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Science | 1968

Olivine-Garnet Transformation in a Meteorite

B. S. Mason; Joseph A. Nelen; John S. White

Garnet has been identified for the first time as a meteorite mineral in the Coorara chondrite from Western Australia. It replaces olivine grains in a 1-millimeter veinlet traversing the body of the meteorite. The associated olivine has abnormally low birefringence, which suggests a highly shocked condition. Microprobe analyses do not distinguish the garnet from the associated olivine, which has the composition (Mg.75Fe.25)2 SiO4; the garnet may have the composition Mg3Fe2Si3O12 but be unresolvable from the accompanying olivine, or alternatively is nonstoichiometric. Transformation of olivine to garnet under high pressure could have significant implications for the phase composition of the Earths mantle.


Mineralogy and Petrology | 1992

Chemical Variation in Vesuvianite

Sharon Fitzgerald; Peter B. Leavens; Joseph A. Nelen

SummaryMicroprobeanalyses of 44 vesuvianite specimens of different color, morphology, and occurrence indicate the chemical variation of the species. Vesuvianites can be divided into four types, based on chemistry and color; most vesuvianites can be assigned to one of these types with confidence. Type 1 vesuvianites contain ≈ 2 atoms of Mg, <0.25 atoms of Ti, and variable Fe, apparently trivalent, in a formula based on 50 non-H cations. They are dark to pale green, white, or pink. Type 2 vesuvianites contain > 2.5 atoms of Mg, variable (divalent?) Fe, and <0.5 atoms of Ti. In color they are yellow, yellow-brown, or yellow-green. Type 3 vesuvianites contain divalent Fe, 0.5 to 1.5 atoms of Ti and close to 18 atoms of Si (full occupancy of tetrahedral sites). They are yellow, brown, red-brown, or black. Type 4 vesuvianites are manganoan or cuprian; the studied samples are from Pajsberg, Sweden, Franklin, New Jersey, and Telemark, Norway. In color they are red-brown, purple, blue (“cyprine”), or green. Iron and much of the Mn is apparently trivalent.Unlike garnets, which they resemble structurally, vesuvianites contain almost exclusively Ca in the eight-fold sites in the structure. Silicon occupies 95% or more of the tetrahedral sites. Aluminum fills the smaller octahedral site, A. Chemical variation occurs predominantly in the more open, octahedral, general or G site and in the five-coordinated B site. Simple substitutions in G include Fe3+ or Mn3+ for Al3+, and Fe2+, Mn2+, or Zn2+ for Mg2+. Coupled substitutions include TiO = AIOH, MgTi = AlAl and AlAl = MgSi. The B site may contain Cue2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, or A13+. Changes in the amounts of O and OH in two different positions give a range of anion charge from 146 (0670H12) to about 148 (0690H10).ZusammenfassungMikrosondenanalysen von 44 Vesuvian-Proben, die in Farbe, Morphologie and Vorkommen unterschiedlich sind, zeigen die chemische Variation der Spezies. Aufgrund von Chemismus und Farbe können Vesuviane in vier Typen eingeteilt werden; die meisten Vesuviane konnen einem dieser Typen klar zugeordnet werden. Vesuviane vom Typ 1 enthalten in einer Formel, die sich auf 50 nicht-H Kationen bezieht, ≈ 2 Mg-Atome, < 0,25 Ti-Atome and variables, anscheinend dreiwertiges Fe. Sie sind dunkel- bis blaßgrün, weiß oder rosa. Vesuviane vom Typ 2 enthalten > 2,5 Mg-Atome, variables (zweiwertiges?) Fe and < 0,5 Ti-Atome. Sie sind gelb, gelbbraun oder gelbgrün gefärbt. Vesuviane vom Typ 3 enthalten zweiwertiges Fe, 0,5 bis 1,5 Ti-Atome and beinahe 18 Si-Atome (völlige Besetzung der Tetraederpositionen). Sie sind gelb, braun, rotbraun oder schwarz. Vesuviane vom Typ 4 sind Mangan- oder Kupfer-haltig; die untersuchten Proben sind von Pajsberg, Schweden, Franklin, New Jersey, and Telemark, Norwegen. Sie sind rotbraun, purpur, blau (“Cyprin”) oder grün gefarbt. Eisen und ein großer Teil des Mangns sind anscheinend dreiwertig.Im Unterschied zu den strukturell ähnlichen Granaten enthalten die Vesuviane auf den acht-koordinierten Positionen der Struktur fast nur Ca. Silizium besetzt 95% oder mehr der Tetraederpositionen. Aluminium füllt die kleinere Oktaederposition A. Chemische Variabilität tritt hauptsächlich in der offeneren, oktaedrischen, allgemeinen oder G Position and in der fiinf-koordinierten B Position auf. Einfache Substitutionen auf G umfassen Fe3+ und Mn3+ fur Al3+, sowie Fe2+, Mn2+ and Zn2+ für Mgt2+. Gekoppelte Substitutionen beinhalten TiO = AlOH, MgTi = AlAl and AlAl = MgSi. Die B Position kann Cu2+, Fe2+, Fe3+ and A13+ enthalten. Wechsel in den Beträgen an O und OH auf zwei unterschiedlichen Positionen gibt für die Anionenladung einen Bereich von 146 (O67OH12) bis etwa 148 (O69OH10).[/p]


Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research | 1980

Reference Samples for Electron Microprobe Analysis

Eugene Jarosewich; Joseph A. Nelen; Julie A. Norberg


American Mineralogist | 1984

The heat capacities of osumilite from 298.15 to 1000 K, the thermodynamic properties of two natural chlorites to 500 K, and the thermodynamic properties of petalite to 1800 K

Bruce S. Hemingway; Richard A. Robie; James A. Kittrick; Edward S. Grew; Joseph A. Nelen; David London


American Mineralogist | 1987

Crystal structure of a REE-bearing vesuvianite from San Benito County, California

Sharon Fitzgerald; Peter B. Leavens; Arnold L. Rheingold; Joseph A. Nelen


Archive | 1990

ZANAZZIITE A NEW MINERAL FROM MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL

Peter B. Leavens; John S. White; Joseph A. Nelen


American Mineralogist | 1977

Zektzerite; a new lithium sodium zirconium silicate related to tuhualite and the osumilite group

Pete J. Dunn; Roland C. Rouse; B. Cannon; Joseph A. Nelen


American Mineralogist | 1987

Wendwilsonite, the Mg analogue of roselite, from Morocco, New Jersey, and Mexico, and new data on roselite

Pete J. Dunn; B. Darko Sturman; Joseph A. Nelen


American Mineralogist | 1990

Orlymanite, Ca 4 Mn 3 Si 8 O 20 (OH) 6 .2H 2 O, a new mineral from South Africa; a link between gyrolite-family and conventional phyllosilicate minerals?

Donald R. Peacor; Pete J. Dunn; Joseph A. Nelen


American Mineralogist | 1981

Crystal-chemical data for schallerite, caryopilite and friedelite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey

Pete J. Dunn; Donald R. Peacor; Joseph A. Nelen; Julie A. Norberg

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Pete J. Dunn

Smithsonian Institution

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B. S. Mason

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

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Bruce S. Hemingway

United States Geological Survey

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