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Author(s): Barkov, AY; Bindi, L; Tamura, N; Martin, RF; Ma, C; Winkler, B; Shvedov, GI; Morgenroth, W | Abstract: Fleetite, Cu2RhIrSb2, a new species of platinum-group mineral (PGM), was discovered intergrown with an Os–Ir–Ru alloy in the Miass Placer Zone (Au–PGE), southern Urals, Russia. A single grain 50 lm across was found. Osmium, ruthenium, and iridium are the main associated minerals; also present are Pt–Fe alloys, laurite, Sb-rich irarsite, Rh-rich tolovkite, kashinite, anduoite, ferronickelplatinum, heazlewoodite, PGE-bearing pentlandite and digenite, as well as micrometric inclusions of forsterite (Fo93.7), chromite–magnesiochromite, and Mg-rich edenite. In reflected light, fleetite is light gray; it is opaque, isotropic, non-pleochroic, and non-bireflectant. We report reflectance values measured in air. A mean of seven point-analyses (wavelength-dispersive spectrometry) gave Cu 13.93, Ni 8.60, Fe 0.10, Ir 28.07, Rh 7.91, Ru 1.96, Sb 39.28, total 99.85 wt.%, corresponding to (Cu1.41Ni0.58Fe0.01)R2.00(Rh0.49Ni0.36Ru0.12)R0.97Ir0.95Sb2.08 on the basis of six atoms per formula unit, taking into account the structural results. The calculated density is 10.83 g/cm3. Single-crystal X-ray studies show that fleetite is cubic, space group Fd3m (#227), a = 11.6682(8) A, V = 1588.59(19) A3, and Z = 16. A least-squares refinement of X-ray powder-diffraction data gave a = 11.6575(5) A and V = 1584.22(19) A3. The strongest five reflections in the powder pattern [d in A(I)(hkl)] are: 6.70(75)(111), 4.13(100)(220), 3.52(30)(311), 2.380(50)(422), 2.064(40)(440). Results of synchrotron micro-Laue diffraction experiments are consistent [a ¼ 11.66(2) A]. The crystal structure of fleetite was solved and refined to R ¼ 0.0340 based upon 153 reflections with Fo . 4r(Fo). It is isotypic with Pd11Bi2Se2 and best described as intermetallic, with all metal atoms in 12-fold coordination. Fleetite and other late exotic phases were formed by reaction of the associated alloy phases with a fluid phase enriched in Sb, As, and S in circulation in the cooling ophiolite source-rock. The mineral is named after Michael E. Fleet (1938–2017) in recognition of his significant contributions to the Earth Sciences.

Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T11:55:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-04-01 Vicerrectoria de Investigaciones y Posgrados The Quaternary Villamaria-Termales Monogenetic Volcanic Field (VTMVF) is one of the monogenetic fields located within the subduction related. volcanic chain in the northern Colombian Andes. The dominantly andesitic composition of the products from this field provides an opportunity to study the crystallisation history of monogenetic volcanic products, associated with long term crustal stagnation before eruption. This work focuses on the Victoria, Gallinazo and Tesorito monogenetic effusive volcanoes, using a combination of petrography, mineral chemistry and whole-rock chemical analysis, in addition to geothermobarometers, to estimate the crystallisation conditions of the main mineral phases and infer the depths at which such phases crystallised. We also present two K/Ar radiometric ages for Victoria and Gallinazo volcanoes in order to add to the known age (1.2 Ma) of the Tesorito volcano. This helps us to timeframe this volcanism within the similar to 140 km volcanic chain where it is located. The rocks are porphyritic with a glassy and microcrystalline groundmass, and display glomeroporphyritic and disequilibrium textures such as textures sieve in plagioclase and reaction rims in pyroxene.The main mineral phases forming the rocks arc plagioclase (An(22-)(67)), orthopyroxene (Wo(02)En(65)(-)(80)FS(18-)(33)), clinopyroxene (Wo(39-45)En(39-49)Fs(07-17)), amphibole (magnesiohastingsite, magnesihornblende, edenite and tschermakite), and Fe-Ti oxides Usp(37-23) Mag(63-77) and Ilm(79-62) Hem(21-39). Olivine (Fo(71-87)) only appears in the Victoria volcano. The volcanoes are subalkaline andesites with talc-alkaline affinity. Estimation of the crystallisation conditions (i.e. temperature and pressure) for in-equilibrium mineral phases, indicate the depths at which they crystallised. Olivine crystallised at 1198-1191 degrees C and similar to 1.4 GPa, orthopyroxene-clinopyroxene coexisted at 963-880 degrees C and 0.78-0.47 GPa, plagioclase formed at 928-908 degrees C and 0.76-0.17 GPa, amphibole crystallised at 998-877 degrees C and 0.79-0.16 GPa, and Fe-Ti oxides crystallised at 937-904 degrees C. This suggests that crystallisation starts at depths of similar to 53 km and it continues until the surface. The obtained radiometric ages for the Gallinazo (1.92 +/- 0.06 Ma) and Victoria (1.97 4-0.06 Ma) volcanoes indicate that they are similar to 0.7 Ma older than the nearby Tesorito volcano. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Univ Caldas, Programa Geol, Manizales, Colombia Univ Caldas, Dept Ciencias Geol, Manizales, Colombia Univ Caldas, Inst Invest Estratigrafia IIES, Manizales, Colombia Nanyang Technol Univ, Earth Observ Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Univ Caldas, Manizales, Colombia Univ Caldas, Ciencias Tierra, Manizales, Colombia Univ Estadual Paulista, Programa Posgrad Geociencias & Meio Ambiente, Sao Paulo, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Programa Posgrad Geociencias & Meio Ambiente, Sao Paulo, Brazil Vicerrectoria de Investigaciones y Posgrados: 0744319

The Gloria Norte Stock (GNS) is made up of predominantly porphyritic biotite- amphibole-bearing quartz monzonite, enclosing a large number of microgranular mafic enclaves (MME). The GNS MME are fine-grained rocks with rounded and ellipsoid shapes that show sharp and gradational contacts with the host rocks, suggesting they coexisted with the host monzonite as magmas. The studied amphibole crystals of the two rock types are calcic and correspond to pargasite, edenite, and magnesium-hornblende. Their compositions are influenced by substitutions involving Al3+, Na+, Fe2+, Si4+ and Mg2+ ions, reflecting the decrease in temperature and the increase in oxygen fugacity. They present low Ti and Al contents, and varied Si content (6.2-7.7 apuf). The mg# values range from 0.48-0.84. Pressures for the crystallization of the MME amphiboles vary between 2.6 and 7.8 kbar and the temperatures of solidus and liquidus were estimated between 600-659 and 887-908oC, respectively. The early MME amphibole crystals with lower Si and Mg content were formed under high pressure (7.8 kbar) and temperature (908 °C). The presence of amphiboles with 862oC and 5 kbar in MME and GNS reflects that the interaction between these magmas occurred at 18 km of depth.

The effect of waste rock minerals introduced by dilution on the flotation of spodumene was investigated. The objectives of this work were to investigate how flotation yield and grades deteriorate mainly by Mg-bearing biotite and amphiboles that are introduced to the system by waste rock dilution and find the possible ways to improve the flotation performance regarding these Mg-bearing minerals. Laboratory flotation tests were conducted with modifications to the standard procedure and new conditions. Analytical methods used in this work include mineralogical tests like electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA) to find out accurate elemental assays for the minerals in the deposit, especially biotite. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) to analyse flotation products contents. Mineral liberation analysis (MLA) for liberation, associations, Mg-distribution and modal mineralogy. Information about mineral recoveries in different flotation stages was obtained from element to mineral conversion calculations with HSC Chemistry software. The target grade and recovery of Li₂O for the Rapasaari ore were established on 4.5% and 84.18% (as a previous standard test). The use of Na₂CO₃ and starch modifiers gave promising results slightly improving the recoveries to 85.29% and 85.11% respectively while reaching almost 4.5% grade in final concentrate. Mineral liberation analysis (MLA) showed that biotite contains most of the Mg (80–90%), other minerals are amphiboles (mainly edenite and hornblende) and in less extent chlorite and clays. Biotite and amphiboles end up in the final concentrate mostly fully liberated while apatite is mostly coarse mixed grains. Mg-bearing minerals float into the concentrate because of similar surface properties with spodumene. Those similar properties may be due to chemically active Al-O sites that form on the mineral surfaces when the mineral breaks through its cleavage planes during comminution. Al-O sites act as collector attachment spots in fatty acid flotation and compete for collector adsorption.

Hydrothermal veins and dykelets that cross-cut layered olivine gabbros deep in the plutonic section of the Samail Ophiolite, Sultanate of Oman, point towards the occurrence of hydrothermal circulation in the deep oceanic crust, and these features record interactions between rock and high temperature seawater-derived fluids or brines. Deep penetration of seawater-derived fluids down to 100 m above the Moho transition zone and the consequent interactions with the host rock lead to hydrothermal alteration from granulite facies grading down to greenschist facies conditions. Here we present a study of veins and dykelets formed by hydrothermal interaction cutting layered gabbro in the Wadi Wariyah, using petrographic, microanalytical, isotopic, and structural methods. We focus on amphiboles, which show a conspicuous compositional variation from high-Ti magnesiohastingsite and pargasite via magnesiohornblende and edenite, to Cl-rich ferropargasite and hastingsite (up to 1.5 a.p.f.u. Cl) and actinolite. These minerals record a wide range of formation conditions from magmatic to hydrothermal, and reveal a complex history of interactions between rock and hydrothermal fluid or brine in a lower oceanic crustal setting. Large variations in Cl content and cation configurations in amphibole suggest formation in equilibrium with fluids of different salinities at variable fluid/rock ratios. The presence of subsolidus amphibole extremely enriched in chlorine implies phase separation and brine/rock interactions. 87Sr/86Sr values of 0.7031 to 0.7039 and stable δ18O isotopic compositions of 4.1 to 5.6‰ of the different amphibole types suggest a rock-dominated environment, i.e. with low fluid/rock ratios. However, the slight departure from mean Oman isotope values may indicate there was some influence of seawater in the aforementioned fluid-rock interactions. Our study provides new petrological data for the subsolidus evolution of gabbro-hosted amphibole-rich veins in the presence of a seawater-derived fluid.

Natural occurrences of Cl-bearing amphibole indicate crystallization in the presence of a highly saline fluid. Amphibole with varying Cl contents (0.1 to 5 wt% Cl) found in lower oceanic crustal rocks demonstrates the activity of saline hydrothermal fluids at depth. Here we present an experimental study done in cold seal pressure vessels (CSPV) and internally heated pressure vessels (IHPV) to illustrate the process by which gabbro-hosted amphibole-rich parageneses evolve in the presence of a hydrothermal saline fluid. The starting material used was a natural gabbroic rock containing high-Ti magnesio-hastingsite with the addition of a moderately to highly saline fluid (NaCl-H2O) with XNaCl = 0.02, 0.07 and 0.24 (6, 20 and 50 wt% NaCl). We evaluated a range of conditions from hydrothermal (500–750 °C) to magmatic (900 °C) at pressures of 200 MPa and fO2 close to NNO. Fluid/rock mass ratios used were 0.2 and 1 in subsolidus (hydrothermal) experiments, and 0.07 in partial melting (magmatic) experiments. New amphibole was formed on rims of the starting high-Ti magnesio-hastingsite, with product compositions corresponding to magnesio-hastingsite, high-Si magnesio-hornblende, tschermakite, edenite, hastingsite and ferro-pargasite with varying Cl contents up to 0.47 wt% Cl. Our results from subsolidus experiments demonstrate a decrease in olivine, plagioclase and clinopyroxene in the starting rock, and formation of new amphibole, with decreased IVAl and Ti with respect to starting amphibole. Product amphibole does not display any correlation between Cl and Fe2+, IVAl and K, in contrast to natural highly Cl-rich amphibole, suggesting that these correlations hold true only at Cl contents higher than those attained in our experiments. In addition, we found that increasing NaCl in the fluid correlates with increased maximum Cl contents in amphibole. Compositional variations found in product amphibole highlight the heterogeneities in fluid infiltration and Cl activity that account for the complexity of hydrothermal fluid/rock interactions in deep oceanic geological systems.

Ultramafic cumulate rocks represent the rarest allochthonous fragments of the Mesozoic oceanic lithosphere observed today in the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous mélange of Mt. Kalnik, located in the SW part of the Zagorje‒ Mid-Transdanubian Zone (ZMTDZ). Poikilitic heteroadcumulate ultramafic rocks of Mt. Kalnik are represented by amphibole lherzolites/ harzburgite sand plagioclase lherzolites. Both were formed by in-situ processes within a magma chamber following the general crystallization sequence of: Al-chromite → Mg-rich olivine → enstatite ± augite→ Ca-amphibole (pargasite ± edenite ± magnesiohornblende) → Ca-plagioclase (An82.6-87.4). Cumulate minerals are spinel and olivine as well as orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene which areusually enclosed in intercumulate phases such as amphibole and/or plagioclase that render aninterstitial mesostasis. Rocks’ textural characteristics, mineral crystallization order and their phase chemistry are all suggestive of low-pressure sub-solidus crystallization in an open system. The low Ti content in augite and scant HFSE abundances suggest the studied rocks may have formed from a depleted mantle source. In addition to the medium to high degree of partial melting of the source, the parental process that gave rise to the Mt. Kalnik ultramafic cumulates also included a low degree of fractional crystallization. The segregation of oxidized Al-chromite and oikocrysts of pargasite and edenite in an early crystallization stage illustrates the formation of a cumulate sequence from volatile-rich magmas. These magmas usually have a high oxidation potential and are exclusively found in intra-oceanic subduction zones, predominantly in island arcs. The overall whole-rock geochemistry [e.g. (Nb/La)n = 0.25- 0.34 ; (Ti/Gd)n = 0.49-0.89 ; (Th/Nb)n = 5.29- 8.63 ; (La/Lu)cn = 0.57-0.68] together with a record of Ca-rich plagioclase (up toAn87.4) and low Ti clinopyroxene (≤0.54 wt%) corroborate the supra-subduction tholeiitic nature of the magma source. Ultramafic cumulates from the ophiolitic mélange of Mts. Kalnik and Medvednica show common genetic features and geotectonic provenance. Comparison with analogous ultramafic lithotypes of the north- eastern segment of the ZMTDZ (the Szarvaskö Complex, Hungary), the ultramafic cumulates of Mts. Kalnik and Medvednica portray some subtle differences that may indicate their distinctive geotectonic provenance. Mts. Kalnik and Medvednica ultramafic cumulates represent the vestiges of a single Upper Jurassic intra- oceanic arc system formed in the western branch of the Meliata-Maliak segment of the Neotethyan oceanic realm.

DOI: 10.15317/Scitech.2018.149 Url: http://sujest.selcuk.edu.tr/sumbtd/article/view/479, In the Konya area, the Neotethyan assemblage is represented by Late Cretaceous aged Hatıp Ophiolitic Mélange, in where the metamorphic sole rocks crop out as thin slices beneath the sheared serpentinites and harzburgites, and Çayırbağı ophiolite. This study aims to characterize the mineralogical characteristics and chemical composition of the amphiboles in the metamagmatic sole rocks of the Hatıp Ophiolitic Mélange. The main rock types in the metamorphic sole rocks are amphibolite (amphibole up to 90.3 %); epidote-amphibolite (65.3% amphibole); zoisite-amphibolite (amphibole 52.2%) and amphibole-quartzite (amphibole 28.5%) with nematoblastic to porphyroblastic texture. The microprobe analyses of the amphiboles suggest that the amphiboles have crystallized from a wet magma in medium pressure condition (≤ 7 kb), and are magnesiohornblende, pargasite and edenite in composition. The obtained data also reveal that the Neotethyan assemblage has experienced a regional metamorphism in greenschist facies conditions, which resulted in no chemical changes in the amphiboles., Konya yöresinde Neotetis topluluğu, Geç Kretase yaşlı makaslanmış serpantinit ve harzburgitlerin altında ince dilimler şeklinde metamorfik taban kayaçlarının bulunduğu Hatıp ofiyolitik Melanjı ve Çayırbağı ofiyolitleri ile temsil edilirler. Bu çalışmada, metamorfik dilimde yer alan metamagmatik kayaçlardaki amfibollerin mineralojik özelliklerinin ve kimyasal bileşimlerinin ortaya konulması amaçlanmıştır. Metamorfik dilimdeki ana kayaç tipleri nematoblastik - porfiroblastik dokuya sahip olan amfibolit (% 90.3 lere varan amfibol); epidot amfibolit (%65.3 amfibol); zoisit amfibolit (%52.2 amfibol) ve amfibol kuvarsit (%28.5 amfibol) tir. Amfibollerin kimyası, amfibollerin orta basınç şartlarında (≤ 7 kb) sulu bir mağmadan kristalleşen magnezyohornblend, pargazit ve edenit bileşiminde olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Eldeki veriler, ayrıca Neotetis topluluğunun daha sonra amfibollerde kimyasal bir değişiklik oluşturmayan yeşilşist fasiyesi şartlarında bölgesel bir metamorfizmaya uğradığını vurgulamaktadır.

Apatite is a concentrator of F and Cl, which play a significant role in the formation of minerals of platinum-group elements of pneumatolitic origin. There are three apatite generations in Norilsk magmatic sulfide ores. Apatite I occurs in sulfide bodies and rims of fluid alteration above sulfide droplets in disseminated ores. Its composition evolved from hydroxyl-chlorapatite to chlorapatite. Apatite I associates with Tiрbiotite, titanomagnetite, ilmenite with baddeleyite lamellae, anhydrite, Ti-poor kaersutite, Cl-bearing hastingsite and edenite, djerfisherite, bartonite, and minerals of the Pt and Au groups. Apatite I contains up to 2.3 wt % lanthanides, primarily Ce, La, and Nd. Apatite I is overgrown and replaced by apatite II, the composition of which evolved from hydroxyl-chlor-fluorapatite to fluorapatite. Apatite II often occurs also as individual crystals in massive sulfides and contains up to 0.9 wt % lanthanides. The pneumatolitic chlorapatite and fluorapatite contain ~0.5 wt % SiO2. The composition of apatite indicates discrete evolution of fluids released during the crystallization of Norilsk sulfide melts: from water–chloride to chloride at the first state, and from water–chlorite–fluoride to essentially fluoride at the second stage. The lanthanides released during the replacement of chlorapatite I by fluorapatite II were probably incorporated in pneumatolitic zoned orthite-(Ce). In the areas affected by prehnite–pumpellyite metamorphism, apatite I and apatite II within metamorphosed sulfide ores are partly or completely replaced by apatite III, which varies in composition from hydroxyl-chlorapatite to hydroxylapatite poor in fluorine and lanthanides. The lanthanides released during the replacement of apatite I and II by metamorphic hydroxylapatite III were probably incorporated in metamorphic unzoned orthite-(Ce).

The Carmo stock is part of a 650–620 Ma magmatic-epidote bearing metaluminous calc-alkalic magma association intruded within the Cachoeirinha-Salgueiro domain (CSD, Northeastern Brazil). The pluton consists mainly of granodiorites and monzogranites, with abundant mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs). Textural and chemical evidence indicate that epidote is magmatic, while titanite was partially re-equilibrated during subsolidus processes. Amphibole in granitoids is hastingsite, and varies in composition from edenite to pargasite in the MMEs. Biotite exhibits similar values of AlIV (2.3–2.5 apfu) in the MMEs and host rocks, but shows lower Fe/(Fe + Mg) ratios in the former than in the host granitoids (0.53–0.56 and 0.56–0.60, respectively). Pressures between 6 and 7 kbar and temperatures between 656 and 735 °C were estimated from the Al-in-hornblende geobarometer and the amphibole-plagioclase geothermometer, which are consistent with presence of magmatic epidote. The zircon saturation thermometer provided higher temperatures, between 749 and 776 °C, and are interpreted as near-liquidus temperatures. Estimative of fO2 indicates moderately oxidizing crystallization conditions slightly below the NNO buffer (ΔNNO from −1.2 to −0.4). The initial water content estimated for these magmas suggests that they were highly hydrated (~5–6 wt%), consistent with presence of early-crystallized hornblende. The chemical composition of ferromagnesian minerals indicates that the rocks of Carmo stock crystallized from I-type calc-alkalic magma and suggests interaction between juvenile and crustal components. Based on these new data, in combination with previously published data, we suggest that magmatic epidote-bearing granitoids from CSD were likely derived from partial melting of mantle-like sources along with recycled terrigenous sediment.

The Neoproterozoic, epidote-bearing Mons Claudianus Batholith (MCB), Egypt, consists of tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) lithologies, containing variable contents of quartz, feldspars, amphiboles, biotite, and magmatic epidote, with accessory titanite, zircon, allanite, apatite, opaque magnetite and ilmenite. Plagioclase varies from An49to An19, and K-feldspars possess near end-member compositions (Or97to Or91). Amphiboles are calcic (Ca = 1.88–1.92 atoms per formula unit (apfu)), Al-rich (average AlT= 1.84 apfu), having an average Fe/(Fe + Mg) ratio of 0.50, and are edenite, ferro-edenite and ferropargasite. The Al-in-Hb barometer produced an average crystallization pressure of 5.5 kbar, consistent with the presence of magmatic epidote; the association epidote – Al-rich-Hb suggests mesozonal crustal levels, and thus a possible average rate of regional uplift for the Nubian Shield would have been in the order of 0.03 mm/yr. Calculated temperatures (using the Hb-Plag geothermometer) range from 729 to 754°C (average 747°C). The calculatedP / Tvalues of epidote-bearing MCB rocks fall within the experimentally-determinedP-Trange of stability of magmatic epidote withfO2buffered from NNO to HM. Biotites in the MCB are moderately Mg-rich (Fe/(Fe + Mg) = 0.42 to 0.50), and are type 'C'-biotite, typical of calcalkaline orogenic suites, which are distinct from types 'A' and 'P' biotites occurring in anorogenic alkaline, and peraluminous lithologies, respectively. The minor secondary chlorite phases, with their Fe/(Fe + Mg) ratios of 0.37–0.52, are pycnochlorite and ripidolites, and belong to group 'c' chlorites. Minerals of the MCB reflect a petrogenetic history involving a wet, subsolvus, typically orogenic magmatic system. Results of this study could have wide implications for mineralogical characterization, level of emplacement and evolution of magmatic systems of TTG suites occurring in other orogenic belts.

The Late Cretaceous Mamba granodiorite belongs to a part of the Mesozoic Gangdese continental magmatic belt. No quantitative mineralogical study has been made hitherto, and hence the depth at which it formed is poorly constrained. Here we present mineralogical data for the Mamba pluton, including host rocks and their mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs), to provide insights into their overall crystallization conditions and information about magma mixing. All amphiboles in the Mamba pluton are calcic, with B(Ca+Na)>1.5, and Si=6.81–7.42 apfu for the host rocks and Si=6.77–7.35 apfu for the MMEs. The paramount cation substitutions in amphibole include edenite type and tschermakite type. Biotites both in the host rocks and the MMEs collectively have high MgO (13.19 wt.%–13.03 wt.%) contents, but define a narrow range of Al apfu (atoms per formula unit) variations (2.44–2.57). The oxygen fugacity estimates are based on the biotite compositions cluster around the NNO buffer. The calculated pressure ranges from 1.2 to 2.1 kbar according to the aluminum-in-hornblende barometer. The computed pressure varies from 0.9 to 1.3 kbar based on the aluminum-in-biotite barometer which corresponds to an average depth of ca. 3.9 km. Besides, the estimates of crystallization pressures vary from 0.8 to 1.4 kbar based on the amphibole barometer proposed by Ridolfi et al. (2010), which can be equivalent to the depths ranging from 3.1 to 5.2 km. The MMEs have plagioclase oscillatory zonings and quartz aggregates, probably indicating the presence of magma mixing. Besides, core-to-rim element variations (Rb, Sr, Ba, and P) for the K-feldspar megacrysts serve as robust evidence to support magma mixing and crystal fractionation. This indicates the significance of the magma mixing that contributes to the formation of K-feldspar megacryst zonings in the Mamba pluton.

We studied the heavy minerals in 46 surface sediments collected from the Central Yellow Sea Mud (CYSM) to characterize the type, abundance, mineralogical properties and distribution pattern using the stereo-microscopy, field-Emission scanning electron microscopy (FE SEM) and chemical analysis through the energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). Heavy mineral assemblages are primarily composed of epidote group, amphibole group, garnet group, zircon, rutile and sphene in descending order. Epidote group and amphibole group minerals account for more than 50% of total heavy minerals. The minerals in epidote group, amphibole group and garnet group in studied area are epidote, edenite and almandine, respectively. When we divided the CYSM into two regions by , the eastern region contain higher contents of epidote and (zircon + rutile), which are more resistant to weathering but lower of amphibole, which is less resistant to weathering than the western region. Based on this results, it is possible to estimate that the eastern region sediments are transported for a long distance while western region sediments are transported for a short distance from the source area. In the future, the additional study on the heavy minerals in river sediments flowing into the Yellow Sea and much more samples for marine sediments must be carried out to interpret exactly the provenance and sedimentation process.

The concentrically zoned Dahanib Alaskan-type complex in the Southern Eastern Desert (SED) of Egypt contains cumulate dunites associated with banded chromitites in the core, through harzburgites, wehrlites, and gabbroic rocks to the rim. Primary mineral inclusions hosted in chromian spinels of the banded chromitites are usually pargasite, orthopyroxene (Opx), aspidolite, phlogopite, edenite, olivine and PGE-bearing sulphides. The chromian spinel in Dahanib chromitites has a narrow range of Cr# (0.53–0.63) along with high Ti and Fe+3, like that in the host clinopyroxene-rich cumulate dunites. It resembles in chemistry to spinels in the Alaskan-type complex formed in an island arc setting. The early cumulus olivine in disseminated chromitites and host dunites (Fo88-91) shows a typical fractional crystallization trend. The interstitial clinopyroxene (Cpx) in chromitites is similar in chemical properties to Cpx crystallized from tholeiitic basalt melts, and traces a cumulate trend of arc-related Alaskan complexes. The peridotitic and gabbroic rocks contain primary amphiboles, which are pargasite and edenite with high Ti, Na and Al. The sulphide minerals are usually chalcopyrite, pentlandite and horomanite with subordinate Cu-pentlandite, cubanite, samaniite, heazlewoodite and pyrite. Pentlandite, horomanite and cubanite at temperatures between 900 and 1040 °C are rich in some platinum group elements (PGE: Os, Pt, Ir). They are classified into primary and secondary origins, which were crystallized from segregated sulphide droplets and from hydrothermal fluids at temperature

The Xilinhot gabbro–diorite pluton in central Inner Mongolia comprises a microgabbro–hornblende gabbro–quartz diorite suite and diorite–microdiorite–quartz microdiorite suite, which intrude the Erdaojing complex in the northern orogenic belt of the southeastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). Zircons separated from hornblende gabbro and quartz diorite yielded sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe U–Pb ages of 326.8 ± 3.4 and 324.0 ± 1.9 Ma, respectively. There are two types of hornblende in the hornblende gabbro: isolated hornblende and hornblende clusters surrounding orthopyroxene. Only hornblende clusters occur in the quartz diorite. The amphibole is edenite in the diorite, whereas the microdiorite and quartz microdiorite contain hornblende. The isolated hornblende formed at higher P–T–H2Omelt conditions (3.3–5.0 kbar; 749–814 °C; 7.4–8.3 wt% H2O) than the hornblende clusters in the hornblende gabbro (0.9–2.2 kbar; 670–731 °C; 3.8–5.5 wt% H2O). Edenite in the diorite crystallized at higher P–T and lower H2Omelt conditions (1.8–4.8 kbar; 777–979 °C; 3.2–5.2 wt% H2O) than hornblende in the microdiorite (1.3–1.5 kbar; 697–711 °C; 5.0–5.6 wt% H2O). These thermodynamic parameters reveal a multi-level magmatic storage system. Hornblende gabbro, quartz diorite, diorite, microdiorite, and quartz microdiorite are generally characterized by flat middle to heavy rare earth element patterns and no Eu anomalies. Geochemical modeling of heavy rare earth element concentrations in hornblende gabbro suggest that the magma was generated by >17.5% partial melting of spinel lherzolite. Slab-derived fluid input can account for the enrichments in Sr, Th, and light rare earth elements, and depletions in Nb and Ta. The multi-level magmatic storage system and slab-derived fluid input suggest that the early Carboniferous magmatism was generated in an arc-related tectonic setting. The northern orogenic and Hegenshan ophiolite belts constitute an early Carboniferous fore-arc basin–arc–back-arc basin system.

Amphibole growth rates were experimentally determined at hydrous (3.3–4.2 wt% H2O), isobaric (0.8 GPa) conditions, variable temperature (1030 and 1080 °C) and dwell time (0.25, 3, 6, and 9 h), using as starting material a primitive alkaline basalt from Procida island (Campi Flegrei Volcanic District, south Italy). Amphibole growth rates decrease from 1.5·10−7 to 2.9·10−8 cm s−1 as the duration of the experiments increase from 0.25 to 9 h. Moreover, increasing both temperature and water content leads to similar growth rate increase at constant dwell time. The comparison between amphibole and clinopyroxene growth rates determined at the same experimental conditions reveals for amphibole a faster growth relatively to the coexisting clinopyroxene, regardless of the dwell time. Furthermore, the experimental time appears to be a critical parameter for the composition of synthetic amphiboles; specifically, edenite is the dominant composition in short experiments (≤3 h), particularly, at low temperature (1030 °C), whereas the magnesiohastingsitic amphibole becomes progressively more important shifting towards longer duration and higher temperature run conditions. The magnesiohastingsite, on the basis of the amphibole-liquid Fe-Mg exchange coefficient values, results to be the compositional term representative of amphibole-melt equilibrium at the investigated P-T-H2O conditions. Finally, experimental growth rates from this study have been used to investigate the crystallization time of natural amphiboles and clinopyroxenes from the Oligo-Miocene cumulates of north-western Sardinia (i.e. Capo Marargiu Volcanic District, Italy), yielding crystallization times of 1.46–3.12 yr.

WOS: 000451962500007 In this study, LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon dating were used to determine the age of the newly discovered plagiogranite suite intruding gabbro and volcanic units of Mersin ophiolites from the Inner Tauride Belt. Obtained U-Pb zircon ages from the plagiogranite yielded crystallization ages of 93.0 +/- 1.5 to 94.2 +/- 2.4Ma (Turonian-Cenomanian) supporting the idea of Late Cretaceous active subduction factory in the Tauride Suture Zone. The plagiogranites are mainly granodioritic, and tonalitic in composition, and contain mafic microgranular enclaves (MME) ranging from 10 to 45cm in size. The plagiogranites are geochemically defined by low K2O (0.02-1.03wt%) and TiO2 (0.17-1.88wt%) and comparatively high Na2O (2.3-10.2wt%) and SiO2 (70-78wt%) compositions together with depletion in Ti, Ta, and Nb. The tectonomagmatic discrimination diagrams, trace, and REE-normalized multi-element patterns indicate that the plagiogranites are distinctive calc-alkaline, I-type volcanic arc granites. Plagiogranites are furthermore characterized by the diffuse presence of isotropic pseudomorphic growth of secondary calcic-amphibole (edenite and actinolite) over a pristine not preserved Ca-inosilicate. Inverse geothermobarometry models indicate a secondary amphibole genesis at ca. 600 degrees C and 1.5-1.7kbar, suggesting HT-metasomatism affecting the already intruded plagiogranites. While it is already accepted that Mersin ophiolite complex is generated in a supra-subduction zone, this study represents a new contribution on the evolution of the Mersin ophiolite during the Late Cretaceous Neotethys subduction and could shed light on the genesis of plagiogranites in arc-environments. Cukurova University Research FoundationCukurova University [FBA-2016-7376] Financial supports from the Cukurova University Research Foundation (Project No: FBA-2016-7376).

The early and middle Miocene andesitic lavas of the Sierra de Angangueo (MALSA) represent one of the most prominent landforms of intermediate magmatism in Central Mexico. In this paper, we present new petrological, geochemical, thermobarometric, and geochronological data in order to discuss the conditions of MALSA’s emplacement in the lithosphere.MALSA comprises a voluminous eroded early Miocene andesitic structure, emplaced on a Mesozoic basement. MALSA shows a wide variety of textures, from glassy and aphanitic to porphyritic, mainly composed of plagioclase (An10-55), clinopyroxene (Wo60-65; En35-40), amphibole (Mg-hornblende/edenite), and rarely olivine (Fo75–86) or orthopyroxene (En72-80). Major and trace elements plots follow a typical calc-alkaline trend with relatively increasing fractionation.The 87Sr/86Sr isotopic signatures range between 0.703343 and 0.704459 and eNd values from +1.37 to +4.84; apparently without a significant contribution of an old, thick, or highly radiogenic continent...

Adrar Izzilatene in the Egere-Aleksod terrane of the LATEA metacraton (Hoggar, Algeria) exposes one of the best preserved examples of eclogite facies metamorphism in Hoggar. Three distinct stages of metamorphic development are recognised, namely, the pre-peak stage (M1), characterised by garnet, amphibole, epidote, quartz and rutile, the peak eclogite facies stage (M2), consisting of omphacite, garnet, edenite, epidote, quartz and rutile, and the retrograde stage (M3), where initial decompression resulted in the appearance of plagioclase, the development of pargasite + plagioclase kelyphites and finally the formation of anhydrous plagioclase + diopside coronas. Porphyroblastic omphacite has a jadeite content of up to X Jd = 0.36, which is the highest yet observed for eclogite facies rocks from the Tuareg Shield. Garnet growth zoning patterns are characterised by flat profiles in the cores ( X Alm = 0.55–0.60; X Prp = 0.12–0.16; X Grs = 0.26–0.30) before showing a decrease in almandine to X Alm = 0.45, coupled to an increase in pyrope to X Prp = 0.29 and decrease in grossular to X Grs = 0.26 at the rims. Calculated P–T–M H2O pseudosections show that the prograde M1 assemblage equilibrated at 13–14 kbar and 580 °C, before pressure and temperature increased to 19 kbar and 650–700 °C at fluid-saturated conditions during peak metamorphism. Retrogression involved near-isothermal decompression to 8–9 kbar and 700–750 °C at fluid-undersaturated conditions. Prograde-to-peak metamorphism of the Izzilatene eclogite could have involved either oceanic or continental subduction, followed by exhumation as the area was obducted towards the LATEA metacraton during the Pan-African orogeny and the assembly of Western Gondwana.

Dykes predominate within the Neoproterozoic rocks, especially granites, of Wadi El Redi-Wadi Lahami area in the southern Eastern Desert of Egypt. The dyke swarms form three major suites: from the oldest to the youngest, they are basaltic andesite—Suite 1 (E-W and ENE-WSW), rhyolite—Suite 2 (NE-SW), and andesite—Suite 3 (NNE-SSW, NNW-SSE, and NW-SE). Despite the wide ranges of the dyke compositions, the feldspar and amphibole are usually the essential forming minerals. The plagioclase arrays between Ab0.9An99.10 in the basaltic andesite and Ab98.80An0.70 in the rhyolite, while sanidine ranges from Or44.60Ab49.70 to Or98.40Ab1.60. Amphibole in Suite 1 and 3 (Al2O3, TiO2, Na2O, and K2O are the lowest and those of SiO2 and CaO are the highest) samples are usually magnesio-hornblende, whereas it is edenite and tschermakite in Suite 2 dykes. Despite all parent magmas have calc-alkaline affinity, some elements such as Ni show an erratic behavior against the progressing differentiation from one magma chamber and implying for an assimilation of the country rocks. The high contents of amphibole, the depletion in Ti, and the enrichment in large-ion lithophile elements (such as K, Rb, Ba, Sr, and Ba) compared to the primitive mantle composition are consistent with parent hydrous melts generated due to extension above the subduction zone. The estimated compositions of liquids in equilibrium with amphiboles and the pressures at which they crystallized (4.61–7.8 kbar for the Suite 2 and 1.5–2 kbar for the Suites 1 and 3) are greatly varied. These are indications for a difference in the source regions of the parent magmas of the studied dykes. It is supposed that the Suite 1 and 2 dykes are a conjugate set emplaced due to the NW-SE crustal extension in the Arabian-Nubian shield, whereas the Suite 3 dykes generated due to the rifting along the Red Sea.

Intrusões graníticas pós-colisionais relacionadas ao Ciclo Brasiliano são de ampla distribuição no Arco Magmático de Goiás, porção central da Província Tocantins, Brasil Central. O Plutão Bom Jardim de Goiás (PBJG) compõe o quadro desses corpos intrusivos de idade ediacarana, cujo embasamento é constituído por rochas metassupracrustais e ortognaisses do Arco Magmático Arenópolis. De acordo com descrições petrográficas, as rochas do PBJG são classificadas em tonalito, granodiorito e quartzo monzodiorito, com textura equigranular grossa a inequigranular (fina a média); localmente observam-se fenocristais de anfibólio e plagioclásio. Neste trabalho são apresentados dados de química mineral de anfibólio, plagioclásio, biotita e magnetita do PBJG, assim como os parâmetros intensivos de cristalização do plutão em questão. O anfibólio do PBJG é subédrico ou anédrico, com características químicas apontando para os anfibólios cálcicos edenita e Mg-hornblenda. O plagioclásio (andesina, An30-37) ocorre como grãos prismáticos ou ripiformes, geminados, com zonamento químico evidenciado por alterações acentuadas para sericita, epídoto e carbonatos no centro dos cristais. A biotita é marrom, lamelar, sendo parcialmente substituída por titanita, clorita e epídoto, correspondendo quimicamente a Mg-biotita. A magnetita é euédrica a subédrica, em seções quadradas ou alongadas, encontrando-se usualmente como inclusões em hornblenda, clinopiroxênio, biotita e titanita. O teor de AlT da hornblenda indica pressão de cristalização do PBJG entre 2,1 e 4,0 kbar. Esses valores são coerentes com a presença de andalusita nas rochas encaixantes. O geotermômetro anfibólio-plagioclásio mostra temperaturas de 692 a 791°C, relativamente mais baixas do que aquelas obtidas pelo geotermômetro de saturação de zircão em rocha total (794 – 813°C), interpretadas como mais próximas da temperatura de liquidus de magmas granodioríticos a tonalíticos.

Generally, arc-related or subduction-related mafic magmas are formed during or slightly postdate subduction, and characterized by depletion in high field strength elements (HFSEs) relative to the large ion lithophile elements (LILEs) and light rare-earth elements (LREEs). Combining with mineral chemistry and Sr–Nd isotopes, these geochemical characteristics were usually used to define an arc setting, especially for some ancient arcs that had been strongly modified by later tectonic activities. However, we report an exceptional case from the northern part of the Triassic Yidun Arc Belt, eastern Tibetan Plateau. The Ganluogou gabbro (∼152 Ma) occurs as several intrusive bodies. Its mineral assemblage is olivine (chrysolite), plagioclase (anorthite), clinopyroxene (diopside), amphibole (edenite and pargasite) and phlogopite. Whole rock geochemistry shows low SiO 2 (42.87–46.99 wt.%), total rear earth elements (ΣREE = 22.8–28.4 ppm), Na 2 O + K 2 O (0.92–1.34 wt.%), and high Al 2 O 3 , MgO and FeO contents. It has small variations of initial 87 Sr/ 86 Sr (( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) i = 0.7053–0.7055) and e Nd ( t ) values (−4.8 to −1.8). All the samples exhibit enrichment in LILEs including Th and U, but strongly depleted in HFSEs, including Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf. For the mineral chemistry, there are two type amphiboles. Amp(I) show higher V, Sc, Cr, Sr, Nb and Zr contents, but lower Th and U contents than those of Amp(II). Their REE patterns range from convex shape without Eu anomaly to LREE-enriched pattern with weak positive Eu anomaly. We suggest that Amp(I) was crystallized from a liquid that was mainly buffered by olivine, clinopyroxene and plagioclase, while Amp(II) crystallized from later melt that was mainly buffered by olivine. Based on clinopyroxene chemistry, compositions of coexisting olivine and plagioclase, and whole rock Sr–Nd isotopes, the parental magma of the Ganluogou gabbro is interpreted as a tholeiitic arc-affinity magma, which might be derived from an N-MORB mantle that had been metasomatised by slab-derived melts in the late Triassic (237–206 Ma). Thus, the Ganluogou gabbro provides an example that magmas exhibiting arc-affinity could in fact be formed in a post-orogenic extensional setting.

The Wentworth pluton is the most complex intrusion among a series of A-type granitic plutons, emplaced along an active shear zone in the Cobequid Highlands of Nova Scotia during the latest Devonian–earliest Carboniferous. This pluton consists of A-type granites of different generations and a large gabbroic body. Among all late Paleozoic plutons in the Cobequid Highlands, only the Wentworth granites contain both primary calcic (edenite, hornblende) and sodic amphiboles (arfvedsonite). Whole-rock, and mineral chemical data were examined along with estimated magmatic parameters, such as temperature, emplacement pressure, oxygen fugacity and volatile contents, in order to understand the geological factors responsible for this mineralogical variation. The granites with calcic amphiboles show systematically lower e Nd values, magmatic temperatures, and F-in-melt contents and appear geochemically less evolved, compared to the granites with the sodic amphiboles. All granites, however, appear geochemically homogeneous with limited evidence of fractionation. Specific chemical differences between these two types of granites indicate the presence of two coeval but distinct granitic systems in the Wentworth pluton. The granites with the calcic amphiboles were formed from a geochemically less evolved, hydrous, relatively calcic melt, whereas the granites with sodic amphiboles were emplaced at structurally deeper levels and were derived from a relatively drier sodic melt, which had a larger mantle component and was enriched in fluorine. Coexistence of these two magmas is indicated by the presence of interstitial sodic–calcic amphiboles in a late granitic dyke. This study provides evidence that in A-type granites, where fractional crystallization is limited, extreme variation in the type of amphibole can be the result of a very complex magmatic history.

The major and trace element geochemistry of mafic silicate minerals from alkaline pegmatites within the 10 ring sections of the Larvik plutonic complex, Oslo rift, southern Norway, have been studied to shed light on the complex evolutionary history of the pegmatites. Pyroxene compositions plot within the aegirine-diopside-hedenbergite ternary diagram, trending from the 50-50% Di-Hd tie line towards the 100% Ae endmember. Primary magmatic diopside and hedenbergite with minor aegirine occur primarily within miaskitic to low agpaitic pegmatites, with compositions ranging from Ae 3 Di 45 Hd 51 to Ae 89 Di 5 Hd 6 , whereas aegirine and aegirine-augite are the primary magmatic clinopyroxenes in agpaitic pegmatites, with compositions ranging from Ae 31 Di 27 Hd 42 to Ae 90 Di 6 Hd 4 . Secondary clinopyroxene, after amphibole or as a hydrothermal phase within fractures and vugs, is dominantly aegirine, with compositions ranging from Ae 59 Di 16 Hd 25 to Ae 99 Di 1 Hd 0 . Primary amphibole compositions are dominantly calcic (edenite, ferro-edenite, hastingsite, magnesio-hastingsite, pargasite, and ferro-pargasite), with less common late-stage sodic-calcic amphiboles (katophorite, magnesio-katophorite, ferro-richterite, and taramite); sodic amphiboles (ferro-ferri-nyboite, ferri-nyboite) are only observed in agpaitic pegmatites. All early pegmatite mafic minerals in low agpaitic pegmatites have negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.16–0.26), positive Ce anomalies, and low Nb/Ta N and Y/Ho N ratios. Sodic mafic silicates in highly agpaitic pegmatites are HREE-enriched, with Ce/Yb N = 0.22–0.58 compared to Ce/Yb N > 1 for all other primary mafic phases, are strongly depleted in MREE, and have only slightly negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.66–0.75). On the basis of major and trace element geochemistry, it can be concluded that miaskitic and alkaline pegmatites in Ring Sections 1–8 within the Larvik complex have been derived from the same parental melt, whereas pegmatites in Ring Sections 9 and 10 have a distinct geochemical signature, suggesting a separate source.

Based on the results of microprobe analyses, six groups of calcium amphiboles were distinguished for the Tyrnyauz deposit. Group I (mainly edenite) includes amphiboles of hornfels and periskarn rocks. Groups II-VI (actinolite-hastingsite series) are related to post-skarn metasomatic rocks of the productive stage after hornfels (II), the tonalite and plagiogranite complex (III), ultrabasic rocks (IV), pyroxene-plagioclase periskarn rocks (V), and skarn (VI). Group IV is represented by actinolite; group VI, by hastingsite; groups II, III, and V, by hornblende varieties.

Samples of the Soapstone Ridge Complex (SSR) in the Southern Appalachians examined for this study are composed of megacrystic orthopyroxenites, amphibole schists, and talc-chlorite-amphibole schists. The mineralogy of the SSR samples studied consists of varying proportions of amphibole, chlorite, talc, orthopyroxene, and Fe-Ti oxides. Amphibole is the domi- nant mineral in almost all SSR samples studied. The amphiboles display zoning, whereby cores that are composed of magne- siohornblende and edenite, consistent with amphibolite facies conditions, are rimmed by tremolite/actinolite, consistent with greenschist facies conditions. Oxygen isotope compositions of SSR amphiboles investigated show a wide range in 18O values, from a low value of 1.8‰ to a high value of 6.1‰. Such wide ranges in 18Oamphibole values occur in ophiolite complexes and oceanic crustal rocks. Relict orthopyroxene from the SSR has a 18O value of 3.4‰, a value lower than those from layered intrusions but comparable to some pyroxene 18O values from ophiolites. Equilibration temperatures calculated for actinolite- chlorite yield a temperature of 227 °C, consistent with greenschist facies conditions. It is proposed that the SSR amphibole cores were metamorphosed probably during terrane-terrane collision under amphibolite facies conditions, with the actinolite rims possibly being formed during thrusting of the SSR rocks onto the continental margin.

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 F...

At Okataina volcano, a caldera-collapse event at 46 ka followed by frequent intra-caldera eruptions (every 1–5 ka) provides an opportunity to examine the temperature and pressure conditions from amphiboles (and other phases) through the life cycle of a rhyolite magma system. In each of 18 eruptions examined, the amphibole population is heterogeneous (e.g., Al 2 O 3 = 4.45–10.88 wt.%; and MgO = 10.81–16.35 wt.%), and lacks trends in space or time or with magma composition and volume. The crystals are a ‘cargo’ gathered rapidly from a range from T-P-X conditions prior to eruption, perhaps due to buoyancy instabilities in the system causing overturn and blending. Nearly all of the compositional variation can be accounted for by temperature-sensitive edenite and Ti-Tschermak exchange mechanisms, and ‘Plagioclase exchange’ that is influenced by co-crystallizing plagioclase composition. The pressure-sensitive Al-Tschermak exchange is insignificant. This highlights that the application of Al-in-amphibole barometers would produce erroneous conclusions if atomic exchange mechanisms were not assessed. Variations in temperature implied by atomic substitutions can be explained by petrographic evidence for frequent mafic intrusions. Amphibole temperature estimates based on empirical models are supported by equilibrium calculations involving plagioclase and melt, and indicate some amphiboles are relicts from a hotter thermal regime than that of the dominant plagioclase population and melt. Fast equilibrating melts and Fe–Ti oxides show a dramatic change to high temperature rhyodacitic compositions immediately following caldera-collapse (42–36 ka), before returning to typical low temperature high-SiO 2 rhyolite production over the last ~ 30 ka. Throughout this cycle, the amphiboles record a contiguous thermally zoned system (700–900 °C), buffered from eruption events, perhaps reflecting its large size or a lack of connectivity in the melt generation zones. Hence, the crystallization state of the system has little bearing on its potential for eruption.

The Late Neoproterozoic Greendale Complex, located within the Avalon terrane of Nova Scotia, is a suite of appinitic rocks ranging from ultramafic to felsic in composition that were intruded during regional ensialic arc magmatism and crystallized at shallow crustal levels under conditions of high pH 2 O. Amphibole is the dominant mafic mineral in ultramafic to mafic rocks and displays the extraordinary variability in texture and modal abundance that is characteristic of appinite suites. These features allow sensitivity of amphibole composition (major, trace and REE) to the evolution of water-rich magma to be investigated. All amphiboles in mafic and ultramafic rocks are calcic, with (Ca + Na) B ≥ 1.34 and Si IV between 6.1 and 7.3. They predominantly range in composition from tschermakite to magnesiohornblende and display a dominance of edenite (Na,K A + Al IV = Si IV ) substitution. Although each sample exhibits remarkably uniform Mg# over a wide range in Si of up to one formula unit, the mafic rock amphiboles are characterized by lower (0.5 to 0.7) Mg#, compared to the ultramafic rocks (0.7 and 0.9). REE profiles are bow-shaped, and are characterized by depletion in LREE (La/Sm ≈ 0.61), a slight depletion in HREE (Gd/Yb ≈ 1.55) as well as a negative Eu anomaly, which is attributed to co-precipitation of plagioclase. REE and trace element profiles of ultramafic amphiboles are divided into two groupings. Group A amphiboles occur in all specimens analyzed and their REE profiles are very similar to the whole-rock analyses of the mafic rocks and to those predicted from amphibole/melt partition coefficients. In contrast, Group B amphiboles display relative enrichment in light REEs (La/Sm ≈ 2.05), have lower ΣREE, and lack a negative Eu anomaly relative to Sm and Gd. Group B amphiboles are more enriched in Th and U and show a more pronounced depletion in Nb, Ti, Y and HREE. Group B amphiboles probably grew in a reaction relationship with olivine and pyroxene, and their contrasting profiles suggest that partition coefficients traditionally used for petrogenetic modeling may not be appropriate for such amphiboles. Groups A and B are virtually indistinguishable with respect to the major elements used for amphibole classification, suggesting that REE and selected trace element data, when combined with textural observations, may provide important additional insights into phase equilibria and conditions of crystallization.

High-resolution transects across amphiboles from the layered mafic-felsic Halfmoon Pluton suggest that amphibole compositions in the outermost ~40 μm of grains analyzed fluctuate in response to P-T-P H2O conditions during the final stages of pluton emplacement and crystallization. Detailed transects (~10–15 μm point spacing) across 15 crystals from six representative rock types within the compositionally stratified Halfmoon Pluton revealed that in almost all crystals Altot increased over at least the outer 40 μm, coupled with a decrease in temperature and Ti-content. P-T estimates for Halfmoon Pluton amphiboles using the Al-in-hornblende geobarometer and the hornblende-plagioclase geothermometer are consistent with upper crustal emplacement depths. Amphibole Altot within the core and midsections is controlled by the temperature-dependent edenite and Ti-Tschermak exchanges, and is interpreted to reflect the influence of repeated injections of hot mafic magma into the magma reservoir during crystallization. Increases in Altot at all amphibole rims arise from a notable increase in VIAl and small increases in IVAl, indicating that, unlike the core and midsections that exhibit a strong temperature dependence, rim-Altot is a function of the pressure-dependent Al-Tschermak exchange. Pressure estimates calculated for amphibole rims record a rim-ward increase in P equivalent to between 0.2 and 1.9 kbar, which corresponds to increases in depth of crystallization of 0.7 and 6.7 km, respectively. This observed increase in pressure at the rims of all amphibole grains analyzed is not consistent with increasing lithostatic pressure as a result of pluton burial, but to an increase in P H2O in response to second boiling, a common process during late-stage crystallization of H2O-rich intermediate-silicic magmas. The presence of water escape structures throughout the pluton, and the predominance of biotite-rich mafic enclaves that commonly contain amygdules toward the inferred top of the magmatic “stratigraphy” provide further evidence to support the process of second boiling. These results indicate that caution is required in choosing suitable analytical sites when applying the Al-in-hornblende geobarometer, particularly within plutonic bodies where there is evidence for vesiculation and water escape structures, as the outer rim compositions of amphiboles may not be a function of lithostatic pressure alone.

Gameleira lamprophyres are dykes and mafic microgranular enclaves associated with the shoshonitic Gameleira monzonite. This association belongs to the Paleoproterozoic alkaline magmatism from Serrinha nucleus, northeast Brazil. The liquidus paragenesis is diopside, pargasite, apatite and mica. Reverse zoning was identified in the groundmass alkali feldspar and was related to the undercooling of lamprophyric magma during the emplacement, with high growth rate of pargasite/edenite inducing disequilibrium between feldspars and liquid. Chemical data indicate that the lamprophyres are basic rocks (SiO2 < 48 wt%), with alkaline character (Na2O + K2O > 3 wt%) and potassic signature (K2O/Na2O ≈ 2). High contents of MgO and Cr are consistent with a signature of a primary liquid, and such concentrations, as well as Al, K, P, Ba, Ni- and light rare earth elements, are consistent with an olivine-free metasomatic mantle source enriched in amphibole, clinopyroxene and apatite. By contrast, the ultrapotassic lamprophyres from Morro do Afonso, contemporaneous alkaline ultrapotassic magmatism in Serrinha nucleus, were probably produced by melting of a clinopyroxene-phlogopite-apatite enriched-source. The identification of different mineral paragenesis in the source of potassic and ultrapotassic lamprophyres from Serrinha nucleus can contribute to the understanding of the mantle heterogeneities and tectonic evolution of this region.Os lamprófiros Gameleira são formados por diques e enclaves máficos microgranulares associados ao monzonito shoshonítico Gameleira. Esta associação pertence ao magmatismo alcalino Paleoproterozóico do núcleo Serrinha, nordeste do Brasil. A paragênese no liquidus é formada por diopsídio, pargasita, apatite e mica. Zonamento inverso foi identificado no feldspato alcalino da matriz e relacionado ao super-resfriamento do magma lamprofírico durante sua colocação, com alta taxa de crescimento da pargasita/edenita induzindo desequilíbrio entre os feldspatos e o líquido. Dados químicos indicam que os lamprófiros são rochas básicas (SiO2 < 48%), com caráter alcalino (Na2O + K2O > 3%) e assinatura potássica (K2O/Na2O ≈ 2). Elevados conteúdos de MgO e Cr são consistentes com uma assinatura primária, e tais concentrações, assim como os conteúdos de Al, K, P, Ba, Ni, e terras raras leves são consistentes com uma fonte mantélica metassomatizada sem olivine, enriquecida em anfibólio, clinopiroxênio e apatita. Por outro lado, os lamprófiros ultrapotássicos de Morro do Afonso, magmatismo alcalino contemporâneo no núcleo Serrinha, foram produzidos por uma fonte enriquecida em clinopiroxênio, flogopita e apatita. A identificação de diferentes paragênesis minerais na fonte de lamprófiros potássicos e ultrapotássicos do núcleo Serrinha pode contribuir para a compreensão das heterogeneidades do manto e a evolução tectônica desta região.

This paper presents the first report on the occurrence of eclogite from the Kumon range of the Western province in Myanmar, which is in the southeastern extension of the Himalayan orogenic belt. The eclogite is mainly composed of omphacite, garnet, hornblende/edenite/katophorite/taramite, biotite, quartz, and rutile. The garnet grains in the eclogite usually show textures of barrier reef, atoll, and table reef types, and have a wide compositional range of Alm 58–70 Sps 1–2 Prp 9–16 Grs 14–31 . Omphacite grains that occur as garnet inclusions and as isolated crystals in the matrix have similar compositions of Jd 34–45 and Jd 37–44, respectively. Lesser amounts of jadeitic clinopyroxene (Jd 21–38 ), phengite, biotite, albite, and quartz occur in the lagoon of barrier reef and atoll garnet grains. The matrix omphacite is partly replaced by symplectite of sodic clinopyroxene of Jd 20–29 and albite. The lower limits of the pressure/temperature during the eclogite stage, which are defined by the assemblage of garnet, omphacite (Jd 40–45 ), and quartz, are 1.2–1.3 GPa/530–615 °C. The finding of eclogite from Myanmar suggests the possibility of a wide occurrence of high-pressure metamorphic rocks in the ophiolite zone along the southeastern extension of the Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture in Myanmar and Indochina.

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–An64 in the cores to An17–An29 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–nickel 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.

New insights into the origin of high-Mg andesites are inferred from the mineral chemistry and U-Pb geochronology of Tertiary amphibole-rich ultramafic intrusive rocks (hornblendites) and included clinopyroxene-bearing dunitic clots from the southern Adamello batholith (Central Alps). The hornblendites consist mostly of amphibole grains with brown cores (Ti-pargasite) that grade through brownish-green (Mg-hornblende) to light green (edenite) rims. Brown amphibole contains olivine (Fo = 85-87 mol %) and clinopyroxene inclusions with irregular boundaries indicating disequilibrium with the host amphibole. The ultramafic clots are interpreted to represent fragments of older cumulates dismembered by the injection of the amphibole-forming melts, thereby providing evidence for a melt-rock reaction process. Amphibole from the hornblendites shows a marked trace element zoning. From the brown core outward to the brownish-green portion of a single crystal, a significant enrichment is observed in light rare earth elements, Th and U, coupled with a decrease in Ti and heavy rare earth elements. The melt in equilibrium with the brownish-green amphibole has an adakitic trace element signature (e.g. high LaN/YbN and Sr/Y). Based on amphibole/liquid partition coefficients, a fractional crystallization process driven by amphibole could explain most of these chemical variations. However, the outward increase of highly compatible elements in amphibole (e.g. Mg, Ni, Co, and Zn) argues against closed-system fractional crystallization. The assimilation of olivine is considered the most efficient mechanism to supply or buffer the highly compatible elements in the evolving system during amphibole crystallization. In situ U-Pb zircon geochronology of hornblendites and associated amphibole gabbros reveals the occurrence of inherited cores, thereby providing evidence for assimilation of crustal material. We propose that a differentiation process controlled by amphibole crystallization and assimilation of slightly older ultramafic cumulates may produce melts rich in SiO2 and MgO with adakitic trace element signatures.

Taking the Himalayan granitoids around Kunjirap in the western Qinghai-Tibet plateau as an example, the authors present in this paper the characteristics of the granitoids rich in mantle-derived fluid components and discuss their rock-forming mechanism. The research results indicate that the rock assemblage of the studied granitoids involves diopside syenite-diopside granite-biotite (monzonitic) granite, consisting mainly of K-feldspar, oligoclase, quartz, iron-phlogolite, diopside and edenite. The rocks are rich in mantle-derived fluid components of volatiles including F, alkali metal elements such as K, Na, Rb, Sr and Ba, and radiogenic heat-producing elements such as U and Th. They were generated by the influx of mantle-derived fluids into the lower crust to give rise to partial melting during the lithosphere thinning in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau.

Zoned Ca-amphibole from metaclastic rocks and synfolial quartz-rich veins of the Jubrique area (Alpujárride complex, Betic Cordillera, Spain), and their significance in the Alpine metamorphic evolution are described here for the first time. Typical Al-rich metapelites from this area show assemblages with white mica and chlorite, with sporadic kyanite and chloritoid. Nevertheless, some Ca-richer phyllites, fine-grained quartzites and quartz veins, show assemblages consisting of Ca-amphibole, plagioclase, epidote, titanite, chlorite and quartz. Ca-amphibole, appearing in large radial grains as well as in smaller subhedral crystals, displays a zonation with actinolite cores, overgrown by magnesiohomblende (and edenite) and minor tschermakite (and pargasite or hastingsite). The zoning suggests growth during prograde metamorphism. Retrogressive rims are variably developed in the several lithotypes. General zonation is well described in terms of the tschermakite, the edenite and the Fe3+Al-1, the MgFe2+-1, the NaK-1 and the OHCl-1 exchanges. Chemical parameters (IVAl, A(Na+K), BNa) indicate an evolution from low- to medium-grade temperature and pressure. The Al-in-amphibole thermobarometer provides a range of prograde temperatures between ∼300°C (for cores) and ∼600°C (for rims), for pressures from ∼1 to ∼6 kbar, respectively. Despite the uncertainty resulting from the fact that the thermobarometer used was calibrated for metabasites, amphibole defines a prograde pressure-temperature path typical of Barrovian-type metamorphism.

Epidote-group minerals (EGM), including some of unusual chemical compositions, occur with pyrite and pyrrhotite in the Lower Paleozoic carbonaceous amphibole schist of the meta-ophiolitic Pernek Group at Rybnicek, near Pezinok, southwestern Slovakia. Euhedral to anhedral dissakisite-(La), mukhinite, and clinozoisite are associated with V- and Cr-rich garnet (goldmanite – grossular – uvarovite solid-solution), V- and Cr-rich muscovite, amphibole-group minerals (magnesiohornblende, tremolite, actinolite, and edenite), diopside, titanite, albite, quartz, siderite and sulfide minerals (pyrite, pyrrhotite, rarely chalcopyrite and sphalerite). Strong compositional zoning and three stages of EGM formation were found. The core of EGM grains consists of V- and Cr-rich dissakissite-(La) (V ≤ 0.33 apfu , Cr ≤ 0.44 apfu ); it grades into REE-rich mukhinite of varying Cr contents (REE ≤ 0.46 apfu , 0.13 to 0.43 apfu Cr). Clinozoisite I, which is V- and Cr-rich (V ≤ 0.40 apfu , Cr ≤ 0.42 apfu ), occurs as an overgrowth upon the dissakisite–mukhinite cores. A second generation of V-, Cr- and REE-poor clinozoisite (clinozoisite II) has replaced mukhinite and clinozoisite I at the grain rim, and it is also found in veins that cut the grains. Many substitutions can change the compositions of the EGM: V 3+ and Al 3+ cause the VAl −1 substitution; CrAl −1 and CrV −1 substitutions may be extensive, but both are of limited extent, and Cr 3+ is partly independent of the contents of substituents; Mg 2+ substitution reflects the REEMgCa −1 Al −1 , REEMgCa −1 V −1 , and REEMgCa −1 Cr −1 exchange-vectors. Most REE patterns show enrichment in the light REE. Chondrite-normalized REE patterns show a negative Ce anomaly and a slightly positive Eu anomaly in clinozoisite I and dissakisite-(La), but mukhinite lacks this Eu anomaly. Dissakisite-(La) most likely originated at or near the peak conditions of contact thermal metamorphism induced by the Hercynian-age intrusion of the Modra granitic massif, whereas mukhinite and clinozoisite I formed during retrogression. Clinozoisite II may reflect the younger (Alpine?) low-grade metamorphic overprint.

The Fomopea plutonic complex in West Cameroon comprises three petrographical units: a biotite–hornblende granitoid (BHG) including some diorite, a biotite monzogranite (BmG) and an edenite syenogranite (EsG). Amphibolites occur within each unit. The massif was emplaced into a Pan-African amphibolite-facies metamorphic basement. All rocks display igneous textures and are chemically calc-alkaline, the BHG being metaluminous (ASI

The Fomopea pluton (622–613 Ma) is located in the western part of the Pan-African belt in Cameroon. It comprises of 3 units: biotite-hornblende granitoids (BHG), biotite monzogranites (BmG) and edenite syenogranites (EsG). The BHG unit displays magnetic fabrics characterized by foliations gently dipping towards the ESE and ENE-trending lineations (D1 event). Microstructures are magmatic to submagmatic. In discrete N–S deformation bands (D2), lineations are rotated towards the North and microstructures indicate solid-state deformation at mid- to low-T conditions, with kinematic indicators pointing to a sinistral motion. The second unit, BmG, displays lineation trajectories suggesting emplacement during the D2 event. The EsG unit displays fabrics consistent with a later emplacement, with no superposed deformation. The last event (D3) corresponds to a dextral shear zone, that runs along the southeastern border of the Fomopea pluton. It was responsible for protomylonitic deformation of the granitic rocks in greenschist facies conditions, whereas the core of the shear zone registered higher temperatures and strain. This shear zone induced a rejuvenation of the Rb/Sr isotopic system in the pluton at ca 572 Ma. It belongs to the Central Cameroon shear zone system, regarded as the prolongation of the dextral Patos shear zone system in Brazil.

Samples from the surfaces of waste piles at the Vermont Asbestos Group mine in northern Vermont were studied to determine their mineralogy, particularly the presence and morphology of amphiboles. Analyses included powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), and Raman spectroscopy. Minerals identified by XRD were serpentine-group minerals, magnetite, chlorite, quartz, olivine, pyroxene, and brucite; locally, mica and carbonates were also present. Raman spectroscopy distinguished antigorite and chrysotile, which could not be differentiated using XRD. Long-count, short-range XRD scans of the (110) amphibole peak showed trace amounts of amphibole in most samples. Examination of amphiboles in tailings by optical microscopy, SEM, and EPMA revealed non-fibrous amphiboles compositionally classified as edenite, magnesiohornblende, magnesiokatophorite, and pargasite. No fibrous amphibole was found in the tailings, although fibrous tremolite was identified in a sample of host rock. Knowledge of the mineralogy at the site may lead to better understanding of potential implications for human health and aid in designing a remediation plan.

The rocks of the Khibiny pluton contain 25 amphibole varieties, including edenite, fluoredenite, kaersutite, pargasite, ferropargasite, hastingsite, magnesiohastingsite, katophorite, ferrikatophorite, magnesiokatophorite, magnesioferrikatophorite, magnesioferrifluorkatophorite, ferrimagnesiotaramite, ferrorichterite, potassium ferrorichterite, richterite, potassium richterite, potassium fluorrichterite, arfvedsonite, potassium arfvedsonite, magnesioarfvedsonite, magnesioriebeckite, ferriferronyboite, ferrinyboite, and ferroeckermannite. The composition of rock-forming amphiboles changes symmetrically relative to the Central Ring of the pluton; i.e., amphiboles enriched in K, Ca, Mg, and Si are typical of foyaite near and within the Central Ring. The Fe and Mn contents in amphiboles increase in the direction from marginal part of the pluton to its center. Foyaite of the marginal zone contains ferroeckermannite, richterite, arfvedsonite, and ferrorichterite; edenite is typical of foyaite and hornfels of the Minor Arc. Between the Minor Arc and the Central Ring, foyaite contains ferroeckermannite, arfvedsonite, and richterite; amphiboles in rischorrite, foidolite and hornfels of the Central Ring are (potassium) arfvedsonite, (potassium) richterite, magnesiokatophorite, magnesioarfvedsonite, ferroeckermannite, and ferriferronyboite; amphiboles in foyaite within the Central Ring, in the central part of the pluton, are arfvedsonite, magnesioarfvedsonite, ferriferronyboite, katophorite, and richterite. It is suggested that such zoning formed due to the alteration of foyaite by a foidolite melt intruded into the Main (Central) Ring Fault.

The R chondrite meteorite LaPaz Icefield (LAP) 04840 is unique among metamorphosed, non-carbonaceous chondrites in containing abundant OH-bearing silicate minerals: ~13% ferri-magnesiohornblende and ~0.4% phlogopite by volume. Other minerals include olivine (Fo(62)), orthopyroxene (En(69)Fs(30)Wo(1)), albite (An(8)Ab(90)Or(2)), magnetite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, and apatite. Ferromagnesian minerals are rich in Fe3+ as determined by Mossbauer spectrometry and electron microprobe chemical analyses. Fe3+/Fe-tot values are olivine ≤ 5%, amphibole 80%, phlogopite 65%, and magnetite 42%. Mineral compositions are nearly constant across grains and the section, except for a small variability in amphibole compositions reflecting the edenite exchange couple (Na-A + Al-IV ⇌ (A)rectangle + Si). These mineral compositions, the absence of Fe-Ni metal, and the oxygen isotope data support its classification as an R (Rumuruti) chondrite. LAP 04840 is classified as petrologic grade 5, based oil the chemical homogeneity of its minerals, and the presence of distinctly marked chondrules and chondrule fragments in a fine-grained crystalline matrix. The mineral assemblage of LAP 04840 allows calculation of physical and chemical conditions at the peak of its metamorphism: T = 670 ± 60 degrees C from a amphibole-plagioclase thermometer; P-H2O between 250 and 500 bars as constrained by the assemblage phlogopite + orthopyroxene + olivine + feldspar and the absence of diopside; P-CO2 unconstrained: f(O2) at QFM + 0.5 log units; log(f(HF)/f(H2O))≈-5.8; log(f(HCl)/f(H2O)) ≈-3.3; and log(f(HCl)/f(HF)) ≈-2.6. The hydrogen in LAP 04840 is very heavy, an average delta D value of +3660 +/- 75% in the magnesiohornblende. Only a few known sources of hydrogen have such high δD and are suitable sources for LAP 04840: ordinary chondrite phyllosilicates (as in the Semarkona chondrite), and insoluble organic matter (IOM) in ordinary chondrites and CR chondrites. Hydrogen from the IOM could have been released by oxidation, and then reacted with an anhydrous R chondrite (at high temperature), but it is not clear whether this scenario is correct.

Garnet peridotites occur in quartzofeldspathic gneisses in the Northern Qaidam Mountains, western China. They are rich in Mg and Cr, with mineral compositions similar to those in mantle peridotites found in other orogenic belts and as xenoliths in kimberlite. Garnet-bearing lherzolites interlayered with dunite display oriented ilmenite and chromite lamellae in olivine and pyroxene lamellae in garnet that have been interpreted to indicate pressures in excess of 6 GPa. However, some garnet porphyroblasts include hornblende, chlorite and spinel + orthopyroxene symplectite after garnet; some clinopyroxene porphyroblasts include abundant actinolite/edenite, calcite and lizardite in the lherzolite; some olivine porphyroblasts (Fo92) include an earlier generation Mg-rich olivine (Fo95–99), F-rich clinohumite, pyroxene, chromite, anthophyllite/cummingtonite, Cl-rich lizardite, carbonates and a new type of brittle mica, here termed ‘Ca-phlogopite’, in the associated dunite. The pyrope content of garnet increases from core to rim, reaching the pyrope content (72 mol.%) of garnet typically found in the xenoliths in kimberlite. The simplest interpretation of these observations is that the rock association was formerly mantle peridotite emplaced into the oceanic crust that was subjected to serpentinization by seawater-derived fluids near the sea floor. Dehydration during subduction to 3.0–3.5 GPa and 700 °C transformed these serpentinites into garnet lherzolite and dunite, depending on their Al and Ca contents. Pseudosection modelling using thermocalc shows that dehydration of the serpentinites is progressive, and involved three stages for Al-rich and two stages for Al-poor serpentinites, corresponding to the breakdown of the key hydrous minerals. Static burial and exhumation make olivine a pressure vessel for the pre-subduction mineral inclusions during ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphism. The time span of the UHP event is constrained by the clear interface between the two generations of olivine to be very short, implying rapid subduction and exhumation.

Mid-IR spectra (4000–400 cm −1 ) of synthetic calcic amphiboles in the tremolite-pargasite series and of various natural calcic amphiboles have been investigated. The pargasite substitution, a combination of the Tschermak (= [4] Al [6] Al [6] Mg −1 [4] Si −1 ) and edenite (= [4] Al [A] Na [4] Si −1 [A] □ −1 ) substitutions, causes the following features in the region 1200–600 cm −1 . (1) Weak [4] Al-O stretching bands appear at 895 and 815 cm −1 that are distinct from the 955 and 925 cm −1 Si-O stretching bands in tremolite. (2) There is a reduction in the intensity and frequency of the Si-O-Si symmetric bending band (=“chain breathing” mode) at 750 cm −1 in tremolite, and there is an appearance of medium-strong composite bands having a weak shoulder on the high-frequency side near 690 cm −1 . These bands are assigned to Si-O-Al deformation bands. (3) Two OH-libration bands at 690 and 650 cm −1 become weak and broad composite bands from 720 to 610 cm −1 . And (4) because the intensity and frequency of the band at 640 cm −1 in tremolite is affected neither by deuteration nor by the pargasite substitution, this band is ascribed to O- [T2] Si-O bending. Even in pargasite, most T2 sites are occupied by Si, so that the O2- [T2] Si-O4 bending mode will be dominant in this amphibole. The same behavior occurs for the synthetic fluorogallian tremolite-pargasite series but with larger downward frequency shifts—Ga-O stretching bands appear at 880 and 780 cm −1 , and an Si-O-Ga bending band appears at 605 cm −1 . The major T-O-T and O-T-O deformation bands in synthetic amphiboles are readily apparent in natural calcic amphiboles whose compositions are near the tremolite-pargasite join.

This study reassesses the development of compositional layering during the growth of granitic plutons, with emphasis on fractional crystallization and its interaction with both injection and inflation-related deformation. The Dolbel batholith (SW Niger) consists of 14, kilometre-sized plutons emplaced by pulsed magma inputs. Each pluton has a coarse-grained core and a peripheral layered series. Rocks consist of albite (An(

The 2004-6 eruption of Mount St. Helens produced dacite that contains 40-50 volume percent phenocrysts of plagioclase, amphibole, low-Ca pyroxene, magnetite, and ilmenite in a groundmass that is nearly totally crystallized. Phenocrysts of amphibole and pyroxene range from 3 to 5 mm long and are cyclically zoned, with one to three alternations of Fe- and Al-rich to Mg- and Si-rich layers showing little indication of phenocryst dissolution between zones. Similar-size plagioclase phenocrysts also contain several cyclic zones ranging between ~An 68 and An 45-35 . Textural evidence indicates that amphibole, pyroxene, and ilmenite began to crystallize before the most An-rich plagioclase. Magnetite and ilmenite phenocrysts are small (less than 100 μm), vary somewhat in composition from grain to grain, and are sporadically zoned. Magnetite-ilmenite pairs yield temperatures of equilibration ranging from 820°C to 890°C and f O2 values of NNO +1 log unit. Magnetite compositions suggest that the 2004-6 magma was formed by mingling of magmas less than 5-8 weeks before eruption and that the magma last equilibrated within this temperature range. The amphibole phenocryst zoning involves approximately equal amounts of a pressure-sensitive Al-Tschermak molecular substitution and a temperature-sensitive edenite substitution in one cycle of growth. Hydrothermal experiments done on the natural dacite show that crystallization of the Fe- and Al-rich amphibole end member requires pressures of 200-300 MPa at temperatures of 900°C, conditions approaching the upper temperature limit of amphibole stability. The dacitic magma crystallizes the An 68 plagioclase when the pressure drops to 200 MPa at 900°C. The magma must cool at this depth to produce a complete An 68 -An 40 plagioclase zone and a Mg-rich layer on the amphiboles before the magma is cycled back to a high pressure, when a new layer of Fe-rich amphibole is acquired. The amphibole crystallizing in the dacite experiments at less than 200 MPa is lower in aluminum than any compositions in the natural cyclically zoned phenocrysts. The outer rim on some 2004-6 amphibole phenocrysts appears to have formed in the 100-200 MPa range, as do some phenocrysts in the May 1980 dacite pumice. Plagioclase rims of An 35 in the 2004-6 magmas indicate that phenocryst growth continued until the pressure decreased to 130 MPa and that ascent was slow until this depth. Magma then entered the conduit for a relatively rapid ascent to the surface as indicated by the very thin (less than 5 μm) decompression-induced rims on the amphibole phenocrysts.