Age and geochemistry of zircons from the ancient granitoids of the Vyg River,Southeastern Karelia

The structure and composition of accessory zircons from the tonalites of the Vyg River, southeastern Karelia, were investigated. Their local U-Pb SHRIMP dating yielded ages between 3127±15 and 3146±25 Ma. It was shown that the zircons consist of three zones, a central part containing solid and melt inclusions and zoned magmatic and metasomatic shells. The obtained ages correspond to the magmatic and metasomatic stages of zircon crystallization. In general, the zircons have elevated contents of LREE (up to 867 ppm La), which were mainly accumulated in the outer metasomatic shell. Apatite and CO₂ inclusions are widespread. Orthoclase, orthopyroxene, ilmenite, galena, quartz, and bastnaesite were identified in a solid inclusion in one zircon core using a CAMSCAN MX 2500 electron microscope. The presence of bastnaesite accentuates the relation of LREE with a CO₂-rich fluid. It was shown that REE content is not correlated with U, Th, and U/Th ratio.     

西藏加多捕勒铁铜矿床晚白垩世岩浆活动成因

加多捕勒铁铜矿床位于冈底斯Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu-Fe成矿带西段。矿区出露的复式岩体由黑云二长花岗岩(50.9±1.8Ma)和石英二长闪长岩组成。本文以石英二长闪长岩为研究对象,分析了岩体地球化学特征、SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄以及原位锆石Hf同位素与稀土元素。分析结果显示石英二长闪长岩具岛弧岩浆活动特征,锆石U-Pb年龄84.3±1.4Ma,为晚白垩世岩浆活动产物,锆石Hf同位素与稀土元素指示岩浆源区具壳幔混源特征,且以古老地壳物质的部分熔融为主。综合分析已有研究成果及本文数据,笔者认为矿区晚白垩世岩浆活动可能与低缓角度俯冲的新特提斯洋壳有关。     

中天山卡瓦布拉克地区中-基性岩脉的年代学及岩石成因

中天山卡瓦布拉克地区侵入岩类广泛发育,并多处被中-基性岩脉穿插。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年获得闪长岩和辉长岩脉年龄分别为296.1±2.5 Ma(MSWD=1.4),299.5±2 Ma(MSWD=1.07),均侵位于早二叠世。岩石学和岩石地球化学分析结果表明该区中-基性岩脉具有富集轻稀土元素(LREE)和大离子亲石元素(Rb,U,Th)、亏损高场强元素(Nb,Ta,Ti)的地球化学特征,SREE为69.19~234.62,LREE/HREE=3.97~11.18。闪长岩脉锆石(176Hf/177Hf)值为0.280 618~0.283 329,对应的εHf(t)值为-14.57^+25.06。研究数据表明,该区中-基性岩脉可能起源于亏损岩石圈地幔,原始岩浆在侵位过程中发生了分离结晶作用,同时还受到了地壳混染作用的影响。基于卡瓦布拉克地区中-基性岩脉的野外地质特征和地球化学分析结果,并结合区域地质资料,认为它们形成于南天山洋闭合之后的后碰撞伸展构造背景。     

Geochronology,mineral inclusions,and geochemistry of zircons in eclogitized gabbronorites in the Gridino area,Belomorian province

A comprehensive (mineralogical, geochronological, and geochemical) study of zircons from an eclogitized gabbronorite dike was carried out in order to identify reliable indicators (mineralogical and geochronological) of the genesis of zircons in their various populations and, correspondingly, the age of certain geological events (magmatic crystallization of the gabbroids, their eclogitization, and overprinted retrograde metamorphism). The three populations of zircons separated from two rock samples comprised xenogenic, magmatic (“gabbroic”), and metamorphic zircons, with the latter found exclusively in the sample of retrograded eclogitized gabbroids. The zircons of group I are xenogenic and have a Meso- to Neoarchean age. Mineral inclusions in them (quartz, apatite, biotite, and chlorite) are atypical of gabbroids, and the geochemistry of these zircons is very diverse. The zircons of group II contain mineral inclusions of ortho- and clinopyroxene and are distinguished for their very high U, Th, Pb, and REE concentrations and Th/U ratios. These zircons were formed during the late magmatic crystallization of the gabbroids at temperatures of 1150–1160°C, and their U-Pb age of 2389 ± 25 Ma corresponds to this process. The eclogite mineral assemblages crystallized shortly after the magmatic process, as follows from the fact that the marginal portions of the prismatic zircons contain clinopyroxene inclusions with elevated contents of the jadeite end member. The zircons of group III contain rare amphibole and biotite inclusions and have low Ti, Y, and REE concentrations, low Th/U ratios, high Hf concentrations, contain more HREE than LREE, and have an U-Pb age of 1911 ± 9.5 Ma, which corresponds to the age of the overprinted amphibolite-facies metamorphism.     

General relations in the trace-element composition of zircons from eclogites with implications for the age of eclogites in the belomorian mobile belt

Analysis of currently available data (877 individual high-precision zircon analyses) on the composition of zircons from eclogite complexes worldwide reveals general relations in the zircon composition: an anomalous decrease in the Th concentration (no higher than 3 ppm on average) and the Th/U ratio (0.33 on average), a significant decrease in the concentrations of all REE (to 22 ppm) and particularly LREE (<2 ppm), and relatively low concentrations of Y (34 ppm), U (100 ppm), and P (41 ppm) at an elevated Hf concentration (11 400 ppm on average). The REE patterns of eclogitic zircons are noted for pronounced flat HREE patterns, poorly pronounced (if any) negative Eu anomalies, strongly reduced positive Ce anomalies (Ce/Ce* = 11 on average), and U-shaped configurations of LREE patterns up to the development of negative Nd anomalies. The relations detected in the distribution of trace elements and REE in eclogitic zircons are of universal nature and occur irrespective of the rock type (metabasites, metaultrabasites, or gneisses) and the metamorphic pressure (eclogites of high and ultrahigh pressure). The application of the aforementioned criteria makes it possible to reliable distinguish eclogitic zircons from those of magmatic or metamorphic genesis (not related to high-pressure metamorphism). Eclogites in the Belomorian Mobile Belt (in the Salma and Gridino areas) were determined to contain zircons in metagabbro eclogites; the cores of these zircons have an age of 2.8?C2.9 Ga and are of magmatic genesis, whereas their outer metamorphic zones have an age of 1.9 Ga and a trace-element composition typical of eclogitic zircons. Hence, the Belomorian Mobile Belt was affected only by single (Svecofennian, at ??1.9 Ga) episode of eclogite metamorphism of Archean rocks.     

Trace-element study and age dating of zircon from chromitites of the Bushveld Complex (South Africa)

The layered Bushveld Complex hosts a number of chromitite layers, which were found to contain significant amounts of zircon grains compared with adjacent silicate rocks. Cathodoluminescent-dark, partially metamict cores and transparent rims of composite zircon grains were analyzed for trace elements with SIMS and LA-ICPMS techniques. The cores are enriched in REE, Y, Th and U and are characterized by distinctly flatter REE patterns in contrast to those of the rims and transparent homogenous crystals. Zircon from the different stratigraphic units has specific Th/U ratios, the highest of which (1.5–4) occurs in a Merensky Reef zircon core. The Ti content of Bushveld zircon ranges from 12 to 52 ppm correlating to a crystallization temperature range of 760–930 °C. The geochemical characteristics of the first zircon generation are consistent with its high-temperature crystallization as the first major U, Th and REE acceptor from a highly-evolved residue of the high-Mg basalt magma, whereas the rims and coreless crystals have crystallized from percolating intercumulus liquid of new influx of the same magma. U-Pb SHRIMP dating of zircon cores and rims does not reveal a distinguishable difference between their ages indicating the absence of inherited zircon. Concordia ages of 2,051?±?9 Ma (2σ, MSWD?=?0.1) and 2,056?±?5 Ma (2σ, MSWD?=?0.05) for zircons from the Merensky Reef and the Upper Platreef located equally near the top of the Critical Zone are in agreement with published ages for the Merensky Reef. Zircon from the deeper-seated Lower Group, Middle Group and Lower Platreef chromitites yields younger concordia ages that may reflect prolonged late-stage volatile activity.     

大别山变质岩锆石微区稀土元素和Th,U特征

对进行过微区U-Pb定年和阴极发光成像研究的大别山辛店榴辉岩、双河榴辉岩、黄镇榴辉岩和双河硬玉石英岩中锆石,进行了微区核部与边部稀土元素测定.结合U-Pb年龄和CL图象,探讨了超高压变质过程中稀土元素从原岩锆石到变质锆石的变化.结果表明,原岩锆石和变质锆石有很不相同的稀土元素含量,它取决于变质锆石是由变质重结晶还是变质增生作用形成及形成时间.一般说来,边部变质锆石比原岩锆石亏损稀土元素,特别是重稀土,并且有更低的Th/U比.变质锆石的稀土元素和Th/U比可以为变质锆石形成时的物理化学环境和变质锆石成因提供重要信息.     

西藏冈底斯岩浆弧南缘晚白垩世早期石英二长闪长岩中锆石的成因矿物学研究

锆石的形态标型和成分标型可用于反演岩浆的演化过程和构造环境.为探讨西藏桑耶地区晚白垩世的石英二长闪长岩的岩浆成因、演化过程及其物理化学条件,采用成因矿物学方法对石英二长闪长岩中的锆石的形态标型、成分标型及其构造环境进行了系统研究.结果表明,锆石的延长系数多集中于1.5:1～3.0:1,锆石群型多为S10和P10锆石形态...     

滇西梁河地区钾长花岗岩锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb定年及其地质意义

在详细区域地质调查的基础上,对滇西梁河地区具有代表性的两件钾长花岗岩样品中的锆石进行了阴极发光图像、微区原位LA-ICP-MS微量元素分析和U-Pb定年。结果表明,梁河地区钾长花岗岩锆石显示振荡环带的内部结构,指示其岩浆成因;两件样品的锆石具有较高的Th、U含量,稀土元素总量较高,轻稀土亏损、重稀土富集,明显的的Ce正异常和Eu负异常的稀土配分模式,说明其壳源岩浆锆石特征;两件样品的锆石206Pb/238U加权平均年龄分别是(60.7±0.6)Ma和(115.8±1.0)Ma,属古新世和早白垩世花岗岩。结合区域地质特征,腾冲地块在中生代晚期-新生代早期发生多期岩浆作用,揭示滇西三江地区特提斯演化的岩浆响应,为青藏高原东缘地区地质演化的动力过程提供约束。     

南极北维多利亚地难言岛侵入岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

对采自南极罗斯造山带中北维多利亚地难言岛的侵入岩进行了岩石学和锆石U-Pb同位素分析。难言岛的主要侵入岩类型为石英二长岩,并有少量石英二长闪长岩。采用LA-ICP-MS对石英二长岩和石英二长闪长岩样品进行锆石UTh-Pb同位素分析,获得石英二长岩的侵位年龄为482.4Ma±4.2Ma和484.3Ma±2.5Ma,石英二长闪长岩的侵位年龄为484.0Ma±3.0Ma,均为早奥陶世早期。难言岛石英二长岩和石英二长闪长岩岩浆应在伸展背景下侵位结晶,结合已有区域资料可以推测,在北维多利亚地罗斯造山运动应主要发生在寒武纪,并在早奥陶世早期之前趋于结束。     

LA-ICP-MS Zircon U-Pb Geochronology of Quartz Porphyry from the Niutougou Gold Deposit in Songxian County,Henan Province

The Niutougou gold deposit,located in the center of the Xiong’ershan gold district,western Henan Province,is a large gold deposit with many quartz porphyries found in the area.Based on the field geological investigation of quartz porphyry of Niutougou gold deposit and by using the cathodoluminescence(CL) images analysis and in situ LA-ICP-MS U-Pb isotope dating method of zircons,the inner structure,trace element compositions and U-Pb age of the zircons separated from quartz porphyry were analyzed and determined.Cathodoluminescence(CL) images of zircons show clear magmatic zonations.Trace element analyses of zircons reveal that all zircons show high concentrations of Th,U,and HREE,and the REE patterns of depletion in LREE,with a positive Ce anomaly.Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating results show that the quartz porphyry in the Niutougou gold deposit was formed at 159.71±0.99 Ma(about 160 Ma),belonging to the product of magmatic activity in late Middle Jurassic.Combined with the geological characteristics of the Niutougou gold deposit,the formation age of the quartz porphyry and the analysis of the formation age of the granite body exposed in the Niutougou gold deposit,the study suggests that the metallogenic epoch of the Niutougou gold deposit may be Yanshanian in age.     

不同成因锆石阴极发光及微量元素特征:以新疆阿尔泰地区花岗岩和伟晶岩为例

新疆阿勒泰可可托海地区出露大量花岗岩和伟晶岩脉,利用阴极发光显微照相(CL)、电子探针背散射(BSE)和激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子质谱技术(LA-ICP-MS),观察和分析岩石中锆石的内部结构、稀土元素及Th,U含量后结果表明:该区花岗岩锆石具振荡环带和强烈的阴极发光特征,Th/U比值较高(Th/U=0.16～0.99),轻稀土亏损、重稀土富集,具较大的Ce正异常,为典型岩浆成因锆石。伟晶岩(KP-08-11)锆石为热液锆石,不具振荡环带和阴极发光,具低的Th/U比值(0.01～0.13),强烈富集稀土元素,尤其是轻稀土元素较花岗岩锆石高一个数量级,Ce的正异常相对较低。伟晶岩(KP3-08-1)锆石为变质重结晶锆石,Th/U比值分布范围较广(0.01～0.78),强烈亏损稀土元素,稀土元素配分模式存在显著的"REE四分组效应"。微量元素特征表明,伟晶岩(KP-08-11)锆石可能结晶自富U贫Th的残余岩浆流体,而伟晶岩(KP3-08-1)的锆石经历了蜕晶质化和变质重结晶作用,但依然保持了共存伟晶岩熔体的微量元素特征。     

Mineral chemistry and geochemical aspects of Gebel Filat granites, South Eastern Desert, Egypt

Gebel Filat granites form one of Egyptian younger granite intrusions in Wadi Allaqi region, South Eastern Desert of Egypt. They are perthitic monzogranites composed mainly of K-feldspars, plagioclase, and quartz with minor biotite. Plagioclase feldspars are Na-rich and have low anorthite content (An_2–3). Potash feldspars are mainly perthitic microcline and have chemical formula as (Or_96–96.6 Ab_3.4–4 An₀). Biotite is Mg-rich and seems to be derived from calc-alkaline magma. Chlorite is pycnochlorite with high Mg content, revealing its secondary derivation from biotite. The estimated formation temperatures of biotite and chlorite are (689–711°C) and (602–622°C), respectively. Gebel Filat monzogranites are metaluminous, high-K calc-alkaline, I-type granites. They are late orogenic granites related to subduction-related volcanic arc magmatism. They are enriched in LILE and depleted in HSFE indicating highly differentiation character. The REE patterns display an enrichment in LREE due to presence of zircon and allanite as accessories and depletion in HREE with slight negative Eu anomaly $ \left( {{\text{Eu}}/{\text{Eu}} * = 0.51 - 0.97} \right) $ . The parent magma of Gebel Filat monzogranites were emplaced at moderate depths (20–30 km) under moderate conditions of water-vapor pressure (1–5 kbar) and crystallization temperature [700–750°C]. The source magma of these granites seems to be derived from partial melting of lower crust material rather than upper mantle. The geochemical characteristics of pegmatites revealed that they are related to post orogenic within plate magmatism and not genetically related to the parent magma of Gebel Filat monzogranites. Distribution of radioactive elements (U and Th) in the studied rocks indicates normal U–Th contents for Filat monzogranites and U–Th bearing pegmatites. The positive correlations of each of Zr and Y versus U and Th are attributed to presence of zircon and allanite as accessories which incorporate U and Th in their crystal lattice.     

完达山地块跃进山矽卡岩型铜金矿区酸性侵入岩锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及成因

跃进山小型矽卡岩型铜金矿床位于完达山地体西南部,矿体主要赋存于矽卡岩、花岗斑岩及其构造裂隙中,呈扁豆状或脉状。本文对矿区花岗闪长岩和花岗斑岩进行锆石U-Pb年代学和岩石地球化学研究,以了解矿床形成时代、成岩（矿）构造背景及矿床成因。测年结果表明,花岗斑岩和花岗闪长岩成岩年龄分别为（115.8±1.0）Ma和（126.9±1.7）Ma,铜金矿化时代与花岗斑岩成岩时代基本一致,为早白垩世晚期。岩石地球化学研究表明,花岗闪长岩属过铝质钙碱性系列岩石,稀土配分模式图为轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损,具较强的铕负异常,无铈异常,岩浆主要来源于壳源物质;花岗斑岩属过铝质钙碱性系列岩石,轻稀土富集,重稀土亏损,具弱铕负异常,无铈异常,相对富集大离子亲石元素（Rb、Ba、K、Sr）和不相容元素（U、Th）,亏损高场强元素（Ta、Nb、P、Ti）和HREE,岩浆来源于壳幔物质混合源区,形成于碰撞后构造环境,成岩成矿作用与太平洋板块强烈俯冲作用后的伸展体制密切相关。     

云南马厂箐岩体(似)斑状花岗岩锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年龄及地质意义

应用LA-ICP-MS对马厂箐岩体中(似)斑状花岗岩的锆石进行了U-Pb定年和微量元素分析。在CL图像上,(似)斑状花岗岩中锆石均发育有典型的振荡环带,锆石的稀土元素配分模式表现为亏损轻稀土,富集重稀土,具有强烈正Ce异常和中度负Eu异常,且呈现出较高的Th/U比值等特征,表明所测锆石均为典型的岩浆锆石。马厂箐岩体(似)斑状花岗岩锆石U-Pb加权平均年龄为(33.78±0.21)Ma(MSWD=0.71),累计概率统计得到正长斑岩锆石U-Th-Pb年龄为(35.6±0.3)Ma、花岗斑岩锆石U-Th-Pb年龄为(35.0±0.2)Ma,宝兴厂矿段铜钼矿辉钼矿Re-Os等时线年龄分别为(35.8±1.6)Ma和(33.9±1.1)Ma,乱硐山矿段接触交代型金矿白云母40Ar/39Ar年龄为(35.25±0.36)Ma,人头箐—金厂箐矿段热液脉型金成矿白云母40Ar/39Ar年龄为(35.35±0.32)Ma,反映斑岩型铜钼矿化、接触交代型金矿化和热液脉型金矿化为同一个构造-岩浆-热液成矿系统的产物,Ⅱ期(33～37Ma)正长斑岩+二长斑岩+花岗斑岩+(似)斑状花岗岩岩性组合是成矿的地质体,为成矿提供了物质、流体和热动力条件,这期斑岩-热液-成矿系统的持续时间约为4Ma,铜、钼、金的成矿主要发生在Ⅱ期岩浆活动的早-中期。     

河西走廊晚泥盆世地层中冥古宙碎屑锆石的发现

河西走廊地区晚泥盆统中宁组地层中,利用LA-ICP-MS法测年获得了3.9Ga和4.0Ga两颗碎屑锆石,其Th/U依次为1.01和0.58,均为岩浆锆石。两颗锆石稀土元素呈轻稀土(LREE)亏损、重稀土(HREE)富集,均具有Ce正异常,其中4.0Ga锆石具有Eu负异常,3.9Ga锆石无Eu负异常。利用锆石中⁴⁹Ti的含量计算原岩岩浆温度分别为792±36℃(3.9Ga)和967±45℃(4.0Ga)。3.9Ga锆石获得原位Hf同位素结果,¹⁷⁶Hf/¹⁷⁷Hf_i=0.280169,ε_Hf(t)=-3.6,t_DM=4139Ma, t_DM^C=4319Ma。这两颗>3.9Ga碎屑锆石为西北地区首次发现,其微量元素特征说明在冥古宙时地球上可能存在地壳;结合前人古生物和古地磁研究结果,说明河西走廊在晚泥盆世时同澳大利亚西北部可能具有亲缘性。     

Magmatic-to-hydrothermal crystallization in the W–Sn mineralized Mole Granite (NSW, Australia): Part II: Evolving zircon and thorite trace element chemistry

The Sn–W mineralized Mole Granite in Eastern Australia hosts zircon populations that crystallized at several stages during a protracted magmatic to hydrothermal evolution. Thirty-four elements have been quantified by laser-ablation inductively-coupled-plasma mass-spectrometric microanalysis with the aim of relating the chemistry of zircon to its growth environment. Trace element contents are highly variable for all textural occurrences. Zircon inclusions in earliest quartz phenocryst suggest that zircon was a liquidus phase that crystallized probably deep in the crust. Trace element contents are conspicuously high, showing only a slight positive Ce anomaly but a pronounced negative Eu-anomaly. Successive crystallization stages of magmatic zircon are characterized by progressive depletion in trace element contents, notably the rare earth elements, with an increasingly important positive Ce-anomaly. This evolution reflects saturation of REE accepting minerals such as monazite, thorite, xenotime and possibly apatite and is affected little by the exsolution of a magmatic–hydrothermal fluid. Zircon that is interpreted to have precipitated from aqueous fluids in Sn–W-bearing quartz veins shows REE patterns indistinguishable from those of late magmatic zircon. When combined with experimental evidence on the fluid–melt partitioning of REE, it indicates that the REE distribution coefficients for zircon/melt and zircon/fluid are largely comparable.

The second example of hydrothermal zircon crystallized some 2 My after the host granite. These crystals reveal an intragranular zonation of increasing trace element concentrations from core to rim. Therefore, REE abundances and patterns alone are not conclusive indicators of the geological environment in which zircon crystallized. Nevertheless, variations in trace element contents of zircon that relate to the chemistry of the melt or fluid from which zircon crystallized, as measured in cogenetic melt and fluid inclusions, are promising for future petrogenetic modeling.

Lead and Cs are strongly incompatible in hydrothermal zircon, with estimated zircon–fluid distribution coefficients D ≤ 0.001, while Sn and Li are moderately incompatible, D_Sn  0.6 and D_Li  0.1, and Ce is compatible, D_Ce  14. Moreover, hydrothermal zircon has a more pronounced negative Eu-anomaly and higher Ta/Nb and U/Th ratios than the magmatic zircons of the Mole Granite.     

河北中山沟金矿含金石英脉中锆石U-Pb年代学及Hf同位素研究

热液石英脉型金矿石中锆石可以来自围岩,也可以由热液活动形成.因此,对其研究有助于揭示成岩成矿信息.中山沟金矿位于河北省张家口—宣化(张宣)地区,主要呈石英脉型产于水泉沟岩体西段,是张宣幔枝构造核部的典型金矿床之一.本文在矿区地质特征基础上,主要开展含金石英脉内锆石形态学特征、LA-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素测年以及H...     

江西东乡花岗斑岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及其地质意义

通过对东乡铜矿花岗斑岩进行岩石地球化学特征、锆石U-Pb定年研究,探讨其岩石成因、构造环境、形成时代与成矿的关系。东乡花岗斑岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为156.4±1.5~161±1.0Ma。该岩体为高钾钙碱性系列,轻稀土元素富集,重稀土元素较亏损,具有明显的负Eu异常。微量元素富集大离子亲石元素,而亏损高场强元素。地球化学特征表明,东乡岩体形成于碰撞构造环境,岩浆来源于地幔,但形成演化期间经历了地壳物质的同化混染。该区矿石与花岗斑岩的稀土元素配分曲线存在一定的相似性,且成矿时间与岩浆侵入时间相近,表明岩浆侵入对东乡铜矿床的形成具有重要贡献。     

Trace elements in zircon and coexisting minerals from low-T/UHP metagranite in the Dabie orogen: Implications for action of supercritical fluid during continental subduction-zone metamorphism

Simultaneously in-situ analyses of U–Pb isotopes and trace elements were carried out for zircons, in combination with the in-situ analyses of trace elements in coexisting minerals, from low-T/UHP metagranite in the Dabie orogen. The results provide geochemical evidence for the existence of supercritical fluid during continental subduction-zone metamorphism. The zircons are categorized into three types based on their patterns of REE distribution. Type I zircons show increasing enrichment from La to Lu, with prominent positive Ce anomalies and negative Eu anomalies, which are typical of magmatic zircon. Some of them display regular or blurred oscillatory-zoned texture and apparent ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages of 341 to 780 Ma, suggesting metamorphic modification by solid-state recrystallization with no significant involvement of metamorphic fluid. Type II zircons share similar Th, U and HFSE contents and REE patterns to Type I zircons. However, they exhibit blurred oscillatory-zoned texture or are unzoned, have apparent ²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U ages of 348 to 709 Ma, and are LREE-enriched relative to Type I zircons. This suggests that they underwent metamorphic reworking by replacement recrystallization in the presence of metamorphic fluid. The LREE enrichment is due to the presence of microscale LREE-bearing mineral inclusions (such as apatite, monazite or epidote) in the zircons. Type III zircons, representing the majority of the present analyses, are characterized by spongy texture and consistent enrichment of LREE, HREE, Th, U and HFSE relative to Type I zircons. They yield nearly concordant U–Pb ages close to the discordia lower-intercept. The consistent enrichment of trace elements relative to the magmatic zircon indicates involvement of a special UHP metamorphic fluid that has a strong capacity to extract significant amounts of LREE, HREE, Th, U and HFSE from such accessory minerals as allanite, garnet, rutile and zircon. Because these minerals are stable in the field of hydrous melt in granite–water systems, they are not able to be decomposed during the exhumation of deeply subducted continental crust. Thus, a supercritical fluid is suggested to transport the LREE, HREE, Th, U and HFSE in the accessory minerals to recrystallized zircons. The mechanism of dissolution recrystallization is responsible for the spongy texture and the very high concentration of trace elements in this type of metamorphic zircons. Therefore, the action of supercritical fluid is evident under the low-T/UHP metamorphic conditions.