The Stillwater Complex chromitites: The response of chromite crystal chemistry to magma injection
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Davide Lenaz
G. Garuti
F. Zaccarini
R.W. Cooper
F. Princivalle
Nineteen chromite crystals from the A, B, E, G, H, J and K chromitite layers of the Peridotite Zone of the Stillwater Complex (Montana, USA) have been studied by means of X-ray single crystal diffraction and microprobe analyses. The results show that samples from the basal A layer are quite different from the others showing very high oxygen positional parameter u (0.2633-0.2635) and Ti- contents (0.059-0.067apfu). Mg# values are within the range 0.21-0.23 while for the other chromites it is in the range 0.45-0.47. Moreover, for the other samples, according to the structural parameters, two groups have been identified. The first one comprises samples of layers B, E and G, the second includes H, J and K layer samples. It is supposed that high Fe2+ and Ti contents of A layer samples are due to the post-crystallization reaction with interstitial liquid. This fact allowed a very slow cooling rate as evidenced by the high u values. The fractionation of evolved magma from within the intrusion and pulse of a new magma bringing more chromium into the chamber lead to Cr- and Fe3+ -rich compositions and consequently to the increase of the cell edges. The decrease of u values seems to be related to the Cr+Fe3+ and/or Al contents.
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Lenaz, Davide et al. “The Stillwater Complex chromitites: The response of chromite crystal chemistry to magma injection”. Geologica Acta, vol.VOL 10, no. 1, pp. 33-41, https://raco.cat/index.php/GeologicaActa/article/view/252409.
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