First-principles study of (MgH2SiO4)? n (Mg2SiO4) hydrous olivine structures. I. Crystal structure modelling of hydrous olivine Hy-2 a (MgH2SiO4) ? 3(Mg2SiO4)

 Recently, the Hy-2a hydrous olivine (MgH₂ SiO₄)·3(Mg₂SiO₄) occurring as nanometre-sized inclusions in mantle olivines has been found by TEM, and has been suggested to be a new DHMS phase (Khisina et al. 2001). A model of the crystal structure of Hy-2a has been proposed as a 2a-superstructure of olivine with one Me²⁺ -vacant octahedral layer in the (1 0 0) plane per Hy-2a unit cell (Khisina and Wirth 2002). In the present study the crystal structure of Hy-2a hydrous olivine is optimized by ab initio calculations. The aims of this study are: (1) verification of the suggested models of Hy-2a hydrous olivine structure; (2) calculation of the most stable configurations for Hy-2a structure with minimum static lattice energy, by assuming a possible formation of Me²⁺ vacancies in either M1 or M2 octahedral sites; (3) determination of the position of protons and hydrogen bonds in the Hy-2a structure. Several different possible configurations of the Hy-2a structure are optimized. The results support the idea of a stable olivine structure with ordered planar-segregated OH-bearing defects oriented parallel to (1 0 0). The data obtained indicate a preferred stability of the Hy-2a structure with the protons associated with M1 vacancies and bonded with O1 and O2 oxygen sites. The relative energy values of the optimized Hy-2a structure configurations correlate as a rule with the average shifts of atoms from their positions in pure forsterite structure. Received: 7 February 2002 / Accepted: 23 October 2002     

橄榄石集合体的简单剪切形变实验研究

本文利用高精度Paterson气体介质变形装置对富铁橄榄石集合体(Mg_(0.5),Fe_(0.5))_2SiO_4进行了高温简单剪切变形试验.试验在温度1473K和围压300MPa的条件下进行,差应力为64～153MPa,应变率为10~-5～10~-3s~-1.一共进行了三组试验,试件的剪切变形量分别为89%,131%和200%,通过对变形后试件的反射光学显微结构分析,得到富铁橄榄石集合体动态重结晶的微观机制,由结晶各向异性分析给出晶格最优取向和波速各向异性的分布及随应变的增加而表现出的演化特征.     

Mg-Cr~(2+)橄揽石、辉石和尖晶石的晶胞参数测定及Cr~(2+)在各晶体结构中的占位

本文用Mg－Cr2+做榄石、辉石、尖晶石的粉晶X射线衍射数据，采取“整体图谱最小二乘Rietveld”方法计算了上述矿物的晶胞参数和摩尔体积，并对Cr2+在各晶体结构中的占位情况进行了研究。结果显示，各矿物的晶胞参数随含Cr2+量的增大而增大。据Vegard定律，推算出各端元组分铬橄榄石（Cr2SiO1）、铬辉石（Cr2SiO2O6）及立方铬尖晶石（Cr3O4）的摩尔体积分别为47．7，68．0，44．9cm3。精化结构参数指示，在橄榄石中，Cr2+随机分配在两个八面体（M1，M2）位置；在辉石中，Cr2+优先选择八面体M2位置；在尖晶石中，Cr2+占置四面体位置。这种晶体内离子分配可从离子半径差别或晶体场稳定能大小得到解释。     

金川岩浆铜镍（铂）硫化物矿床中两类橄榄石的发现及其成矿意义

金川铜镍硫化物矿床是世界第三大岩浆型铜镍硫化物矿床,其成因机制一直备受争议。主要成矿模型有以下两种:(1)岩浆通道堆积模型;(2)深部熔离-多次贯入模型。目前,二者均不能较好解释矿区中存在的各种地质现象。本文重点研究矿区橄榄石的特征,借此来探讨"硫化物矿浆"的迁移方式与侵位能力。本次研究在金川矿床中发现了两类橄榄石:LREE亏损型(Ⅰ型)与LREE富集型(Ⅱ型)。其中,Ⅰ型橄榄石为岩浆正常结晶的原始颗粒,常见复杂的成分环带,由原生橄榄石与晶间硅酸盐熔体/不混溶硫化物熔体发生物质交换所形成,继承了玄武质岩浆稀土含量低的特征,广泛分布于各类超基性岩石与矿石中;Ⅱ型橄榄石常见包裹斜方辉石的反序列包含关系,以稀土含量高(～2个数量级)且相对富Mg而显著区别于前者,为辉石堆晶颗粒经流体触发不一致熔融后再结晶形成的橄榄石,多见于硫化物矿石中。金川矿床硫化物矿石中广泛发育的原生富Cl含水矿物(金云母、角闪石、磷灰石)与Ⅰ型橄榄石边部活动性元素含量的剧增,暗示金川矿体形成过程受富Cl流体影响显著。实验岩石学与动力学模拟的新研究进展表明流体的加入可有效推动高密度硫化物的迁移,流体的加入可能是金川硫化物矿浆上侵运移的主要机制。结合硫化物Cu/Ni西高东低的空间演化规律,橄榄石Fo值西高东低的空间变化趋势与晶体粒度西细东粗的分布特征可以推测,金川铜镍硫化物矿床岩浆通道的前进方向为自西向东。     

山东金伯利岩中榄橄石的研究

本文百次研究了山东金伯利岩中橄榄石的产状、含量、大小、世代、形态、颜色、环带、矿物包体、折光率、2V、化学成分、端员组分特征及红外光谱和穆斯堡尔谱特征,并分析研究了橄榄石的成因。指出了无色—浅绿色的、含MgO、Cr2O3、NiO高的橄榄石是找金刚石矿的指示性矿物。     

宁芜盆地蒋庙橄榄辉长岩的岩相学和矿物学特征及其构造意义

宁芜盆地内有若干基性侵入岩体分布,对其中的蒋庙橄榄辉长岩的岩相学和矿物学特征研究表明:蒋庙橄榄辉长岩中斜长石An从47.68到61.60,属中长石和拉长石;单斜辉石主要为透辉石和普通辉石,斜方辉石主要为古铜辉石;橄榄石Fo从70.77到72.83,属贵橄榄石。这些矿物的化学特征介于俯冲带和板内辉长岩的矿物化学特征之间,并且与造山后辉长岩的矿物化学特征非常类似,结合蒋庙岩体的全岩主量元素地球化学数据以及同位素年龄分析证实,蒋庙橄榄辉长岩产于造山后的构造环境。     

Ultra‐high temperature metamorphism recorded in Fe‐rich olivine‐bearing migmatite from the Khondalite Belt,North China Craton

We document the first occurrence of Fe‐rich olivine‐bearing migmatitic metapelite in the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton. Petrological analyses revealed two exotic assemblages of orthopyroxene+spinel+olivine and orthopyroxene+spinel+cordierite. Phase relation modelling suggests that these assemblages are diagnostic of ultra‐high temperature (UHT) metamorphism in the Fe‐rich system, with temperatures from 1,000 to 1,050°C at 0.6 GPa. U–Th–Pb SIMS analyses on zircon reveal a similar age of c. 1.92 Ga for the olivine‐bearing migmatite and an adjacent gabbronoritic intrusion that is therefore identified as the heat source for the UHT metamorphism. These results, coupled with additional analysis of the famous Tuguiwula sapphirine‐bearing granulite, lead to a re‐appraisal of the P–T path shape and heat source for the UHT metamorphism. We suggest that UHT metamorphism, dated between 1.92 and 1.88 Ga, across the whole Khondalite belt, proceeded from a clockwise P–T evolution with an initial near‐isobaric heating path at ~0.6–0.8 GPa, and a maximum temperature of 1,050°C followed by a cooling path with minor decompression to ~0.5 GPa. Considering our results and previous works, we propose that the orogenic crust underwent partial melting at temperature reaching 850°C and depth of ~20 to ~30 km during a period of c. 30 Ma, between 1.93 and 1.90 Ga. During this time span, the partially molten crust was continuously intruded by mafic magma pulses responsible for local greater heat supply and UHT metamorphism above 1,000°C. We propose that the UHT metamorphism in the Khondalite belt is not related to an extensional post‐collisional event, but is rather syn‐orogenic and associated with mafic magma supplies.     

A New Single Vacuum Furnace Design for Cosmogenic 3He Dating

Helium‐3 is a stable cosmogenic isotope that can be used to determine the time interval during which a rock sample has been at or close to the Earth’s surface. As a result of the high production rate of ‘cosmogenic’³He (≈ 130 at g^?1 year^?1) and the low detection limit of modern mass spectrometers, it is possible to date exceptionally young surfaces (≈ 1000 years). The precision and accuracy of cosmogenic ³He measurements depend critically on the passive helium blank (produced by the metalwork of the extraction furnace) which can be significant relative to the sample signals. We have developed and constructed, at the CRPG (Nancy, France), a new high temperature furnace (< 1500 °C) to extract helium in minerals such as apatite, pyroxene and olivine at 1050, 1350 and 1450 °C, respectively. The furnace demonstrated an excellent helium extraction yield (> 99% for olivine and pyroxene for heating times of 20–30 min and temperatures in the range 1050–1450 °C) and low residual helium contributions (the blank, obtained under the same analytical conditions as for sample extraction: 1 × 10^?15 mole ⁴He and < 4 × 10^?21 mole ³He). This is approximately an order of magnitude lower than those reported by other laboratories using conventional furnaces.     

东乌旗中铁陨石硅酸盐地球化学特征及对成因的启示

东乌旗中铁陨石为1995年在内蒙发现的、为数不多的降落型中铁陨石,由金属—硫化物和硅酸盐相紧密混合而成。硅酸盐相由角砾部分（主要为角砾状橄榄石和辉长岩岩屑）和非角砾部分组成。岩相学特征、主量元素成分及REE地球化学特征表明角砾状橄榄石、非角砾橄榄石和辉长质硅酸盐（辉长岩岩屑和除橄榄石外的非角砾部分）三者可能分别结晶自不同的岩浆源区。进一步的分析表明Mg含量非常高的角砾状橄榄石可能来自一个分异小行星的橄榄岩质地幔,非角砾橄榄石和辉长质硅酸盐可能和HED陨石具有相同的母体Vesta小行星。冲击碰撞导致两个小行星的物质发生了混合。冲击作用产生的高温（约1200℃—1450℃）使得被撞击小行星表壳玄武质和辉长质岩石发生混合重熔,熔体结晶后形成中铁陨石的辉长质硅酸盐。该温度下非角砾橄榄石和角砾状橄榄石均未发生重熔。该模型较好地解释了角砾状橄榄石、非角砾橄榄石和辉长质硅酸盐三者之间的不平衡现象。