STUDY OF OILFIELD KARST

ＳＴＵＤＹＯＦＯＩＬＦＩＥＬＤＫＡＲＳＴＨａｎＢａｏｐｉｎｇＣｏｌｅｇｅｏｆＭｉｎｅｒａｌ．ＲｅｓｏｕｒｃｅａｎｄＥｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔＳｃｉｅｎｃｅｓ，ＣｈｉｎａＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙｏｆＭｉｎｉｎｇａｎｄＴｅｃｈｎｏｌｏｇｙ，Ｘｕｚｈｏｕ２２１...     

BACK ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX ENGINEERING SYSTEMS

ＢＡＣＫＡＮＡＬＹＳＩＳＯＦＣＯＭＰＬＥＸＥＮＧＩＮＥＥＲＩＮＧＳＹＳＴＥＭTXＢＡＣＫＡＮＡＬＹＳＩＳＯＦＣＯＭＰＬＥＸＥＮＧＩＮＥＥＲＩＮＧＳＹＳＴＥＭＳＨａｎＢｅｉｃｈｕａｎＩｎｓｔｕｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｌｏｇｙ，ＡｃａｄｅｍｉａＳｉｎｉｃａ，Ｂｅ...     

2—[2—（5—甲基苯并噻唑）偶氮]—5—二乙氨基苯甲酸的离解平衡及其与？…

研究了新显色剂２－「２－（５－甲基苯并噻唑）偶氮」－５－二乙氨基苯甲酸（５－Ｍｅ－ＢＴＡＥＢ）的离解平衡及与Ｆｅ＾２＋形成配合物的条件。在十二烷基硫酸钠的存在下,５－Ｍｅ－ＢＴＡＥＢ与Ｆｅ＾２＋形成稳定的蓝紫色２：１配合物,其最大吸收波长为６４０ｎｍ,表观摩尔吸光系数为１．０３＊１０＾５Ｌ．ｍｏｌ＾－１．ｃｍ＾－１。Ｆｅ＾２＋的质量浓度在０－４８０μｇ／Ｌ时服比尔定律。方法用于部级铝合金标样中微量     

山东蓝宝石铁离子的价态及其对色调的影响

山东蓝色蓝宝石的着色是由Ｔｉ４＋离子与Ｆｅ２＋离子合理配比而成，一般控制在Ｔｉ４＋／Ｆｅ２＋＝１的配比范围内。多余的Ｆｅ２＋和其它Ｆｅ３＋离子存在都不利于蓝色蓝宝石正常呈色。通过穆斯堡尔谱和电子顺磁共振谱分析，测定了山东蓝宝石中铁离子的不同价态和浓度。对Ｆｅ２＋和Ｆｅ３＋离子所引起的吸收光谱特征作了研究，查明只有Ｆｅ３＋浓度很高时才产生４７７ｎｍ吸收峰，是致使山东蓝宝石表观上呈深蓝带黑色调的的重要原因。     

A TWO-LAYER STRUCTURE OF THE NANNING BASIN

ＡＴＷＯＬＡＹＥＲＳＴＲＵＣＴＵＲＥＯＦＴＨＥＮＡＮＮＩＮＧＢＡＳＩＮＸｉａｏＹｉｙｕｅＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＧｅｏｌｏｇｙ，ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＡｃａｄｅｍｉａｏｆＳｃｉｅｎｃｅｓＢｅｉｊｉｎｇ，１０００２９（ＲｅｃｅｉｖｅｄＭａｒｃｈ２０，１９９７）...     

铁—磺基水杨酸—二甲氧基羟基苯基荧光酮—TritonX—100体系的光度研究 …

研究了在表面活性剂存在下,铁与新显色剂二甲氧基羟基苯基荧光酮（ＤＭＨＰＦ）的显色反应。在ｐＨ９．０～１０．５的氨性介质中,有磺基水杨酸（Ｓａｌ）存在下,形成Ｆｅ３＋ＳａｌＤＭＨＰＦＴｒｉｔｏｎＸ１００四元混配配合物,其最大吸收峰在５９０ｎｍ,测定波长选择６１０ｎｍ,表观摩尔吸光系数分别为１．３×１０５Ｌ·ｍｏｌ－１·ｃｍ－１和９．４×１０４Ｌ·ｍｏｌ－１·ｃｍ－１。配合物组成比ｎＦｅ３＋∶ｎＤＭＨＰＦ＝１∶２,Ｆｅ３＋的质量浓度为０～６００μｇ／Ｌ时符合比尔定律。以直接光度法测定工业硅和石灰石样品中微量铁,结果与标准值相符,５次测定的ＲＳＤ在０．６４％～２．４１％。     

氟碳铈矿和氟铈矿晶体结构的精确测定

用强功率四圆单晶衍射仪精确地修正了氟碳铈矿和氟铈矿的晶体结构．氟碳铈矿（ｂａｓｔｎａｅｓｉｔｅ，Ｃｅ（ＣＯ３）Ｆ）属六方晶系，其晶胞参数为：ａ＝０．７１４３８（９）ｎｍ，ｃ＝０．９８０８（２）ｎｍ，γ＝１２０°，Ｚ＝６，空间群Ｐ６－２ｃ．使用３６７个（Ｆ≥３σ（Ｆ））独立衍射点，经多轮最小二乘法修正后，最终获得偏离因子Ｒ＝０．０４９９．氟碳铈矿的晶体结构特征表现为［ＣＯ３］平面三角形平行ｃ轴分布，铈的配位数为９，Ｃｅ－Ｏ（Ｆ）平均键长为０．２５１５ｎｍ，Ｃ－Ｏ平均键长０．１３２７ｎｍ，每个氟原子与周围三个铈原子相连．氟铈矿（ｆｌｕｏｃｅｒｉｔｅ，ＣｅＦ３）属六方晶系，其晶胞参数为：ａ＝０．７１４１２（２１）ｎｍ，ｃ＝０．７２９８９（２１）ｎｍ，γ＝１２０°，Ｚ＝６．其空间群为：Ｐ３－ｃ１（Ｎｏ．１６５）．使用３２１个（Ｆ≥３σ（Ｆ）））独立衍射点，经多轮最小二乘法修正后，最终获得偏离因子Ｒ＝０．０５４２．氟铈矿的晶体结构表现为每个氟原子与周围三个铈原子相连接，每个铈原子与周围９个氟原子相连，铈的配位数为９，Ｃｅ－Ｆ平均键长为０．２４６８ｎｍ．     

Geothermal Regime of Meso-Cenozoic Basins and Their Tectonic Background in East China

ＧｅｏｔｈｅｒｍａｌＲｅｇｉｍｅｏｆＭｅｓｏ－ＣｅｎｏｚｏｉｃＢａｓｉｎｓａｎｄＴｈｅｉｒＴｅｃｔｏｎｉｃＢａｃｋｇｒｏｕｎｄｉｎＥａｓｔＣｈｉｎａ＊ＺｈｕａｎｇＸｉｎｇｕｏＦａｃｕｌｔｙｏｆＥａｒｔｈＲｅｓｏｕｒｃｅｓ，ＣｈｉｎａＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔ...     

Depositional Responding to Tectonic Evolution of East China Sea Shelf Basin

ＤｅｐｏｓｉｔｉｏｎａｌＲｅｓｐｏｎｄｉｎｇｔｏＴｅｃｔｏｎｉｃＥｖｏｌｕｔｉｏｎｏｆＥａｓｔＣｈｉｎａＳｅａＳｈｅｌｆＢａｓｉｎ＊ＬｕＹｏｎｇｃｈａｏＷｕＦａｄｏｎｇＸｉｅＸｉｎｏｎｇＣｈｅｎＰｉｎｇＦａｃｕｌｔｙｏｆＥａｒｔｈＲｅｓｏｕｒｃｅｓ，...     

2-[2-(5-甲基苯并噻唑)偶氮]-5-二乙氨基苯甲酸的离解平衡及其与铁的显色反应

研究了新显色剂２－［２－（５－甲基苯并噻唑）偶氮］－５－二乙氨基苯甲酸（５－Ｍｅ－ＢＴＡＥＢ）的离解平衡及与Ｆｅ２＋形成配合物的条件。在十二烷基硫酸钠的存在下,５－Ｍｅ－ＢＴＡＥＢ与Ｆｅ２＋形成稳定的蓝紫色２∶１配合物,其最大吸收波长为６４０ｎｍ,表观摩尔吸光系数为１．０３×１０５Ｌ·ｍｏｌ－１·ｃｍ－１。Ｆｅ２＋的质量浓度在０～４８０μｇ／Ｌ时服从比尔定律。方法用于部级铝合金标样中微量铁的测定,结果与推荐值相符,对ｗ（Ｆｅ）为０．１％～０．５％的样品测定１０次,ＲＳＤ在０．８５％～１．９５％,用于测定矿泉水中ｗ（Ｆｅ）／１０－６铁的测定,ＲＳＤ＜１．５％（ｎ＝７）,加标回收率９８．９％～９９．４％     

Formation of corundum megacrysts during H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O-saturated incongruent melting of feldspar: P–T pseudosection-based modelling from the Skattøra migmatite complex,North Norwegian Caledonides

Corundum megacryst-bearing rocks associated with the high-pressure migmatites of the Skattøra migmatite complex (SMC) belonging to the Nakkedal Nappe Complex, North Norwegian Caledonides, display a classical example of incongruent melting of plagioclase under water-saturated conditions. Petrography and micro-textures suggest that several centimetre long corundum megacrysts formed from the silicate melt along with amphibole (pargasite) and plagioclase (X_An ~ 0.47). The corundum-bearing leucosomes are rich in biotite compared to the other mafic units of SMC. Locally, margarite occurs in coronas around corundum megacrysts. Geochemically, the corundum-bearing rocks are enriched in Al, K, Rb and Ba and depleted in Fe, Mg and Ca compared to the leucogabbroic host rock. A P–T pseudosection of the leucogabbro indicates that feldspar breakdown and corundum formation occurred at temperatures >850 °C and pressure >1.2 GPa. The calculated equilibrium P–T of the corundum-bearing rock corresponds to 750–825 °C and 0.9–1.1 GPa. The P–T pseudosection of margarite indicates that margarite formed after cooling and decompression to P–T conditions corresponding to 600 °C at 0.5 GPa. Based on geochemical and mineral chemical analysis coupled with thermodynamic modelling, we suggest that formation of corundum occurred as a result of high-pressure incongruent melting of plagioclase in the presence of a K-, Rb- and Ba-rich external fluid. It is also suggested that the external fluid transported out portions of Ca, Fe and Mg, resulting in an increase of the peraluminousity of the melt and promoting further growth of corundum.     

Plagioclase replacement textures in partially eclogitised gabbros from the Sanddal mafic-ultramafic complex, Greenland Caledonides

The Sanddal mafic‐ultramafic complex (SMUK) is a cluster of variably eclogitised mafic and ultramafic bodies that comprise the westernmost known eclogite facies locality in the North‐East Greenland eclogite province (NEGEP). Although there are no true eclogites in the SMUK, we interpret three distinct textural types of plagioclase replacement to record sequential stages in adjustment of SMUK olivine gabbro‐norites to eclogite facies conditions. The earliest stage, in which plagioclase was replaced by omphacite/spinel symplectite before nucleation of garnet (Type 1A & 1B) has not previously been described. Documentation of this texture provides clear evidence that, at least in some cases, garnet nucleation is delayed relative to nucleation of omphacite and is a rate‐limiting step for eclogitisation. Type 1C domains were produced by scattered nucleation of garnet in the same sample. In Type 2 domains, plagioclase was replaced by a layered corona with an outer layer of garnet, an inner layer of omphacite and an interior of inclusion‐rich plagioclase. In Type 3 domains, the omphacite layer was overgrown by the garnet rim, and omphacite is preserved only as inclusions in garnet. In more coarse grained leucogabbros, recrystallization was more complete, plagioclase replacement textures were less localised, and could not be divided into distinct stages. Plagioclase replacement in SMUK samples was not isochemical, and required diffusion of at least Mg and Fe from replacement of mafic phases in the surroundings. Strong compositional gradients in garnet reflect disequilibrium and were controlled by the different diffusion rates of Mg/Fe and Ca, different local chemical environments, and progress of the plagioclase breakdown reaction. The presence of small amounts of hydrous minerals (amphibole, phlogopite and clinozoisite) in local equilibrium in plagioclase domains of most SMUK samples indicates that a small amount of H₂O was present during high pressure metamorphism.     

Coronitic textures in the ferrogabbroids of the Elet’ozero intrusive complex (northern Karelia,Russia) as evidence for the existence of Fe-rich melt. 1. Types of coronas

Fe–Ti oxides (magnetite, Ti-magnetite, ilmenite, and associated high-Al spinel) in the ferrogabbroids of the Middle Paleoproterozoic Elet’ozero syenite–gabbro intrusion are intercumulus minerals usually surrounded by coronitic rims of two types. The first type usually represents multilayer amphibole–biotite ± olivine coronas along contacts of Fe–Ti oxides with cumulus moderate-Ca plagioclase and more rarely, clinopyroxene. Two-layer rim is developed in contact with high-Ca plagioclase; the inner rim consists of pargasite and spinel, while the outer rim is made up of sadanagaite and spinel. The second type is represented by two-stage coronitic textures developed along boundaries of olivine and Fe–Ti oxide clusters with plagioclase. Initially, the olivine was surrounded by orthopyroxene rim, while Fe–Ti oxides were rimmed by pargasite with thin ingrowths of high-Al spinel (hercynite). At the next stage, the entire cluster was fringed by a common symplectite reaction rim, the composition of which also depended on the composition of plagioclase matrix: the spinel–sadanagaite rim was formed in contact with high-Ca plagioclase, while pargasite–muscovite–scapolite rim was formed in contact with moderate-Ca plagioclase. The formation of the outer rims occurred after hydration of the inner parts of coronas around olivine and oxides within the clusters. It is suggested that the Fe–Ti oxides and surrounding coronitic rims were microsystems formed by crystallization of drops of residual hydrous Fe-rich liquid.     

Chemical anomalies of lunar plagioclase,described by substitution vectors and their relation to optical and structural properties

Lunar plagioclase posed an enigma because optical properties indicate slow cooling while structural properties suggest rapid quenching when compared directly to terrestrial plagioclase. If, however, the An-content is inferred from the Al/Si ratio rather than from the Ca/Na ratio, lunar plagioclase corresponds more closely to normal volcanic plagioclase. The differences between An=4(Al/(Al+Si))-1 and An=Ca/(Ca+Na+K) is caused by substitutions which appear so far to be unique to lunar feldspars. A vector representation of chemical composition makes it possible to single out several substitutions which account for the chemical peculiarities of lunar plagioclase. It permits to assign sites in the structure to various minor elements simply from the chemical analysis without having to rely on sophisticated spectroscopic techniques or an X-ray structure determination. 1. The deficiency in Al+Si (up to 0.06 per formula unit) is compensated for by Fe, Mg, and small amounts of Na or Ca occupying tetrahedral sites. The Ca/Na ratio is increased accordingly to balance the electric charge. This substitution accounts for most of the differences. 2. The vacancycoupled substitution Ca+□ → 2 Na (Weill et al., 1970) is another cause for the increased Ca/Na ratio. 3. The amount of alkali evaporation from plagioclase, if it occurred, is probably small. These unusual substitutions are an expression of special conditions on the moon during the crystallization of plagioclase. Crystallization at high temperatures, rapid cooling, and peculiar magma composition seem to be important factors, but experimental work and detailed study of terrestrial volcanic plagioclase are necessary to interpret the chemical composition quantitatively.     

西秦岭三叠纪酸性侵入岩中高An值斜长石的成因及其地质意义

研究I型花岗岩中再循环晶的成分和结构特征，对揭示岩浆系统的形成和演化历史以及壳源和幔源岩浆的相互作用具有重要的意义。本文以西秦岭北西段三叠纪过马营复式岩体内的不同造岩矿物为主要研究对象，通过对具有不同结构特征的斜长石"粗晶"和黑云母展开电子探针（EMPA）、LA-ICP-MS微量元素面扫描、原位Sr同位素分析，来探讨含高An斜长石的成因，示踪不同岩浆房端员的属性，约束岩浆演化过程并建立多级岩浆房模型。过马营复式岩体的岩性分为偏铝质花岗岩类和过铝质花岗闪长岩类，两类岩性中均存在An值呈突变的筛状结构斜长石，即高An（72~85）区与低An（20~55）区在同一颗粒中并存，其对应主、微量元素也存在截然变化。与低An区相比，高An区具有高Fe、Mg，高Ba的特征。高钙区斜长石可进一步分为两类，第1类高钙区斜长石（An₈₀-₈₅），和第2类高钙区斜长石（An₇₂-₇₈）。第1类高钙区比第2类高钙斜长石区具有更高的Ca、Al、Fe、Mg、Ba含量。本研究中斜长石晶体存在核_高An-边_低An与核_低An-幔_高An-边_低An两种不同类型的环带结构，表明其各自的生长过程有所不同。高An区与低An区之间An值跳跃式的变化与对应主、微量元素Fe、Mg、Sr、Ba含量特征均指示斜长石成分差异并非晶内扩散、动力学作用以及物理条件的变化造成的，更可能形成于开放的岩浆系统。本文认为斜长石粗晶为再循环晶，其内部的高An区形成于深部富H₂O玄武质岩浆，低An区形成于浅部酸性岩浆房（偏铝质与过铝质）。两种不同高钙区斜长石及其对应的主、微量元素差异指示它们很可能结晶于两批次不同的玄武质岩浆，其中第1类高钙区斜长石的母岩浆相对更富Fe、Mg、Ba。两种玄武质岩浆携带高An斜长石沿岩浆通道向上运移，上升过程熔蚀先前结晶的高An斜长石，将其带入浅部酸性岩浆房后与内部花岗质/花岗闪长质岩浆发生混合。混合之后的岩浆沿高An斜长石残晶边部继续结晶生长，同时高温玄武质岩浆的注入导致浅部岩浆房已结晶的低An斜长石被熔蚀形成筛状结构，随后玄武质岩浆、混合后岩浆依次沿其边部继续生长。我们认为两批次的玄武质岩浆体积较小并未对浅部酸性岩浆房成分造成大的影响。     

Amphibolitization of metagabbros in the Scottish Highlands

Abstract Compositions of actinolite, hornblende and cummingtonite, together with pyroxene and plagioclase, are studied in basic intrusions in the Dalradian of north-east Scotland, and the Glen Scaddle complex in the West Moine. Amphibolitization is due to influx of water from the country rocks. Pyroxene compositions are found to have adjusted to the regional metamorphic environment. Owing to the difficulty of diffusion of Al and Si, calcic amphiboles are zoned and commonly contain quartz blebs. Discontinuities in zoning give rise to actinolite-hornblende pairs. Compared with north-east Scotland, disequilibrium is less strong in the Glen Scaddle area: in the latter, plagioclase compositions have been greatly changed, Na partition between hornblende and plagioclase is close to equilibrium, the maximum Al content of hornblende is lower and zoning patterns are more consistent. The Fe/Mg ratio in calcic amphiboles varies with Al content, while approaching equilibrium partition with other minerals. Both zoning patterns and Fe/Mg partition with cummingtonite suggest that Fe/Mg of the calcic amphiboles increases more strongly with increasing (Al^vi+Fe³⁺) than can be explained simply by substitution of Al,Fe³⁺ for Mg on M2. Model reactions for amphibole formation are constructed. Cummingtonite formed at lower chemical potential of CaO than actinolite: Ca was exchanged for Mg,Fe between orthopyroxene-derived and clinopyroxene-derived local systems. Both cummingtonite and actinolite were formed because of kinetic constraints, as intermediate reaction products: actinolite-hornblende pairs represent disequilibrium. This work suggests that many occurrences of actinolite with hornblende, where the minerals are zoned, may also be due to diffusion kinetics.     

Interaction of chemical and physical processes during deformation at fluid-present conditions: a case study from an anorthosite–leucogabbro deformed at amphibolite facies conditions

We present microstructural and chemical analyses of chemically zoned and recrystallized plagioclase grains in variably strained samples of a naturally deformed anorthosite–leucogabbro, southern West Greenland. The recorded microstructures formed in the presence of fluids at mid-crustal conditions (620–640 °C, 7.4–8.6 kbar). Recrystallized plagioclase grains (average grain size 342 μm) with a random crystallographic orientation are volumetrically dominant in high-strain areas. They are characterized by asymmetric chemical zoning (An₈₀ cores and An₆₄ rims) that are directly associated with areas exhibiting high amphibole content and phase mixing. Analyses of zoning indicate anisotropic behaviour of bytownite plagioclase with a preferred replacement in the $ \left\langle {0 10} \right\rangle $ direction and along the (001) plane. In areas of high finite strain, recrystallization of plagioclase dominantly occurred by bulging recrystallization and is intimately linked to the chemical zoning. The lack of CPO as well as the developed asymmetric zoning can be explained by the activity of grain boundary sliding accommodated by dissolution and precipitation creep (DPC). In low-strain domains, grain size is on average larger and the rim distribution is not related to the inferred stress axes indicating chemically induced grain replacement instead of stress-related DPC. We suggest that during deformation, in high-strain areas, pre-existing phase mixture and stress induced DPC-caused grain rotations that allowed a deformation-enhanced heterogeneous fluid influx. This resulted in local plagioclase replacement through interface-coupled dissolution and precipitation and chemically induced grain boundary migration, accompanied by bulging recrystallization, along with neocrystallization of other phases. This study illustrates a strong interaction and feedback between physical and chemical processes where the amount of stress and fluids dictates the dominant active process. The interaction is a cause of deformation and external fluid infiltration with a result of strain localization and chemical re-equilibration at amphibolite facies conditions.     

Petrology, Mineralogy and Geochemisty of Antarctic Mesosiderite GRV 020175: Implications for Its Complex Formation History

<正>GRV 020175 is an Antarctic mesosiderite,containing about 43 vol%silicates and 57 vol% metal.Metal occurs in a variety of textures from irregular large masses,to veins penetrating silicates, and to matrix fine grains.The metallic portion contains kamacite,troilite and minor taenite.Terrestrial weathering is evident as partial replacement of the metal and troilite veins by Fe oxides.Silicate phases exhibit a porphyritic texture with pyroxene,plagioclase,minor silica and rare olivine phenocrysts embedded in a fine-grained groundmass.The matrix is ophitic and consists mainly of pyroxene and plagioclase grains.Some orthopyroxene phenocrysts occur as euhedral crystals with chemical zoning from a magnesian core to a ferroan overgrowth;others are characterized by many fine inclusions of plagioclase composition.Pigeonite has almost inverted to its orthopyroxene host with augite lamellae, enclosed by more magnesian rims.Olivine occurs as subhedral crystals,surrounded by a necklace of tiny chromite grains(about 2-3μm).Plagioclase has a heterogeneous composition without zoning. Pyroxene geothermometry of GRV 020175 gives a peak metamorphic temperature(～1000℃) and a closure temperature(～875℃).Molar Fe/Mn ratios(19-32) of pyroxenes are consistent with mesosiderite pyroxenes(16-35) and most plagioclase compositions(An_(87.5_96.6)) are within the range of mesosiderite plagioclase grains(An_(88-95)).Olivine composition(Fo_(53.8)) is only slightly lower than the range of olivine compositions in mesosiderites(Fo_(55-90)).All petrographic characteristics and chemical compositions of GRV 020175 are consistent with those of mesosiderite and based on its matrix texture and relatively abundant plagioclase,it can be further classified as a type 3A mesosiderite.Mineralogical, penological,and geochemical studies of GRV 020175 imply a complex formation history starting as rapid crystallization from a magma in a lava flow on the surface or as a shallow intrusion.Following primary igneous crystallization,the silicate underwent varying degrees of reheating.It was reheated to 1000℃,followed by rapid cooling to 875℃.Subsequently,metal mixed with silicate,during or after which,reduction of silicates occurred;the reducing agent is likely to have been sulfur.After redox reaction,the sample underwent thermal metamorphism,which produced the corona on the olivine, rims on the inverted pigeonite phenocrysts and overgrowths on the orthopyroxene phenocrysts,and homogenized matrix pyroxenes.Nevertheless,metamorphism was not extensive enough to completely reequilibrate the GRV 020175 materials.     

Nanoscale chemical characterisation of phase separation,solid state transformation,and recrystallization in feldspar and maskelynite using atom probe tomography

The feldspar minerals occur in a wide variety of lithologies throughout the Solar System, often containing a variety of chemical and structural features indicative of the crystallization conditions, cooling history and deformational state of the crystal. Such phenomena are often poorly resolved in micrometre-scale analyses. Here, atom probe tomography (APT) is conducted on Ca-rich (bytownite) and Na-rich (albite) plagioclase reference materials, experimentally exsolved K-feldspar (sanidine), shock-induced plagioclase glass (labradorite-composition), and shocked and recrystallized plagioclase to directly test the application of APT to feldspar and yield new insights into crystallographic features such as amorphisation and exsolution. Undeformed plagioclase reference materials (Amelia albite and Stillwater bytownite) appear chemically homogenous, and yield compositions largely within uncertainty of published data. Within microstructurally complex materials, APT can resolve chemical variations across a ~?20 nm wide exsolution lamella and define major element (Na, K) diffusion profiles across the lamella boundaries, which appear gradational over a ~?10 nm length scale in experimentally exsolved K-feldspar NNPP-04b. The plagioclase glass within the Zagami shergottite shows no heterogeneity in the distribution of major elements, although the enrichment of Fe, Mg and Sr in the bulk microtip points to at least minor incorporation of surrounding phases (pyroxene), and with that supports a shock-melt origin for the glass (maskelynite). The recrystallization of feldspar during post-shock annealing, such as in poikilitic shergottite NWA 6342, appears to induce a range of chemical nanostructures that locally effect the composition of the material. These findings demonstrate the ability of APT to yield new insights into nanoscale composition and chemical structures of alumniosilicate phases, highlighting an exciting new avenue with which to analyse these key rock-forming minerals.     

Origin of the giant Allard Lake ilmenite ore deposit (Canada) by fractional crystallization,multiple magma pulses and mixing

The late-Proterozoic Allard Lake ilmenite deposit is located in the Havre-Saint-Pierre anorthosite complex, part of the allochtonous polycyclic belt of the Grenville Province. Presently the world's largest Fe–Ti oxide deposit, it had a pre-mining amount in excess of 200 Mt at grades over 60 wt.% hemo-ilmenite. The main ore body is a funnel-shaped intrusion, measuring 1.03 × 1.10 km and 100–300 m-thick. Two smaller bodies are separated by faults and anorthosite. The ore is an ilmenite-rich norite (or ilmenitite) made up of hemo-ilmenite (Hem_22.6–29.4, 66.2 wt.% on average), andesine plagioclase (An_45–50), aluminous spinel and locally orthopyroxene. Whole-rock chemical compositions are controlled by the proportions of ilmenite and plagioclase ± orthopyroxene which supports the cumulate origin of the deposit. Ore-forming processes are further constrained by normal and reverse fractionation trends of Cr concentration in cumulus ilmenite that reveal multiple magma emplacements and alternating periods of fractional crystallization and magma mixing. Mixing of magmas produced hybrids located in the stability field of ilmenite resulted in periodic crystallization of ilmenite alone. The unsystematic differentiation trends in the Allard Lake deposit, arising from a succession of magma pulses, hybridisation, and the fractionation of hemo-ilmenite alone or together with plagioclase suggest that the deposit formed within a magma conduit. This dynamic emplacement mechanism associated with continuous gravity driven accumulation of Fe–Ti oxides and possibly plagioclase buoyancy in a fractionating ferrobasalt explains the huge concentration of hemo-ilmenite. The occurrence of sapphirine associated with aluminous spinel and high-alumina orthopyroxene (7.6–9.1 wt.% Al₂O₃) lacking exsolved plagioclase supports the involvement of a metamorphic overprint during the synchronous Ottawan orogeny, which is also responsible for strong textural equilibration and external granule of exsolved aluminous spinel due to slow cooling.