Activity of iron and olivine solubility in basaltic liquids |
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| Authors: | PL Roeder |
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| Institution: | Department of Geological Sciences, Queen''s University, Kingston, Ont. Canada |
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| Abstract: | Some of the factors which control the solubility of ferrous iron and olivine in basaltic liquids have been determined from experiments conducted in equilibrium with metallic iron at temperatures of 1150° to 1306°C and oxygen fugacities of log?O2 = ?12.5to?14.5atm. In order to insure that the samples were in equilibrium with metallic iron and the gas atmosphere during the experiment, the samples were continuously mixed (60 r.p.m.) for at least 90 hours with a metallic iron mixing rod.The solubility of ferrous iron and olivine in basaltic liquid was found to decrease as the alkali and alumina content of the liquid increased. The activity coefficient of ferrous iron in the liquid was calculated from the oxygen fugacity and mole fraction of ferrous oxide in the liquid and varied from 0.79 to 2.00. The ferrous iron/magnesium ratio in the liquid relative to olivine was insensitive to the changing alkali content as measured by the constant distribution coefficient of0.30 ± 0.03 (SD). The calculated silica activity of these liquids varied from 0.11 to 0.50 and the distribution coefficient of ferrous iron-manganese between olivine and liquid was found to be1.4 ± 0.2 (SD). It was found that the major element content of olivine does not exert a strong structural control on the manganese content of olivine.The magnitude of depletion in the liquid of the metal oxides by the crystallization of olivine is in the order Ni > Mg > Co > Fe > Mn, which reflects the relative octahedral site preference of these elements. The composition of the crystallizing olivine reflects the ratio of the above elements in the liquid and is relatively insensitive to temperature, variation of the other elements in the liquid or to the changing magnesium/ferrous iron ratio in the olivine. |
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