The Origin of Sillimanite in Glen Clova, Angus |
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| Authors: | CHINNER G A |
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| Institution: | Department of Mineralogy and Petrology Cambridge |
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| Abstract: | At the sillimanite isograd in Glen Clova, sillimanite appearsto have formed within biotite, rather than in kyanite. Biotiteis thought to have been a nucleating agent, the trigonally arrangedoxygen octahedra and tetrahedra in the alternate mica layersacting as nuclei for the growth of the octahedral Al–Oand the tetrahedral (Al, Si)–O chains that constitutethe sillimanite structure. Nucleation seems to have been dominantlyepitaxial; no permanent breakdown of biotite was involved, andit is suggested that Al and Si for sillimanite growth was mainlyderived from the solution of unstable kyanite. |
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