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Experimental constraints on formation of hematite in olivine at high pressures and temperatures

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Iron-rich oxides, such as magnetite or hematite, have been reported in olivine grains in many orogenic garnet peridotites from continental collision zones. Whether these iron-rich minerals originate from dry oxidation, dehydrogenation-oxidation or exsolution from a precursor wadsleyite phase is debatable. This paper explores high-pressure and high-temperature experiments in a hydrous harzburgite system, by taking advantage of electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) analyses, to examine the formation of hematite in olivine. Experimental results show that hematite can be formed within olivine grains at pressures >6 GPa and temperatures in the 1073–1473 K range. EBSD analysis suggests that hematite rods (not associated with clinopyroxene) and host olivine have the following crystallographic relations: \( \langle 0001 \rangle _{\text{Hem}} // [100]_{\text{Ol}} , \langle 10{-}10\rangle _{\text{Hem}} //[001]_{\text{Ol}} , \langle 11{-}20\rangle _{\text{Hem}} //[010]_{\text{Ol}} \), which are consistent with those observed in natural garnet peridotite from the Dabie–Sulu ultra-high-pressure (UHP) metamorphic terrane. It is postulated that both hydroxide (OH−) and hydrogen (H+) ions have the potential to oxidize Fe2+ to Fe3+, followed by rapid dehydrogenation and slow Fe diffusion, thus forming hematite within the olivine grains. It is proposed that dehydrogenation-oxidation is the most likely formation mechanism of hematite inclusions within olivine, with the following two requirements: an ample amount of H2O and specific P–T conditions (>6 GPa, at 1073 K). Such conditions are consistent with those calculated in natural garnet peridotites from the Dabie–Sulu UHP metamorphic terranes. The present study also indicates that hematite (or magnetite?) inclusions in olivine contain important clues about the tectonic evolution of UHP rocks in continental crust collision zones.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Prof. Junfeng Zhang, Prof. Yixian Xu and Dr. Penglei Liu for useful discussions. We are grateful to Daniel Harlov and Maria D. Ruiz Cruz for their constructive comments and suggestions. We also thank Editor Catherine McCammon for constructive suggestions. We are grateful to Prof. Mouchun He for help with micro-Raman analysis. We acknowledge use of the EPMA in the Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences, State Oceanic Administration. This research was supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (41402035), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (CUGL140826) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2013M540615).

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Zhang, Y., Wang, C., Wu, Y. et al. Experimental constraints on formation of hematite in olivine at high pressures and temperatures. Phys Chem Minerals 42, 761–771 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-015-0760-y

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