Namurian bentonites in the Pennine Basin, UK – origin and magmatic affinities

Nine Namurian clay bands retrieved from boreholes in the northern part of the Pennine Basin are, on the basis of their petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry, shown to be volcanic in origin and are therefore bentonites. The bentonites, which have a fragmental texture, are normally graded and show rare preservation of shard textures, representing vitric tuff deposits that have been altered subsequently to clay-dominated horizons. Crystals are a minor component of the bentonites, but biotite, in particular, is concentrated at the base of the beds. A clay mineral assemblage of mixed-layer illite–smectite with subordinate kaolinite identifies most of the samples as K-bentonites, but kaolinite dominates two samples that can be classed as tonsteins. Temporal variation of salinity within the depositional basin is suggested to explain these different clay assemblages. The major element geochemistry of the bentonites reflects their clay mineralogy and the compositions of diagenetic minerals present, the latter including pyrite, carbonates and hydroxyapatite. Enrichment of the bentonites in some trace elements (including Ba, Sr, Pb, Cu and Ni) can be related to the presence of the diagenetic minerals, but the extent to which the elements are added from external sources as opposed to being redistributed within the ash is unclear. Immobile trace element systematics suggest a rhyodacite/dacite composition for the original ash and derivation from the collision of plates, this being supported by evidence provided by the rare earth elements (REE) in one group of samples. However, in another group of samples, variations in REE concentrations may be caused by mobility of these elements during alteration. The chemistry of the Namurian bentonites contrasts markedly with that of the local Carboniferous volcanics but is comparable, in some respects, with one group of Westphalian tonsteins, although the latter are more rhyolitic in character. It is suggested that the Namurian bentonites and the Westphalian tonsteins of acid affinities originated from volcanic activity associated with a destructive plate margin in the Variscan externides and that the observed compositional trend may reflect magma evolution possibly related to the progressive east–west closure.     

关于我国未来矿产勘查开发的探讨

矿产勘查开发随环保投入、地勘费进入成本其风险越来越大,同时随科技进步、矿产替代品使用、再循环中矿物质的回收利用和人均拥有矿物质量的平衡问题等将导致未来矿产勘查开发的重新定位、重新认识。在矿产勘查开发的第二次革命和战略性转移中,应找准矿业发展新的支撑点,使人口、资源、环境相互协调,持续发展。     

Na 元素的EPMA 定量分析：矿物晶体结构对Na 行为的制约

Na 属于热扩散元素,具有不稳定性,准确测定有难度。前人对含Na 玻璃和具有不同晶体结构的含Na 矿物的电子探针定量分析发现,随着分析时间的延长,Na 的计数明显下降,并且含Na 玻璃计数的下降要比含Na 矿物相比更为明显,表明Na 计数与试样的结构有关,但对其内在控制因素还不太明确。文章在前人研究的基础上,选择具有代表性不同结构含Na 硅酸盐矿物和非晶质含Na 玻璃作为研究对象,通过对不同晶体结构中Na 元素所处的位置、配位数、键性类型的特征进行总结,针对不同晶体结构中Na 原子扩散条件和是否存在附加阴离子与之相伴等因素,对比分析不同晶体结构中Na 计数下降的程度,深入探讨了导致Na 计数下降的内在原因。结果显示,试样分析过程中Na 计数下降顺序为：非晶质> 架状>层状> 环状> 单链状> 双链,且有附加阴离子的含Na 矿物要大于无附加阴离子的矿物。通过对不同测试条件下Na 计数的对比分析发现,加速电压、束流、束斑直径等改变,都会对Na 计数产生一定的影响。最终总结得出了准确测定含Na 硅酸盐矿物的最佳分析条件,为准确测定含Na 矿物和玻璃中的Na 含量提供参考。     

环境样品中有机物分析的前处理技术

综述了顶空法、吹脱－捕集法、固相萃取、微波萃取、超临界流体萃取技术在环境样品前处理中的应用现状并比较了这种几样品处理方法的优缺点。     

黔西南普安泥堡大型金矿床黄铁矿与毒砂标型特征及金的赋存状态

通过系统的显微镜鉴定及扫描电镜观察,将黔西南普安泥堡金矿床中的黄铁矿按形貌特征划分为6种类型,即立方体状、草莓状、细粒状、粗粒状、环带状及长条状黄铁矿。黄铁矿电子探针分析结果表明,主要载金矿物为含砷黄铁矿(环带状黄铁矿、细粒状黄铁矿)和毒砂。环带状黄铁矿核部和环带形成于不同的成岩、成矿阶段,其核部贫Au、As,富Fe、S,属成岩期的产物;环带富Au、As,贫Fe、S,形成于主成矿期。黄铁矿环带中Au与As具有正对应关系,在一定的楔形空间呈正相关,高Au含量往往与中等As含量(2%~6%)相对应;而As与S呈明显负相关,说明富砷环带是As取代S而进入黄铁矿晶格所致。细粒状黄铁矿具有高Au、As,低Fe、S的特点,类似于环带状黄铁矿环带部位的特征,推测富As环带与细粒状黄铁矿同属主成矿阶段的产物。毒砂常穿插或沿含砷黄铁矿边缘分布,表明其形成晚于热液期含砷黄铁矿。因此,泥堡金矿床中载金矿物的结晶顺序大致为:贫砷沉积成因黄铁矿(核部)→富砷黄铁矿环带和细粒状黄铁矿→毒砂。电子探针点分析和面波普扫描显示,Au在载金矿物含砷黄铁矿和毒砂中具有不均匀分布的特征,根据Au的溶解度极限(Au/As 0.02)和lgw(As)—lgw(Au)图解,推测Au主要以"不可见"固溶体(Au~(+1))形式赋存于含砷黄铁矿和毒砂中,极少量可能为纳米级自然金(Au~0)。     

Textural,mineralogical and stable isotope studies of hydrothermal alteration in the main sulfide zone of the Great Dyke,Zimbabwe and the precious metals zone of the Sonju Lake Intrusion,Minnesota, USA

Stratigraphic offsets in the peak concentrations of platinum-group elements (PGE) and base-metal sulfides in the main sulfide zone of the Great Dyke and the precious metals zone of the Sonju Lake Intrusion have, in part, been attributed to the interaction between magmatic PGE-bearing base-metal sulfide assemblages and hydrothermal fluids. In this paper, we provide mineralogical and textural evidence that indicates alteration of base-metal sulfides and mobilization of metals and S during hydrothermal alteration in both mineralized intrusions. Stable isotopic data suggest that the fluids involved in the alteration were of magmatic origin in the Great Dyke but that a meteoric water component was involved in the alteration of the Sonju Lake Intrusion. The strong spatial association of platinum-group minerals, principally Pt and Pd sulfides, arsenides, and tellurides, with base-metal sulfide assemblages in the main sulfide zone of the Great Dyke is consistent with residual enrichment of Pt and Pd during hydrothermal alteration. However, such an interpretation is more tenuous for the precious metals zone of the Sonju Lake Intrusion where important Pt and Pd arsenides and antimonides occur as inclusions within individual plagioclase crystals and within alteration assemblages that are free of base-metal sulfides. Our observations suggest that Pt and Pd tellurides, antimonides, and arsenides may form during both magmatic crystallization and subsolidus hydrothermal alteration. Experimental studies of magmatic crystallization and hydrothermal transport/deposition in systems involving arsenides, tellurides, antimonides, and base metal sulfides are needed to better understand the relative importance of magmatic and hydrothermal processes in controlling the distribution of PGE in mineralized layered intrusions of this type.     

福建白垩系沙县组地层磁学特征及其环境意义

广泛分布于中国南方的白垩系巨厚地层被认为是河湖相沉积,蕴含着丰富的古气候古环境变化的信息。白垩纪是典型的温室时期,其气候特征可以为当代和未来温室气候研究提供重要借鉴。对位于中国东南的福建省三明市沙县和永安地区的白垩系沙县组典型地层进行了系统的环境磁学参数测量,结合漫反射光谱(DRS)和色度指标,探讨了该地层磁学特征及其环境指示意义和红色的成因。结果表明:1)红色调和黄色调地层的主要磁性矿物分别为赤铁矿和针铁矿,均含有顺磁性矿物和极少量的亚铁磁性矿物;2)相对于粗粒的砂岩,细粒的粉砂岩赤铁矿含量较高;3)红色赤铁矿与黄色针铁矿均形成于成岩阶段之前,具体形成阶段与形成原因需要具体分析;4)红色调地层的赤铁矿指示高温的气候环境;黄色调地层的针铁矿指示局部的湿润环境。磁学参数变化的具体环境指示意义需要进一步研究。     

马来西亚金属矿产资源概况

马来西亚拥有丰富的矿产资源,其找矿勘查与矿业开发投资历史悠久,矿业环境较为成熟。随着二十一世纪海上丝绸之路倡议的提出,该国的地理位置和基础设施优势不断凸显。本文对马来西亚的优势矿产资源地质特征和成矿规律进行了总结,介绍了马来西亚的成矿环境、典型矿床特征和成矿作用,并对找矿潜力进行了讨论,旨在加强对该国的矿产资源现状的认识,为我国“一带一路”倡议的推广提供参考。     

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987110000307

The Polar Urals region of northern Russia is well known for large chromium (Cr)-bearing massifs with major chromite orebodies, including the Centralnoye I deposit in the Ray-Iz ultramafic massif of the Ural ophiolite belt. New data on platinum (Pt)-group elements (PGE), geochemistry and mineralogy of the host dunite shows that the deposit has anomalous iridium (Ir) values. These values indicate the predominance of ruthenium–osmium–iridium (Ru–Os–Ir)-bearing phases among the platinum-group mineral (PGM) assemblage that is typical of mantle-hosted chromite ores. Low Pt values in chromites and increased Pt values in host dunites might reflect the presence of cumulus PGM grains. The most abundant PGM found in the chromite is erlichmanite (up to 15 μm). Less common are cuproiridsite (up to 5 μm), irarsite (up to 4–5 μm), and laurite (up to 4 μm). The predominant sulfide is heazlewoodite, in intergrowth with Ni–Fe alloys, sporadically with pentlandite, and rarely with pure nickel. Based on the average PGE values and estimated Cr-ore resources, the Centralnoye I deposit can be considered as an important resource of PGE.     

民国时期的地质矿产类博物馆

综述民国时期各种类别的地质矿产博物馆,并对其进行简要评说。地质科研机构附设的地质馆、大学的地质标本陈列室、专类地质陈列馆、综合性博物馆中的地质馆以及临时性的地质展览会。在各类地质矿产陈列馆中,由科研机构附设的地质馆占有极其重要的地位和分量。各种类别地质馆共同构成的民国时期地质矿产类博物馆体系,为博物馆史研究者提供了较为详实的参考资料。