The system pargasite-H2O-CO2: a model for melting of a hydrous mineral with a mixed-volatile fluid—I. Experimental results to 8 kbar |
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| Authors: | JR Holloway |
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| Institution: | Division of Geochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The stability of the amphibole pargasite NaCa2Mg4Al(Al2Si6))O22(OH)2] in the melting range has been determined at total pressures (P) of 1.2 to 8 kbar. The activity of H2O was controlled independently of P by using mixtures of H2O + CO2 in the fluid phase. The mole fraction of H2O in the fluid () ranged from 1.0 to 0.2.At P < 4 kbar the stability temperature (T) of pargasite decreases with decreasing at constant P. Above P ? 4 kbar stability T increases as is decreased below one, passes through a T maximum and then decreases with a further decrease in . This behavior is due to a decrease in the H2O content of the silicate liquid as decreases. The magnitude of the T maximum increases from about 10°C (relative to the stability T for ) at P = 5 kbar to about 30°C at P = 8 kbar, and the position of the maximum shifts from at P = 5 kbar to at P = 8 kbar.The H2O content of liquid coexisting with pargasite has been estimated as a function of at 5 and 8 kbar P, and can be used to estimate the H2O content of magmas. Because pargasite is stable at low values of at high P and T, hornblende can be an important phase in igneous processes even at relatively low H2O fugacities. |
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