Naslov
The role of magmatic and hydrothermal processes in the evolution of Be-bearing pegmatites : Evidence from beryl and its breakdown products

Autori
Strmić Palinkaš, Sabina ; Wegner, Reinhard ; Čobić, Andrea ; Palinkaš, Ladislav ; De Brito Barreto, Sandra ; Váczi, Tamás ; Bermanec, Vladimir

Izvornik
American mineralogist (0003-004X) 99 (2014), 2/3; 424-432

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
beryl; euclase; bertrandite; kaolinite; quartz; hydrothermal alterations; fluid and melt inclusions; Mina do Santino and Jacú pegmatite

Sažetak
Beryl and euclase crystals from the Mina do Santino and the Jacú pegmatites in the Borborema Pegmatite Province in northeastern Brazil contain several generations of melt and fluid inclusions, which allow interpretation of P-T-X conditions responsible for beryl crystallization and for alteration of a primary pegmatitic mineral assemblage to a mixture of hydrothermal minerals (euclase, bertrandite, kaolinite and quartz). Primary melt and fluid inclusions hosted by beryl were trapped simultaneously. However, their homogenization temperatures are significantly higher (870-900 {; ; ; degree sign}; ; ; C) than the values previously reported for pegmatitic systems (<712{; ; ; degree sign}; ; ; C) and should to be treat with caution. An isobaric drop of temperature resulted in the exsolution of a fluid. A low-salinity CO2-enriched phase and a saline water-rich phase were trapped in pseudosecondary inclusions in beryl at a pressure of 2.1-2.7 kbar and temperature of 390-480 {; ; ; degree sign}; ; ; C. Cooling of the country rocks below 400 {; ; ; degree sign}; ; ; C caused a ductile-to-brittle transition and allowed infiltration of cold groundwater, which further decreased the temperature in the system to 190-240 {; ; ; degree sign}; ; ; C. At the same time, the pressure dropped from a lithostatic (2.1-2.7 kbar) to a hydrostatic value (0.57-0.73 kbar). Consequently, minerals deposited under magmatic conditions (feldspars and beryl) became unstable and a newly-formed hydrothermal mineral paragenesis (euclase, bertrandite, kaolinite and quartz) overprinted the earlier one. The hydrothermal fluids responsible for the alteration differ from the earlier-exsolved fluids in having a lower salinity, lower homogenization temperature, the absence of CO2 and the presence of CH4.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija

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