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Exsolution and hydration of pyroxenes from partially serpentinized harzburgites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

C. Viti ,
M. Mellini  and
C. Rumori
C. Viti*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, 53100 Siena, Italy
M. Mellini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, 53100 Siena, Italy
C. Rumori
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Siena, Via Laterina 8, 53100 Siena, Italy
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*E-mail: vitic@unisi.it
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Abstract

Ortho- and clinopyroxenes within partially-hydrated harzburgites from Elba and Val di Cecina (Italy) show lamellar exsolution textures and variable replacement by biopyriboles, talc-chlorite-serpentine mixed layers and serpentine. Chemical and geothermometric data suggest that the pyroxenes crystallized at 1240–1051°C, followed by subsolidus exsolution at slightly lower T (1145–1025°C for clinopyroxene lamellae + orthopyroxene matrix pairs and a 1033–982°C range for orthopyroxene lamellae + clinopyroxene matrix pairs).

Investigation by transmission electron microscopy of exsolved enstatite and augite reveals a multistage hydration process. The first stage (highest T, probably in the amphibole stability field) leads to the formation of biopyribole lamellae within exsolved augite, leaving the enstatite matrix unaffected. The second stage (~500–300°C) corresponds to the topotactic replacement of enstatite by layer silicates (talc + chlorite + serpentine, with (001)layer silicates parallel to (100)enstatite). Enstatite is also replaced by randomly oriented, poorly crystalline serpentine. The last hydration stage (<300°C) corresponds to the disappearence of augite and recrystallization of serpentine, leading to completely hydrated bastites with random lizardite lamellae, polygonal serpentine and minor chrysotile.

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ophioliteorthopyroxeneclinopyroxeneexsolutionserpentinizationbiopyriboles

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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 69 , Issue 4 , August 2005 , pp. 491 - 507
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2005

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