Electron microprobe measurement of pyroxenes coexisting with H2O-undersaturated liquid in the join CaMgSi2O6-Mg2Si2O6-H2O at 30 kilobars, with applications to geothermometry
✍ Scribed by Cherukupalli E. Nehru; Peter J. Wyllie
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 546 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-7999
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✦ Synopsis
Mixtures of synthetic crystalline enstatite and diopside were reacted with small water contents in sealed capsules in piston-cylinder apparatus at 30 kb between 1000~ C and 1700 ~ C. The compositions of coexisting enstatite and diopside solid solutions were measured with an AI~L-EMX electron microprobe between 1000~ and 1500 ~ C. Between 1100 ~ C and 1500 ~ C the pyroxenes coexisted with H20-undersaturated liquid which quenched to inhomogeneous pyroxene crystals. The presence of liquid facilitated growth of pyroxene crystals suitable for microprobe determinations. The solvus of Davis and Boyd (1966) is generally used in geothermometry; our enstatite solvus limb is a few mol-% richer in Mg2Si.206 in the temperature range 1000-1400 ~ C; our diopside solvus limb is a few mol-% richer in Mg2Si206 below 1100 ~ C, in close agreement between 1100~ C and 1200 ~ C, but richer in CaMgSiaO6 between 1200 ~ C and 1500 r C. Estimated equilibration temperatures for a diopside with composition 78.7% Di is 1300~ C according to our results compared with 1210~ for the Davis and Boyd solvus.