含钠长石翡翠成因探讨

为详细探讨含钠长石翡翠的成因机制,笔者选取了若干来自缅甸的含钠长石翡翠,对其进行了详细的岩相学、矿物化学等方面的研究。含钠长石翡翠样品属于豆青种,主要由硬玉、钠长石、方沸石和少量的多硅白云母、钡铝硅酸盐等矿物组成。其中的硬玉发育清晰的环带结构,成分从核部至边缘发生规律性的成分变化。翡翠同时受到两期后期流体活动的改造,第一期以钠长石为代表,第二期以方沸石为代表,流体的改造作用使硬玉呈现碎裂状、碎斑状结构和交代穿孔等结构。结果表明,含钠长石翡翠样品表现出从成岩流体中直接结晶的特点,该流体富集Na、Al、Si、K、Ba以及少量的Ca、Fe、Mg等元素,微量元素则相对富集LREE、HFSE和sr等元素。结合前人的研究结果以及该玉石中的矿物反应关系,笔者推测缅甸翡翠形成的压力和温度范围分别在6-14kbar和300℃-450℃。     

缅甸翡翠原石中角闪石族矿物的形成

缅甸是世界上优质翡翠的最重要产地,角闪石族矿物是缅甸翡翠中的常见矿物。对缅甸翡翠原石进行手标本、薄片偏光显微镜观察和电子探针测试,结果表明,翡翠原石组成矿物的形成顺序为岩浆锆石→热液锆石和硬玉→绿辉石→Ca质角闪石→Na-Ca、Na质角闪石→钠长石,岩石形成后受到后期应力作用使部分角闪石族矿物发生变形。Ca质角闪石形成后,晚期Na-Al-Si流体和富Ca、Mg和Fe的浅闪石发生反应,形成了Na-Ca质、Na质角闪石,包括钠透闪石,蓝闪石和镁铝钠闪石。随压力的降低,残余流体在早期形成矿物颗粒之间沉淀结晶出钠长石。矿物的化学成分和矿物种类及结构对翡翠的品质有重要影响,硬玉中的Cr及角闪石矿物的存在导致了翡翠绿色深浅的变化。组成矿物的形态及颗粒大小、排列的紧密程度,影响翡翠的质地和透明度等外观特征。     

合成翡翠的实验探索

模拟天然翡翠成矿的物理、化学条件,参照硬玉各元素的理论质量分数,选用合适的化学试剂配制合成翡翠原料,采用高温固相法制备非晶质的、具有翡翠成分的玻璃料,再利用高压固相转变的原理,在高温高压设备上对其进行结构转化处理,使其在翡翠稳定区内结晶。X射线粉末衍射、傅里叶变换红外光谱、偏光显微镜矿物结构的分析结果表明：合成样品中的主要结晶矿物为硬玉,其红外吸收光谱与天然翡翠的基本一致,部分样品的结构转化较完全,结晶程度较好,且其硬度、密度及折射率等常规宝石学参数也与天然翡翠的十分相近。     

云南个旧似长石正长岩类及其岩石成因

云南个旧碱性岩体主要的岩石类型有碱性正长岩和似长石正长岩,其中,似长石正长岩中出现大量似长石矿物霞石、方钠石和碱性暗色矿物。本文根据矿物成分及特征,将这些似长石正长岩进一步划分为黑榴霞石方钠正长岩、霞石方钠正长岩、霞石正长岩及方钠霞石正长岩4类。岩石地球化学结果表明,4类岩石的地球化学行为整体表现出过碱质岩的特征,K2O+Na2O含量很高,为钾玄岩系列,同时表现出钾质的特点。分异指数高,呈现高度分异演化特点。稀土元素变化大,轻重稀土元素分异明显,富集轻稀土元素,亏损重稀土元素。微量元素富集大离子亲石元素Th、U及Zr、Hf等高场强元素,亏损Ba、Sr大离子亲石元素,而P和高场强元素Ta、Ti亏损,同时Cr、Co、Ni含量非常低,具有中等的负Eu异常和微弱的负Ce异常。研究表明,似长石正长岩在岩浆演化过程中表现出明显的分离结晶作用特征,且岩浆起源温度较高,约为835℃,起源较深。个旧似长石正长岩为A型岩套A1亚型,结合构造判别图解,认为其可能来自角闪石或者金云母相矿物存在的富集地幔,形成于燕山晚期伸展的构造背景,岩浆在较高温度下高度结晶分异,并在侵位过程中伴随陆壳成分的混染。     

翡翠的概念,分类及A,B,C货鉴定有关问题的讨论

翡翠为达宝玉石级的、主要由矿物硬玉或含硬玉分子较高的、其他辉石类矿物构成的集合体。翡翠不等于硬玉,也不等于硬玉岩,同意英译名为Ｆｅｉｃｕｉ。翡翠的分类主要是按矿物成分分类,可分为：（１）以玉矿物为主的翡翠,硬玉矿≥８０％称为硬玉翡翠,简称翡翠;〈８０％￣≥５０％时,可将重要的伴生矿物名称作为形容词加于基本名称“硬玉翡翠”前。（２）其他含硬玉分子较高的钠质辉石为主的翡翠,如绿辉石翡翠、铬硬玉翡翠、铁     

安徽金寨响洪甸碱性侵入岩年代学、岩石地球化学及其意义

金寨响洪甸碱性侵入岩体分布在大别造山带东北缘的北淮阳地区,侵位于上元古界青白口系佛子岭群中。主要岩石类型为正长岩(似斑状正长岩)、碱性正长岩和霞石正长岩。正长岩的主要矿物为碱性长石及少量黑云母、普通辉石、绿钙闪石;碱性正长岩包含钾长石、角闪石、辉石和少量黑云母;霞石正长岩主要由碱性长石、霞石及少量绿钙闪石、普通辉石、次透辉石等矿物组成。化学成分上均具有偏铝质、富碱、高钾、贫钛的特点。富集大离子亲石元素K、Rb、U、Nd和轻稀土元素La、Ce、Pr、Nd、Sm,亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、P、Ti,轻、重稀土元素比值及La/Nb、Ba/Nb值较高,呈弱的负铕异常。根据高精度同位素年代学测试结果,响洪甸碱性侵入岩成岩期次分为2期:早期霞石正长岩,LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为(135.1±0.7)Ma;晚期正长岩,SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄为(125.0±1)Ma和碱性正长岩,颗粒锆石U-Pb年龄为122.3 Ma。主体岩石似斑状正长岩的Hf同位素分析结果表明,其初始176Hf/177Hf比值为0.282 243~0.282 404,εHf(t)为-10.376~-16.602,结合该岩体的Sr-Nd同位素地球化学特征,推测响洪甸碱性侵入岩是富集地幔部分熔融的产物,其源区可能有部分陆壳物质的参与。其形成的构造背景为后碰撞的伸展环境。     

新疆蒙其克辉长岩脉黑云母和角闪石矿物学特征及成因意义

蒙其克辉长岩脉位于玛因鄂博断裂带南缘,属喀拉通克岩体一部分。以蒙其克辉长岩脉中黑云母及角闪石为研究对象,在岩相学观察基础上,利用电子探针对岩体中黑云母和角闪石进行矿物成分分析,限定岩体形成的温压条件、岩浆氧逸度及含水量等结晶条件,探讨岩浆演化及成岩过程。数据显示,辉长岩脉中黑云母矿物Fe~(2+)/(Mg+Fe~(2+))变化范围为0.27～0.33,具富镁(Mg O=16.01%～17.45%)、富铝(Al_2O_3=14.35%～15.75%)、贫钛(Ti O_2=1.69%～2.57%)、贫钙(Ca O=0.19%～0.56%)特征,属镁质黑云母。角闪石矿物具富镁(Mg O=10.48%～15.15%)、富钙(Ca O=10.26%～11.90%)、贫钾(K_2O=0.39%～1.14%)及富钠(Na_2O/K_2O1.0)特征,属镁角闪石和浅闪石。通过电子探针分析黑云母及角闪石矿物化学成分,经化学式计算矿物结晶温度分别为646.97℃～707.82℃和766.27℃～902.38℃;成岩压力分别为147.84～220.87 MPa和85.0 1～297.40 MPa;侵位深度分别为5.59～8.35 km和3.21～11.24 km;氧逸度logf _(O2)分别为-18.54～-16.49和-13.00～-10.49;同时,角闪石结晶时熔体中含水量为5.26%～6.96%。矿物成分相关比值及图解反映成岩物质主要来源于壳幔混合源,为钙碱性岩浆,蒙其克辉长岩脉的形成与俯冲作用关系密切。     

危地马拉与缅甸含绿辉石翡翠的矿物学对比研究

以危地马拉蓝水料与缅甸油青种翡翠为研究对象,通过显微镜观察、岩石薄片观察、X射线粉末衍射分析、激光拉曼光谱分析、扫描电镜分析、电子探针分析等测试手段对两者进行了常规宝石学特征、结构特征、杂质矿物、化学成分等方面的对比研究。结果表明,危地马拉蓝水料发育等粒变晶结构,主要成分为硬玉,含有绿辉石,硬玉环带以2～3层为主,绿辉石分别以自形颗粒、交代残余、沿微裂隙充填3种形式存在,其中白色点状物为钠长石,绿色点状物为霓辉石和绿辉石的混杂物;缅甸油青种翡翠以硬玉为主颗粒相对粗大,呈柱粒状镶嵌结构,硬玉发育3～5层环带结构,绿辉石以脉状充填硬玉颗粒间隙或被硬玉颗粒交代呈孤岛状。危地马拉蓝水料硬玉颗粒与脉状绿辉石的CaO含量均高于缅甸油青种翡翠,另外由于霓辉石的存在,推测两产地翡翠结晶环境中的Ca、Fe含量可能存在差异。     

危地马拉紫色翡翠的矿物组成特征及意义

通过薄片鉴定、阴极发光、LIBS、LA-ICP-MS等手段,确定了危地马拉紫色翡翠的矿物组成有硬玉、钠长石、钙铝榴石、榍石与金红石,这些矿物的结晶顺序为金红石+榍石-白色硬玉-蓝紫色硬玉+钙铝榴石-钠长石,具有从温度降低的流体中结晶演化的特征。蓝紫色硬玉的Ti含量较高。在外观上,危地马拉紫色翡翠含有钙铝榴石造成的淡红色团块、含Ti硬玉造成的蓝紫色团块以及伴随这些团块的无色透明的钠长石,与缅甸产的紫色翡翠有较为明显的区别。     

大兴安岭北部诺敏河地幔金云母及钾质地幔熔体研究

在大兴安岭北部诺敏河第四纪钾质火山岩携带的地幔捕虏体中,发现少量金云母矿物和富钾地幔熔体。金云母颗粒大小1~5mm,呈网脉状充填在橄榄石和辉石、石榴子石等地幔矿物间隙。电子探针研究表明地幔橄榄石、单斜辉石、斜方辉石和石榴石等矿物几乎不含钾质成分(K2O0.01%),而金云母矿物成分具有高钾(K2O~10%)、高钛(Ti O25.41%~7.74%)的特点,暗示区域地幔钾的富集与金云母矿物有密切关系。地幔金云母的成因往往与富钾地幔流体/熔体的交代作用有关,在地幔捕虏体矿物反应边的硅酸盐熔体(囊体)中,发现富硅、富钾的熔体,K2O 4%~8%。结合前人地幔熔体研究,认为区域地幔经历了多期、不同成分地幔熔体的富集作用,其中富钾熔体对地幔钾质成分的富集起到重要作用。诺敏钾质火山正是富钾地幔部分熔融的产物,钾质熔体成分的来源可能与俯冲再循环的壳源物质有关。     

Neoichnology and implications for stratigraphy of reworked Upper Oligocene oysters,Antigua, West Indies

The Late Oligocene oyster Hyotissa antiguensis (Brown) is locally common in the Antigua Formation of Hughes Point, eastern Antigua, Lesser Antilles; it was not commonly bored at that time. Its valves and shells are robust, and reworked into the shallow water near-shore environment in Antigua; it could potentially be incorporated into younger rocks. Its neoichnology includes clues that would facilitate identification of these oysters as reworked fossils. The suite of modern borings found in these specimens includes common Caulostrepsis taeniola Clarke, Gastrochaenolites isp. cf. G. turbinatus Kelly and Bromley and Entobia isp., and rare Oichnus simplex Bromley and Rogerella? isp. The latter three taxa are limited to oyster shell substrates. Of the common ichnotaxa, Caulostrepsis and Gastrochaenolites are particularly prominent in limestone clasts and limestone cemented to oyster shells, which would be an indicator of reworking if found in a post-Oligocene lithified deposit. Caulostrepsis and Gastrochaenolites are relatively less common in oyster shells and valves, and in many specimens are seen to terminate against the shell. Entobia is the only common boring limited to the shell substrate. The fidelity of preservation of modern borings is also superior in limestone clasts. This suite of borings is comparable with those found in the Neogene of the Antillean region.     

New palaeontological data from the organic-rich layers of the Bathonian of the Grands Causses (France)

The palaeontological content (charophytes and vertebrates) of organic-rich layers from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of the Grands Causses at Mostuéjouls (Aveyron, France) has been examined. It is rich in gyrogonites of Porochara douzensis. The vertebrates of the lower layer include a single hybodontiform tooth, “semionotiform” teeth and scales, and one pycnodontiform tooth whereas the upper layer has yielded one hybodontiform tooth, a variety of actinopterygian remains (mostly Caturus sp. and indeterminate pycnodontiforms) and a few possible reptile remains. The variation in fauna between the two layers is ascribed to a different degree of marine influence.     

Teredolites Leymerie in the Lower Greensand Group (Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight and the problematic ichnology of reworked clasts

Nineteenth-century references to clavate borings in woody substrates in the Lower Greensand of the Isle of Wight used a variety of names, but Teredo (a wood-boring bivalve, not a boring), Teredolithes (a junior synonym of Teredolites) and Gastrochaena (a bivalve borer of rock and shelly substrates, not a boring in wood) are all nomenclatorially incorrect. Borings in a beach clast derived from the Lower Greensand Group and recently collected from Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, are referred to Teredolites isp. cf. T. longissimus Kelly and Bromley. This specimen confirms the presence of Teredolites in the Lower Greensand Group and demonstrates a common ichnological problem of beach clasts; borings, either fossil or modern, are incompletely preserved, making confident classification below the level of ichnogenus problematic.     

The Olduvai buffalo Pelorovis and the origin of Bos

The origin of the genus Bos is a debated issue. From ∼ 0.5 Ma until historic times, the genus is well known in the Eurasian large mammal assemblages, where it is represented by Bos primigenius. This species has a highly derived cranial anatomy that shows important morphological differences from other Plio-Pleistocene Eurasian genera of the tribe Bovini such as Leptobos, Bison, Proamphibos-Hemibos, and Bubalus. The oldest clear evidence of Bos is the skull fragment ASB-198-1 from the middle Pleistocene (∼ 0.6-0.8 Ma) site of Asbole (Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia). The first appearance of Bos in Europe is at the site of Venosa-Notarchirico, Italy (∼ 0.5-0.6 Ma). Although the origin of Bos has traditionally been connected with Leptobos and Bison, after a detailed anatomical and morphometric study we propose here a different origin, connecting the middle Pleistocene Eurasian forms of B. primigenius with the African Late Pliocene and early Pleistocene large size member of the tribe Bovini Pelorovis sensu stricto. The dispersal of the Bos lineage in Western Europe during middle Pleistocene times seems to coincide with the arrival of the Acheulean tool technology in this continent.     

Accumulation patterns of Cu and Ni for Indigofera melanadenia and Tephrosia longipes plant species growing in Cu–Ni mining area in Botswana

Indigofera melanadenia and Tephrosia longipes plant species, collected from Cu–Ni mining area, were evaluated for accumulation of Cu and Ni. The total and bioavailable concentrations of Cu and Ni in the host soils were also determined. Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry was used for all metal determinations. The total and bioavailable concentrations of Cu in the soils were in the range 900–9000 μg/g and 200–2000 μg/g respectively. For Ni, the total and bioavailable concentrations were in the range 900–2000 μg/g and ∼ 40–100 μg/g respectively. The concentrations of Cu and Ni in the leaves of I. melanadenia were higher than in the roots with a range 80–130 μg/g in the leaves and 20–80 μg/g in the roots for Cu and a range of 150–200 μg/g in the leaves and 20–60 μg/g in the roots for Ni. Concentration of Cu in T. longipes was in the range of 37–240 μg/g and 150–200 μg/g in the leaves and roots respectively while the concentration of Ni was 80–140 μg/g in the leaves and 25–100 μg/g in the roots. Results indicate that both species have a potential for accumulating Cu and Ni. Translocation factor, a ratio of shoots to roots metal concentration, was used to evaluate the translocation properties of the plants from roots to shoots. Translocation factors of the plants were ≥ 1 suggesting efficient translocation of metals from roots to shoots.     

Vegetation and climate change on the Bolivian Altiplano between 108,000 and 18,000 yr ago

A 90,000-yr record of environmental change before 18,000 cal yr B.P. has been constructed using pollen analyses from a sediment core obtained from Salar de Uyuni (3653 m above sea level) on the Bolivian Altiplano. The sequence consists of alternating mud and salt, which reflect shifts between wet and dry periods. Low abundances of aquatic species between 108,000 and 50,000 yr ago (such as Myriophyllum and Isoëtes) and marked fluctuations in Pediastrum suggest generally dry conditions dominated by saltpans. Between 50,000 yr ago and 36,000 cal yr B.P., lacustrine sediments become increasingly dominant. The transition to the formation of paleolake “Minchin” begins with marked rises in Isoëtes and Myriophyllum, suggesting a lake of moderate depth. Similarly, between 36,000 and 26,000 cal yr B.P., the transition to paleolake Tauca is also initiated by rises in Isoëtes and Myriophyllum; the sustained presence of Isoëtes indicates the development of flooded littoral communities associated with a lake maintained at a higher water level. Polylepis tarapacana-dominated communities were probably an important component of the Altiplano terrestrial vegetation during much of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and previous wet phases.     

First Valanginian Polacanthus foxii (Dinosauria,Ankylosauria) from England,from the Lower Cretaceous of Bexhill,Sussex

A new partial skeleton of the armoured ornithischian dinosaur Polacanthus found in the Wadhurst Clay Formation (Valanginian stage) of Bexhill, Sussex is the oldest recorded occurrence of this taxon. Previous discoveries suggested that at least two armoured ornithischians occur in the Wealden succession: Polacanthus, which was mostly restricted to the Barremian, and Hylaeosaurus, which was recorded as present only in the Valanginian. The new discovery extends the stratigraphic range of Polacanthus into the Valanginian. Although these two taxa appear to be closely similar anatomically, their osteology now suggests they are not synonymous. The new specimen includes the first known jugal as well as a comparatively rare polacanthid plate/spine (splate) which probably comes from the shoulder (pectoral) area of these animals.     

缅甸硬玉岩地区的热液型钠长石岩

产于俯冲带内的低温高压带的由单矿物构成的硬玉岩通常伴有钠长石岩,目前对于硬玉岩研究的关注度较高,而对于钠长石岩则相对较低,很少有相关论文报导.产于缅甸翡翠矿区的钠长石岩,经常与硬玉岩相伴而生,是良好的研究样品.钠长石岩的主要矿物成分是低温钠长石,其次含有硬玉、绿辉石、透辉石等辉石类矿物和钠透闪石、蓝透闪石、镁钠闪石等闪石类矿物,此外还有钠沸石等.钠长石沿着解理和裂隙交代硬玉,说明钠长石形成晚于硬玉岩.钠长岩中的主要组成矿物钠长石的形成温度小于300℃,且其形成压力小于0.5kb,推测是在硬玉岩抬升程中通过交代与沉淀作用形成.其内的透辉石有两种类型,一类可能是被交代的硬玉中的透辉石组分会渐进增加,最终形成透辉石.另一类是被绿辉石包裹的透辉石残留,其很有可能是早期来自地幔楔或者俯冲带岩石中的矿物残留,即异剥钙榴岩或辉石岩类,可以视作硬玉化绿辉石岩和硬玉化异剥钙榴岩的矿物学证据.热液型钠长石岩的存在进一步说明缅甸翡翠矿区钠化热液存在现象的普遍性与穿越性.     

Large hatchling size in Cretaceous nautiloids persists across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction: New data of Hercoglossidae hatchlings

The hatchling sizes of the Cretaceous nautiloids (Hercoglossa forbesianus and Cimomia angustus; Hercoglossidae) are reported here for the first time as ranging between 20.4-22.2 mm in diameter. These new data for Hercoglossidae and the previously reported data for Nautilidae and Cymatoceratidae suggest that all Cretaceous nautiloids had large hatchlings irrespective of their taxonomy relative to those in ammonoids. Based on the relationship between hatching events and the nepionic constriction in modern nautili, the hatchling size of nautiloids can be recognized by the constriction on the shell surface of the innermost whorl. The range of hatchling diameter in all Cretaceous nautiloids (9-35 mm) is comparable to those of modern nautili (20-32 mm), although the Cretaceous nautiloids are characterized by a wider range with the smaller minimum diameter. The large hatchling size in Cretaceous nautiloids stands in marked contrast to those in ammonoids, which had much smaller hatchling size (mostly <2 mm in diameter) and became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. Such distinct differences in reproductive strategy (i.e., hatchling and egg sizes) suggest that these differences may have played a significant role in the fate of ammonoids and nautiloids through the K/T mass extinction, as previously hypothesized by several paleontologists.