河北武安坦岭多斑斜长斑岩的成因:冻结岩浆房活化机制

流变学实验表明,当岩浆中晶体体积分数达到约50vol%时,岩浆体实际上处于冻结状态,不再具有整体迁移的能力。但在自然界中仍存在含大量斑晶的浅成火成岩和火山岩。因此,富晶体岩浆的上升过程和侵位机制是近年来地球科学领域关注的热点之一。目前,冻结岩浆房的活化机制主要有二种:升温活化机制和流体活化机制。河北武安坦岭地区新发现的多斑斜长斑岩为揭示冻结岩浆房的活化提供了契机。野外观察和晶体粒度分布(CSD)分析表明,坦岭斜长斑岩中斜长石斑晶高达70vol%,基质为显微晶质结构。斜长石斑晶粒径分布均一,大小约为3.1×1.7mm;显微镜观察和背散射图像揭示,斜长石斑晶具环带结构,由宽广的斜长石核部+宽度可变的条纹长石边部组成,且无熔蚀现象;电子探针成分剖面分析表明,斑晶核部成分为更长石(An_(27)Ab_(71)Or_2),幔部为更长石(An_(13)Ab_(83)Or_4),边部为条纹长石。边部条纹长石的成分有一定变化,从内侧到外侧,主晶钠长石成分由Ab_(53)Or_(47)变为Ab_(99)Or_1,客晶钾长石成分由Ab_(48)Or_(51)变为Ab3Or97。斑晶斜长石核部存在细长条状或斑点状钾长石,且越靠近中心,钾长石斑点的数量越少。这些特点表明,边部条纹长石为交代成因。稀土和微量元素分析则显示,边部条纹长石具弱正Eu异常,相对富集LREE和K、Rb、Ba、Sr等大离子亲石元素,亏损Th、Zr、Nb的特点。CSD相关图解及以上特征表明,斜长石斑晶形成于稳定,封闭的结晶环境,并受到晚期碱交代作用的改造。基质主要由微粒钙质角闪石,条纹长石,石英,钾长石和钠长石组成,含少量自形-半自形磁铁矿和钛铁矿、磷灰石、榍石、金红石和锆石等11种矿物组成。11种矿物相和结构特征暗示基质形成于极端不稳定的结晶环境,与斜长石斑晶形成条件鲜明对照。根据基质的矿物组成,推测形成基质的岩浆具有富含K、Na、Fe、Si和挥发分的特征。这种特征与上述关于条纹长石环边形成条件的判断一致。据此,本文认为:产生斜长石斑晶的岩浆曾经在地壳深部作过长时间滞留,导致了斜长石的稳定结晶,增加了岩浆的粘度和密度,使岩浆处于冻结状态;富碱高铁熔体-流体流的注入大幅降低了岩浆的总粘度,并提高了岩浆的浮力,从而促使冻结岩浆房迅速活化和上升侵位;同时,富碱高铁熔体-流体流强烈交代了先存的斜长石斑晶,使其边部形成条纹长石;这种熔体-流体流则在快速排气,冷却过程中迅速结晶,形成了具有不平衡矿物组合的显微晶质基质。在岩浆侵入体较深部位,富碱高铁熔体-流体经历了很缓慢的固结过程,而相分离产生的流体有可能萃取携带岩浆中的铁质,形成富Fe流体流,后者可能对区内"铁矿浆"型铁矿的形成具有重要的贡献。     

铜陵焦冲金矿岩浆作用过程:来自闪长玢岩的证据

本文主要针对安徽铜陵焦冲金矿区的闪长玢岩进行了详细的岩相学观察和矿物电子探针分析。岩相学观察表明,岩石内发育独特的石英斑晶、斜长石斑晶及其中的角闪石包裹体和角闪石斑晶。石英斑晶呈港湾状或次圆形,由溶蚀的次圆形内核和生长边构成,在内核与边部之间有熔融包裹体产出;斜长石斑晶具明显的"核-幔-边"环带结构,幔部发育明显的溶蚀界面,溶蚀界面处大量熔融包裹体呈环带分布;角闪石包裹体分别包裹于斜长石斑晶的核部和幔部,后者的边部被溶蚀呈次圆形;角闪石斑晶呈长条形,包裹有细针状的磷灰石。电子探针分析结果表明,斜长石中An含量自核部至边缘呈降低趋势,幔部出现多个An峰值;而来自斜长石斑晶核部、幔部和基质中的角闪石Al2O3含量从核部至基质也逐渐下降。采用角闪石-斜长石温压计和角闪石全铝压力计,分别对斜长石斑晶核部及包裹的角闪石、斜长石斑晶幔部及包裹的角闪石和基质中共生的角闪石-斜长石微晶的结晶温度和压力进行估计,结果表明,温度为806.84~808.75、791.00~797.86和660.3~683.9℃,压力为675~706、463~487和206~212 MPa,对应的形成深度为25.52~26.70、17.50~18.40和7.79~8.02km。角闪石斑晶的结晶压力和深度为448~483MPa和16.93~18.25km,与包裹于斜长石幔部的角闪石包裹体一致。根据以上岩相学和角闪石-斜长石矿物化学分析结果,本文提出一个多重岩浆房模型:来自深部幔源的流体(透岩浆流体)将不同层位的岩浆房串联活化,活化后的中基性岩浆和花岗闪长质岩浆混合形成中性岩浆,最后中性富流体的岩浆快速上侵冷却就位于地表,同时释放大量的挥发分(含矿物质),后期的减压排气作用可能是主要的成矿机制。     

浙江雁荡山火山-侵入杂岩的岩浆混合作用——暗色包体中长石环带的证据

浙江雁荡山是中国东南部燕山晚期巨型火山-侵入杂岩带的重要组成部分。对其中央侵入相石英正长斑岩的暗色微粒包体中的斑晶和基质斜长石进行了详细的内部结构和成分分析,揭示了斜长石复杂环带的成因和相关的岩浆作用过程。斑晶斜长石由熔蚀的核部和表面干净的幔部组成,边部包裹有钾长石膜。核部斜长石呈浑圆状或港湾状,内部发育筛状结构,An成分显著低于幔部斜长石,代表来自酸性岩浆房中早期结晶的斜长石捕掳晶。同时,幔部斜长石与自形、表面干净的基质斜长石具有类似的An含量,且两者均含有针状磷灰石的包裹体,应结晶自与暗色微粒包体相应的基性岩浆。长石的复杂结构记录了雁荡山火山-侵入杂岩形成过程中的岩浆混合作用和岩浆演化过程。岩浆混合之后的火山喷发活动,造成岩浆房的压力突然减小,温压条件达到钾长石结晶的区域,在石英正长斑岩的斑晶斜长石和暗色包体中的斑晶与基质斜长石外均形成钾长石膜,构成反环斑结构。     

华北东南缘夹沟前寒武纪镁铁质下地壳包体的变质演化和P-T轨迹

华北东南缘中生代闪长斑岩中深源麻粒岩包体或捕掳体属于前寒武纪下地壳岩石。针对石榴斜长角闪岩和石榴麻粒岩两类镁铁质下地壳包体进行详细的野外观察、岩相学观察和矿物的电子探针分析,结果表明石榴子石呈微弱的环带结构,石榴斜长角闪岩中,由核部至边部X_(Mg)为0.25~0.32,逐渐升高;XCa为0.27~0.19,逐渐降低。而在石榴麻粒岩中,由核部至边部XMg和XCa均呈现为逐渐降低,分别为0.25~0.19和0.28~0.17。两类岩石中,以包体形式产出的单斜辉石和基质单斜辉石的核部具有较高的钠和铝含量,基质单斜辉石的边部钠和铝的含量相对较低,斜长石以中长石为主,不同产状的斜长石钙含量变化很大,以包体形式存在的斜长石钙含量较高,其成分为An27Ab70Or3(石榴斜长角闪岩)和An29Ab69Or3(石榴麻粒岩);以基质变斑晶和后成合晶产出的斜长石钙含量较低,分别为An5-36Ab62-95Or0-2和An6-48Ab50-94Or0-1(石榴斜长角闪岩),An5-51Ab48-94Or1-2和An32-79Ab21-68Or0-3(石榴麻粒岩)。不同类型角闪石的钛含量有较大差别:棕色角闪石的钛含量较高,w(TiO2)一般为0.53%~1.44%;而绿色角闪石钛含量较低,w(TiO2)一般为0.03%~0.38%。研究结果证明夹沟镁铁质下地壳包体经历了高压麻粒岩相、低压麻粒岩-高角闪岩相、角闪岩相和绿片岩相变质过程。传统地质温压计限定的前三个变质阶段的温压条件分别为824℃~844℃/1.5GPa~1.9GPa,667℃~730℃/1.0GPa~1.3GPa和609℃~646℃/0.4GPa~0.8GPa,显示近等温减压的顺时针P-T-t轨迹,指示它们形成于晚古元古代板片俯冲或弧-陆碰撞的构造环境。因此,研究区属于胶-辽-吉带的西延并共同构成了华北东部一条古元古代碰撞造山带。     

浙江雁荡山火山-侵入杂岩的岩浆混合作用——暗色包体中长石环带的证据

浙江雁荡山是中国东南部燕山晚期巨型火山-侵入杂岩带的重要组成部分。对其中央侵入相石英正长斑岩的暗色微粒包体中的斑晶和基质斜长石进行了详细的内部结构和成分分析,揭示了斜长石复杂环带的成因和相关的岩浆作用过程。斑晶斜长石由熔蚀的核部和表面干净的幔部组成,边部包裹有钾长石膜。核部斜长石呈浑圆状或港湾状,内部发育筛状结构,An成分显著低于幔部斜长石,代表来自酸性岩浆房中早期结晶的斜长石捕掳晶。同时,幔部斜长石与自形、表面干净的基质斜长石具有类似的An含量,且两者均含有针状磷灰石的包裹体,应结晶自与暗色微粒包体相应的基性岩浆。长石的复杂结构记录了雁荡山火山-侵入杂岩形成过程中的岩浆混合作用和岩浆演化过程。岩浆混合之后的火山喷发活动,造成岩浆房的压力突然减小,温压条件达到钾长石结晶的区域,在石英正长斑岩的斑晶斜长石和暗色包体中的斑晶与基质斜长石外均形成钾长石膜,构成反环斑结构。     

河北武安地区斑状角闪二长岩中角闪石矿物学特征及其对矽卡岩铁矿成因的指示

成矿作用需要巨量含矿流体,而矽卡岩铁矿的含矿流体到底是从致矿侵入体中析出还是来自于深部岩浆仍有很大争议。为了研究邯邢地区矽卡岩矿床中成矿岩体演化过程中含矿流体的性质及其对成矿作用的贡献,本文利用电子探针(EMPA)和激光剥蚀等离子质谱仪(LA-ICP-MS)的原位分析,对河北武安地区斑状角闪二长岩中角闪石的主微量元素进行研究。岩相学特征显示角闪石可以根据颜色分为两类:褐色角闪石和绿色角闪石。斑晶主要为褐色角闪石并具有反应边结构,由内而外依次为黑云母带、透辉石和斜长石带、绿色角闪石和磁铁矿带;基质主要为绿色角闪石,少数核部为褐色角闪石。褐色角闪石的成分主要为镁绿钙闪石和韭闪石,绿色角闪石主要成分是镁角闪石、浅闪石和阳起石。化学成分上褐色角闪石低Si,高Ti、Al;绿色角闪石高Si,低Al、Ti。利用角闪石温压计计算褐色斑晶角闪石形成于相对高压(400～560MPa)和高温(950～980℃)的深部岩浆房条件;褐色基质角闪石形成压力比斑晶角闪石降低(200～300MPa)而温度变化不大(870～940℃)的浅部岩浆房;绿色角闪石都形成于相对低压(100MPa)、低温(700～880℃)的岩浆定位深度条件下。岩浆具有较高的氧逸度,并且从褐色角闪石到绿色角闪石,岩浆的氧逸度升高,高氧逸度条件有利于金属元素进入流体相,阻止其以硫化物的形式在早期沉淀。同时岩浆高含水量促使在低压条件下出溶成矿流体和挥发分,有利于成矿元素的富集和迁移。相对于褐色角闪石,绿色角闪石具有更强的Nb、Sr、Pb、Ti的负异常和极高Nb/Ta值,这代表绿色角闪石是在流体的交代作用下形成的;结合斑晶角闪石反应边产物及其含铁量分析计算,我们得出外来富铁碱性流体的加入是必须的。"邯邢式"铁矿的成因模式不是传统的接触热液交代成因模型,矽卡岩铁矿的铁质来源应该是深部含矿流体。角闪石斑晶在15～20km深部岩浆房结晶,岩浆侵位到7～10km浅部岩浆房时褐色基质角闪石结晶,此时岩浆房接近固结-半固结状态。随后外来碱性富铁流体注入发生岩浆房的活化,岩浆快速侵位并在1～3km处定位,此时压力迅速降低使成矿流体出溶,绿色角闪石也随之形成。外来碱性富铁流体的注入使岩浆快速侵位,高含水量和高氧逸度条件下成矿流体大量出溶,这些因素共同促进矽卡岩铁矿的形成。     

柴北缘鹰峰环斑花岗岩矿物学特征及其岩石学意义

柴北缘构造带中元古代鹰峰环斑花岗岩主要造岩矿物的研究结果表明，该岩体具pyterlitic型环斑结构，各主要矿物均具多世代特征。钾长石主要以卵形斑晶出现，出溶钠长石条纹极发育，出溶后主晶成分为Or94.57Ab5.25An0.18，钠长石条纹为Or0.71Ab97.59An1.7，推算出球斑均一化成分为Or66.41Ab32.95An0.64。岩浆结晶的斜长石以更长石为主，由于不同程度的蚀变使An降低成为钠质长石。黑云母多有不同程度的蚀变，析出磁铁矿和钛铁矿，析出铁后黑云母的n（Fe）/n（Fe＋Mg）=0.5~0.63，属Mg-Fe2＋-和Fe2＋-黑云母，原成分应更富铁。鹰峰岩体在矿物组成及主要矿物特征上与典型环斑花岗岩的相似，但也存在一些差异，这些差异有的是起因于加里东期的变质改造，有的反映了岩体形成环境和过程的特性。     

岩浆作用过程的矿物记录:以邯邢地区中生代侵入岩为例

矿物环带结构是岩浆过程的良好记录,而矿物温压计可以定量计算岩浆的物理化学条件。该次研究对邯邢地区中生代侵入岩中两个浅成侵入体中典型的斜长石斑晶进行了电子探针和LA-ICP-MS元素面扫描,同时对其中不同成因的角闪石晶体进行了电子探针分析和物理化学条件计算。通过研究发现这两个样品中的斜长石斑晶属于循环晶。辉石闪长玢岩中的斜长石斑晶主要成分为更长石,而斑状石英二长岩中斜长石斑晶主要成分为中长石和拉长石。两者具有明显不同的环带结构,分别记录了不同的岩浆混合过程:前者记录了基性岩浆多次注入酸性岩浆房,并最终获得体积优势;后者记录了少量基性岩浆注入酸性岩浆房内,两者不断混合,形成均质化岩浆的过程。Fe元素从斜长石中心到边部有富集的趋势,表明岩浆最终向富铁的方向演化。角闪石温压计的计算结果表明,辉石闪长玢岩的岩浆房深度在5.5 km左右,温度大约为850 ℃,氧逸度大约为ΔNNO+1,熔体中的含水量大约为4.0%,其最终侵位于2.1 km的地壳深度。而斑状石英二长岩最终定位于2.0 km的地壳深度,角闪石结晶的平均温度为737 ℃,相对氧逸度为ΔNNO+1.2,熔体含水量为3.9%。     

广西燕山期马其岗二长斑岩的矿物学特征及其成因

华南晚中生代侵入岩的成因与演化一直是地学界探索的焦点问题之一.本次对广西马其岗二长斑岩的斑晶矿物进行了矿物学特征及成因意义研究,查明该二长斑岩斑晶主要由斜长石、钾长石、斜方辉石和单斜辉石组成,基质主要由隐晶质、黑云母微晶和长石微晶等组成.斑晶斜长石属于中长石(An=30.17～49.36),发育韵律环带和正环带;钾长石属于正长石w(Qr)为63.70％～80.74％,发育条纹和环带;辉石全部属于Ca-Mg-Fe辉石族;斜方辉石的端元组分w(B)范围为Wo为2.85％～4.75％,En为38.29％～46.65％,Fs为49.09％～58.86％.单斜辉石的端元组分w(B)范围为Wo为41.45％～42.05％,En为32.67％～33.43％,Fs为24.52％～25.83％;辉石总体上均为低w(TiO2),w(Al2O3)和w(Na2O)的特点,斜方铁辉石具有拉斑系列的演化特征,普通辉石具有钙碱性系列的演化特征.依此认为:岩浆在由深部向浅部运移过程中发生了岩浆混合作用.     

丹东地区花岗岩类岩石中碱性长石斑晶成因初探

丹东地区两套中生代花岗岩系中许多岩体都含碱性长石斑晶。这些斑晶具有许多相似的性质,它们呈自形晶,粒度大,具卡氏双晶。其中斜长石、黑云母等包裹体平行斑晶的生长面而呈环状排列。通常核部附近的包裹物为斜长石,而石英反被包裹在斑晶的边缘。斑晶中Ab、An和钡的含量也较基质碱性长石高。由二长石温度计计算的斑晶生成温度为700℃左右。X—光衍射数据表明,斑晶主要为中间微外长石,少量为正长石和微斜长石,这些都说明了斑晶乃岩浆结晶产物。根据实验资料,还讨论了斑晶的结晶过程,并认为斑晶的晶出反映了岩浆高水压力的特点。     

Chemical composition of rock-forming minerals in granitoids associated with Au–Bi–Cu,Cu–Mo,and Au–Ag mineralization at the Freegold Mountain,Yukon, Canada: magmatic and hydrothermal fluid chemistry and petrogenetic implications

The chemical compositions of rock-forming minerals have been determined for both altered and least-altered igneous rocks spatially associated with numerous mineralized zones (Nucleus Au–Bi–Cu–As deposit, Revenue Au ± Cu and Stoddart Cu–Mo ± W mineral occurrences, and Laforma Au–Ag deposit) across the Freegold Mountain area, Yukon, Canada. Within the study area, K-feldspar has a narrow compositional range (89.4–91% Or), whereas plagioclase spans a wide range (4.4–70.07% An). In all of the investigated samples, T _Ab = T _An = T _Or, suggesting that magmatic equilibrium between the coexisting plagioclase and K-feldspar was maintained. Igneous amphibole phenocrysts from hypabyssal dikes are typically calcic, whereas the Stoddart Cu–Mo ± W, Laforma Au–Ag, and Goldy Au mineralization are associated with Mg-enriched primary amphibole of edenite composition, and Au–Bi–Cu–As mineralization from Nucleus is related to Al-enriched primary amphibole of ferropargasite composition. Primary biotite phenocrysts across the Freegold Mountain area re-equilibrated with oxidized magma (f(O₂) values between 10–13 and 10–11.5 bars, lying between the Ni/NiO and the magnetite/haematite buffers). However, biotite and amphibole phenocrysts from Stoddart, Goldy, Laforma, and the Highway zones crystallized from a more oxidized magma, as indicated by their elevated X _Mg up to 0.65, relative to biotite and hornblende from Nucleus and Revenue characterized by a lower X _Mg (typically < 0.50). This suggests that various sources and (or) rapid emplacement were involved in magma genesis, as further supported by the considerable variation of pressure (1.8–7.3 kb) of amphibole crystallization and of the total Al content in least-altered biotite (2.6–2.9 afu) within the Freegold Mountain area. Biotite and apatite equilibrated within the T range of 520–780°C, consistent with temperatures of equilibration between ilmenite and magnetite, and their compositions indicate that they formed from an oxidized I-type magma. Magma differentiated by fractional crystallization (indicated by the presence of normally zoned plagioclase with Ca-rich cores and Na-enriched outer rims) and multiple magma mixing (supported by the presence of reversed zoned plagioclase and coexistence of normally and reversely zoned plagioclase). Lower X _Mg biotite associated with the mineralized (Cu–Mo ± W) potassic alteration incorporated more F and Cl relative to least-altered biotite with higher X _Mg. In both Nucleus and Revenue Au–Cu mineralizations, secondary biotite composition varies with respect to the associated alteration mineral assemblages. Although secondary biotite in the skarn re-equilibrated with F-poor fluids, secondary biotite from the pervasive biotitization is related to F- and Cl-enriched fluids, and secondary biotite from the phyllitic zone is related to F-, Cl-, and Mg-depleted fluids, thus consistent with a change in mineralizing fluid composition during mineralization.     

西藏冈底斯尼木后碰撞花岗岩的岩浆混合作用:显微结构证据

岩浆混合过程中不同熔体之间的相互作用会影响晶体的成核与生长,形成矿物内部复杂的成分变化,以及矿物之间的不平衡结构。尼木二长花岗岩位于冈底斯岩浆岩带中部,是代表性的形成于后碰撞构造演化时期的花岗岩体。本文对其中的斜长石与角闪石颗粒进行了详细的结构和成分分析,揭示了斜长石中的港湾状、浑圆状、筛孔状熔蚀结构以及斜长石成分的突然变化和角闪石包裹黑云母的不平衡结构,并探讨了它们的成因以及相关的岩浆混合作用。分析结果显示,斜长石中突变环带的An含量为37.6~40.6,熔蚀环带的An含量为48.2~59.5,均高于两侧斜长石的An含量(18.4~26.4),表明在形成这些结构时有外来基性岩浆的混合使得岩浆成分发生了突变。样品中的部分黑云母被自形的角闪石包裹,黑云母呈浑圆状并且具有港湾状的熔蚀边,这可能是基性岩浆的混合作用使得岩浆的温度升高导致黑云母发生部分熔融,混合后的岩浆在黑云母周围继续结晶形成角闪石。这些显微结构为揭示冈底斯岩浆岩带的岩浆混合作用提供了新证据。     

浙西南遂昌—大柘地区八都岩群印支期变质变形序列

浙西南遂昌-大柘地区八都岩群在印支期变质事件影响下发生变质变形,通过详细野外调查和岩相学研究,可将其划分为3期变质变形序列：S₁变形期,NW向片麻理记录的残留紧闭褶皱,共生矿物组合为石榴子石变斑晶及其内部定向分布的包裹体矿物,石榴子石+黑云母+石英（泥质）和石榴子石+角闪石+斜长石+石英（长英质）;S₂变形期,区域性宽缓褶皱及NE向缓倾透入性片麻理,共生矿物组合为石榴子石变斑晶及定向分布的基质矿物,矽线石+石榴子石+黑云母+石英+斜长石±钾长石（泥质）和石榴子石+钾长石+斜长石+黑云母+石英（长英质）;S₃变形期,NE向陡倾透入性片麻理及韧脆性断裂大部分被花岗斑岩脉填充,共生矿物组合为石榴子石变斑晶及其周围退变矿物,石榴子石+矽线石+堇青石+斜长石+黑云母+石英±钾长石（泥质）和角闪石+斜长石+黑云母+钛铁矿（长英质）。结合前人研究成果,八都岩群印支期变质事件峰期变质程度达到麻粒岩相,显示顺时针近等温降压（ITD）型的p-T演化轨迹,S₁-S₃变质变形反映出从俯冲碰撞到快速折返冷却的演化过程,伴随S₃同期侵位的花岗斑岩锆石U-Pb定年结果,将该演化过程完成时间约束在229.7 Ma,可能是浙西南地区对印支期古特提斯洋域内印支-华南-华北板块之间俯冲-碰撞过程的响应。     

Crystal clots in calc-alkaline andesites as breakdown products of high-Al amphiboles

Andesites of the calc-alkaline volcanic series associated with the circum-Pacific orogenic zone commonly contain crystal clots consisting essentially of plagioclase, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and magnetite. It is proposed that these crystal clots represent the breakdown products of an amphibole as it enters the low-pressure environment of the upper crust. The bulk chemical composition of the clots compares favorably to that of the high-Al amphibole, pargasitic hornblende. The crystal clots support the hypothesis of the formation of andesitic magma by fractionation of early formed amphibole from a basaltic magma at total pressures less than 18 kbars and temperatures less than 1000° C. The origin of these clots has previously been attributed to random accumulation of phenocrysts. Some features of clot-bearing andesites from Crater Lake, Oregon, U.S.A., cannot be explained by this mechanism. First, in some andesites, certain minerals occur as phenocrysts but are not constituents of the clots, and conversely, certain minerals occurring as accessories in the clots are rarely found as phenocrysts. Second, the minerals comprising the clots occur in a fixed ratio that is significantly different than the ratio of the same minerals as phenocrysts. Crystal clots may form up to 10% by volume of the andesite, imparting a glomeroporphyritic texture to the rock. Crystal clots can be distinguished from xenoliths of similar mineralogy by the presence in the latter of abundant glass, both as interstitial material and as inclusions in the plagioclase grains, giving the plagioclase a “spongy” appearance.     

The petrogenesis of an I-type volcanic-plutonic suite: The St. Marys Porphyrite,Tasmania

The Devonian I-type St. Marys Porphyrite (388±1Ma) comprises two petrographically similar units, an 800 m thick pyroclastic sheet (compositionally dacite and rhyolite) and a subvolcanic feeder dyke. The pyroclastics are crystal-rich and contain (in order of decreasing abundance) plagioclase, quartz, biotite, augite, hypersthene and sanidine phenocrysts in an aphanitic groundmass.The early phenocryst assemblage clinopyroxene+orthopyroxene+plagioclase was followed by crystallisation of less magnesian pyroxene, more sodic plagioclase and biotite, quartz and K-feldspar. The phenocrysts crystallised at high temperature, between 1,000°-850° C, and at a pressure of 2.5±1 kb from a water undersaturated (<2.5 wt.%) magma in a chamber underlying the intrusive centre.At least two eruptive phases are present in the pyroclastic pile, each commencing with rhyolite. Bulk chemical variation probably reflects a zonation in the magma chamber prior to eruption. The low pressure phenocryst crystallisation conditions and the pyroxene Fe-enrichment trend with falling temperature support a fractional crystallisation model. The chemical variation can be explained by 20% fractional crystallisation involving plagioclase, quartz, biotite and pyroxene in proportions similar to modal phenocryst abundances.Volcanics like the St. Marys Porphyrite preserve evidence of their early magmatic history by quenching of mineral phases. Textural relationships and physico-chemical parameters deduced from the St. Marys Porphyrite are applicable to the interpretation of I-type granitoids in eastern Australia and elsewhere and constrain petrogenetic models for their genesis. Pyroxene cores of hornblende grains, pyroxene inclusions in plagioclase and corroded cores of plagioclase crystals may be formed through magmatic crystallisation and need not represent restite.     

Magma mixing/mingling in the Eocene Horoz (Nigde) granitoids, Central southern Turkey: evidence from mafic microgranular enclaves

Mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs) are widespread in the Horoz pluton with granodiorite and granite units. Rounded to elliptical MMEs have variable size (from a few centimetres up to metres) and are generally fine-grained with typical magmatic textures. The plagioclase compositions of the MMEs range from An₁₈?CAn₆₄ in the cores to An₁₇?CAn₂₉ in the rims, while that of the host rocks varies from An₁₇ to An₅₅ in the cores to An₀₇ to An₃₃ in the rims. The biotite is mostly eastonitic, and the calcic-amphibole is magnesio-hornblende and edenite. Oxygen fugacity estimates from both groups?? biotites suggest that the Horoz magma possibly crystallised at fO₂ conditions above the nickel?Cnickel oxide (NNO) buffer. The significance of magma mixing in their genesis is highlighted by various petrographic and mineralogical characteristics such as resorption surfaces in plagioclases and amphibole; quartz ocelli rimmed by biotite and amphibole; sieve and boxy cellular textures, and sharp zoning discontinuities in plagioclase. The importance of magma mixing is also evident in the amphiboles of the host rocks, which are slightly richer in Si, Fe³⁺ and Mg in comparison with the amphiboles of MMEs. However, the compositional similarity of the plagioclase and biotite phenocrysts from MMEs and their host rocks suggests that the MMEs were predominantly equilibrated with their hosts. Evidence from petrography and mineral chemistry suggests that the adakitic Horoz MMEs could be developed from a mantle-derived, water-rich magma (>3 mass%) affected by a mixing of felsic melt at P >2.3?kbar, T >730°C.     

Mineralogical and Chemical Zonation of the Laacher See Tephra Sequence (East Eifel, W. Germany)

The late Quaternary Laacher See Tephra (LLST, MLST, ULST: Lower,Middle, Upper Laacher See Tephra) of the East Eifel volcanicfield (W. Germany) is zoned from highly evolved, volatile-richand crystal-poor phonolite at its base towards a mafic, crystal-richphonolite at the top of the deposit. This is shown by phenocrystabundances, major and trace element chemistry of whole rocks,matrix-glass and some mineral compositions. MgO content in wholerocks ranges from 0.07 wt. per cent in lower LLST to 0.85 wt.per cent in ULST phonolite. Late mafic hybrid pyroclasts containup to 7.0 wt. per cent MgO. Na₂O shows a reverse trend from11.7 wt. per cent in LLST to 5.1 per cent in ULST. Trace elementsare divided into depleted (compatible) elements (e.g. Sr, Sc,Co), and enriched (incompatible) elements (e.g. Zn, Zr, Nb).‘Semi-compatible’ elements (Ta, Y) show minimumconcentrations at an intermediate stratigraphic level (MLST).All compositional gradients are smooth showing a major compositionalinterface between LLST/MLST and ULST. Twelve phenocryst phasesoccur: sanidine, plagioclase, hauyne, amphibole, clinopyroxene,sphene, apatite, Ti-magnetite, biotite, nepheline, cancriniteand zircon. The latter three are restricted to LLST phonolite.There is a steep gradient in mineral abundances from the LLSTand MLST to the mafic ULST phonolite. Microprobe analyses definetwo phenocryst populations: (a) Fe, Na and Mn-rich evolved phenocrysts(hastingsite, aegirine-augite, Ab-rich plagioclase) which predominatewithin highly differentiated (LLST) phonolite; (b) Mg and Ti-richand Fe, Na, Mn-poor phenocrysts, which are most abundant inULST. This compositional zonation is interpreted as the resultof continuous eruption from a zoned magma column; highly evolvedearly magma representing the upper part and mafic late phonoliticmagma representing the lower part of a stratified magma chamberemplaced at shallow, crustal levels.     

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Magma mixing process is unusual in the petrogenesis of felsic rocks associated with alkaline complex worldwide. Here we present a rare example of magma mixing in syenite from the Yelagiri Alkaline Comp...