MICROTHERMOMETRIC BEHAVIOR OF CRYSTAL-RICH INCLUSIONS IN SPODUMENE UNDER CONFINING PRESSURE

摘要

A hydrothermal diamond anvil cell (HDAC) was used to observe the microthermometric behavior of solid+liquid+vapor inclusions in spodumene from the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba, under confining pressure. At 25 degrees C, these inclusions commonly contain a carbonate mineral (zabuyelite, rarely calcite or nahcolite), quartz, a phyllosilicate (cookeite), and an aqueous carbonic fluid phase. Heating spodumene-hosted inclusions to temperatures between 600 and 680 degrees C in a HDAC resulted in total or partial dissolution of the contained solid phases, followed by homoepitaxial growth of new spodumene on the inclusion walls, which reduced the inclusion volume by up to 31%. At room temperature, the homogenized inclusions contain only an aqueous fluid phase, CO2 liquid, and CO2 vapor. Inclusions that failed to homogenize at 680 degrees C, or leaked during heating, contain partially dissolved minerals with or without an aqueous carbonic fluid.