Platinum-group Mineral (PGM) and Base-metal Sulphide (BMS) Inclusions in Chromitites of the Zedang Ophiolite, Southern Tibet, China and their Petrogenetic Significance

Voluminous platinum-group mineral(PGM) inclusions including erlichmanite(Os,Ru)S_2, laurite(Ru,Os)S_2, and irarsite(Ir,Os,Ru,Rh)As S, as well as native osmium Os(Ir) and inclusions of base metal sulphides(BMS), including millerite(NiS), heazlewoodite(Ni_3S_2), covellite(CuS) and digenite(Cu_3S_2), accompanied by native iron, have been identified in chromitites of the Zedang ophiolite, Tibet. The PGMs occur as both inclusions in magnesiochromite grains and as small interstitial granules between them; most are less than 10 μm in size and vary in shape from euhedral to anhedral. They occur either as single or composite(biphase or polyphase) grains composed solely of PGM, or PGM associated with silicate grains. Os-, Ir-, and Ru-rich PGMs are the common species and Pt-, Pd-, and Rh-rich varieties have not been identified. Sulfur fugacity and temperature appear to be the main factors that controlled the PGE mineralogy during crystallization of the host chromitite in the upper mantle. If the activity of chalcogenides(such as S, and As) is low, PGE clusters will remain suspended in the silicate melt until they can coalesce to form alloys. Under appropriate conditions of ?S_2 and ?O_2, PGE alloys might react with the melt to form sulfides-sulfarsenides. Thus, we suggest that the Os, Ir and Ru metallic clusters and alloys in the Zedang chromitites crystallized first under high temperature and low ?S_2, followed by crystallization of sulphides of the laurite-erlichmanite, solid-solution series as the magma cooled and ?S_2 increased. The abundance of primary BMS in the chromitites suggests that ?S_2 reached relatively high values during the final stages of magnesiochromite crystallization. The diversity of the PGE minerals, in combination with differences in the petrological characteristics of the magnesiochromites, suggest different degrees of partial melting, perhaps at different depths in the mantle. The estimated parental magma composition suggests formation in a suprasubduction zone environment, perhaps in a forearc.     

Proterozoic Dyke Swarms of the Siberian Craton and Their Geodynamic Implications

正We present a summary of late Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic mafic magmatism in the Siberian craton which allows us distinguish following main pulses of mafic dyke emplacement:1)1860–1850 Ma mafic dykes are localized within the     

Relic Oceanic Crust at Sub-arc Depth: an Example from UHP Eclogites Enclosed in Serpentinites from the Southwestern Tianshan Mountains,China

正Ultra-high pressure(UHP)eclogites that derive from subducted oceanic crust are rarely found at the Earth’s surface because they need to be enclosed in a buoyant host rock such as serpentinites that facilitate exhumation     

FOST PALEOZOIC FORMATIONS OF THE MN YIN AND LAI WU VALLEYS OF SHANTUNG.

INTRODUCTION. I was appointed to accompany Dr. J. G. Andersson to take a trip incentral Shantung. especially in Men Yin (蒙阴) and Lai Wu (莱芜),valleys,for the purpose of collecting fossils and observing the post-Palaeozoic forma-tions. We came back to Peking in December, 1922. The conclusion     

THE SINIAN SYSTEM

Ⅰ. INTRODUDTION The Name Sinian System("Sinische Formationsreihe")was firstemployed in a stratigraphic sense by Ferdinand von Richthofen whosegeographic and geologic explorations in China must for all time form the     

Geology and Human Relations in the Upper Huangho Region

1. The different geological formations and their ecouomie sigmficances. (a)Alluvium (b)Loess (c)Red beds (d)Upper coal series and Sandstone formations (e)Lower coal series (f)Metamorphic series     

A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF MUD CRACKS AND OTHER SIMILAR STRUCTURES

In text-books of geology and in most papers dealing with geologicstructures, mud cracks seem to have been regarded as merely one kindof structures developed only in soft sediments, such as muds or clays. Itseems also that the studies of mud-crack structure have been mostly     

Middle and Upper Carboniferous Stratigraphy of Western Kansu

正 With 2 Plates Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION Both Middle and Upper Carboniferous rocks are well developed in Western Kansu and were investigated by Loczy [19], Obrutchev [21],Yuan [31, 32], and Sun [25]. Though the faunas from these rocks have been studied in some detail by Loczy, Chao, Lee and others, their stratigraphic succession and the correlation of fossil horizons found in them in different localities yet remain to be established. In 1941-942, T. K. Huang and party, of which the writer was a member, made reconnaissance     

On the Devonian of Northern Yunnan

The first Chinese geologist who investigated the Devonian rocks of northernYunnan was Y. T. Chao who, in 1929, went from Suifu to northernChaotung where he met his tragic death at the hands of bandits. Ten yearslater, W. Y. Lin made a swift reconnaissance in the same region but he did     

An Unusual Porphyritic Texture of the Fangshan Granodiorite

A remarkable character of the Fangshan (房山) granodiorite isthe abundance of the large phenocrystic orthoclase perthite throughoutthe central part of the igenous body. They project on the weathered