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TitleExperimental diopsidite: Implications for natural diopsidite genesis through fluid-melt-mantle peridotite reaction
 
AuthorBorisova, A YORCID logo; Ceuleneer, G; Zagrtdenov, N R; Safonov, O G; Toplis, M J
SourceMineralogy and Petrology 2021 p. 489-495, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-021-00759-7 Open Access logo Open Access
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Year2021
Alt SeriesNatural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20210502
PublisherSpringer
Documentserial
Lang.English
Mediaon-line; digital
File formatpdf
Subjectsmineralogy; Science and Technology; igneous and metamorphic petrology; diopside; oceanic lithosphere; peridotites; mantle; oceanic crust
Illustrationstables; photomicrographs; phase diagrams; models
Released2021 08 19
AbstractOccurrences of diopsidites, rocks made predominantly of gem-like diopside whose composition precludes a purely igneous origin, allow tracking the pathway of high-temperature fluids and fluid-saturated melts in the oceanic lithosphere in vicinity of the mantle-crust transition zone (the Moho) and the adjacent mantle in an oceanic setting. We have experimentally explored the origin of the mantle diopsidites by reacting serpentinite with synthetic haplobasaltic glass (corresponding to anorthite-diopside eutectic at 0.1 MPa pressure) at 900 and 1250 °C, and 0.2 GPa pressure for 120 h. At 900 °C, no reaction is observed in the sample; in contrast, in the experimental runs heated to 1250 °C, we distinguish two mineral associations (1) early Al-poor diopside [Mg# = Mg/(Mg + Fe) = 99 ± 1; Al2O3 = 1.9 ± 1.6 wt%] with the diopside-hosted forsterite ( Fo99.2 ± 0.1) inclusions and (2) late Al-enriched diopside (Mg# = 98 ± 1; Al2O3 = 3.7 ± 2.8 wt%). Our experiments confirm that mantle diopsidites can be produced at > 1100 °C in response to partial melting of hydrated peridotite (serpentinite) in the presence of haplobasaltic melt and aqueous fluid at the conditions typical of the mantle-crust transition zone and the shallow mantle beneath oceanic spreading ridges.
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Diopsidites are rocks made predominantly of gem-like diopside. We have experimentally explored the origin of the mantle diopsidites by reacting serpentinite with synthetic haplobasaltic glass (corresponding to anorthite-diopside eutectic at 0.1 MPa pressure) at 900 and 1250 °C, and 0.2 GPa pressure for 120 h. No reaction occurred at 900 °C. However at 1250 °C reaction happened and we were able to distinguish two mineral associations (1) early Al-poor diopside [Mg#=Mg/(Mg+Fe)=99±1; Al2O3=1.9±1.6 wt%] with the diopside-hosted forsterite (Fo99.2 ± 0.1) inclusions and (2) late Al-enriched diopside (Mg#=98±1; Al2O3=3.7±2.8 wt%). These experiments confirm that mantle diopsidites can be produced at >/= 1100 °C and at conditions typical of the mantle-crust transition zone and the shallow mantle beneath oceanic spreading ridges.
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