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A comparison between the stability fields of a Cl-rich scapolite and the end-member marialite

  • Kaléo M.F. Almeida EMAIL logo and David M. Jenkins
From the journal American Mineralogist

Abstract

Scapolites are pervasive rock-forming aluminosilicates that are found in metamorphic, igneous, and hydrothermal environments; nonetheless, the stability field of Cl-rich scapolite is not well constrained. This experimental study investigated two reactions involving Cl-rich scapolite. First, the anhydrous reaction 1 of plagioclase + halite + calcite to form scapolite [modeled as: 3 plagioclase (Ab80An20) + 0.8 NaCl + 0.2 CaCO3 = scapolite (Ma80Me20)] was investigated to determine the effect of the Ca-rich meionite (Me = Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3) component on the Na end-member marialite (Ma = Na4Al3Si9O24Cl). Second, the effect of water on this reaction was investigated using the hydrothermally equivalent reaction 2, H2O + scapolite (Ma80Me20) = 3 plagioclase (Ab80An20) + CaCO3 + liquid, where the liquid is assumed to be a saline-rich hydrous-silicate melt. Experiments were conducted with synthetic phases over the range of 500–1030 °C and 0.4–2.0 GPa. For reaction 1, intermediate composition scapolite shows a wide thermal stability and is stable relative to plagioclase + halite + calcite at temperatures above 750 °C at 0.4 GPa and 760 °C at 2.0 GPa. For reaction 2, intermediate scapolite appears to be quite tolerant of water; it forms at a minimum bulk salinity [XNaCl = molar ratio of NaCl/(NaCl+H2O)] of the brine of approximately 0.2 XNaCl at 830 and 680 °C at pressures of 2.0 and 1.5 GPa, respectively. Based on the study done by Almeida and Jenkins (2017), pure marialite is very intolerant of water when compared to intermediate composition scapolite. Compositional changes in the scapolite and plagioclase were characterized by X‑ray diffraction and electron microprobe analysis and found to shift from the nominal bulk compositions to the observed compositions of Ma85Me15 for scapolite and to Ab91An09 for plagioclase. These results were used to model the phase equilibria along the marialite-meionite join in temperature-composition space. This study demonstrates that a small change in the scapolite composition from end-member marialite to Ma85Me15 expands the stability field of marialite significantly, presumably due to the high entropy of mixing in scapolite, as well as increases its tolerance to water. This supports the much more common presence of intermediate scapolites in hydrothermal settings than either end-member meionite or marialite as is widely reported in the literature.

Acknowledgments and Funding

The manuscript was much improved by the careful reviews of J. Filiberto and an anonymous reviewer and the editorial handling of S. Penniston-Dorland. The authors are grateful to David Collins, who assisted with the electron microprobe analyses. Financial support for this study came from NSF grant EAR-1347463 to D.M.J.

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Received: 2018-11-25
Accepted: 2019-07-28
Published Online: 2019-11-29
Published in Print: 2019-12-18

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