A sapphirine–phlogopite–cordierite paragenesis in a low-P amphibolite facies terrain, Arunta Inlier, Australia |
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| Authors: | I Scrimgeour J G Raith |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Leoben, Austria, AT;(2) Northern Territory Geological Survey, Alice Springs, Australia, AU |
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| Abstract: | Summary
Silica-undersaturated phlogopite schists from the Cackleberry Metamorphics, Arunta Inlier, central Australia, preserve relatively
low-temperature sapphirine-bearing parageneses that developed during low-pressure upper amphibolite facies metamorphism. Peak
metamorphic phlogopite–cordierite–sapphirine assemblages are interpreted to have formed during the same event recorded in
nearby metapelites, at c.3 kbar and 650–700 °C. Initial cooling of the terrain resulted in the breakdown of sapphirine to corundum–chlorite–phlogopite
and corundum–spinel–chlorite assemblages. Further retrogression at greenschist facies conditions resulted in the replacement
of sapphirine by diaspore–chlorite intergrowths. The reaction textures are consistent with a near-isobaric heating-cooling
path at low-pressure, and provide evidence for the stability of sapphirine at c.700 °C at low pressures in rocks of an appropriate Mg- and Fe3+-rich bulk composition.
Received August 15, 2001 accepted December 27, 2001 |
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