Constraints on phase diagram topology for the system CaO−MgO−SiO2−CO2−H2O |
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Authors: | Volkmar Trommsdorff James A. D. Connolly |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Published phase diagrams for the siliceous carbonate system CaO–MgO–SiO2–CO2–H2O are contradictory because of different estimates of the relative stability of magnesite. Experimental data on magnesite are too ambiguous to determine the validity of these estimates. Therefore, field evidence is used to select the correct phase diagram topology for siliceous carbonate and carbonate ultramafic rocks at pressures of about 2–5 kbar. The primary selection criterion is provided by the existence of the stable assemblage talc+dolomite+forsterite+tremolite+antigorite, which occurs in the Bergell contact aureole and Swiss Central Alps. Field evidence also is used to argue that the reaction magnesite+quartz=enstatite must occur at lower temperature than the reaction dolomite+quartz=diopside. T-XCO2 and PCO2-T phase diagrams consistent with these observations are calculated from experimental and thermo-dynamic data. For antigorite ophicarbonate rocks, remarkable agreement is obtained between the spatial distribution of low variance mineral assemblages and the calculated diagrams. |
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