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The Canadian Mineralogist
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EXSOLUTION MICROSTRUCTURES IN NH4-BEARING MUSCOVITE AND ANNITE IN GNEISSES FROM THE TORROX AREA, BETIC CORDILLERA, SPAIN

Authors: Ruiz Cruz, María Dolores; Sanz de Galdeano, Carlos;

EXSOLUTION MICROSTRUCTURES IN NH4-BEARING MUSCOVITE AND ANNITE IN GNEISSES FROM THE TORROX AREA, BETIC CORDILLERA, SPAIN

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[FR] Nous interprétons la présence de lamelles d’annite de tailles différentes dans les cristaux de muscovite, et les lamelles de muscovite au sein des cristaux d’annite, dans les roches gneissiques de la région de Torrox, Cordillères Bétiques, en Espagne, en termes d’une exsolution de micas contenant NH4 présents dans l’assemblage métamorphique précoce. Le mica blanc enrichi en NH4, identifié uniquement dans les schistes de la séquence supérieure, a été formé au cours du premier épisode de recristallisation diagénétique à métamorphique, l’azote ayant été dérivé par maturation de la matière organique. Quoique initialement incorporé dans le mica blanc, le NH4 fut redistribué entre mica blanc et annite probablement lors d’une augmentation du degré de métamorphisme. Dans l’assemblage actuel des gneiss, le NH4 est de préférence incorporé dans l’annite, et surtout dans les grains composites à Ms + Ann. Cet assemblage, qui contient la muscovite en grains homogènes + la muscovite en grains exsolvés + l’annite en grains homogènes + l’annite en grains exsolvés, a probablement été dérivé à partir de l’assemblage à quatre micas stables à faible température: muscovite + mica blanc enrichi en NH4 + annite + annite enrichie en NH4. Une exsolution à mesure que la température a augmenté expliquerait la présence de micas riches en NH4 dans les schistes de la séquence supérieure et la présence de grains exsolvés dans les gneiss. Le processus d’exsolution a eu lieu à environ 450°C et 3 kbar, conditions qui ont caractérisé le premier épisode métamorphique affectant cette formation.

[EN] Variably sized lamellae of annite within muscovite crystals and lamellae of muscovite within annite crystals from gneissic rocks of the Torrox area in the Betic Cordillera, Spain, are interpreted as formed by exsolution of NH4-bearing micas present in the earliest metamorphic assemblage. The NH4-rich white mica, identified only in the overlying schists, was formed during the first diagenetic-to-metamorphic episode, with N derived from the maturation of organic matter. Initially contained in white mica, the NH4 was redistributed between white mica and annite, probably at conditions of increasing metamorphism. In the current assemblage of gneisses, NH4 is preferentially concentrated in annite, especially in the composite Ms+Ann grains. This assemblage, which consists of muscovite in homogeneous grains + muscovite in exsolved grains + annite in homogeneous grains + annite in exsolved grains, was probably derived from the lower-temperature four-mica assemblage: muscovite + NH4-rich white mica + annite + NH4-bearing annite. Exsolution as temperature increased explains the presence of NH4-rich micas in the overlying schists and the presence of exsolved grains in gneisses. The exsolution process occurred at ~450°C and ~3 kbar, physical conditions characterizing the first metamorphic episode affecting this formation.

This study has received financial support from the Project CGL 2006–02481 (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia) and from the Research Group RNM–199 (Junta de Andalucía).

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Muscovite, Annite, Phengite, Cordillères Bétiques, Espagne, Betic Cordillera, Spain, Mica riche en NH4, Ammonium-rich mica, Exsolution

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