Crystal clots,amphibole fractionation and the evolution of calc-alkaline magmas

Petrographic and microprobe investigations of calc-alkaline (CA) rocks from the High Cascade Range (i.e., Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Jefferson, Crater Lake and Mt. Shasta) of western North America show that crystal clots represent primary igneous phase assemblages and are not products of amphibole reactions with melt. For each eruptive complex, crystal clots display diverse modal proportions even within a single eruptive unit. Nevertheless, in all cases the crystal-clot minerals are also represented in the rock as phenocrysts or microphenocrysts. Basalts contain clots of ol+plag+mgt, ol+mgt, cpx+ plag+mgt, cpx+mgt and plag+mgt; andesites, clots of cpx+mgt, opx+mgt, cpx+opx+plag+mgt, cpx+plag+mgt, opx+plag+mgt and plag±mgt; and dacites, clots of opx+mgt, cpx+opx+plag+ mgt, opx+plag+mgt, amph+plag+mgt±ilm, amph+mgt±ilm and plag±mgt. The bulk compositions of most of these clot assemblages could not have been derived from amphibole percursors. Although some amphiboles in dacitic rocks display a breakdown reaction of amph=plag+cpx+opx +mag, these mineral clusters, unlike those of clots, typically have a relict amphibole crystal outline and a fine-grained metamorphic texture. Plagioclase grains in the mineral clusters lack oscillatory zoning which is typical of crystal clot plagioclase grains. The euhedral to subhedral shapes of most clot minerals and the oscillatory zoning present in most clot plagioclase grains are not likely to have formed from the breakdown of amphibole. Crystal clots are also observed in Hawaiian and ocean floor basalts, although amphibole fractionation has not been proposed for those lavas. Magnetite fractionation may be the controlling process limiting iron enrichment in CA magmas rather than amphibole fractionation. Textural evidence indicates that magnetite is an early-forming phase in CA magmas. V, which is concentrated in magnetite, shows a strong decrease with increasing silica in many CA rocks, supporting a magnetite fractionation model.Hawaii Institute of Geophysics Contrib. No. 969     

High-K diorites,their place in the calc-alkaline association and relationship to andesites

Modes, total rock chemistry (including a range of trace elements) and mineral analyses are presented for two selected rocks from the Yeoval (Australia) high-K diorite complex. This and other data show that the high-K diorites may definitely be grouped with calc-alkaline rocks and that the high-K diorites and low-Si diorites are almost identical in chemistry to their fine-grained equivalents. Comparisons of the data are made with other similar rock groups. Criticism is made of the presently used mineralogical classification of diorites and in particular of those diorites rich in potassium. A chemical classification of diorites identical to that used for andesites is proposed.     

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.

---

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.

     

Magnesian andesite and basalt from Shodo-Shima Island,southwest Japan,and their bearing on the genesis of calc-alkaline andesites

Calc-alkaline andesites and olivine tholeiitic basalts are widely distributed on Shodo-Shima island, southwest Japan. The Fo content of olivine phenocrysts in the andesite is higher than in the basalt. The primary magma of the andesite, estimated on the basis of the olivine fractional crystallization model, is not basaltic but andesitic. The basalt contains both chromite and titanomagnetite as inclusions in olivine phenocrysts, while only chromite appears in the andesite. The Cr content of chromite in the andesite is higher than in the basalt. These facts again indicate that the andesite cannot be a fractionation product of the basalt, and that andesitic and basaltic primary magmas were generated independently.     

Difference of Ti,Zr, Y and P content in calc-alkaline andesites from island arcs and continental margin (Central Andes)

Ti, Zr, Y and P, known to be chemically immobile elements during alteration and metamorphism, have been ploted in a set of diagrams in order to discriminative between calc-alkaline andesites from island arcs and continental margin. This method may be an appropiate procedure to help in the discrimination between ancient volcanics of both groups.     

青藏高原北羌塘新生代高钾钙碱岩系火山岩角闪石类型有痕量元素地球化学

利用电子探针和激光探针剥蚀系统（LA－ICP－MS）对北羌塘新第三纪高钾钙碱岩系英安岩中角闪石的主元素和微量、角闪石强烈富集Sc、Ti、V、Cr、Co、Ni等不相容亲铁元素，而相对亏损Th、U、Pb、Rb等强不相容的大离子亲石元素。稀土元素丰度高，且无Eu异常，批示北羌塘这套高钾钙碱岩系火山岩可能是青藏高原加厚的相当于榴辉岩相物质组成的下部陆壳脱水熔融的产物。     

Clustering of cations in amphiboles

The OH^? stretching frequencies of clino-amphiboles are known to depend on the cations to which the OH^? is co-ordinated, and the intensities of the corresponding infra-red (ir) absorption bands have been used to obtain evidence as to the occupancy of the M1 and M3 sites. However, the possible effects on the method arising from clustering together of like cations, or of the mutual avoidance of like cations (anti-clustering), have not hitherto been explicitly analysed. A model is set up which permits these to be systematically explored. The results are exemplified for occupation of M1 and M3 by (Fe, Mg). Clustering of Fe increases the frequency of both Fe₃ and Mg₃ triads, though not equally, and the effect of anti-clustering is in the opposite sense. The effect on the frequencies of MgFe₂ and Mg₂Fe triads is much more complicated and the sense of the changes depends on both the overall Fe content and on the degree of clustering or anti-clustering.     

Allivalites as indicators of fractional crystallization of the island-arc calc-alkaline low-K series

Allivalites are particularly distinguished by their composition and morphology among the wide spectrum of inclusions in the volcanic rocks of the Kurile-Kamchatka island arc. This work reports new chemical and mineral data of a comparative study of the allivalites and host rocks using modern analytical facilities. On the one hand, it was confirmed that allivalites are genetically related with host volcanics. On the other hand, it was established for the first time that allivalites were formed in several stages: from the deepest stage of their origination at the generation depth of primary melts to the crustal and subsurface conditions of the formation of magmatic chamber. Hence, allivalites (olivine-anorthite inclusions) bear valuable information on the evolution of deep island-arc magmatism.     

Crystal chemistry of amphiboles: implications for oxygen fugacity and water activity in lithospheric mantle beneath Victoria Land,Antarctica

Amphibole is the hydrous metasomatic phase in spinel-bearing mantle xenoliths from Baker Rocks, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. It occurs in veins or in disseminated form in spinel lherzolites. Both types derive from reaction between metasomatic melts and the pristine paragenesis of the continental lithospheric mantle beneath Northern Victoria Land. To determine the effective role of water circulation during the metasomatic process and amphibole formation, six amphibole samples were fully characterized. Accurate determination of the site population and the state of dehydrogenation in each of these amphiboles was carried out using single-crystal X-ray diffraction, electron microprobe and secondary ion mass spectroscopy on the same single crystal. The Fe³⁺/ΣFe ratio was determined by X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy on amphibole powder. The degree of dehydrogenation determined by SIMS is 0.870–0.994 O3(O^2?) a.p.f.u., primary and ascribed to the Ti-oxy component of the amphibole, as indicated by atom site populations; post-crystallization H loss is negligible. Estimates of aH₂O (0.014–0.054) were determined from the dehydration equilibrium among end-member components assuming that amphiboles are in equilibrium with the anhydrous peridotitic phases. A difference up to 58 % in determination of aH₂O can be introduced if the chemical formula of the amphiboles is calculated based on 23 O a.p.f.u. without knowing the effective amount of dehydrogenation. The oxygen fugacity of the Baker Rocks amphibole-bearing mantle xenoliths calculated based upon the dissociation constant of water (by oxy-amphibole equilibrium) is between ?2.52 and ?1.32 log units below the fayalite–magnetite–quartz (FMQ) buffer. These results are systematically lower and in a narrow range of values relative to those obtained from anhydrous olivine–orthopyroxene–spinel equilibria (fO₂ between ?1.98 and ?0.30 log units). A comparative evaluation of the two methods suggests that when amphibole is present in mantle peridotites, the application of oxy-amphibole equilibrium is preferred, because ol–opx–sp oxy-calibrations are not “sensitive” enough in recording the effects (if any) of amphibole in the peridotite matrix. Amphibole acts as the main H acceptor among the peridotite minerals and may prevent fluid circulation and buffer oxygen fugacity. The important conclusion of this study is that amphibole within the lithospheric mantle does not always means high water activity and oxidizing conditions.     

Phlogopite in calc-alkaline lamprophyres of Northern England

Summary Phlogopite mica is the major unaltered phase in minette and kersantite dikes in the Cross Fell and Taythes inliers in northwestern England. The compositional zonation trend in the micas from Mg-rich, Cr-bearing cores to Fe, Ti, Ba-rich, low Cr margins, or rims, is similar to that reported for micas from minettes and kersantites worldwide. Complex mantling and zoning trends suggest that the phenocrystal mica assemblage is a hybrid one formed by the mixing of magmas of broadly similar composition which have undergone different amounts of fractional crystallization. The magmas are considered to have beeen produced in a continuously replenished fractionating magma chamber. The lamprophyres have a common source and were probably derived by the extensive fractionation of a basic mantle-derived magma.

---

Phlogopit in kalk-alkalischen lamprophyren von Nord-England

Zusammenfassung Phlogopit ist die wichtigste, unveränderte Phase in Minetten und kersantitischen Gängen in den Cross Fell and Taythes Gebieten von Nordwest-England. Die Zonierung der Zusammensetzung in den Glimmern von Mg-reichen, Cr-führenden Kernen zu Fe, Ti, Ba-reichen Rändern mit niedrigen Cr-Gehalten ist ähnlich der, die von Glimmern in Minetten und Kersantiten weltweit ermittelt wurde. Komplexe Ummantelung und Zonierung weisen darauf hin, daß die Glimmer-Vergesellschaftung, die weithin idiomorph ist, durch die Mischung von Magmen weithin ähnlicher Zusammensetzung entstanden ist, welche in verschiedenem Ausmaß von Kristallisationsfraktionierung betroffen waren. Die Magmen dürften in einer kontinuierlich aufgefüllten, fraktionierten Magmenkammer entstanden sein. Die Lamprophyre haben einen gemeinsamen Ursprung und gehen wahrscheinlich auf die extensive Fraktionierung eines basischen Magmas von Mantel-Herkunft zurück.

---

---

With 5 Figures     

Origin of garnet phenocrysts in calc-alkaline rocks

A large number of garnet phenocrysts from Palaeozoic rhyodacites and granodiorite porphyrites from Central and Northeastern Victoria have been analyzed using the electron microprobe. These garnets, from an area of several thousand square miles, are very uniform in composition (dominantly almandine, with subordinate pyrope and minor grossular and spessartine). They show minor zoning with a very thin outer rim slightly richer in almandine and spessartine than the remainder of the phenocryst. They are surrounded by a complex intergrowth of cordierite and hypersthene forming a reaction rim. Resorbed quartz phenocrysts are typically associated with the garnet phenocrysts. The uniform composition, the conspicuous size and the subhedral-euhedral form of the garnet phenocrysts indicate that they crystallized directly from the acid calc-alkaline magma at an early stage of its crystallization. High pressure experimental work on a natural garnet-bearing rhyodacite glass demonstrates that almandine-rich garnet and quartz are near-liquidus phases at 18 and 27 kb , but garnet does not appear until well below the liquidus at 9 kb. A comparison of the composition of the experimentally crystallized garnets with the natural garnets suggests that these acid calc-alkaline magmas began to crystallize at pressures between 9 and 18 kb, i.e. at depths corresponding to the lower crust or upper mantle.     

Sub-solidus dehydration of amphiboles in an andesitic magma

Several petrologic experiments have demonstrated that in igneous and metamorphic reactions amphibole minerals can break down by a subsolidus dehydration reaction, but evidence for the reaction in natural rocks has been lacking. Evidence for the breakdown of an edenite-pargasite amphibole by a subsolidus dehydration reaction has now been found in an andesite flow from Garner Mountain, southern Cascase Range. The andesite contains one modal percent of crystal clots formed of crystallites of opx, cpx, plag, K-spar, opaque and quartz. The crystal clots retain the original amphibole morphology and intra-clot pyroxenes are aligned with crystallographic c parallel to c in the amphibole precursor; these conditions would not be duplicated by a melting reaction.Microprobe analyses of the bulk clot and the intra-clot minerals suggest the solid-state reaction: 100 amph+10 SiO₂=>55 cpx+33 plag+22 opx+ 1 opq+1 ksparPyroxene thermometry of the andesite groundmass pyroxenes and the intra-clot pyroxenes demonstrates that the amphibole dehydration reaction occurred in the xenocrystic amphiboles as a result of heating by the near-solidus andesite magma.     

Triassic shoshonites and andesites,Lakmon Mountains,western continental Greece: Differences in primary geochemistry and sheet silicate alteration products

Shallow marine lavas and pyroclastic rocks, several tens of metres thick, outcrop at the base of thrust slices in the Pindos nappe in the Lakmon Mountains of western continental Greece. These volcanic rocks are basalts and andesites formed during mid-Triassic subduction. Geochemically, on the basis of the potassium content, shoshonitic and calc-alkalic groups are distinguished. Principally the shoshonitic rocks contain primary K-feldspar. The calc-alkalic rocks contain complexly zoned feldspars and are depleted in intermediate REE: this depletion could reflect a small degree of partial melting of amphibole, or possibly phlogopite, during petrogenesis. These two characteristics are found in other examples of minor calc-alkalic rocks associated with shoshonites described in the literature. A petrogenetic model is developed involving deeper mantle enrichment in LILE and partial melting of this enriched mantle rock containing amphibole. Calc-alkalic rocks are the result of initial partial melting and may be mixed with small amounts of magma of deeper origin; further partial melting produces the more voluminous shoshonites. Celadonite developed as a secondary mineral during burial beneath about 1 km of Mesozoic to early Tertiary sediments. During nappe emplacement, vermiculite formed in the calc-alkalic rocks; in contrast, smectite developed in the shoshonites, because the potassium was sufficient to immobilize all available Fe in celadonite.     

Stability and composition relations of calcic amphiboles in ultramafic rocks

Calcic amphiboles are observed in ultramafic rocks that have equilibrated under a broad span of geological conditions and might prove to be good indicators of metamorphic grade if their stabilities could be determined as a function of their compositions. Experiments were performed on the stability of tremolite plus forsterite in the system H₂O-CaO-MgO-SiO₂ from 5 to 20 kbar. A univariant curve was fitted to the experimental brackets using volume, water fugacity, and heat capacity data. The results indicate that the maximum stability of tremolite in the presence of forsterite is about 825° C at 5 kbar. Addition of Al₂O₃ to this system increases the stability of tremolitic amphibole by only 20°–40° C and induces solubility of 5–7 wt.% Al₂O₃ in the amphibole, as determined from quantitative SEM analyses of individual amphibole crystals. Thus substitution of the tschermakite component (Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂) (Si₆Al₂) O₂₂(OH)₂) alone cannot lead to the greatly enhanced Al₂O₃ contents or thermal stability of natural calcic amphiboles. Comparison of the results from this study with experimental results from other studies on synthetic calcic amphiboles indicates that the high thermal stability of natural amphiboles is strongly linked with the substitution of alkalies (Na in particular) in the form of the component Na-Ca₂(Mg₄Al) (Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂ (pargasite). Accordingly, experimental data from studies on pargasite have been combined with the appropriate univariant curves to obtain a phase diagram for amphibole-bearing ultramafic rocks modelled by the system H₂O-Na₂O-CaO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂.     

The Serra da Graciosa A-type Granites and Syenites, southern Brazil. Part 3: Magmatic evolution and post-magmatic breakdown of amphiboles of the alkaline association

Amphiboles are the main mafic minerals in most metaluminous to peralkaline alkali-feldspar granites and syenites, and they usually preserve an important record of the compositional evolution of the melts from which they crystallize. In the alkaline association of the Serra da Graciosa A-type Granites and Syenites (southern Brazil), amphibole compositions span a large range, including calcic, sodic–calcic, and sodic amphiboles. Calcic amphiboles are typically observed in the metaluminous rocks, while sodic amphiboles are characteristic of the more strongly peralkaline rocks; sodic–calcic amphiboles are found in intermediate varieties. Compositional variations record the differentiation trends within two petrographic series of the alkaline association. The overall evolution of amphibole compositions is similar in both: they reveal a progressive increase in Na and Fe³⁺ with differentiation (increase in alkalinity of the magmas), a characteristic shared by undersaturated peralkaline (or agpaitic) differentiation trends. In detail, however, the evolutions of the amphibole compositions in the two series are distinct. In Alkaline series 1, the cores of the crystals form a continuum from calcic to sodic compositions, with the exception of a small compositional gap within the sodic–calcic amphiboles. The rims, however, show compositions that diverge from this main trend; this divergence results from increasing amounts of the oxy-amphibole component, and reflects more oxidizing conditions at the final stages of magmatic crystallization. In Alkaline series 2, these oxidation trends are much more subtle and a reverse trend is observed in the sodic amphiboles. Sodic–calcic amphiboles are in several cases replaced by intergrowths of post-magmatic sodic amphibole and Al-poor (“tetrasilicic”) biotite.     

Shock-metamorphic features in amphiboles from the Xiuyan crater of China

Amphibole-bearing gneiss fragments are common in the impact breccias of the Xiuyan crater, China. Three kinds of amphibole-bearing gneiss fragments with different shock-metamorphic levels have been identified. Shock-metamorphic features of amphiboles in these gneisses were investigated in situ by optical microscope, electron microprobe, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Amphiboles in the weakly shocked gneiss (shock pressure less than 10 GPa) basically remain intact. Amphiboles in the moderately shocked gneiss (shock pressure range between 35 and 45 GPa) show strong deformation, reduced optical interference color, and partial loss of OH^?. In the strongly shocked gneiss (shock pressure above 50 GPa), amphiboles are completely melted and dendritic pyroxenes crystallize from the melt. The formation of dendritic pyroxenes shows nearly complete loss of water in the amphibole melt at shock-induced high temperature above 1,500 °C. The occurrence of both diopside and pigeonite dendrites crystallized in the same amphibole melt shows inhomogenous melt composition and rapid cooling of the melt.     

Primitive basalts and andesites from the Mt. Shasta region,N. California: products of varying melt fraction and water content

Quaternary volcanism in the Mt. Shasta region has produced primitive magmas [Mg/(Mg+Fe^*)>0.7, MgO>8 wt% and Ni>150 ppm] ranging in composition from high-alumina basalt to andesite and these record variable extents ofmelting in their mantle source. Trace and major element chemical variations, petrologic evidence and the results of phase equilibrium studies are consistent with variations in H₂O content in the mantle source as the primary control on the differences in extent of melting. High-SiO₂, high-MgO (SiO₂=52% and MgO=11 wt%) basaltic andesites resemble hydrous melts (H₂O=3 to 5 wt%) in equilibrium with a depleted harzburgite residue. These magmas represent depletion of the mantle source by 20 to 30 wt% melting. High-SiO₂, high-MgO (SiO₂=58% and MgO=9 wt%) andesites are produced by higher degrees of melting and contain evidence for higher H₂O contents (H₂O=6 wt%). High-alumina basalts (SiO₂=48.5% and Al₂O₃=17 wt%) represent nearly anhydrous low degree partial melts (from 6 to 10% depletion) of a mantle source that has been only slightly enriched by a fluid component derived from the subducted slab. The temperatures and pressures of last equilibration with upper mantle are 1200°C and 1300°C for the basaltic andesite and basaltic magmas, respectively. A model is developed that satisfies the petrologic temperature constraints and involves magma generation whereby a heterogeneous distribution of H₂O in the mantle results in the production of a spectrum of mantle melts ranging from wet (calc-alkaline) to dry (tholeiitic).     

OH in zoned amphiboles of eclogite from the western Tianshan,NW-China

Chemically-zoned amphibole porphyroblast grains in an eclogite (sample ws24-7) from the western Tianshan (NW-China) have been analyzed by electron microprobe (EMP), micro Fourier-transform infrared (micro-FTIR) and micro-Raman spectroscopy in the OH-stretching region. The EMP data reveal zoned amphibole compositions clustering around two predominant compositions: a glaucophane end-member ( ^B Na₂ ^C M²⁺ ₃ M³⁺ ₂ ^T Si₈(OH)₂) in the cores, whereas the mantle to rim of the samples has an intermediate amphibole composition ( ^A _0.5 ^B Ca_1.5Na_0.5 ^C M ²⁺ _4.5 M _0.5^{3+ T} Si_7.5Al_0.5(OH)₂) (A = Na and/or K; M ²⁺ = Mg and Fe²⁺; M ³⁺ = Fe³⁺ and/or Al) between winchite (and ferro-winchite) and katophorite (and Mg-katophorite). Furthermore, we observed complicated FTIR and Raman spectra with OH-stretching absorption bands varying systematically from core to rim. The FTIR/Raman spectra of the core amphibole show three lower-frequency components (at 3,633, 3,649–3,651 and 3,660–3,663 cm⁻¹) which can be attributed to a local O(3)-H dipole surrounded by ^{M(1) M(3)}Mg₃, ^{M(1) M(3)}Mg₂Fe²⁺ and ^{M(1) M(3)} Fe²⁺ ₃, respectively, an empty A site and ^T Si₈ environments. On the other hand, bands at higher frequencies (3,672–3,673, 3,691–3,697 and 3,708 cm⁻¹) are observable in the rims of the amphiboles, and they indicate the presence of an occupied A site. The FTIR and Raman data from the OH-stretching region allow us to calculate the site occupancy of the A, M(1)–M(3), T sites with confidence when combined with EPM data. By contrast M(2)- and M(4) site occupancies are more difficult to evaluate. We use these samples to highlight on the opportunities and limitations of FTIR OH-stretching spectroscopy applied to natural high pressure amphibole phases. The much more detailed cation site occupancy of the zoned amphibole from the western Tianshan have been obtained by comparing data from micro-chemical and FTIR and/or Raman in the OH-stretching data. We find the following characteristic substitutions Si(T-site) (Mg, Fe)[M(1)–M(3)-site] → Al(T-site) Al[M(1)–M(3)-site] (tschermakite), Ca(M4-site)□ (A-site) → Na(M4-site) Na + K(A-site) (richterite), and Ca(M4-site) (Mg, Fe) [M(1)–M(3)-site] → Na(M4-site) Al[M(1)–M(3)-site] (glaucophane) from the configurations observed during metamorphism.     

五台山新太古代绿岩带中高镁安山岩（HMA）的化学特征

采用高镁安山岩（HMA）新的分类方法,描述了五台地区新太古代绿岩带中HMA的化学特征,并与实验的HMA以及自然界中典型的HMA（日本的Chichijima地区HMA和Setouchi地区HMA）进行了对比,显示该区HMA具有与上述HMA类似的化学特征。初步认为五台新太古代HMA产于洋俯冲带的环境,进而表明板块构造理论的适用时间范围可推演到新太古代。     

Natural boron-free kornerupine and its breakdown products in a sapphirine rock of the Limpopo Belt,Southern Africa

Large crystals of boron-free kornerupine occurring in MgAl-rich inclusions within meta-anorthosites are partially replaced by symplectitic pseudomorphs consisting essentially of the assemblage sapphirine-cordieritegedrite. The highly magnesian, hydrous kornerupines (F= 0.10–0.14) have compositions close to the oxide ratio (Mg, Fe) O· Al₂O₃· SiO₂. Sapphirines (F=0.09) show decreasing Al-contents with continued grain growth and equilibration. Gedrite (F=0.15) contains sodium in amounts near the limit of solid solution, although the kornerupine starting material is free of this element and it is very rare in the enclosing rock. Cordierite (F=0.05) is also free from sodium.For conditions of P _H2O = P _tot the appearance of boron-free kornerupine requires relatively high temperatures (> 700 °C) and a minimum pressure near 4 kb within this zone of the Limpopo Belt. The subsequent replacement reaction occurred nearly isochemically except for Na and probably H₂O, which were introduced into the symplectite. Textural features suggest that the breakdown reaction of kornerupine is actually governed by the magnitude of sodium activity: Relatively low values would favor the appearance of boron-free kornerupine, whereas higher values lead to the more common assemblage sapphirine-cordierite-gedrite.