Calculation of <Superscript>17</Superscript>O NMR shieldings in molecular models for crystalline MO,M=Mg,Ca, Sr,and in models for alkaline earth silicates

¹⁷O NMR shieldings are calculated for the central O in the molecular model OM₆(OH)₁₂ ^–2, for crystalline alkaline earth oxides, MO, where M=Mg, Ca, and Sr, using both Hartree–Fock and hybrid Hartree–Fock density-functional theory. Agreement of calculated and experimental NMR shifts of CaO and SrO compared to MgO is good, but only if the basis set on the M atoms has sufficient tight d polarization functions. Preliminary results are also presented for nonbridging O in the silicate Si(OH)₃O^– anion, perturbed by alkaline earth cations, giving trends which agree qualitatively with experiment.     

Geneses of Two Types of Mafic Rocks to Carry Placer‐Magnetite Ores in the Sanin Granitic Belt,SW Japan

Two types of mafic rocks from the central Sanin district, and their mafic minerals, were studied chemically and microscopically. They are classified into pyroxene‐containing gabbroid and hornblende–biotite quartz diorite. The gabbroid had higher color index but lower magnetite content; while the quartz diorite had lower color index, but higher magnetite content. The magnetite contents are also related to the amounts of hydrous mafic silicates. The gabbroic magma having pyroxene–amphibole assemblage, originated in the upper mantle, was considered essentially anhydrous, but became partly hydrous on the way to the site of solidification in the continental crust, and crystallized some magnetites with hypersthene and amphibole. The quartz dioritic magma was formed by partial melting of possibly subducting ocean‐floor basalts, once exposed to the sea‐floor then altered; thus the magmas became hydrous and oxidized originally, and precipitated abundant magnetite and hydrous mafic silicates from the early crystallization stage onward. Their weathered parts provided the most placer magnetite ores in the history.