Kaolinisation of granite in an urban environment

Under natural acid and wet conditions, one of the main weathering processes affecting granitic rocks is the kaolinisation of Na, Ca and K-feldspar minerals by H₂O + CO₂ attack. We here report the occurrence of authigenic kaolinite on the surface of an eighteenth century granitic monument covered with sulphate-rich weathering patinas. We suggest that, in humid mesothermic climates, anthropogenically derived gaseous SO₂ from air pollution is responsible for accelerated kaolinisation of feldspars in an urban environment; SO₂ from air pollution thus plays a dual role in the weathering of silicate rocks being responsible for the well known sulphation of Ca-bearing materials leading to the formation of sulphate salts such as gypsum as well as the weathering of feldspar minerals to kaolinite. The kaolinisation reaction weakens the granite microfabric leading to enhanced decay of the building stone.     

石英脉型钨矿床中云英岩析离体及岩浆液态分异成矿研究——以湖南瑶岗仙钨矿床为例

云英岩析离体(包体)常见于南岭地区石英脉型(黑)钨矿床的成矿花岗岩体顶部附近,这些析离体多呈不规则椭球状,与寄主岩石花岗岩围岩界线明显,无与外面连通的脉体或构造,分布无规律。在湖南瑶岗仙钨矿床,云英岩析离体赋存于瑶岗仙岩体主体的灰色斑状碱长花岗岩Ⅰ中,大部分有分带,外带为云英岩化碱长花岗岩,富含辉钼矿,最高达5%以上,钠长石An平均为0.64;内核部分为云英岩,主要矿物组合为白云母、石英、萤石、黄玉、黑钨矿等,与黑钨矿石英脉相同,其黑钨矿含量最高达20%以上,属热液沉淀形成。云英岩析离体整体呈现出浆液过渡态流体作用的特征,是富Li-F碱长花岗岩浆液态分异作用的产物。与碱长花岗岩围岩相比,析离体中富集金属元素W、Mo、Bi及Li、Rb等元素,相对贫Co、Ni、Sr、Ba等元素,Cu、Pb、Zn的含量变化不明显。这种元素富集规律与区域岩浆演化趋势基本一致,显示岩浆晚期液态分异形成浆液过渡态流体是W等成矿元素富集的重要机制,但这一机制并不会导致Pb、Zn的富集,这一点不同于矽卡岩型钨矿床。石英脉型(黑)钨矿床的成矿地质体是灰色斑状碱长花岗岩Ⅰ,云英岩析离体是该岩体岩浆液态分异的结果,可以作为识别碱长花岗岩含矿性的重要标志(寻找石英脉型钨矿矿床)。     

Concentration of K-feldspar from a pegmatitic feldspar ore by flotation

Abundant reserves of Na-feldspar (albite) and K-feldspar (orthoclase or microcline) are found in granites, syenite, tracite and pegmatites. As both feldspar minerals have similar chemical structure and physicochemical properties, their separation is challenging. Flotation is known to be the only technique to enable their separation. The fundamentals on the separation of these minerals were well documented in our earlier studies. In this study, a pegmatite ore with a K₂O/Na₂O (3.78:3.37) ratio of 1.12 was studied in a Denver flotation cell both at natural and acidic pH using HF and H₂SO₄. Because of the perthitic structure of the ore no significant separation is observed at natural pH. Interestingly, a selective separation was achieved at low pH using HF and H₂SO₄ (pH 2.5–2.8). The selectivity is induced by the addition of Na⁺ ions through depression of albite. Selective separation has been carried out by stagewise flotation using the tree technique. Accordingly, a pegmatite ore composed of 3.37% Na₂O and 3.78% K₂O is upgraded to 10.51% K₂O and 3.02% Na₂O with a K₂O/Na₂O = 3.48 in HF medium and to 2.55 in H₂SO₄ medium. It is shown that products recovered in other stages are also considered as commercially significant. Especially, quartz, which is recovered in the tailings in HF medium, is suitable for glass industry. The overall results show that commercial utilization of these results is possible.     

广西栗木钨锡稀有金属矿床碱长花岗岩的厘定

广西栗木钨锡稀有金属矿床内的花岗岩传统定名为中粒斑状铁白云母花岗岩和钠长石花岗岩.电子探针分析表明,栗木两类花岗岩中的钠长石An值均小于5,95％以上的样品An＜2,均属于碱性长石.显微镜下工作说明,矿物结晶顺序为钠长石→石英+钾长石→黄玉→云母,钠长石是岩浆演化过程中最早结晶的产物,并非钠长石化的结果.在QAP投影中,两类花岗岩落入QA线上的碱长花岗岩区域.故两类花岗岩的确切定名应为中粗粒铁锂云母碱长花岗岩(Ⅰ)和细粒碱长花岗岩(Ⅱ).     

Numerical modeling of the development of a preferentially leached layer on feldspar surfaces

Compositional depth profiles in the leached layer of feldspar surfaces are usually interpreted by using analytical solutions which introduce oversimplifying assumptions. Here we present a general multicomponent interdiffusion numerical model for simulating cation release from a preferentially leached layer on feldspar surfaces in acid solutions. The numerical model takes into account interdiffusion, dissolution of the solid phase (represented by a moving boundary problem), and adsorption in the leached layer. Effective diffusion coefficients of ions vary with concentration along the leached layer. Governing equations of ions diffusion in the leached layer are solved numerically with a finite element method implemented in a multicomponent reactive transport code, CORE^3D, previously verified against analytical solutions of compositional depth profiles. The numerical model is tested with published X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) data on early development of compositional profiles of labradorite leached in pH 2 HCl solutions. Model parameters are estimated by fitting depth profiles of Ca and Al measured at 12, 26, 48, 72, and 143 h. The best fit is achieved with tracer diffusion coefficients of 4 × 10⁻¹⁸, 8 × 10⁻¹⁷, 3.4 × 10⁻¹⁷, and 7 × 10⁻¹⁸ cm²/s for H, Na, Ca, and Al, respectively, which fall within the range of values reported in the literature. Our estimate of the retreat velocity corresponding to the dissolution rate is 3 × 10⁻¹³ cm/s. Results of sensitivity runs show that computed compositional profiles are sensitive to most model parameters.     

湖南界牌岭锡多金属矿地球化学、年代学特征及成矿区带归属

湖南界牌岭锡多金属矿位于南岭中部,主要矿化为大规模缓倾斜顺层分布的含矿云母黄玉蚀变岩和云母萤石蚀变岩型锡矿、铍矿以及萤石矿化。成矿地质体为碱长花岗斑岩,具有高硅、低钙、过铝特征,钠长石An值平均为0.11;∑REE平均值高达698.19×10-6,稀土元素配分曲线呈Eu轻度亏损的右倾型,同时富含成矿元素及挥发性元素,其中含F可达0.12%。锆石的SHRIMP U-Pb年龄为92±1Ma(MSWD=1.5)。综合对比南岭成矿带、右江成矿带主要矿床与界牌岭锡多金属矿床的地质地球化学特征,认为界牌岭的成矿地质体和成矿地质特征明显不同于南岭燕山早期相关的钨矿床,而与右江成矿带燕山晚期锡多金属成矿作用更为密切,是右江燕山晚期锡多金属成矿带的东延。     

东昆仑白干湖钨锡矿床成矿岩体岩石学、年代学和地球化学

白干湖钨锡矿田是近年来在我国西部地区新发现的一个具超大型远景规模的矿田,由白干湖、柯可卡尔德、巴什尔希和阿瓦尔四个矿床组成。矿床与加里东期巴什尔希岩浆序列具有密切联系,但对其岩石成因及与成矿关系尚有争议。本文选取白干湖矿床与成矿有关的花岗岩开展了岩石学、年代学和地球化学研究。镜下鉴定其为正长花岗岩。LA-MC-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为413.6±2.4Ma(MSWD=0.36,n=30)。结合前人资料,认为巴什尔希岩浆序列形成于后碰撞构造环境,岩体年龄集中于中志留世-早泥盆世(ca.433~413Ma),具有S型花岗岩和A型花岗岩伴生的特点。其中白干湖正长花岗岩含有原生锰铝榴石和白云母等过铝质矿物,A/CNK和A/NK分布范围分别为1.07~1.11和1.45~1.49,锆石饱和温度和高场强元素含量相对较低,属于弱过铝质高钾钙碱性S型花岗岩,形成于巴什尔希岩浆序列岩浆活动晚期,与区内钨锡成矿关系密切,矿区内下步找矿应对隐伏或岩枝状产出的正长花岗岩更加重视。而巴什尔希岩浆序列中的二长花岗岩和碱长花岗岩含有角闪石和黑云母等暗色矿物并主要呈他形晶充填于长石和石英晶隙,K2O含量为5.25%~6.29%,属于钾玄岩系列,A/CNK为0.92~1.02,其锆石饱和温度(866~917℃)、全碱含量(8.30%~9.69%)、稀土总量(200×10-6~413×10-6)和Zr、Nb、Ce、Y等高场强元素含量(Zr+Nb+Ce+Y=556×10-6~1006×10-6)都明显偏高,为准铝质或弱过铝质A型花岗岩,在该区及外围可能具有形成与A型花岗岩有关的稀有稀土金属矿床的潜力。     

哀牢山中段镇沅金矿晚二叠世花岗斑岩U-Pb年代学、岩石地球化学及其构造意义

云南镇沅地区位于哀牢山构造带中段,是古特提斯哀牢山洋关闭及碰撞造山的关键部位。本文对该地区出露的花岗斑岩进行了年代学、岩石地球化学与同位素地球化学研究。锆石U-Pb年代学给出加权平均年龄为253.3±2.0Ma,表明花岗斑岩形成于晚二叠世。3个花岗斑岩脉共5个样品分析结果表明,其SiO₂含量65.30%～70.79%,全碱含量(K₂O+Na₂O)3.53%～4.39%,Al₂O₃含量13.42%～16.40%,为高钾钙碱性亚碱性系列岩石,成分上与花岗闪长岩类似,为S型花岗岩。稀土元素含量较低,轻重稀土分异程度较高,稀土配分曲线为右倾,无明显Ce异常,具弱负Eu异常,微量元素配分曲线为右倾,大离子亲石元素相对富集,高场强元素相对亏损,与典型地壳相一致。锆石Hf同位素ε_Hf(t)为-1.0～4.1,显示岩浆源区为亏损地幔和古老地壳物质部分熔融。岩石大地构造环境分析表明,该花岗斑岩形成于晚二叠世同碰撞构造环境。     

利用变形花岗岩体中的长石矿物进行有限应变测量初探

岩石有限应变测量的方法较多,相比之下,"长短轴法"最简单、快捷,野外易于操作,但是对所选的对象变形前要求近圆形,或者椭圆形,且随机分布。花岗岩区很难找到满足此条件的颗粒。在《1:25万玉门镇幅》调研的过程中,试以长石颗粒为研究对象,进行长短轴法变形测量,将其结果与相邻变形砾石、杏仁体和包体测量结果进行对比,发现它们具有相似的应变椭圆轴率,证实在变形花岗岩区可以用变形长石颗粒研究区域变形的特点。     

Synthesis of feldspar bicrystals by direct bonding

 We have produced synthetic feldspar bicrystals using a direct bonding technique. A gem-quality orthoclase crystal from Itrongay, Madagascar, was used for the bonding experiments. Microprobe analysis shows only minor concentrations of iron and sodium. Orthoclase single crystal plates oriented parallel (0 0 1) were cut and chemomechanically polished with silica slurry. From interferometry, final roughness of the square crystal plates was about 0.34 nm. Specimens were wet-chemically cleaned using deionised water. The bonding procedure produced an orthoclase bicrystal with an optically straight grain boundary-oriented parallel (0 0 1), which was investigated by HREM. Along the interface no amorphous layer was observed between lattice fringes of both crystals. We suggest that the bicrystals formed by initial hydrogen bonding and subsequent water loss and polymerisation of silanol and aluminol groups at elevated temperatures. Received: 19 February 2001 / Accepted: 16 May 2001     

Geostatistical modelling of spatial and depth variability of SPT data for Bangalore

The purpose of this study is to develop a geostatistical model to evaluate the spatial and depth variability of Standard Penetration Test (SPT) data from Bangalore, India. The database consists of 766 boreholes spread over a 220 km² area, with several SPT values (N) in each of them. The geostatistical analysis is done for N corrected (N _corrected) values. The N _corrected value has been corrected for different parameters such as overburden stress, size of the bore hole, type of sampler, hammer energy and length of the connecting rod. The knowledge of the semivariogram of the SPT data is used with kriging theory to estimate the values at points in the subsurface of Bangalore where field measurements are not available. The model is used to compute the variance of estimated data. The model predicts reasonably well the SPT data. The geostatistical model provides valuable results that can be used for seismic hazard analysis, site response and liquefaction studies for the development of microzonation maps. The predicted N values from the developed model can also be used to estimate the subsurface information, allowable bearing pressure of soils and elastic modulus of soils.     

Structural and magnetic fabric study of the Marimanha granite (Axial Zone of the Pyrenees)

The structural and magnetic fabric study of the Marimanha granite, Axial Zone of the Pyrenees, provides new data to characterize the zonation and the internal structure of the pluton. The Marimanha granite intrudes Cambro–Ordovician clastic rocks and Silurian–Devonian limestones and slates. The zonation of the low field magnetic susceptibility, consistent with the petrological zonation of the igneous body, indicates a concentric arrangement of rock types, with more basic compositions at the external areas. This pluton is characterized by a low susceptibility, and rock–magnetic studies indicate a majority of “paramagnetic” samples. Magnetic foliations strike parallel to petrographic contacts and to contours of zonation of magnetic susceptibility, and show a dominant NE–SW strike, steeply dipping towards the North. Locally, in the northern border of the pluton foliation directions become perpendicular to petrographic contacts and depict sigmoidal trajectories. Magnetic lineations are characterized by the predominance of NE–SW trends with shallow plunges to the NE and SW. These foliations and lineations are parallel to the slight elongation of internal petrographic zonation. Magnetic fabric within the granitoid body and internal elliptical shape of petrographic zonation, suggest an intrusion contemporary with a transpressional regime and NNW–SSE shortening, syntectonic with the late stages of the Variscan orogeny. These results are in accordance with anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility studies of others plutons in the Pyrenees. To explain the origin of the Marimanha granite we propose magma ascent through faults at depth and emplacement by ballooning in situ at the rheological boundary between Cambro–Ordovician and Siluro–Devonian metasediments.     

大兴安岭南段毛登高分异碱长花岗岩成岩时代与地球化学特征SCIEI北大核心CSCD

毛登矿床位于内蒙古锡林浩特境内,是大兴安岭南段典型的钼铋锡铜矿床,产于阿鲁包格山杂岩体晚阶段侵位的碱长花岗岩和花岗斑岩以及下-中二叠统大石寨组火山角砾岩中。本文以碱长花岗岩为主要研究对象,开展了岩石地球化学、Sr-Nd-Hf同位素、锆石U-Pb定年和微量元素地球化学研究,以探讨成岩时代、岩浆结晶的物理化学条件及其对成矿的制约。研究显示,碱长花岗岩锆石结晶年龄为140.5±0.8Ma,侵位于早白垩世。岩体高硅,富碱,贫钙、镁、铝,富集Rb、F、Th、Nd、Sm、Zr和Hf等元素,亏损Eu、Ba、Sr、P、Nb、Ti和轻稀土等元素,轻、重稀土分馏较小,具稀土四分组效应。碱长花岗岩锆石Ti温度为654~817℃,Ce^(4+)/Ce^(3+)值为0.1~19,岩浆氧逸度lg f(O 2)为-25.7~-18.6,表明原生岩浆为高温、低氧逸度的熔体。岩体具较高的εNd(t)值(-0.1~+2.9)和正的εHf(t)值(+4.0~+9.3)以及年轻的二阶段模式年龄(t Nd DM2=699~940Ma;t HfDM C=600~936Ma),表明岩浆源区来自含大量幔源组分的新生地壳的部分熔融。碱长花岗岩经历了高度分异演化和熔体-流体作用,具高F、低氧逸度特征,是毛登矿区钼、铋、锡、铜金属矿化形成的重要先决条件。     

云南瓦渣钨矿区老君山花岗岩体的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb定年、地球化学特征及成因探讨

云南省瓦渣钨矿区位于老君山花岗岩体的东北接触带,属于滇东南-桂西白垩纪钨锡多金属成矿区中的组成部分。该矿床与矿区西部大面积分布的老君山第一期中粗粒二云二长花岗岩在时间和成因上有着密切联系。本文通过SHRIMP锆石U-Pb测年、岩石主量元素、微量元素和稀土元素的系统研究,进而探讨该花岗岩的形成年龄和动力学背景、岩石物质来源以及形成温度和压力。研究表明,与瓦渣钨矿床有关的中粗粒二云二长花岗岩属于高钾钙碱性岩系,为强过铝质S型花岗岩。岩体形成时代为83.3±1.5Ma,属于晚白垩世,形成于岩石圈伸展环境,其源岩为富粘土的泥质来源,其形成温度为875～900℃,压力约为7×108Pa,相当于深度为26km。     

江西铜坑嶂钼矿和红山铜矿含矿斑岩锆石U-Pb定年及其地质意义

江西铜坑嶂钼矿和红山铜矿是在武夷山成矿带中最近发现的两个斑岩型矿床。本文利用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年方法对铜坑嶂花岗斑岩和红山含矿花岗斑岩分别进行了年代学研究,获得铜坑嶂岩体中花岗斑岩的锆石年龄为138±1Ma,代表斑岩体侵位的年龄;红山矿区含矿斑岩的锆石年龄,分作两期,分别为99Ma和49Ma,两期不同的年龄可能代表了两期热事件。研究表明,铜坑嶂钼矿的成岩成矿时代均发生在白垩纪,其岩浆作用与成矿作用基本吻合。综合前人资料,认为铜坑嶂钼矿区的斑岩和红山铜矿区的斑岩可能分别形成于大陆弧后伸展带和岩石圈伸展环境。     

基于多角度高光谱指数的花岗岩中长石含量反演研究

花岗岩中长石含量的定量估算有助于其定名和分类,为后续相关地质过程研究提供基础数据。在可见光—近红外—短波红外波段范围内（0. 35~2. 5 μm）,传统基于光谱吸收特征参数反演矿物种类和含量的方法,不适用于像长石这类无诊断性吸收特征的矿物。同时,基于物理的辐射传输模型由于计算复杂,在较大程度上限制了该方法在矿物定量反演中的应用。本文基于多角度高光谱数据,通过不同光谱预处理方法及光谱指数类型的组合实验,创建用于估算花岗岩中长石比例的光谱指数模型。结果表明,使用2035 nm波段的反射率二重差分型（CRDDn2035）指数模型,在不同实测数据集中均具有良好表现,估算精度达到0. 81。本研究创建了一种适用于估算长石占比的光谱指数模型,为定量反演具有弱吸收特征的岩矿信息提供了新的技术手段与思路。     

Compound quartz and feldspar overgrowths from the Helsby Formation (Triassic) of Cheshire,northwest England

A polycrystalline grain of granitic composition with compound feldspar and quartz overgrowths is described from the continental Helsby Sandstone Formation (Triassic; Sherwood Sandstone Group) of the Cheshire Basin, northwest England. Overgrown phases, as seen by thin section and scanning electron microscopy, are in crystallographic continuity with respective components of the host grain and have mutual relationships which indicate the quartz to be the later diagenetic phase. Energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) of the grain surface and of the earlier formed overgrowths indicates the feldspar to have a potassium aluminosilicate composition which is in accordance with the adularia-habit crystal form of the authigenic phase.     

滇西北普朗斑岩铜矿与成矿有关的花岗岩与全球埃达克岩的对比:大数据研究的初步结果

云南格咱岛弧是西南三江构造-岩浆岩带中义敦岛弧的重要组成部分,位于义敦岛弧带的南端,是中国西部地区一个重要的铜铅锌多金属成矿带和印支期斑岩铜矿带,其中普朗斑岩型铜矿是印支期斑岩铜矿的典型代表。本文在前人研究基础上,采用大数据分析技术,对普朗斑岩铜矿与成矿有关的花岗岩与全球埃达克岩进行了对比研究,得到506个元素组合,获得交叠率比值127765个。结果表明,普朗斑岩与全球埃达克岩的地球化学数据基本上重叠,具有与全球埃达克岩类似的特征;但Cu、Mo、Pb、Zn成矿元素明显超出全球埃达克岩的分布范围,REE和Ga与主元素的比值虽然在全球埃达克岩范围内,却显示了位于全球埃达克岩某个端元的现象。另外,与斑岩铜矿有关的埃达克岩分布于全球埃达克岩范围的局部,数据部分或大部分逸出了全球埃达克岩分布的范围,具有低Sr/Cu、Ta/Cu、Al/Mo、Mn/Zn、Mn/Cu、Mn/Mo以及Hf、K、Ti、P、Co、Th、Ca/Cu比值的特征,数据点偏离全球埃达克岩范围越远,蚀变与矿化作用越强烈,与铜钼成矿关系越密切。本文地球化学数据挖掘结果可以作为找矿标志来使用,这为普朗铜矿床深部及外围的地质找矿提供了新的科学依据。     

Electrons in feldspar II: a consideration of the influence of conduction band-tail states on luminescence processes

 Most natural feldspars contain many charged impurities, and display a range of bond angles, distributed about the ideal. These effects can lead to complications in the structure of the conduction band, giving rise to a tail of energy states (below the high-mobility conduction band) through which electrons can travel, but with reduced mobility: transport through these states is expected to be thermally activated. The purpose of this article is twofold. Firstly, we consider what kind of lattice perturbations could give rise to both localized and extended conduction band-tail states. Secondly, we consider what influence the band tails have on the luminescence properties of feldspar, where electrons travel through the sample prior to recombination. The work highlights the dominant role that 0.04–0.05-eV phonons play in both the luminescence excitation and emission processes of these materials. It also has relevance in the dating of feldspar sediments at elevated temperatures. Received: 11 May 2001 / Accepted: 6 September 2001