Microscopy and rock magnetism of fine grain-size titanomagnetite from the Jacupiranga Alkaline Complex,Brazil: unearthing Ti-magnesioferrite nanoparticles

Very fine samples from the mineralized zones of the Jacupiranga complex at the Cajati mine were selected for crystallographic identification of Ti-magnesioferrite (TMf) nanostructures embedded in titanomagnetite (TM) using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM). A magnetic concentrate obtained of pyroxenite samples (sites 4 to 7) was reduced and divided into fractions of distinct range sizes: 26±2 μm, 19±1 μm, 13±1 μm, 9±1 μm, 6±1 μm and 6-0.1 μm. The mineralized samples of carbonatite and pyroxenite were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmitted and reflected light microscope, and scanning electron microscope with multielemental analysis. The finest magnetic concentrate sample (MC₆) was analyzed under high-resolution transmitted electron microscopy (TEM) and high angle annular dark field and Raman spectroscopy. Magnetic properties were measured for the distinct granulometric fractions, showing drastic changes when grain sizes go beyond the frontier from micro to nanometer sizes. Frequency-dependent magnetic susceptibility percentage (÷_fd%) report higher values (10.2%) for the finer fractions (6±1 μm and 6-0.1 μm) attributed to dominant fractions of superparamagnetic particles. Nanometer and < 6 μm grain size TMf in TM particles require a magnetic field up to 249 mT to reach saturation during the isothermal remanent magnetization experiment. Coercivity and remanent magnetization of these samples increase when the particle size decreases, probably due to parallel coupling effects. Magnetic susceptibility versus temperature experiments were conducted two times on the same (< 35 nm) sample, showing that the repetition during the second heating is probably due to the formation of new TMf nanoparticles and growth of those already present during the first heating process.     

早子沟金矿矿石质量特征、选矿试验研究及选别效果

本文依据早子沟金矿矿区勘查及选矿工艺矿物学研究资料,从金矿石的结构构造、矿石类型、矿物成分、金的赋存状态及其主要载体矿物的嵌布特征、共伴生组分等方面综述了矿石质量特征,重点分析了以上矿石质量特征要素对选矿的影响;简述了选矿试验研究的成果及选别效果。矿区矿石工艺类型属少硫化物微细粒浸染型含金矿石,金的赋存状态复杂,利用重选—浮选中矿再磨的重浮联合流程可获得较理想的选冶回收指标。     

Mineralogy and Mineral Chemistry of the Cretaceous Duolong Gold‐Rich Porphyry Copper Deposit in the Bangongco Arc,Northern Tibet

The Early Cretaceous Duolong gold‐rich porphyry copper deposit is a newly discovered deposit with proven 5.38 Mt Cu resources of 0.72% Cu and 41 t gold of 0.23 g t^?1 in northern Tibet. Granodiorite porphyry and quartz diorite porphyrite are the main ore‐bearing porphyries. A wide range of hydrothermal alteration associated with these porphyries is divided into potassic, argillic and propylitic zones from the ore‐bearing porphyry center outward and upward. In the hydrothermal alteration zones, secondary albite (91.5–99.7% Ab) occurs along the rim of plagioclase phenocryst and fissures. Secondary K‐feldspar (75.1–96.9% Or) replaces plagioclase phenocryst and matrix or occurs in veinlets. Biotite occurs mainly as matrix and veinlet in addition to phenocryst in the potassic zone. The biotite are Mg‐rich and formed under a highly oxidized condition at temperatures ranging from 400°C to 430°C. All the biotites are absent in F, and have high Cl content (0.19–0.26%), with log (X_Cl/X_OH) values of ?2.74 to ?2.88 and IV (Cl) values of ?3.48 to ?3.35, suggesting a significant role of chloride complexes (CuCl₂^‐ and AuCl₂^‐) in transporting and precipitating copper and gold. Chlorites are present in all alteration zones and correspond mainly to pycnochlorite. They have similar Fe/(Fe+Mg), Mn/(Mn+Mg) ratios, and a formation temperature range of 280–360°C. However, the formation temperature of chlorite in the quartz‐gypsum‐carbonate‐chlorite vein is between 190°C and 220°C, indicating that it may have resulted from a later stage of hydrothermal activity. Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺ ratios of chlorites have negative correlation with Al^IV, suggesting oxygen fugacity of fluids increases with decreasing temperature. Apatite mineral inclusions in the biotite phenocrysts show high SO₃ content (0.44–0.82%) and high Cl content (1–1.37%), indicating the host magma had a high oxidation state and was enriched in S and Cl. The highest Cl content of apatite in the propylitic zone may have resulted from pressure decrease, and the lowest Cl content of apatite in the argillic zone may have been caused by a low Cl content in the fluids. The low concentration of SO₃ content in the hydrothermal apatite compared to the magmatic one may have resulted from the decrease of oxygen fugacity and S content in the hydrothermal fluid, which are caused by the abundant precipitation of magnetite.     

The Rumuruti chondrite group

Since 1994, the Rumuruti (R) chondrites have been recognized as a new, well-established chondrite group differing from carbonaceous, ordinary, and enstatite chondrites. The first R chondrite, Carlisle Lakes, was found in Australia in 1977. Meanwhile, the number has increased to 107 (December, 2010). This group is named after the Rumuruti meteorite, the first and so far the only R chondrite fall. Most of the R chondrites are breccias containing a variety of different clasts embedded in a clastic matrix. Some textural and mineralogical characteristics can be summarized as follows: (a) the chondrule abundance in large fragments and in unbrecciated rocks is ∼35–50 vol%; (b) Ca,Al-rich inclusions are rare; (c) the olivine abundance is typically 65–78 vol%; (d) the mean chondrule diameter is ∼400 μm; (e) in unequilibrated R chondrites, low-Ca pyroxene is dominating, whereas in equilibrated R chondrites it is Ca-rich pyroxene; (f) the typical olivine in a metamorphosed lithology is ∼Fa_38–40; (g) matrix olivine in unequilibrated, type 3 fragments and rocks has much higher Fa (∼45–60 mol%) compared to matrix olivines in type 4–6 lithologies (∼Fa_38–41); (h) spinels have a high TiO₂ of ∼5 wt%; (i) abundant different noble metal-bearing phases (metals, sulfides, tellurides, arsenides) occur. The exception is the metamorphosed, type 5/6 R chondrite La Paz Icefield 04840 which contains hornblende, phlogopite, and Ca-poor pyroxene, the latter phase typically occurring in low-grade metamorphosed R chondrites only.In bulk composition, R chondrites have some affinity to ordinary chondrites: (a) the absence of significant depletions in Mn and Na in R chondrites and ordinary chondrites is an important feature to distinguish these groups from carbonaceous chondrites; (b) total Fe (∼24 wt%) of R chondrites is between those of H and L chondrites (27.1 and 21.6 wt%, respectively); (c) the average CI/Mg-normalized lithophile element abundances are ∼0.95 × CI, which is lower than those for carbonaceous chondrites (≥1.0 × CI) and slightly higher than those for ordinary chondrites (∼0.9 × CI); (d) trace element concentrations such as Zn (∼150 ppm) and Se (∼15 ppm) are much higher than in ordinary chondrites; (e) the whole rock Δ¹⁷O of ∼2.7 for R chondrites is the highest among all meteorite groups, and the mean oxygen isotope composition is δ¹⁷O = 5.36 ± 0.43, δ¹⁸O = 5.07 ± 0.86, Δ¹⁷O = +2.72 ± 0.31; (f) noble gas cosmic ray exposure ages of R chondrites range between ∼0.1 and ∼70 Ma. More than half of the R chondrites analyzed for noble gases contain implanted solar wind and, thus, are regolith breccias. The 43 R chondrites from Northern Africa analyzed so far for noble gases seem to represent at least 16 falls. Although the data base is still scarce, the data hint at a major collision event on the R chondrite parent body between 15 and 25 Ma ago.     

乳腺炎症及增生症病灶中钙化的矿物学研究

选取9例乳腺炎症、7例乳腺增生的钙化样品,利用光学显微镜(OM)、环境扫描电镜(ESEM)、微区X射线衍射(μ-XRD)等矿物学分析方法对样品进行了原位形貌观察、分离后结构及成分的测试分析,探讨了病灶中钙化的矿物学特征及其组成成分和形成机制。研究结果表明,发生在炎症病灶中的钙化主要类型是脂肪坏死后的钙化,其发生和死亡的脂肪细胞和周围病变后期修复性Ⅲ型胶原有直接关系。增生症中的钙化主要有发生在扩张的导管内和在束状深度交联胶原中的坏死型钙化,扩张的导管边缘处Ⅳ型胶原和大片变性Ⅲ型胶原为钙化提供了成核位点,继而参与无机矿物的形成过程,最后形成较为致密的钙化。乳腺炎症和增生症中的钙化的主要成分均为碳羟磷灰石。     

A Systematic Spectroscopic Study of Four Apollo Lunar Soils

A systematic spectroscopic study including Raman,Mid-IR,NIR,and VIS-NIR,is used to investigate four endmember lunar soils.Apollo soils(<45 μm) 14163,15271,67511,and 71501 were selected as endmembers to study,based on their soil chemistry,maturity against space weathering,and the sampling locations.These endmembers include an anorthositic highlands soil(67511),a low-Ti basaltic soil(15271) ,a high-Ti basaltic soil(71501),and a mafic,KREEPy,impact-melt-rich soil(14163) .We used a laser Raman point-counting pr...     

“井水不犯河水”水文地质学含义初步探讨

利用水化学及同位素水文地质学的方法,对密云水库、潮白河及位于潮白河边的2个地下水分层专门监测井进行取样测试,并结合收集相关资料,从水位、水质及氚、氘、氧-18等同位素方面进行分析研究,对中国古语“井水不犯河水”的水文地质学方面的含义进行了一定的微观层次的分析探讨.得出研究点处潮白河水对50 m外的25 m深的浅井井水有...     

兰坪—思茅盆地古新统粘土矿物研究与成盐环境探讨

云南兰坪—思茅盆地是我国重要的成钾盆地,对盆地内勐野井组层位的泥砾岩段(成盐阶段)粘土样品进行XRD分析;同时对滇中楚雄盆地的相同层位(元永井组)粘土样品进行了XRD对比分析。实验结果表明,兰坪—思茅盆地内的样品中粘土矿物组合为伊利石+绿泥石,表明了在成盐阶段较为干旱的古气候条件与较高的古盐度;而楚雄盆地一平浪样品中除伊利石+绿泥石组合外,还含有伊利石/蒙皂石混层矿物,反映了当时的古气候条件与兰坪—思茅盆地相比较为湿润。通过计算样品中各种粘土矿物的相对含量,指出兰坪—思茅盆地成盐阶段更晚,成盐作用更强。结合前人的研究成果探讨了兰坪—思茅盆地的成盐环境,指出盆地南部卤水较北部浓缩程度更高,南部成盐条件优于北部。     

湖南宝山铅锌矿西部矿带银的工艺矿物学研究

湖南宝山铅锌矿西部矿区为中低温热液裂隙充填交代型铅锌银矿床。本文对该矿带银的工艺矿物学进行系统研究,利用多种现代分析技术手段,查明矿石中银的主要矿物种类、赋存状态和工艺特征。化学分析结果确定矿石中银的平均品位为156.6×10^-6;地质小样化学分析统计显示银含量在空间上呈现上部高、下部低,平面上北西和南西部较北东和南东高的特征;白云岩型、砂岩型、灰岩型、角砾岩型矿石的银平均含量分别为595.78×10^-6、247.97×10^-6、195.83×10^-6、169.73×10^-6,白云岩型矿石的银含量最高,角砾岩矿石的银含量最低;银与方铅矿关系密切,银和铅二者的含量总体表现出良好的趋同性,据此可预测高品位的铅矿石的银含量高。对光片进行显微镜下鉴定、扫描电镜以及电子探针分析,确定矿区的金属矿物主要是方铅矿、闪锌矿、黄铜矿和黄铁矿,初步查明矿石中的银矿物主要是银黝铜矿,其次是含银砷黝铜矿和含银方铅矿;该矿床银的存在形式主要有两种:一种是以独立矿物——银黝铜矿形式存在,这部分银含量为10.179%~13.579%,银的平均含量为12.061%;另一种是赋存于方铅矿中,这部分银含量为0.011%~0.127%,银的平均含量为0.069%。经银的物相分析、单矿物银含量分析和平衡配分计算,揭示银黝铜矿虽然含有较高品位的银,但因矿物含量较少,银的平衡配分低;方铅矿的银含量不高,但由于矿物含量高,平衡配分率达到84.78%,因此成为银的主要载体矿物。筛析实验也发现银与铅有较好的趋同性,进一步印证了银的主要载体矿物是方铅矿,并且银在细粒级中含量偏高。本研究提出,在选矿过程中要提高银的回收率,应重视细粒级中主金属元素铅、锌的回收。     

西藏嘎拉勒铜金矿床地质特征及矽卡岩矿物学特征研究

嘎拉勒铜金矿床位于班公湖-怒江缝合带西段,是该带上新近发现的十分重要的矽卡岩(斑岩)型铜金矿床,其金资源量已达大型以上规模。矿区内出露地层有白垩系朗久组及捷嘎组,并发育大量燕山期中酸性侵入岩。矿体主要产于灰白色花岗闪长岩与白云岩或白云质大理岩的接触带矽卡岩内。矽卡岩主要呈层状、似层状、港湾状及不规则状等产出;矽卡岩矿物主要为橄榄石、蛇纹石、辉石、金云母、透闪石、绿帘石、水镁石等;靠近内接触带可见石榴子石;金属矿物主要有磁铁矿、自然金、黄铜矿、斑铜矿、辉铜矿、辉钼矿等。电子探针分析表明,矿区内矽卡岩矿物中的橄榄石主要为镁橄榄石,辉石主要为透辉石,云母主要为金云母,由此构成的矽卡岩矿物组合为典型的镁质矽卡岩;与之伴生的钙质矽卡岩矿物石榴子石主要为钙铁榴石。矿区中的矽卡岩在空间上具有较好的分带性,其表现为从内接触带至外接触带经历了镁橄榄石-透辉石相至金云母-透闪石相的渐变过渡演化,表明矿区矽卡岩具有从高温至低温的矿物组合演化序列;与矽卡岩分带相伴随的矿化分带,表现为深部的铜(钼)矿化过渡到浅部的铜金矿化。矿区最新勘查成果显示,在深部已发现少量斑岩型矿化,显示存在统一的矽卡岩-斑岩成矿系统的可能性,深部找矿潜力较大。