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Phase relations in garnet-bearing metabasites of prehnite-pumpellyite facies from the Darbut-Sartuohai ophiolite, Western Junggar of Xinjiang, China

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Previous petrogenetic grids for very low grade metamorphism do not apply to garnet-bearing prehnite-pumpellyite facies rocks. Garnet-bearing metabasites with Act – absent of prehnite-pumpellyite facies have been found in the Darbut-Sartuohai ophiolite, Xinjiang, China. Results of thermodynamic calculation in the CMASH system using the internally consistent mineral thermodynamic database of Berman (1988) show that equilibria reactions among the end-member species in mineral paragenesis of Pmp-Prh-Grs-Zo-Chl-Qtz intersect at a pressure of 4.75 kbar and temperature of 350 °C. The association of grossular-rich garnet and pumpellyite occurs at pressures and temperatures similar to the Pmp-Act facies. Based on the petrogenetic grid derived in this study, peak metamorphic conditions for metabasites from the Darbut-Sartuohai ophiolite are 310 to 330 °C, and 3.0 to 4.0 kbar, which are affected by the substitution of Fe3+Al−1. This study shows that grossular-rich garnet can appear in metabasites of the prehnite-pumpellyite facies, but it depends on the substitution between Fe3+ and Al in the CMASH+Fe3+ system.

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Phasenbeziehungen in Grandit-führenden Metabasiten (Prehnit-Pumpelleyit Fazies) vom Darbut-Sartuohai Ophiolit, westliches Junggar (Xinjiang, China)

Bereits existierende petrogenetische Netze für niedrig-gradige Metamorphose können nicht auf Grandit-führende Metabasite angewendet werden. Solche Metabasite der Prehnit-Pumpellyit Fazies wurden in Darbut-Sartuohai Ophiolit gefunden. Thermodynamische Berechnungen mit dem Datensatz von Berman (1988) zeigen, dass die Endglieder der Mineralparagenese Pmp-Prh-Grs-Zo-Chl-Qtz einen invarianten Punkt bei 4.75 kbar und 350 °C bilden. Daher kommen Grossular-reicher Grandit und Pumpellyit unter ähnlichen PT-Bedingungen der Pmp-Act Fazies vor. Anhand des petrogenetischen Netzes, das in der hier vorliegenden Arbeit berechet worden ist, konnten die Peak-metamorphen Bedingungen für den Darbut-Sartuohai Ophiolit mit 310–330 °C und 3.0–4.0 kbar ermittelt werden. Diese Bedingungen sind vom Fe3+Al−1 Austausch abhängig. Diese Arbeit zeigt, dass Grossular-reiche Granate im CAMSH-System in der Prehnit-Pumpellyit Fazies selbst bei Anwesenheit von Chlorit stabil sind.

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Received September 25, 1999; revised version accepted July 3, 2000

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Zhang, L., Sun, M. & Xu, B. Phase relations in garnet-bearing metabasites of prehnite-pumpellyite facies from the Darbut-Sartuohai ophiolite, Western Junggar of Xinjiang, China. Mineralogy and Petrology 71, 67–85 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007100170046

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