Characteristics of babingtonite amygdaloid complex in vesicular basalt from south Sichuan
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    Five different types of amygdaloid complexes were found in vesicular basalt of Puge County, south Sichuan, mainly calcite amygdaloid complex and asphalt (bitumen) amygdaloid complex. The babingtonite amygdaloid complexes are spheroidal with 5~8 mm in diameter. A commonly recognized mineral sequence of the amygdaloid complex from the wall inward is quartz→brunsvigite→babingtonite. The babingtonite crystals are black and lamellar, and are composed of five pinacoids. X-ray micro-diffraction measurements indicate that babingtonite is triclinic, with space group P. Chemical composition analyses show that babingtonite has the following data: SiO2 53.55%, CaO 18.84%, Fe2O3 13.65%, FeO 9.68%, MgO 1.44%, H2O+ 1.74%, and FeO/Fe2O3=0.709, whereas brunsvigite has the data SiO2 33.17%, Al2O3 13.03%, Fe2O3 8.45%, FeO 13.06%, MgO 18.82%, H2O+ 12.12%, CaO 0.87%,and FeO/ Fe2O3=1.55. The evolution of mineral associations in babingtonite amygdaloid complexes suggests that the ore-forming fluids at the late stage converted from Mg- and Fe-rich fluids to Si- and Ca-rich fluids. Babingtonite crystallized in a transitional environment from meta-acid and weak reduction to meta-alkaline and weak oxidation.

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张良钜,刘靖娜,曾伟来,李东升,黎琪,曾南石,阮青锋,2014,川南玄武岩气孔中硅铁灰石杏仁体的特征与研究[J].岩石矿物学杂志,33(5):917~923. ZHANG Liang-ju, LIU Jing-na, ZENG Wei-lai, LI Dong-sheng, LI Qi, ZENG Nan-shi, RUAN Qing-feng,2014,Characteristics of babingtonite amygdaloid complex in vesicular basalt from south Sichuan[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,33(5):917~923.

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  • Received:March 19,2014
  • Revised:August 06,2014
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