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Experimental petrology constraints on kamafugitic magmas
Francesca Innocenzi
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Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, 00185, Italy
Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse – CNR, Pisa, 56124, Italy
School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia
Isra S. Ezad
School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia
Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
Sara Ronca
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, 00185, Italy
Samuele Agostini
Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse – CNR, Pisa, 56124, Italy
Michele Lustrino
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, 00185, Italy
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria – CNR, c/o Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, 00185, Italy
Stephen F. Foley
School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia
Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2600, Australia
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The history of Earth is a story of the co-evolution of minerals and microbes. We present the evidence that moonmilk precipitation is driven by microorganisms within the rocks and not only on the rock surfaces. Moreover, the moonmilk produced within the rocks contributes to rock formation. The calcite speleothem moonmilk is the only known carbonate speleothem on Earth with undoubted biogenic origin, thus representing a biosignature of life.
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Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 845–862, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-845-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-845-2024, 2024
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André Stechern, Magdalena Blum-Oeste, Roman E. Botcharnikov, François Holtz, and Gerhard Wörner
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 721–748, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-721-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-721-2024, 2024
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Benjamin A. Pummell and Jay B. Thomas
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 581–597, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-581-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-581-2024, 2024
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Colin Fauguerolles, Teddy Castelain, Johan Villeneuve, and Michel Pichavant
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 555–579, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-555-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-555-2024, 2024
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Ross J. Angel, Matteo Alvaro, and Silvio Ferrero
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 411–415, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-411-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-411-2024, 2024
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Christian R. Singer, Harald Behrens, Ingo Horn, Martin Oeser, Ralf Dohmen, and Stefan Weyer
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 1009–1026, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1009-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1009-2023, 2023
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Martin Oeser, Ingo Horn, Ralf Dohmen, and Stefan Weyer
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 813–830, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-813-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-813-2023, 2023
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Ross J. Angel, Mattia L. Mazzucchelli, Kira A. Musiyachenko, Fabrizio Nestola, and Matteo Alvaro
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 461–478, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-461-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-461-2023, 2023
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Lennart Koch and Burkhard C. Schmidt
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 117–132, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-117-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-117-2023, 2023
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Melanie J. Sieber, Max Wilke, Oona Appelt, Marcus Oelze, and Monika Koch-Müller
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 411–424, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-411-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-411-2022, 2022
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Carbonates reduce the melting point of the mantle, and carbonate melts produced in low-degree melting of a carbonated mantle are considered the precursor of CO2-rich magmas. We established experimentally the melting relations of carbonates up to 9 GPa, showing that Mg-carbonates melt incongruently to periclase and carbonate melt. The trace element signature of carbonate melts parental to kimberlites is approached by melting of Mg-rich carbonates.
Roxane Buso, Didier Laporte, Federica Schiavi, Nicolas Cluzel, and Claire Fonquernie
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 325–349, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-325-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-325-2022, 2022
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Carla Tiraboschi, Francesca Miozzi, and Simone Tumiati
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 59–75, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-59-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-59-2022, 2022
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This review provides an overview of ex situ carbon-saturated COH fluid experiments at upper-mantle conditions. Several authors experimentally investigated the effect of COH fluids. However, fluid composition is rarely tackled as a quantitative issue, and rather infrequently fluids are analyzed as the associated solid phases in the experimental assemblage. Recently, improved techniques have been proposed for analyses of COH fluids, leading to significant advancement in fluid characterization.
Enrico Cannaò, Massimo Tiepolo, Giulio Borghini, Antonio Langone, and Patrizia Fumagalli
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 35–57, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-35-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-35-2022, 2022
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Amphibole–liquid partitioning of elements of geological relevance is experimentally derived at conditions compatible with those of the Earth's upper mantle. Experiments are carried out at different oxygen fugacity conditions and variable Cl content in order to investigate their influence on the amphibole–liquid partition coefficients. Our results point to the capability of amphibole to act as filter for trace elements at upper-mantle conditions, oxidized conditions, and Cl-rich environments.
Enrico Cannaò, Federica Schiavi, Giulia Casiraghi, Massimo Tiepolo, and Patrizia Fumagalli
Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 19–34, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-19-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-34-19-2022, 2022
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Detailed knowledge of the mechanisms ruling water incorporation in amphibole is essential to understand how much water can be fixed at upper-mantle conditions by this mineral. We provide the experimental evidence of the Cl effect on the oxo-substitution and the incorporation of water in amphibole. Finally, we highlight the versatility of confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy as an analytical tool to quantify water in amphibole.
Michael C. Jollands, Hugh St.C. O'Neill, Andrew J. Berry, Charles Le Losq, Camille Rivard, and Jörg Hermann
Eur. J. Mineral., 33, 113–138, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-113-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-113-2021, 2021
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How, and how fast, does hydrogen move through crystals? We consider this question by adding hydrogen, by diffusion, to synthetic crystals of olivine doped with trace amounts of chromium. Even in a highly simplified system, the behaviour of hydrogen is complex. Hydrogen can move into and through the crystal using various pathways (different defects within the crystal) and hop between these pathways too.
Joana Polednia, Ralf Dohmen, and Katharina Marquardt
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 675–696, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-675-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-675-2020, 2020
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Grain boundary diffusion is orders of magnitude faster compared to volume diffusion. We studied this fast transport process in a well-defined garnet grain boundary. State-of-the-art microscopy was used for quantification. A dedicated numerical diffusion model shows that iron diffusion requires the operation of two diffusion modes, one fast, one slow. We conclude that impurity bulk diffusion in garnet aggregates is always dominated by grain boundary diffusion.
Giulio Borghini and Patrizia Fumagalli
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 251–264, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-251-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-251-2020, 2020
Alan B. Woodland, Andrei V. Girnis, Vadim K. Bulatov, Gerhard P. Brey, and Heidi E. Höfer
Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 171–185, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-171-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-171-2020, 2020
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We experimentally explored direct entrapment of breyite (CaSiO3) by diamond at upper-mantle conditions in a model subducted sediment rather than formation by retrogression of CaSiO3 perovskite, implying a deeper origin. Anhydrous low-T melting of CaCO3+SiO2 precludes breyite formation. Under hydrous conditions, reduction of melt results in graphite with breyite. Thus, breyite inclusions in natural diamond may form from aragonite + coesite or carbonate melt at 6–8 GPa via reduction with water.
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Kamafugites are rare ultrabasic/basic K2O-rich rocks. High-pressure–high-temperature experiments on four samples from the known type localities (Italy, Brazil, Uganda) constrained their melting assemblage, unlike a classical peridotite. Clinopyroxene and phlogopite are the first near-liquidus phases. Olivine appears in two runs. The different abundances of the main phases and the variable contribution of apatite, oxides and titanite explain the variegated kamafugite geochemical features.
Kamafugites are rare ultrabasic/basic K2O-rich rocks. High-pressure–high-temperature experiments...
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