A staurolite-talc assemblage in tourmaline-phlogopite-chlorite schist from northern Victoria Land,Antarctica, and its petrogenetic significance |
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| Authors: | Edward S Grew Michael Sandiford |
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| Institution: | (1) Institut für Mineralogie, Ruhr-Universität, Universitätsstr. 150, D-4630 Bochum 1, Germany;(2) Department of Geology, University of Melbourne, 3052 Parkville, Vic., Australia |
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| Abstract: | Staurolite and corundum are found as inclusions in tourmaline in a talc-phlogopite-chlorite-albite chist near Mount Bernstein (71°37 S, 163°07E), northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. These inclusions are interpreted as relics of a staurolite-talc-corundum-chlorite assemblage that was stable during an early stage in the metamorphic cycle and subsequently armored by tourmaline, probably during the middle stage. Pressures and temperatures during the middle stage are estimated to be 650–700°C and 5.5–6.4 kbar. The transition from the early to the middle stage represents a roughly isothermal decrease in pressure of 2–3 kbar. During a late retrograde stage (T=300–370°C, P=3–5 kbar), staurolite was partly replaced by a muscovitic aggregate containing clinozoisite, pumpellyite, and margarite.The staurolite is unusually Si-poor (26.77, 25.85 weight % SiO2 or 7.275, 7.091 Si per formula unit for 46 oxygens anhydrous), Al-rich (58.00, 57.85% Al2O3, 18.579, 18.702 Al), low in divalent cations (Fe+Mg+Mn+Zn=3.301, 3.560) and magnesian (atomic Mg/(Mg+Fe)=0.42, 0.40). Ion microprobe analysis of the first grain indicates about 0.2% Li2O (0.219 Li) is present. The following substitutions are proposed to explain the unusual chemistry of this staurolite (crystallographic site notation of Smith 1968, in bold letters): Al(Si)+Al(Al(3A,B)) Si(Si)+Fe(Fe), Li(Fe)+Al(Al(3A,B))2 Fe(Fe), and 2 Al(Al(3A,B)) 3 Fe(Fe).According to a pressure-temperature diagram constructed by the method of Schreinemakers for the model system FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 (H2O in excess), the talc-staurolite assemblage should be stable only in quartz-free rocks at temperatures near 700° C and pressures of 8 kbar or more. The rarity of the staurolite-talc assemblage even in Mg-Al-rich rocks metamorphosed at the appropriate pressure-temperature conditions is attributed to the appearance of anthophyllite or, in Na2O-bearing rocks, gedrite. Orthoamphibole-cordierite and orthoamphibolekyanite assemblages with chlorite or corundum are incompatible with staurolite-talc±albite. In rocks lacking corundum and formed at pressures above the stability limit of cordierite, staurolite-talc may be metastable relative to orthoamphibole-kyanite, while in corundum-bearing rocks, staurolite-talc may appear under certain conditions, possibly at higher water activities than the orthoamphibole-kyanite assemblage. |
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