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Trace-element behavior during weathering of leucite in potassic rocks from the Roccamonfina volcano (Campania, southern Italy) and environmental implications |
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| Authors: | B Giannetti and U Masi |
| Institution: | a CNR, Centro di Studio per la Mineralogia e la Petrologia delle Formazioni Ignee, c/o Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università “La Sapienza”, Rome I-00100, Rome, Italy b Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università “La Sapienza”, I-00100, Rome, Italy |
| Abstract: | Trace-element contents in leucite and its alteration mineral phases from the Quaternary potassic rocks of the Roccamonfina volcano have been determined. The dominant weathering phase of leucite is analcite. In the early stages of the conversion process, it concentrates mainly Rb and Sr with minor amounts of Ba, Ni, V, Zn, La, Ce and Zr. At more advanced stages of the conversion process, only Rb and Y persist, while all other elements (except Cu and Cr that are essentially immobile) are lost, particularly Zn and to a lesser extent La, Ce and Nd. Besides analcite, leucite may also subordinately alter to halloysite. This probably occurs by interaction of waters of low cation/H+ ratio. Halloysite concentrates mainly Sr and, to a lower extent, Ba. Environmental implications are significant only for K, as the release of this element to groundwaters increases greatly the fertility of soils. |
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