A szubkontinentális litoszféraköpeny nagy mélységeiben lejátszódó fluidmigrációs folyamatok összehasonlító vizsgálata = Comparative study of the fluid migration processes in the deep lithospheric mantle

A kutatás során a köpenyben nagy mélységben migráló C-O-H fluidumok szerepét vizsgáltuk a köpenymetaszomatózis és gyémántkristályosodás folyamataiban. Negyvennél több, dél Afrikából származó diamondit xenolitot elemeztünk; meghatároztuk a gyémánttal összenőtt gránátot és klinopiroxént fő- és nyomelem (LAM-ICPMS) tartalmát, valamint a gyémánt C és N izotóparányait. A diamonditban található gránátok 5 csoportra oszthatók: peridotitos, átmeneti és 3 eklogitos (E1, E2, E3) csoportokra. A P gránátot tartalmazó diamondit karbonatit-kimberlit összetételű fluidumból kristályosodott, míg az E gránátot tartalmazó diamonditot kristályosító fluidum nyomelemei az alkáli bazaltokhoz hasonlítanak. A gyémántot kristályosító fluidumok redukált szenet tartalmazó mély köpeny eredetű fluidumokból oxidáció révén képződtek. Ez a folyamat C izotóp frakcionációval járt. Az így képződött karbonatit fejlődött tovább, és kristályosította a P és E típusú diamonditokat. Természetes és szintetikus karbonát-eklogit rendszeren végeztünk kísérlekete 8.5 GPa nyomáson és 1700-1800 oC hőmérsékleten. A kis viszkozitású karbonát olvadék gyorsan eljutott a gyémántkristályosodás helyére, nagyfokú gyémántkristályosodás volt megfigyelhető, és a gyémántokkal együtt gránát és cpx is kristályosodott. A természetes diamondit xenolitok vizsgálata és a kísérleti eredmények megerősítik, hogy a kontitnentális kratonok mélyén a gyémánt kristályosodás karbonatitos közegben megy végbe a köpenymetaszomatózis eredményeképp. | Migration of C-O-H fluids in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle and their role in mantle metasomatism and crystallization diamondites have been studied. Garnet and clinopyroxene intergrowths from over 40 diamondite xenoliths from southern Africa have been analysed form major and trace elements (LAM-ICPMS), and diamonds have been analysed for C and N isotope ratios. Five garnet groups could be distinguished: peridotitic, transitional and 3 eclogitic (E1, E2,E3). Diamondites with P garnets crystallised from fluids in the carbonatite-kimberlite spectrum, while the parental fluids for diamondites with E garnets had trace element composition similar to alkali basalts. Parental fluids for diamondites evolved from reduced carbon species of deep mantle origin through oxidation. The resulted carbonatitic melt would further evolve and crystallize the P and E diamondites. Experiments on natural and synthetic carbonate-eclogite systems have been made at 8.5 GPa and 1700-1800 oC in order to simulate processes for the formation of diamondites. The processes observed are as follows: quick migration of mobile low-viscosity carbonate-silicate melts into zones of diamondite formation, extremely high rate of diamondite crystallization from a carbonate- silicate melt and formation of syngenetic inclusions of garnet and cpx inside the pores and cavities of diamondites. Diamondites crystallised in carbonatitic environment as a result of mantle metasomatism in the roots of the cratons

Petrogenetic significance of ocellar camptonite dykes in the Ditrau Alkaline Massif, Romania

Camptonite dykes intrude the rift-related Mesozoic igneous body of the Ditrău Alkaline Massif, Eastern Carpathians, Romania. We present and discuss mineral chemical data, major and trace elements, and the Nd isotopic compositions of the dykes in order to define their nature and origin. The dykes are classified as the clinopyroxene-bearing (camptonite–I) and clinopyroxene-free (camptonite–II) varieties. Camptonite–I consists of aluminian–ferroan diopside phenocrysts accompanied by kaersutite, subordinate Ti-rich annite, albite to oligoclase and abundant calcite–albite ocelli. Camptonite–II comprises K-rich hastingsite to magnesiohastingsite, Ti-rich annite, albite to andesine, abundant accessory titanite and apatite, and silicate ocelli filled mainly with plagioclase (An4-34). Age-corrected 143Nd/144Nd ratios vary from 0.51258 to 0.51269. The high εNd values of +4.0 to +6.1 which are consistent with intra-plate composition, together with light rare earth element (LREE), large ion lithophile element (LILE) and high field strength element (HFSE) enrichment in the camptonites is ascribed to the formation of small melt batches of a metasomatised sub-lithospheric mantle source. The presence of an asthenospheric ‘high μ’ ocean island basalt (HIMU–OIB)-type mantle component in the source region has also been revealed. A 1–4% degree of partial melting of an enriched garnet lherzolite mantle source containing pargasitic amphibole followed by fractionation is inferred to have been involved in the generation of the camptonites. They are deduced to be parental melts to the Ditrău Alkaline Massif

Origin and ascent history of unusually crystal-rich alkaline basaltic magmas from the western Pannonian Basin

The last eruptions of the monogenetic Bakony-Balaton Highland Volcanic Field (western Pannonian Basin, Hungary) produced unusually crystal- and xenolith-rich alkaline basalts which are unique among the alkaline basalts of the Carpathian- Pannonian Region. Similar alkaline basalts are only rarely known in other volcanic fields of the world. These special basaltic magmas fed the eruptions of two closely located volcanic centres: the Bondoró-hegy and the Füzes-tó scoria cone. Their uncommon enrichment in diverse crystals produced unique rock textures and modified original magma compositions (13.1-14.2 wt.% MgO, 459-657 ppm Cr, 455-564 ppm Ni contents). Detailed mineral-scale textural and chemical analyses revealed that the Bondoró-hegy and Füzes-tó alkaline basaltic magmas have a complex ascent history, and that most of their minerals (~30 vol.% of the rocks) represent foreign crystals derived from different levels of the underlying lithosphere. The most abundant xenocrysts, olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and spinel, were incorporated from different regions and rock types of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle. Megacrysts of clinopyroxene and spinel could have originated from pegmatitic veins / sills which probably represent magmas crystallized near the crust-mantle boundary. Green clinopyroxene xenocrysts could have been derived from lower crustal mafic granulites. Minerals that crystallized in situ from the alkaline basaltic melts (olivine with Cr-spinel inclusions, clinopyroxene, plagioclase, Fe-Ti oxides) are only represented by microphenocrysts and overgrowths on the foreign crystals. The vast amount of peridotitic (most common) and mafic granulitic materials indicates a highly effective interaction between the ascending magmas and wall rocks at lithospheric mantle and lower crustal levels. However, fragments from the middle and upper crust are absent from the studied basalts, suggesting a change in the style (and possibly rate) of magma ascent in the crust. These xenocryst- and xenolith-rich basalts yield divers tools for estimating magma ascent rate that is important for hazard forecasting in monogenetic volcanic fields. According to the estimated ascent rates, the Bondoró-hegy and Füzes-tó alkaline basaltic magmas could have reached the surface within hours to few days, similarly to the estimates for other eruptive centres in the Pannonian Basin which were fed by "normal" (crystal- and xenolith-poor) alkaline basalts

Rhodochrosite-bearing concretions from a Jurassic Manganese ore mineralization – Úrkút, Hungary

Rhodochrosite concretions with fish and plant fossils occur in the Úrkút manganese carbonate deposit (Jurassic) and were investigated for mineralogy and geochemistry. These concretions are mainly composed of rhodochrosite and Mn-bearing calcite, but X-ray diffraction and electron microprobe analysis showed also the presence of Ca-rich kutnohorite. Cathodoluminescence microscopy revealed kutnohorite as luminescent mineral as infiltration and veinlets suggesting early diagenetic origin. Chrysotile needles were also detected in one of the kutnohorite veinlets by transmission electron microscopy. Stable C and O isotope results showed low-T very early diagenetic, bacterially mediated decomposition of organic matter and formation of Mn-carbonate in the ore section, which effect was the strongest around the organic remnants. Compared to the polarized light microscopy, cathodoluminescence microscopy was able to give visible picture about the texture of the very fine-grained Mn-carbonate concretions; therefore it was proved to be a useful method in study of diagenetic processes in manganese deposits