Carbonatite melt inclusions in coexisting magnetite,apatite and monticellite in Kerimasi calciocarbonatite,Tanzania: melt evolution and petrogenesis |
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| Authors: | Tibor Guzmics Roger H Mitchell Csaba Szabó Márta Berkesi Ralf Milke Rainer Abart |
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| Institution: | 1.Lithosphere Fluid Research Laboratory,E?tv?s University Budapest,Budapest,Hungary;2.Lakehead University,Thunder Bay,Canada;3.Free University,Berlin,Germany;4.Department für Lithosph?renforschung,Universit?t Wien,Wien,Austria |
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| Abstract: | Kerimasi calciocarbonatite consists principally of calcite together with lesser apatite, magnetite, and monticellite. Calcite
hosts fluid and S-bearing Na–K–Ca-carbonate inclusions. Carbonatite melt and fluid inclusions occur in apatite and magnetite,
and silicate melt inclusions in magnetite. This study presents statistically significant compositional data for quenched S-
and P-bearing, Ca-alkali-rich carbonatite melt inclusions in magnetite and apatite. Magnetite-hosted silicate melts are peralkaline
with normative sodium-metasilicate. On the basis of our microthermometric results on apatite-hosted melt inclusions and forsterite–monticellite
phase relationships, temperatures of the early stage of magma evolution are estimated to be 900–1,000°C. At this time three
immiscible liquid phases coexisted: (1) a Ca-rich, P-, S- and alkali-bearing carbonatite melt, (2) a Mg- and Fe-rich, peralkaline
silicate melt, and (3) a C–O–H–S-alkali fluid. During the development of coexisting carbonatite and silicate melts, the Si/Al
and Mg/Fe ratio of the silicate melt decreased with contemporaneous increase in alkalis due to olivine fractionation, whereas
the alkali content of the carbonatite melt increased with concomitant decrease in CaO resulting from calcite fractionation.
Overall the peralkalinity of the bulk composition of the immiscible melts increased, resulting in a decrease in the size of
the miscibility gap in the pseudoquaternary system studied. Inclusion data indicate the formation of a carbonatite magma that
is extremely enriched in alkalis with a composition similar to that of Oldoinyo Lengai natrocarbonatite. In contrast to the
bulk compositions of calciocarbonatite rocks, the melt inclusions investigated contain significant amount of alkalis (Na2O + K2O) that is at least 5–10 wt%. The compositions of carbonatite melt inclusions are considered as being better representatives
of parental magma composition than those of any bulk rock. |
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