Olivine-matrix reactions in thermally metamorphosed Apollo 14 breccias |
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Authors: | Kenneth L. Cameron George W. Fisher |
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Affiliation: | Board of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Calif. USA;Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. USA |
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Abstract: | Olivine clasts, which have mantles formed by reaction of the olivine with the breccia matrix, are present in the high-grade thermally metamorphosed Apollo 14 breccias. The mantled olivine clasts are most abundant in 14311, but they are also present in 14304 and 14319. Typically the mantles consist of two zones: an inner corona containing pyroxene, ilmenite and commonly plagioclase, and an outer light-colored halo where the matrix is depleted in ilmenite. The growth of the coronas involved matrix-to-corona diffusion of TiO2 and corona-to-matrix diffusion of MgO and FeO. These diffusive fluxes can be attributed to chemical potential gradients developed between mineral assemblages in local equilibrium at the olivine-corona boundary and the matrix. |
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