, Mg and to a lesser extent Mn and Ti as R²⁺ Si⁴⁺2Al³⁺ and in highly oxidized rocks as (Fe,Mn)³⁺Al³⁺. The white mica in the highly oxidized viridine-piemontite schist is pale pinkishorange, exhibits reverse pleochroism, and has between 0.30 and 0.43 wt% Mn₂O₃.There is a close comparison, both in terms of stratigraphic thickness and Fe-Mn variation, between the Chiroro schist sequence and many oceanic cores so that the bulk chemistry and mineralogy of the pelitic schists is largely an extension of the original Eh-pH conditions of hemipelagic sedimentation and post-depositional adjustments during diagenesis. The thin viridine-piemontite bearing schist is correlated with an oxidized, Fe-Mn rich layer commonly found in present day oceanic cores. The viridine presumably formed by reaction of original ferro-manganese microgranules and clay minerals. Halmrolytic alteration of the underlying metabasalt resulted in leaching of Mn and Fe (in particular) into the overlying sediments and the formation of concentrations of haematite — manganese oxide — Mn garnet along the schist-epidote amphibolite contact.Estimation of the P-T conditions of metamorphism from the phase relations and compositions in the epidote amphibolite associated with the manganiferous schist gives T °C = 530560 and a minimum P _fluid > 3 kb which corresponds to the epidote amphibolite facies of Barrovian-type terrains.This paper is dedicated to Professor Kenzo Yagi on the occasion of his retirement from the Chair of Mineralogy, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan     

Mg tracer diffusion in aluminosilicate garnets at 750-850° C, 1 atm. and 1300° C, 8.5 GPa

 Tracer diffusion coefficients of Mg in natural aluminosilicate garnets of composition Alm₃₈Pyr₅₀Gr₁₀Sp₂ and Alm₇₃Pyr₂₁Gr₅Sp₁ have been measured at 1 bar, 750-850° C and at 8.5 GPa, 1300° C by chemically depositing a salt layer enriched in ²⁶Mg on the specially prepared surface of a garnet single crystal. Diffusion anneals at 1 atmosphere (101325 Pa) were carried out at a controlled f _{O 2} of ∼10^−17.5 bars maintained by a flowing gas mix of CO-CO₂. Annealing conditions were carefully chosen to avoid decomposition of garnet by redox reactions. High pressure anneals were carried out in a multianvil apparatus. Induced diffusion profiles (0.1–0.6 μm) were measured by an ion-microprobe with SIMS attachment. Diffusion coefficients at 1 atmosphere are in excellent agreement with extrapolation of data from high P-T experiments (Loomis et al. 1985; Chakraborty and Ganguly 1992) and also with the low temperature (750–900° C) dataset of Cygan and Lasaga (1985) if the diffusion coefficients are assumed to be proportional to f _{O 2} ^1/6. Such an f _{O 2} dependence, however, makes this dataset inconsistent with the recent dataset of Schwandt et al. (1995) on garnets of composition (Alm₁₅Pyr₇₂Gr₁₃Sp₀) unless a strong compositional dependence of Mg tracer diffusivity for Mg-rich garnets is invoked. The present experimental results show that such a compositional dependence is weak to non-existent for garnets with >38 mole percent almandine component. It is emphasized that the temperature dependence of diffusion coefficients at constant oxygen fugacities (activation energy ≈54 kcal/mol) are different from that along an oxygen fugacity buffer (activation energy ≈64.5 kcal/mol), as already pointed out by Chakraborty and Ganguly (1991). This distinction is of importance for modelling natural processes. The measurements at low temperatures either eliminate the need for, or greatly reduce the uncertainty of, extrapolation of laboratory data for modelling metamorphic processes. The high pressure results combined with those from Chakraborty and Ganguly (1992) and Loomis et al. (1985) indicate that pressure dependence of Mg tracer diffusivity in garnets is much stronger than that in forsterite (Chakraborty et al. 1994). This difference in pressure dependence of diffusivity may be caused by the difference in compressibility of the coordination polyhedra of Mg between olivines and garnets. Activation volumes of Mg tracer diffusion as high as 8 cm³/mol may be estimated using the present data in combination with earlier results. These data suggest that at a temperature of 1300° C, Mg tracer diffusion rates in garnets will decrease by an order of magnitude for every 100 km depth. The pressure effect will be stronger at lower temperatures. For calculations involving diffusion coefficients of garnets at high pressures (e.g. mantle xenoliths, eclogites) the pressure dependence of diffusivity must be taken into account. Received: 21 December 1994 / Accepted: 22 September 1995     

Mineralogie und Petrologie ostalpiner Tonschiefer

Zusammenfassung Sechs bisher als Tonschiefer bezeichnete Gesteine wurden chemisch, röntgenographisch, optisch und mit dem Elektronenmikroskop in Hinblick auf ihre Färbung, ihren quantitativen Mineralbestand sowie ihren Metamorphosegrad untersucht. Diese Untersuchungen zeigten, daß zwei dieser Proben keine reinen Tonschiefer sind, sondern als Chlorit-Talk-Schiefer bzw. als dolomitischer Tonschiefer zu bezeichnen sind.Die Färbung in den Tonschiefern wird durch feinstverteiltes Pigment (grau bis schwarz), Hämatitschuppen (rot) und Chlorit (grün) hervorgerufen.Der quantitative Mineralbestand wurde unter Zuhilfenahme der Dichtebestimmung sowie optischer und röntgenographischer Daten aus den chemischen Analysen errechnet. Muskovit (25 bis 45 Vol.-%), Chlorit (15 bis 25 Vol.-%), Quarz (18 bis 30 Vol.-%) und Albit (2 bis 6 Vol.-%) bilden die Hauptgemengteile; Hämatit, Dolomit und Talk treten als Nebengemengteile auf, wobei Hämatit bis zu 11 Vol.-%, Dolomit bis zu 42 Vol.-% und Talk bis zu 40 Vol.-% erreichen und Übergemengteile bilden können, während sich die Akzessorien aus Pyrit, röntgenamorphem Kohlenstoff, Apatit, Erz, Zirkon und Rutil zusammensetzen.Petrologisch sind diese Gesteine der niedrigsten Stufe der Grünschieferfazies mit der unteren Grenze bei etwa 300°C und etwa 3 Kb zuzuordnen. Die phyllitähnliche Fältelung der Tonschiefer ist Zeugnis für die Durchbewegung während der Metamorphose.

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Mineralogy and petrology of east-alpine clay schists

Summary Six rocks, so far called slates, were examined by x-ray, chemical and optical methods to determine the cause of colouring, the quantitative mineralogical composition and the degree of metamorphism. Two of these so-called slates are chlorite-talc-schists and dolomitic slates.The colouring of the slates is due to pigment (gray to black), hematite (red) and chlorite (green).The quantitative mineralogical composition of these rocks is calculated from the chemical analyses. These data are controled by the density and by optical and x-ray results. The mineral assemblages are dominated by muscovite (25–45%), chlorite (15–25%), quartz (18–30%) and albite (2–6%) while hematite, dolomite, pyrite, apatite, ore, zircon, rutile and amorphous carbon are accessory, but in some rocks hematite (11%), dolomite (42%) and talc (40%) are also dominant.The slates belong to the lowest metamorphic part of the greenschist-facies with the lower limit at 300°C and 3 Kb. The phyllitic structure is the result of deformation synchronous with metamorphism.

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Paleoproterozoic migmatitic gneisses from the Tandilia belt (Argentina), Río de la Plata craton,record cooling at deep crustal levels

We studied high-grade metamorphic rocks of the El Cristo hill area of the Tandilia belt. Mineral analyses and thermodynamic calculations were carried out for two adjacent rock samples: an amphibole–biotite gneiss and a garnet–biotite-bearing migmatite. Peritectic garnets in the migmatite show core compositions of pyr_4.5(gro + andr)₁₀spes₆alm_79.5 changing to pyr_3.5(gro + andr)₁₇spes₆alm_73.5 at their thin rims. Garnet compositions in the gneiss are pyr_6.5(gro + andr)₂₆spes₁₂alm_55.5 and pyr_4.5(gro + andr)₃₄spes₁₂alm_49.5 for core and rim, respectively. A P–T path was constructed by calculating pseudosections in the 11-component system Si–Ti–Al–Fe–Mn–Mg–Ca–Na–K–O–H and contouring them by isopleths for garnet components using the PERPLE_X software package. Supra-solidus crystallization of garnet cores in the migmatite began at 5.8 kbar and 660 °C. Garnet rims equilibrated at 7.0 kbar and 640 °C compatible with garnet cores in the amphibole–biotite gneiss (7.6 kbar and 660 °C). The further chemical development of garnet in this rock points to P–T conditions of 11.6 kbar and 620 °C and 12.2 kbar and 595 °C (outermost garnet rim). At this high-pressure stage Ca-amphibole was not stable. Most biotite formed during exhumation whereas the high-pressure accessory minerals, titanite and epidote, persisted. According to the obtained anti-clockwise P–T path the originally partly melted material was tectonically transported from ∼22 km (middle crust) to ∼40 km (lower crust) depths reaching a geothermal gradient as low as 15 °C km⁻¹. This transport probably occurred along a major suture zone, which was active during the Paleoproterozoic (2.25–2.10 Ga), before a terminating collision of terranes near the SW boundary of the Rio de la Plata craton.     

Die Feldspate des Granites von Eisenkappel (Kärnten) und seines Randporphyres

Zusammenfassung Der Eisenkappeler Granit und sein Randporphyr wurden mineralogisch und petrographisch untersucht. Der Randporphyr und auch Übergangszonen zum Kerngranit zeigen eine Ummantelung der Alkalifeldspate mit Plagioklas-Rapakivi Textur. Genaue analytische Untersuchungen an, Alkalifeldspateinkristallen und den dazugehörigen Plagioklashüllen (bzw. den in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft befindlichen Plagioklasen bei Proben des Kerngranits) ergaben folgende Einzelheiten: Die Alkalifeldspate sind Mikroklinperthite mit einer durchschnittlichen Triklinität von =0,50. Der Ab-Gehalt ist hoch (Kerngranit um Ab=31%, Randporphyr um Ab=38%), ebenso der An-Gehalt (durchschnittlich 3,5%). Die Plagioklase sind Oligoklase (Kerngranit um An=28%, Randporphyr um An=22%) mit einem extrem hohen Or-Gehalt (Or=4,2% bis 7,0%) und teilweise antiperthitisch entmischt. Die Zusammensetzung der Feldspate läßt auf relativ hohe Bildungstemperaturen und entsprechend niedrige Wasserdampfdrucke schließen. Die Untersuchungsergebnisse und die Entstehung der Rapakivi Textur werden diskutiert.

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Summary The granite of Eisenkappel and its marginal porphyry (Carinthia) have been investigated. The latter as well as gradations toward the central granite have alkalifeldspars manteled with plagioclase (rapakivi texture). The phenocrysts of the alkalifeldspars and their plagioclase rims and the phenocrysts of alkalifeldspar and neighbouring plagioclases in case of the central granite show the following attitudes: The alkalifeldspar are microcline perthites with an abliquity =0,50; From the central granite to the marginal porphyry the Abcontent of the alkalifeldspar increases from Ab=31–38 wight percent. The An-content is 3,5%. The An-content of the plagioclase drops in the same direction (An=28–22%). They exhibit a high Or-content (Or=4,2–7%) which is partly unmixed to antiperthite. The composition of the feldspars reflects a rather high temperature of formation and corresponding low water vapor pressure. The results and the origin of the rapakivi texture are discussed.

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Garnet and diopside-bearing diamondites (framesites)

Summary ?Rocks consisting almost entirely of diamonds (diamondites) that contain minor amounts of silicates were analyzed for trace element abundances in the silicates by Laser Ablation ICP Mass Spectrometry for the first time. Diamondites, previously described as polycrystalline diamond “aggregates” and “framesite”, extend the range of monomineralic rocks known from the Earth’s upper mantle. Our samples are intergrowths of diamonds with abundant open cavities and some interstitial silicates. The most common silicate is pyrope which occurs in two different colors (and chemical compositions): orange and lilac similar to garnet inclusions in diamonds and garnets known from upper mantle eclogites and garnet peridotites, respectively. In our sample, the “peridotitic” garnet is accompanied by Cr-rich diopside whereas the “eclogitic” garnet is unaccompanied. Trace element abundances suggest that both types of garnet formed from upper mantle fluids of similar origin which were rich in a carbonatitic component. The diamondites likely formed from the same fluids. Diamonds precipitated first and – in smaller amounts – contemporaneously with the silicates. Major upper mantle minerals like olivine, orthopyroxene and omphacite are missing, possibly indicating that these minerals behaved as refractory phases and were not mobilized by fluids. The chemical composition of “eclogite” and “peridotite” garnets differ in Cr and high field strength elements contents but not in the moderately compatible elements. They also have the same low Fe/Mg ratio which indicates a peridotitic source for the fluids. The compositional difference in minor and trace elements appears to be the result of different fluid processing rather than of a different source, i.e., peridotite or eclogite.

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Zusammenfassung Granat- und Diopsid-führende Diamantite (Framesite) Silikat-führende Gesteine aus Diamanten (Diamantite) wurden erstmals mittels Laser Ablation ICP Massenspektrometrie auf ihre Gehaltean Spurenelementen analysiert. Diese ursprünglich als polykristalline Diamant-“Aggregate” und Framesite beschriebenen Diamantite werden den monomineralischen Gesteinen des Erdmantels zugeordnet. Unsere Proben sind Verwachsungen von Diamanten mit verbreitet offenen Hohlr?umen und wenig interstitialen Silikaten. Das verbreitetste Silikat ist Pyrop, welcher zwei verschiedene Farben und chemische Zusammensetzungen hat: orange und fliederfarben, ?hnlich den Granat-Einschlüssen in Diamanten und den Granaten aus Erdmantel-Eklogiten und Peridotiten. In unserer Probe ist der “peridotitische” Granat von Cr-Diopsid begleitet, der “eklogitische” Granat ist unbegleitet. Die Spurenelement-H?ufigkeiten in beiden Granaten machen es wahrscheinlich, da? diese von Erdmantel-Fluiden gebildet wurden, die reich an einerkarbonatitischen Komponente waren und aus ?hnlichen Quellen stammten. Die Diamanten wurden wahrscheinlich von denselben Fluiden gebildet. Diamanten wurden zuerst ausgef?llt und wuchsen – in geringerem Ausma?– auch gemeinsam mit den Silikaten. Hauptminerale des Erdmantels wie Olivin, Orthopyroxen und Omphazit fehlen. M?glicherweise verhielten sich diese Minerale refrakt?r und wurden von den Fluiden nicht mobilisiert. Die chemische Zusammensetzung von “eklogitischem” und “peridotitischem” Granat unterscheidet sich in den Gehaltenan Cr und den Elementen, welche lonen hoher Feldst?rke bilden, aber nicht in den moderat kompatiblen Elementen. Die beiden Granate haben auch das gleiche niedrige Fe/Mg-Verh?ltnis, welches auf eine peridotitische Quelle für die Fluide hinweist. Die Unterschiede in der H?ufigkeit von Neben- und Spurenelementen in den Granaten k?nnte auf verschiedene Entwicklung der Fluide zurückzuführen sein und wahrscheinlich nicht auf eine Herkunft der Fluide aus verschiedenen Quellen, wie Peridotiten oder Eklogiten.

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Die mineralogische Zusammensetzung des Meteoriten von Kiel

The mineralogical composition of the meteorite of Kiel was analyzed microscopically and with the electron microprobe. The meteorite consists mainly of chondrules, which are recrystallized to some extend and which are embedded in a recrystallized ground-mass. The chondrite contains 55 Vol.-% olivine of composition (Fa_24,2Fo_75,3Te_0,5), 28 Vol.-% orthopyroxene (Fs_21,4 En_76,8Wo_1,8), 9 Vol.-% plagioclase (An_9,4 Ab_85,1 Or_5,5), 4,5 Vol.-% troilite and 2,5 Vol.-% Fe-Ni-metal grains, consisting of kamazite, zonal taenite and plessite; furthermore the chondrite contains chromite, whitlockite and a very small amount of ilmenite, native copper, chalcopyrrhotine and valeriite.The kamazite is partly monocrystalline, in part polycrystalline and contains 6–7% Ni. The Ni-contents of the zonal taenites increase from approximately 30% in the core to 50% at the rim. The rim rich in Ni is broader adjacent to troilite and kamazite than adjacent to silicates. Some zonal taenite grains are partially replaced by a mixture of Ni-rich taenite, kamazite and troilite. The plessites have an average Ni-content of 15–20%. The two phases of a coarsely disintegrated plessite contain 55% and 4–5% Ni. According to Wood (1967) a primary cooling rate of 1–10° C per one million years can be deducted from the zonal structure of the taenite. The formation of the taenite rims rich in Ni, of the taenite-troilite-kamazite-replacements, and of the coarsely disintegrated plessites is probably due to a long lasting annealing or a very slow passage through the temperature range of about 300–400° C.The meteorite of Kiel is a L6-chondrite according to the petrological classification of chondrites (van Schmus and Wood, 1967). The deformation of the olivines, pyroxenes and plagioclases indicates a slight to moderate shock deformation with a peak pressure of about 150–200 kbar.

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Polymetamorphic normal-, reverse-zoned,and unzoned garnets from the Darakht-Bid aureole,Mashhad, Iran

Summary Thermal metamorphism and later retrogression of low metamorphic grade garnet-bearing pelites has produced diverse patterns of garnet zoning. In the narrow thermal aureole, fibrolite, staurolite and biotite are present and commonly are retrogressed to assemblages containing sericite, chlorite and chloritoid. In the thermal aureole, garnet contains inclusions of quartz, biotite, fibrolite, ilmenite, chlorite and muscovite and underwent relatively rapid growth from pre-existing low to medium grade regionally metamorphosed rocks. Garnet was armoured from breakdown reactions by fibrolite which nucleated on garnet. The grain size of poikiloblastic garnet, the volume of zones of inclusions in the garnet and the size of the inclusions all decrease with increasing distance from the contact. In the thermal aureole, normal compositional zoning is common and rare reversezoned garnets probably result from the partitioning of Mn from ilmenite during thermal metamorphism. Garnet grains in the thermal aureole have a peripheral enrichment in Mn in the outermost 200 m as a result of diffusion of Fe from garnet into the matrix during incipient retrogression. Coarse retrograde garnet in schists is unzoned and richer in Fe than the normal- and reverse-zoned prograde garnet in hornfelses suggesting that relatively large scale local diffusion in retrograde schists was operative during retrogression but not effective enough to completely remove the relic prograde zoned garnets in the hornfelses.

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Polymetamorphe normal-, invers- und nicht-zonierte Granate aus dem Kontakthof von Darakhd-Bid, Mashhad, Iran

Zusammenfassung Thermometamorphose und spätere retrograde Metamorphose bei niederen P/T-Bedingungen hat eine Vielfalt von Zonar-Texturen in Granaten pelitischer Gesteine erzeugt. In dem schmalen Kontakthof kommen Fibrolit, Staurolit und Biotit vor, die häufig retrograd zu Paragenesen mit Serizit, Chlorit, und Chloritoid umgewandelt wurden. Granate in der Aureole enthalten Einschlüsse von Quarz, Biotit, Fibrolit, Ilmenit, Chlorit und Muskovit; sie sind durch relativ rasches Wachstum in präexistierenden niedrig- bis mittelgradigen Metamorphiten charakterisiert. Fibrolit-Ränder schützten den Granat vor Zerfallsreaktionen. Die Korngröße poikiloblastischer Granate, das Volumen einschlußreicher Zonen im Granat und die Größe der Einschlüsse nehmen mit zunehmender Entfernung vom Kontakt ab. Im Bereich des Kontakthofes ist normaler Zonenbau in Granaten verbreitet; seltene invers-zonierte Granate gehen wahrscheinlich auf das Freiwerden von Mn aus Ilmenit während der Metamorphose zurück. Granatkörner im Kontakthof zeigen randliche Mangananreicherungen in den äußeren 200 m als Resultat der Diffusion von Fe aus Granat in die Matrix während beginnender retrograder Metamorphose. Grobkörniger retrograder Granat in den Schiefern ist nicht zoniert und enthält höhere Eisengehalte als die normalen und invers-zonierten prograden Granate in Hornfelsen. Dies weist darauf hin, daß in den retrograder Metamorphose ausgesetzten Schiefern Diffusion in relativ großem Ausmaße stattgefunden hat; diese war jedoch nicht ausreichend, um sämtliche prograden zonierten Relikt-Granate in den Hornfelsen zu entfernen.

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Chrome-rich garnets from the kimberlites of yakutia and their parageneses

The chrome-rich magnesian garnets (6.6–18.9% Cr₂O₃) of kimberlitic concentrates and some peridotite xenoliths contain variable admixtures of CaO: from 0.69 to 26.0% (1.7–72% Ca-component). All the garnets both in respect of Ca and Cr-contents make up a continuous series.The variability in the Ca-content is caused by differences in paragenesis. Most of the Ca-poor pyropes are related to a paragenesis without clinopyroxene (mostly dunitic). Garnets rich in calcium are related to a paragenesis without entstatite. All the parageneses listed are of an ultramafic type, i.e. contain magnesian olivine. The solubility of knorringite—Mg₃Cr₂(Si₃O₁₂)—in kimberlitic garnets is possibly limited by pressure and does not exceed 50–60% mol.     

Mineralogical relations and magma mixing in calc-alkaline andesites from lake Atitlán,Guatemala

Summary Quaternary calc-alkaline andesites erupted form three neighboring volcanoes along the Guatemalan volcanic front have mineralogic compositions and textures which show varying degrees of disequilibrium. Basaltic andesites and andesites (SiO₂ % = 50–59), erupted from Atitlán volcano located nearer to the trench, have the lowest degree of disequilibrium. These lavas contain an anhydrous phenocryst assemblage of mildly bimodal plagioclase, olivine, augite opx, and magnetite. Orthopyroxene occurs at the expense of olivine with increasing whole rock SiO₂. Most pyroxene phenocrysts show a trend of Fe enrichment.Andesites from Tolimán (SiO₂% = 53–62) and San Pedro (Si0₂% = 54–67) volcanoes, located further away from the trench, show comparatively high and moderate degrees of disequilibrium, respectively. Tolimán andesites have bimodal plagioclase compositions and textures. Olivine persists with increasing whole rock Si0₂ and lacks clear modal relations with coexisting orthopyroxene and hornblende phenocrysts. When compared to Atitlán andesites, Toliman olivines are more forsteritic and pyroxenes contain higher proportions of Mg-rich rims, though normal zoned phenocrysts occur within the same rock. Tolimán andesite also have lower proportions of phenocrysts to microphenocrysts, more calcic plagioclase groundmass compositions, and higher modal phenocrystic magnetite. San Pedro andesites have disequilibrium assemblages similar to Tolimán andesites but are not as striking.Magma mixing is proposed as the dominant cause for observed disequilibrium. Disequilibrium features are preserved best in Tolimán and San Pedro andesites because inferred durations between mixing and eruption are shortest, and consequently, these mixed andesites more clearly record mafic and silicic endmember compositions. The mafic component is a relatively high temperature, high-Al basalt containing phenocrysts of Mg-rich olivine (Fo = 78–80), calcic plagioclase (An 70–80), augite and titanomagnetite. The silicic component contains quartz, sodic plagioclase (An 40–50), Fe-rich orthopyroxene and titanomagnetite. Short durations between mixing and eruption produce petrographic features which, in part, mimic the effects of increasing PH₂0 in a fractionating magma. Inferred mixing durations for Atitlánn andesites are longer and involve a less-silicic composition. The intervolcano disequilibrium relations suggest that as Si0₂ in a silicic endmember increases, the duration and efficiency of mixing decreases.

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Mineral-Reaktionen und Magma-Mixing in Kalk-Alkali-Andesiten vom Atitlan See, Guatemala

Zusammenfassung Quartäre Kalk-Alkali-Andesite von drei benachbarten Vulkanen aus dem Guatemala Vulkan-Gürtel zeigen anhand ihrer mineralogischen Zusammensetzung und ihrer Textur variierende Bedingungen des Ungleichgewichts. Basalt-Andesite und Andesite (SiO₂% = 50–59), die aus dem dem Trench am nächsten gelegenen Vulkan Atitlan eruptierten, lassen den niedrigsten Grad an Ungleichgewicht erkennen. Diese Laven führen eine Phenokristall-Assoziation bestehend aus leicht bimodalem Plagioklas, Olivin, Augit, Orthopyroxen und Magnetit. In Gesteinen mit steigendem GesamtgesteinsSiO₂, tritt Orthopyroxen auf Kosten des Olivins auf. Die meisten Pyroxene zeigen einen Trend zur Fe-Anreicherung. Andesite vom Toliman (Si0₂% = 53–62) und vom Vulkan San Pedro (Si0₂% = 54-67), die beide weiter vom Trench entfernt liegen, zeigen hohen bzw. mittleren Grad an Ungleichgewicht. Die Toliman Andesite sind durch bimodale Zusammensetzung der Plagioklase und Textur gekennzeichnet. Olivin bleibt auch bei steigendem SiO₂-Gehalt bestehen, und zeigt hinsichlich seiner Zusammensetzung keine Verbindung mit koexistierenden Phenokristallen von Orthopyroxen und Hornblende. Im Vergleich zu den Atitlan Andesiten, weisen Toliman Olivine höheren Forsteritgehalt auf, die Pyroxene zeigen häufiger Mg-reiche Ränder, obwohl normal zonierte Phenokristalle auch im selben Gestein auftreten. Die Toliman Andesite sind durch ein kleineres Verhältnis von Phenokristalle/Mikrophenokristalle, höheren Ca-Gehalt der Matrix-Plagioklase und höheren Gehalt an Magnetit-Phenokristallen gekennzeichnet. Die San Pedro Andesite zeigen Ungleichgewichts-Paragenesen vergleichbar mit denen der Toliman Andesite, jedoch nicht so auffallend. Es ist zu vermuten, da\ Magma-Mixing vorwiegend für die UngleichgewichtsParagenesen verantwortlich ist. Die Toliman- und San Pedro Andesite zeigen die best erhaltenen Anzeichen für Ungleichgewicht, da vermutlich der Zeitraum zwischen Magma-Mixing und Eruption am kürzesten gewesen ist, weshalb diese Andesite die gemischten mafischen bzw. salischen Endglieder am besten widerspiegeln. Das mafische Endglied ist ein Al-reicher Hoch-Temperatur-Basalt, der sich aus Phenokristallen von Mg-reichem Olivin (Fo = 78–80), Ca-reichem Plagioklas (An 70–80), Fe-reichem Orthopyroxen und Titanomagnetit zusammensetzt. Das salische Endglied besteht aus Quarz, Na-reichem Plagioklas (An 40–50), Fe-reichem Orthopyroxen und Titanomagnetit. Aufgrund des kurzen Zeitabstandes zwischen Magma-Mixing und Eruption entstehen petrographische Strukturen, die den Effekt von steigendem PH₂0 in einem fraktionierenden Magma widerspiegeln. Es wird vermutet, da\ bei den Atitlan-Andesiten mehr Zeit zwischen Mixing und Eruption vergangen ist; dies manifestiert sich in einem geringeren Anteil der salischen Komponente. Die Zusammenhänge der Ungleichgewichts-Bedingungen innerhalb eines Vulkans lassen vermuten, daß die Dauer und Intensität des Mixing mit zunehmender salischer Komponente abnimmt.