Stability Relations of Mg-Chlorite-Muscovite and Quartz between 5 and 10 kb Water Pressure

Three reactions involving Mg-chlorite-muscovite and quartz werestudied between 5 and 10 kilobars water pressure over a temperaturerange of 600–700 °C using mixtures of synthetic clinochlore,muscovite and quartz as starting materials. Three reactionswere reversed in this system. 3 chlorite+5 muscovite + 8 kyanite+ 5 phlogopite + 1 quartz + 12 H₂O was reversed between 639.5±5.3°C and 531.8±5.1 °C at 7.24 kb and between 645.9±5.7°C and634.1±6.0°C at8.27kb. A second reaction: 1 chlorite+ 1 muscovite+2 quartz = 1 phlogopite+ 1 cordierite + 3.5 H₂O was reversed between 6370±60°C and 622.8±5.2°C at 6.21 kb. A third reaction: 3 cordierite+2 muscovite = 2 phlogopite +8 alumino-silicate + 7 quartz + 1.5 H₂O was reversed between660.l±5.7 °C and 650.l±5.3 °C at 6.21kb. This reaction is terminated at the beginning of melting around725 °C at 5.65 kb. These reactions determine the upper stability limits of Mg-chlorite-muscoviteand quartz assemblages between 5 and 10 kb water pressure. Theresults may be used in delimiting the upper stability of similarassemblages in natural systems.