Experimental investigation of reaction coronas on olivine in Apollo 14 high-grade breccias |
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| Authors: | SE Kesson |
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| Institution: | Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y. USA |
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| Abstract: | Reaction coronas of pyroxene ± ilmenite occur around clasts of olivine in Apollo 14 high-grade metamorphic breccias. In experiments of several months duration, there was no evidence of corona formation at 1000°C, but at 1050°, withfO2 at or above Ilm-Ru-Fe and below Fe-Fe1?x O, incipient coronas formed around Fo50–70 in synthetic 14311 matrix. In addition, withfO2 controlled by Ilm-Ru-Fe at 1050°C, the olivines reduced to Fo68, En69 + Fe. Reduction of olivine under these conditions is inconsistent with the calculated stability relations and is attributed to uncertainties in the activity coefficient for olivine or pyroxene. The experiments also suggest that vesicularity in the Apollo 14 high-grade breccias may correlate with the amount of glassy material in their unmetamorphosed precursors. The metamorphic event is attributed to burial in a hot ejecta blanket, such as that of the Imbrium event. |
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