Mineralogy of spinel from mafic-ultramafic rocks in Dongdegou, southwestern Tianshan and its geological significance
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    The mafic-ultramafic rocks of Dongdougou are located in the orogenic belt between the Tarim plate and the Yili-central Tianshan plate, southwestern Tianshan. Harzburgite is the main type of peridotite, generally metasomatized by hydrous melt or fluid. It includes different types of spinels, being red-brown, brown, dark green, and light green in color. Cr2O3 and FeO decrease gradually whereas Al2O3 and MgO increase with the metasomatism. Studies indicate that red-brown and brown picotiles constitute the primary type, while green magnesium spinels possess the second place. The compositions of the primary picotiles are variable with Cr# and Mg# in the range of 0.41~0.87 and 0.21~0.61 respectively, which may indicate polyphase origin of melting. Secondary spinels have different shapes, and their compositions vary tremendously, exhibiting two stages of metasomatism or metamorphism. The primary picotiles have characteristics of peridotite in a subducting upper plate mantle wedge zone, which implies the host rocks might have been the fragments of peridotite from a SSZ volcanic arc environment.

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孔凡梅,李旭平,李守军,吴苏,2011,西南天山东德沟镁铁-超镁铁岩中尖晶石的矿物学特征及其地质意义[J].岩石矿物学杂志,30(5):951~960. KONG Fan-mei, LI Xu-ping, LI Shou-jun, WU Su,2011,Mineralogy of spinel from mafic-ultramafic rocks in Dongdegou, southwestern Tianshan and its geological significance[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,30(5):951~960.

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