Monte Carlo simulation of mixing in Ca3Fe2Ge3O12–Ca4Ge4O12 garnets and implications for the thermodynamic stability of pyrope–majorite solid solution |
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| Authors: | Victor L Vinograd Bjoern Winkler Daniel J Wilson Andrew Putnis Julian D Gale |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Geosciences, University of Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 30, 60054 Frankfurt/Main, Germany;(2) Institute of Mineralogy, University of Münster, Corrensstrasse 24, 48149 Münster, Germany;(3) Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, 6845, WA, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Static lattice energy calculations, based on empirical pair potentials, were performed for a large set of structures differing in the arrangement of octahedral cations within the garnet 2 × 2 × 2 supercell. The compositions of these structures varied between Ca3Fe2Ge3O12 and Ca4Ge4O12. The energies were cluster expanded using pair and quaternary terms. The derived ordering constants were used to constrain Monte Carlo simulations of temperature-dependent mixing properties in the ranges of 1,073–3,673 K and 0–10 GPa. The free energies of mixing were calculated using the method of thermodynamic integration. The calculations predict a wide miscibility gap between Fe-rich (cubic) and Fe-pure (tetragonal) garnets consistent with recent experimental observations of Iezzi et al. (Phys Chem Miner 32:197–207, 2005). It is shown that the miscibility gap arises due to a very strong cation ordering at the Fe-pure composition, driven by the charge difference between Ca2+ and Ge4+ cations. The structural and thermodynamic analogies between Ca–Ge and Mg–Si systems suggest that a similar miscibility gap should exist between pyrope and Mg–Si-majorite. |
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| Keywords: | Majorite Ca– Fe– Ge garnets Mixing properties Phase relations |
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