A modified iterative sandwich method for determination of near-solidus partial melt compositions. II. Application to determination of near-solidus melt compositions of carbonated peridotite

We performed modified iterative sandwich experiments (MISE) to determine the composition of carbonatitic melt generated near the solidus of natural, fertile peridotite + CO₂ at 1,200–1,245°C and 6.6 GPa. Six iterations were performed with natural peridotite (MixKLB-1: Mg# = 89.7) and ∼10 wt% added carbonate to achieve the equilibrium carbonatite composition. Compositions of melts and coexisting minerals converged to a constant composition after the fourth iteration, with the silicate mineral compositions matching those expected at the solidus of carbonated peridotite at 6.6 GPa and 1,230°C, as determined from a sub-solidus experiment with MixKLB-1 peridotite. Partial melts expected from a carbonated lherzolite at a melt fraction of 0.01–0.05% at 6.6 GPa have the composition of sodic iron-bearing dolomitic carbonatite, with molar Ca/(Ca + Mg) of 0.413 ± 0.001, Ca# [100 × molar Ca/(Ca + Mg + Fe*)] of 37.1 ± 0.1, and Mg# of 83.7 ± 0.6. SiO₂, TiO₂ and Al₂O₃ concentrations are 4.1 ± 0.1, 1.0 ± 0.1, and 0.30 ± 0.02 wt%, whereas the Na₂O concentration is 4.0 ± 0.2 wt%. Comparison of our results with other iterative sandwich experiments at lower pressures indicate that near-solidus carbonatite derived from mantle lherzolite become less calcic with increasing pressure. Thus carbonatitic melt percolating through the deep mantle must dissolve cpx from surrounding peridotite and precipitate opx. Significant FeO* and Na₂O concentrations in near solidus carbonatitic partial melt likely account for the ∼150°C lower solidus temperature of natural carbonated peridotite compared to the solidus of synthetic peridotite in the system CMAS + CO₂. The experiments demonstrate that the MISE method can determine the composition of partial melts at very low melt fraction after a small number of iterations.     

A modified iterative sandwich method for determination of near-solidus partial melt compositions. I. Theoretical considerations

The sandwich technique for determining the composition of partial melts in equilibrium with mantle lithologies may be a particularly powerful method for determining melt compositions at the onset of melting if the method is applied iteratively. However, conventional iterative sandwich experiments, in which the liquid from a preceding experiment is used as the “meat” of the sandwich in the following experiment, may require many iterations before the melts produced can be directly relatable to the melting relations of the target bulk rock composition. A modified iterative sandwich experimental (MISE) technique is proposed that may circumvent many of the problems of more conventional techniques. Consideration of experimental uncertainties, including both random and systematic errors in determination of partial melt compositions as well as the influence of errors in estimates of the solidus temperature of the rock of interest, suggests that the MISE technique may produce robust results even when melt composition errors are significant and that errors in estimation of the solidus location are detectable and therefore avoidable.     

Anhydrous partial melting of an iron-rich mantle II: primary melt compositions at 15 kbar

Primary melt and coexisting mineral compositions, at increasing degrees of partial melting at 15 kbar, were determined for an iron-rich martian mantle composition, DW. The composition of primary melts near the solidus was determined with basalt-peridotite sandwich experiments. In order to evaluate the approach of the liquids to equilibrium with a DW mantle assemblage, experiments were also performed to establish the liquidus mineralogy of the primary melts. Primary melt compositions produced from an iron-rich mantle are more picritic than those produced from an iron-poor mantle. By increasing the iron content of a model mantle composition (decreasing the mg#, where mg# = atomic [Mg/(Mg+Fe²⁺)^*100]), picritic and komatiitic magmas result at lower percentages of melting and at temperatures closer to the solidus than in an iron-poor mantle. Terrestrial iron-rich primitive volcanics may be the partial melting products of iron-rich, mg# 80, source regions. The DW partial melting results support the conclusion of previous authors that the parent magmas of the SNC (shergottites, nakhlites, chassignites) meteorites were derived from a source region that had been previously depleted in an aluminous phase.     

熔体包裹体对长白山天池火山千年大喷发的指示意义

长白山天池火山在全新世曾有过几次喷发,其中距今约1000年发生过大规模布里尼式爆炸喷发（即“千年大喷发”）,其喷发产物——灰白色碱流质浮岩和喷发柱垮塌形成的火山碎屑流分布范围极广,除长白山区外,在朝鲜半岛和日本北部也有大量浮岩降落和堆积。根据野外较大范围的系统采样、镜下观察和测试分析,在天池火山千年大喷发产物的碱性长石晶屑中发现了两组颜色、形态、化学成分迥异的“火口组”和“圆池组”熔体包裹体,对揭示天池火山千年大喷发的成因具有重要意义。根据电子探针分析结果,“火口组”熔体包裹体成分为英安岩和粗面英安岩,寄主晶多为透长石;“圆池组”熔体包裹体成分为粗面英安岩和流纹岩,寄主晶为歪长石。相对“火口组”熔体包裹体,“圆池组”包裹体具有高SiO2、高H2O和高Cl含量的特点,化学成分也更为演化,可能是天池火山千年大喷发时岩浆结晶分异后期的产物。两组包裹体的存在为千年大喷发前的层状地壳岩浆房和成分并非单一提供了证据,它们可能是在同次大喷发的不同序列中喷出的。由于地幔岩浆注入地壳岩浆房,导致不同层位岩浆的扰动和混合作用,因挥发分出溶在岩浆房最顶部形成挥发分梯度和过饱和,最终触发了天池火山的千年大喷发,对当时的气候环境造成过较大影响。     

熔体包裹体分析技术进展

熔体包裹体是岩浆岩中矿物生长或结晶过程中捕获的少量硅酸盐熔体,成为地球深部过程的重要见证者。因此,有效识别其记录的岩浆演化信息显得十分重要。文章在前人对熔体包裹体研究的基础上,系统梳理其研究方法,总结了5步研究过程：① 利用偏光显微镜,开展详细的岩相学观察以识别具有代表性的熔体包裹体类型;② 为加热实验和成分分析制备样品;③ 利用高温热台,对熔体包裹体进行加热实验使其内部均一化,并测得捕获温度;④ 通过电子探针、二次离子探针、LA-ICP-MS、显微激光拉曼等技术对熔体包裹体中的主、微量元素、同位素以及挥发分组成进行分析测试;⑤ 熔体包裹体数据分析,与全岩成分和相关实验得出的流体成分进行对比。虽然熔体包裹体的研究经历了近百年的发展,但有效还原其代表的初始岩浆信息,仍然是当前研究的难点和热点。尤其是地球系统科学发展引发宜居地球深部过程的探讨,使得开展熔体包裹体分析新方法的探讨成为重中之重。     

The formation of peridotitic suite inclusions in diamonds

Olivine, orthopyroxene and garnet grains belonging to the peridotitic suite of mineral inclusions in natural diamonds typically show compositions poorer in Ca and Al and richer in Mg and Cr than the same minerals in peridotite nodules in kimberlite. Other features suggest the crystallisation of diamonds from magmas of kimberlitic affinities, and it is suggested that the genesis of peridotitic suite diamonds is linked with that of a CO₂-bearing magma. It is shown that the generation of kimberlitic magma from common garnet-peridotite (with 5 wt.% clinopyroxene) in the presence of CO₂ may rapidly remove by melting all Ca-rich solid phases (clinopyroxene and/or carbonate). Further melting may form liquids in equilibrium with olivine, orthopyroxene, and garnet with the distinctive compositions of the diamond inclusions. The amount of melting and CO₂ necessary for the loss of clinopyroxene (and/or carbonate) are estimated at approximately 5.0 wt.% and 0.5 wt.% respectively.     

华北东部新生代玄武岩中橄榄岩捕虏体的流体及稀有气体组成研究

应用热爆裂质谱测量和高温熔融样品释气技术分别测定了山旺、栖霞和鹤壁新生代玄武岩中橄榄岩捕虏体中的橄榄石颗粒的流体和稀有气体组成.结果表明,鹤壁方辉橄榄岩具低于大气的3He/4He比值0.778Ra和大气成因的Ne、Ar、Kr、Xe组成.三个地区饱满地幔样品均以还原性流体为主,CO2/He、N2/3He、N2/Ar比值分别为（0.62～4144）×109、（2631～64482）×109、269～73467.这些还原型流体偏离典型的幔源流体组成而表现出明显的碳和氮元素过剩,具有大气-地幔-壳源组份混合的特点,反映了大气和富含有机质的壳源组份在新生岩石圈上地幔中的影响.同时,这些饱满地幔样品的Ne、Ar、Kr、Xe具有大气属性,反映了大气型稀有气体在上地幔源区的广泛混染.其中,山旺和栖霞的3He/4He比值分别为（2.91～3.07）Ra、（1.79～4.01）Ra,均高于大气低于MORB,具有交代富集地幔的特点,而鹤壁则具有类似MORB的3He/4He比值（7.03～7.05）Ra.这样的流体和稀有气体组成差别显示华北东部新生岩石圈地幔具亏损MORB型的特点并含壳源组份,且其东缘所含壳源组份比例高于中部,说明华北东部新生岩石圈地幔中有俯冲洋壳组份的记录.     

A melt and fluid inclusion assemblage in beryl from pegmatite in the Orlovka amazonite granite, East Transbaikalia, Russia: implications for pegmatite-forming melt systems

Beryl crystals from the stockscheider pegmatite in the apical portion of the Li-F granite of the Orlovka Massif in the Khangilay complex, a tantalum deposit, contain an assemblage of melt and fluid inclusions containing two different and mutually immiscible silicate melts, plus an aqueous CO₂-rich supercritical fluid. Pure H₂O and CO₂ inclusions are subordinate. Using the terminology of Thomas R, Webster JD, Heinrich W. Contrib Mineral Petrol 139:394–401 (2000) the melt inclusions can be classified as (i) water-poor type-A and (ii) water-rich type-B inclusions. Generally the primary trapped melt droplets have crystallized to several different mineral phases plus a vapor bubble. However, type-B melt inclusions which are not crystallized also occur, and at room temperature they contain four different phases: a silicate glass, a water-rich solution, and liquid and gaseous CO₂. The primary fluid inclusions represent an aqueous CO₂-rich supercritical fluid which contained elemental sulfur. Such fluids are extremely corrosive and reactive and were supersaturated with respect to Ta and Zn. From the phase compositions and relations we can show that the primary mineral-forming, volatile-rich melt had an extremely low density and viscosity and that melt-melt-fluid immiscibility was characteristic during the crystallization of beryl. The coexistence of different primary inclusion types in single growth zones underlines the existence of at least three mutually immiscible phases in the melt in which the large beryl crystals formed. Moreover, we show that the inclusions do not represent an anomalous boundary layer.     

The melt inclusion record from the rhyolitic Kos Plateau Tuff (Aegean Arc)

The >60 km³ rhyolitic Kos Plateau Tuff provides an exceptional probe into the behavior of volatile components in highly evolved arc magmas: it is crystal-rich (30–40 vol% crystals), was rapidly quenched by the explosive eruptive process, and contains abundant homogeneous melt inclusions in large quartz crystals. Several methods for measuring major, trace and volatile element concentrations (SIMS, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, electron microprobe, LA–ICPMS) were applied to these melt inclusions. We found a ~2 wt% range of H₂O contents (4.5–6.5 wt% H₂O, measured independently by SIMS, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy) and relatively low CO₂ concentrations (15–140 ppm measured by FTIR, with most analyses <100 ppm). No obvious correlations between H₂O, CO₂, major and trace elements are observed. These observations require a complex, protracted magma evolution in the upper crust that included: (1) vapor-saturated crystallization in a chamber located between 1.5 and 2.5 kb pressure, (2) closed-system degassing (with up to 10 vol% exsolved gas) as melts percolated upwards through a vertically extensive mush zone (2–4 km thick), and (3) periodic gas fluxing from subjacent, more mafic and more CO₂-rich magma, which is preserved as andesite bands in pumices. These processes can account for the range of observed H₂O and CO₂ values and the lack of correlation between volatiles and trace elements in the melt inclusions.     

Glass inclusions and melt compositions of the Toba Tuffs,northern Sumatra

Glass (melt) inclusions in quartz, plagioclase and K-feldspar phenocrysts in Toba Tuff ignimbrites all exhibit highly evolved, rhyolitic compositions, identical to glass forming the matrix of the rocks. About 4% H₂O is present, dissolved in the glass, suggesting a water saturation pressure ( \(P_{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}} {\text{O}}}\) ) of about 1 kbar. Melt compositions are consistent with phase relations for the condition \(P_{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}} {\text{O}}}\) =P _total = 1 kbar. The residual rhyolitic melt formed as the result of fractional crystallisation from a more basic, possibly rhyodacitic melt, leading to the development of zoned feldspars. Water saturation in the melt probably arose as a result of this process. Melt temperatures prior to eruption and quenching were probably less than 800° C. However, hot-stage homogenisation experiments yield entrapment temperatures significantly higher (>900° C). This discrepancy is not clearly understood but indicates care must be taken in the interpretation of such experiments. Ignimbritic magmas at Toba, from pressure estimates, appear to have been erupted from about 3–4 kms depth and represent the silicic cap to a batholithic body consolidating beneath the Toba caldera.     

Mechanisms of melt extraction during lower crustal partial melting

Progressive vapour‐absent partial melting of a closed rock system increases melt pressure due to an expansion in the volume of the mineral plus melt assemblage. For a locally closed system, we quantify the melt pressure increase per increment of partial melting of a metapelite using phase equilibria modelling and combine it with Mohr–Coulomb theory to examine the interplay between melt pressure and fracture behaviour. It is shown that very small increments of vapour‐absent partial melting (<1%) increase melt pore pressure by tens of MPa leading to inevitable brittle failure of locally closed systems. Fracturing will affect these systems, even if initially limited to the scale of a few grains, and a connected microfracture network will enhance permeability as partial melting progresses. This will lead to a conditionally open system, potentially limiting accumulation of melt in the source. Repeated and cyclic fracture as temperature progressively increases will drive migration of the melt into sites of low fluid pressure at all scales. Crystal‐plastic creep processes create deformation‐induced dilatancy gradients that dominate over buoyancy forces at all scales in the melt source. Brittle and ductile deformation therefore cooperate in the extraction of melt. Enhanced porosity and permeability in ductile shear zones result in lower fluid pressure, providing a potentially important driving force for melt migration and drainage ‘up’ shear zones and along larger scale fluid pressure gradients in the crust.     

Major,minor, and trace element compositions of peridotitic and basaltic komatiites from the precambrian crust of Southern Africa

Major and trace element compositional data are reported for nine mafic and ultramafic rock samples from the Barberton greenstone belt. Rocks from this province are among the oldest fragments of the Earth's crust (3.5 b.y.). The data are consistent with an oceanic crust related origin for these rocks. The high abundances of Ni in these samples make their origin by fractional crystallization of a primitive magma unlikely but are consistent with their generation by partial melting of an upper mantle source. The basaltic samples from the Komati formation can be related by small degrees of partial melting of a primitive upper mantle source to the peridotitic komatiite which probably derived from much more extensive partial melting of a similar source. REE and especially Ni abundances limit the proportion of olivine that is permitted in the residue.     

The geochemistry of mantle chromitites from the northern part of the Oman ophiolite: inferred parental melt compositions

Chromitites from a single section through the mantle in the Oman ophiolite are of two different types. Low-cr# chromitites, of MORB affinity are found in the upper part of the section, close to the Moho. High-cr# chromitites, with arc affinities are found deeper in the mantle. Experimental data are used to recover the compositions of the melts parental to the chromitites and show that the low-cr# chromitites were derived from melts with 14.5–15.4 wt% Al₂O₃, with 0.4 to 0.9 wt% TiO₂ and with a maximum possible mg# of 0.76. In contrast the high-cr# chromitites were derived from melts with 11.8–12.9 wt% Al₂O₃, 0.2–0.35 wt% TiO₂ and a maximum melt mg# of 0.785. Comparison with the published compositions of lavas from the Oman ophiolite shows that the low-cr# chromitites may be genetically related to the upper (Lasail, and Alley) pillow lava units and the high-cr# chromitites the boninites of the upper pillow lava Alley Unit. The calculated TiO₂–Al₂O₃ compositions of the parental chromitite magmas indicate that the high-cr# chromitites were derived from high-Ca boninitic melts, produced by melting of depleted mantle peridotite. The low-cr# chromitites were derived from melts which were a mixture of two end-members—one represented by a depleted mantle melt and the other represented by MORB. This mixing probably took place as a result of melt–rock reaction. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Diamondiferous lithospheric roots along the western margin of the Kalahari Craton—the peridotitic inclusion suite in diamonds from Orapa and Jwaneng

The Orapa and Jwaneng kimberlites are located along the western margin of the Kalahari Craton and the prevalence of eclogitic over peridotitic diamonds in both mines has recently been linked to lower P-wave velocities in the deep mantle lithosphere (relative to the bulk of the craton) to suggest a diamond formation event prompted by mid-Proterozoic growth and modification of preexisting Archean lithosphere (Shirey et al. 2002). Here we study peridotitic diamonds from both mines, with an emphasis on the style of metasomatic source enrichment, to evaluate their relationship with this major eclogitic diamond formation event. In their major element chemistry, the peridotitic inclusions compare well with a world-wide database but reveal differences to diamond sources located in the interior of the Western Terrane of the Kaapvaal block, where the classical mines in the Kimberley region are located. The most striking difference is the relative paucity of low-Ca (<2 wt% CaO in garnet) harzburgites and a low ratio of harzburgitic to lherzolitic garnets (2:1). This suggests that lithospheric mantle accreted to the rim of the Zimbabwe and Kaapvaal blocks was overall chemically less depleted. Alternatively, this more fertile signature may be assigned to stronger metasomatic re-enrichment but the trace element signature of garnet inclusions is not in favor of strong enrichment in major elements. For both mines the majority of lherzolitic and harzburgitic garnet inclusions are characterized by moderately sinusoidal REE_N patterns and low Ti, Zr and Y contents, indicative of a metasomatic agent with very high LREE/HREE and low HFSE. This is consistent with metasomatism by a CHO-fluid or, as modeled by Burgess and Harte (2003), a highly fractionated, low-volume silicate melt from the MORB-source. In both cases, changes in the major element chemistry of the affected rocks will be limited. In a few garnets from Orapa preferential MREE enrichment is observed, suggesting that the percolating fluid/melt fractionated a LREE-phyllic phase (such as crichtonite). The overall moderate degree of metasomatism reflected by the inclusion chemistry is in stark contrast to lithospheric sections for Orapa and Jwaneng based on mantle xenocrysts and xenoliths, revealing extensive mantle metasomatism (Griffin et al. 2003). This suggests that the formation of peridotitic diamonds predates the intensive modification of the subcratonic lithosphere during Proterozoic rifting and compression, implying that diamonds may survive major tectonothermal events.Editorial responsibility: J. Hoefs     

Application of the Linkam TS1400XY heating stage to melt inclusion studies

Melt inclusions (MI) trapped in igneous phenocrysts provide one of the best tools available for characterizing magmatic processes. Some MI experience post-entrapment modifications, including crystallization of material on the walls, formation of a vapor bubble containing volatiles originally dissolved in the melt, or partial to complete crystallization of the melt. In these cases, laboratory heating may be necessary to return the MI to its original homogeneous melt state, followed by rapid quenching of the melt to produce a homogeneous glass phase, before microanalyses can be undertaken. Here we describe a series of heating experiments that have been performed on crystallized MI hosted in olivine, clinopyroxene and quartz phenocrysts, using the Linkam TS1400XY microscope heating stage. During the experiments, we have recorded the melting behaviors of the MI up to a maximum temperature of 1360°C. In most of the experiments, the MI were homogenized completely (without crystals or bubbles) and remained homogeneous during quenching to room temperature. The resulting single phase MI contained a homogeneous glass phase. These tests demonstrate the applicability of the Linkam TS1400XY microscope heating stage to homogenize and quench MI to produce homogeneous glasses that can be analyzed with various techniques such as Electron Microprobe (EMP), Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS), Laser ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA ICP-MS), Raman spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, etc. During heating experiments, the optical quality varied greatly between samples and was a function of not only the temperature of observation, but also on the amount of matrix glass attached to the phenocryst, the presence of other MI in the sample which are connected to the outside of the crystal, and the existence of mineral inclusions in the host.     

气相色谱仪单机测试矿物包裹体中的气相成分与精密切换系统设计

用气相色谱法测试矿物包裹体中的气相成份时,难以实现一次性多组分全分析。在采用单机双柱串联方式时,则需要精确的柱间切换,分时操作。显而易见,正确地选择切换时机是实现单机测试的关键。为此,我们设计了一个微机控制的精密切换系统,与普通的气相色谱仪连接后,可以精确地找到切换时间,并实现自动切换。该系统也适用于其它需要分时操作的场合。     

Iron isotope compositions of carbonatites record melt generation, crystallization, and late-stage volatile-transport processes

Carbonatites define the largest range in Fe isotope compositions yet measured for igneous rocks, recording significant isotopic fractionations between carbonate, oxide, and silicate minerals during generation in the mantle and subsequent differentiation. In contrast to the relatively restricted range in δ⁵⁶Fe values for mantle-derived basaltic magmas (δ⁵⁶Fe?=?0.0?±?0.1‰), calcite from carbonatites have δ⁵⁶Fe values between ?1.0 and +0.8‰, similar to the range defined by whole-rock samples of carbonatites. Based on expected carbonate-silicate fractionation factors at igneous or mantle temperatures, carbonatite magmas that have modestly negative δ⁵⁶Fe values of ~ ?0.3‰ or lower can be explained by equilibrium with a silicate mantle. More negative δ⁵⁶Fe values were probably produced by differentiation processes, including crystal fractionation and liquid immiscibility. Positive δ⁵⁶Fe values for carbonatites are, however, unexpected, and such values seem to likely reflect interaction between low-Fe carbonates and Fe³⁺-rich fluids at igneous or near-igneous temperatures; the expected δ⁵⁶Fe values for Fe²⁺-bearing fluids are too low to produced the observed positive δ⁵⁶Fe values of some carbonatites, indicating that Fe isotopes may be a valuable tracer of redox conditions in carbonatite complexes. Further evidence for fluid-rock or fluid-magma interactions comes from the common occurrence of Fe isotope disequilibrium among carbonate, oxide, silicate, and sulfide minerals in the majority of the carbonatites studied. The common occurrence of Fe isotope disequilibrium among minerals in carbonatites may also indicate mixing of phenocyrsts from distinct magmas. Expulsion of Fe³⁺-rich brines into metasomatic aureols that surround carbonatite complexes are expected to produce high-δ⁵⁶Fe fenites, but this has yet to be tested.     

Mineral/melt partitioning of trace elements during hydrous peridotite partial melting

This experimental study examines the mineral/melt partitioning of incompatible trace elements among high-Ca clinopyroxene, garnet, and hydrous silicate melt at upper mantle pressure and temperature conditions. Experiments were performed at pressures of 1.2 and 1.6 GPa and temperatures of 1,185 to 1,370 °C. Experimentally produced silicate melts contain up to 6.3 wt% dissolved H ₂O, and are saturated with an upper mantle peridotite mineral assemblage of olivine+orthopyroxene+clinopyroxene+spinel or garnet. Clinopyroxene/melt and garnet/melt partition coefficients were measured for Li, B, K, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, and select rare earth elements by secondary ion mass spectrometry. A comparison of our experimental results for trivalent cations (REEs and Y) with the results from calculations carried out using the Wood-Blundy partitioning model indicates that H ₂O dissolved in the silicate melt has a discernible effect on trace element partitioning. Experiments carried out at 1.2 GPa, 1,315 °C and 1.6 GPa, 1,370 °C produced clinopyroxene containing 15.0 and 13.9 wt% CaO, respectively, coexisting with silicate melts containing ~1–2 wt% H ₂O. Partition coefficients measured in these experiments are consistent with the Wood-Blundy model. However, partition coefficients determined in an experiment carried out at 1.2 GPa and 1,185 °C, which produced clinopyroxene containing 19.3 wt% CaO coexisting with a high-H ₂O (6.26±0.10 wt%) silicate melt, are significantly smaller than predicted by the Wood-Blundy model. Accounting for the depolymerized structure of the H ₂O-rich melt eliminates the mismatch between experimental result and model prediction. Therefore, the increased Ca ²⁺ content of clinopyroxene at low-temperature, hydrous conditions does not enhance compatibility to the extent indicated by results from anhydrous experiments, and models used to predict mineral/melt partition coefficients during hydrous peridotite partial melting in the sub-arc mantle must take into account the effects of H ₂O on the structure of silicate melts.     

海南岛石碌矽卡岩铁矿石中石榴子石的熔融包裹体及其意义

对石碌铁矿一块具有代表性的新鲜矽卡岩铁矿石标本进行了岩石薄片显微镜观察、电子探针和喇曼光谱分析研究.在石榴子石中发现了熔融包裹体.这些包裹体主要特点是大小悬殊和成群或成带分布,最大者达98μm×5μm,最小者为1μm×1μm,多数包裹体长约5～30μm,宽约2～7μm,也有不少呈孤立状散布在石榴子石中.其形态多样,呈纺锤形、哑铃形,串珠状,藕形,近圆形和不规则状.研究的矽卡岩主要由钙铁榴石组分高的石榴子石、磁铁矿、石英、透闪石和透辉石组成,还有呈定向和星点分布的磷灰石,少量锆石与榍石;石榴子石中的熔融包裹体捕获的熔体由含Ca、Fe、Al和挥发分(H2O和CO2)的硅酸盐熔融体组成.在熔融包裹体冷却过程中,由于温度缓慢降低,赤铁矿、钙铁榴石、石英、方解石和透辉石从上述硅酸盐熔体中析出,剩下的残余熔体不混溶,变成含有Ca和Si等杂质的铁质熔体、含si、Fe的碳酸盐熔体和含Ca、Al、Fe的硅酸盐熔体.喇曼光谱测定显示,石榴子石中熔融包裹体含有石榴子石、赤铁矿和方解石,个别含少量水蒸气.磁铁矿含有可疑的Fe、Sj熔融包裹体和Sj、Fe熔融包裹体.在透辉石-透闪石矽卡岩铁矿石的石榴子石里发现大量熔融包裹体的事实无疑.矽卡岩铁矿石石榴子石中熔融包裹体的首次发现,它可能有助于石碌铁矿床挖掘老矿潜力和拓宽找矿的新思路.