1. The occurrence of high-temperature skarns from Oraviţa (Banat, Romania): A mineralogical overview
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Essaïd Bilal, Stefan Marincea, Delia-Georgeta Dumitraş, Cristina Ghineţ, Department of Mineralogy, Geological Institut of Romania, Centre Sciences des Processus Industriels et Naturels (SPIN-ENSMSE), École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (Mines Saint-Étienne MSE), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Environnement Ville Société (EVS), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Lyon (ENSAL)-École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (Mines Saint-Étienne MSE), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML), Université de Lyon-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon), Département GéoSciences et Environnement (GSE-ENSMSE), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-SPIN, Geological Institute of Romania-Department INI, Environnement, Ville, Société (EVS), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (Mines Saint-Étienne MSE), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), and Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE)-École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Lyon (ENSAL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Geochemistry ,Mineralogy ,Skarn ,engineering.material ,Wollastonite ,wollastonite ,Oraviţa ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,[SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry ,[SPI.GPROC]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Chemical and Process Engineering ,Paragenesis ,Clintonite ,Vesuvianite ,perovskite ,Mineral ,Romania ,high-temperature ,skarn ,Epidote ,Melilite ,gehlenite ,monticellite ,clintonite ,hydroxylellestadite ,engineering ,mineral data ,vesuvianite ,Geology - Abstract
International audience; A shallow-level dioritic pluton of Upper Cretaceous age caused extensive contact metamorphism of a Mesozoic calcareous sequence at Oraviţa-Ciclova in Romania. The peak metamorphic assemblage (stage I) includes wollastonite, åkermanite-rich melilite, Ti-rich calcic garnet, and pyrrhotite. A second, subsequent paragenesis (stage II) is due to local decreases in fluid pressure and includes gehlenite, Ti-poor calcic garnet, monticellite, Al-rich diopside, magnetite, perovskite, and probably a Ca-Si mineral (kilchoanite?). An early hydrothermal stage (stage III) produced retrogression of the first two stages and a paragenesis including vesuvianite, clintonite, fukalite, katoite, and hydroxylellestadite. A second, late hydrothermal event (stage IV) resulted in the formation of clinochlore, talc, epidote, zeolites (scolecite and thomsonite-Ca), thaumasite, and tobermorite. A last, weathering, paragenesis corresponding to stage V includes allophane (C-S-H gels) and probably portlandite, unpreserved because of its transformation to aragonite, then calcite. The peak metamorphic conditions during the prograde evolution are estimated to have been 750–800 °C for a fluid pressure of up to 0.5 kbar. The main constants determined from chemical, optical, and X-ray powder analyses of these mineral species are reported here. This work documents the first occurrence of katoite and the second occurrences of perovskite, fukalite, and hydroxylellestadite in the Romanian skarns.
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- 2015