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[ES] La estabilidad del circón en cromititas ofiolíticas es un tema de intenso debate. En este sistema máfico ultramáfico a >1200ºC por debajo de la MOHO oceánica no se esperan ni circones juveniles magmáticos ni circones heredados cristalizados a partir de fundidos de corteza continental. Para abordar este problema, presentamos resultados experimentales considerando dos diseños: i) cubos de circón de 1 mm de borde incrustados dentro de polvo de vidrio tipo MORB dopado con 3% en peso de Cr2O3, simulando así la dispersión de xenocristales de circón en un fundido máfico a partir del cual podría cristalizar cromita y ii) el mismo vidrio basáltico dopado con 3% en peso de Cr2O3 y 2% en peso de ZrO2, para evaluar la cristalización de circón. Los experimentos se realizaron en un horno vertical de mezcla de gases a 1 atm con una rampa de enfriamiento de 1400 a 1200 ºC a una velocidad de -11 ºC/h, bajo condiciones de fugacidad de oxígeno FMQ-2. En el primer tipo de experimento, se formó circón nuevo asociado con cromita y baddeleyita en el borde del cubo de circón inicial. En el segundo diseño experimental, se observó precipitación de granos de cromita en clusters pero no se observó circón nuevo. Estos resultados experimentales destacan que el líquido basáltico está subsaturado en circón si el volumen de dicho líquido es alto. Solo cuando se alcanzan altas concentraciones de Zr, simulando las condiciones de circón heredado, precipita nuevo circón junto con cristales de cromita. La cristalización de circón en equilibrio con cromita está posiblemente relacionada con pequeñas cantidades de fundido en los clusters de cromita que a su vez contienen alto contenido de Zr después de la precipitación de cromita.
[EN] The stability of zircon in ophiolitic chromitites is a hot topic. Neither juvenile magmatic zircon nor inherited xenocrystic grains crystallised from continental crust melts are expected in this mafic-ultramafic system at >1200 ºC below the oceanic MOHO. Here, we present experimental results to address this issue considering two designs: i) 1-mm edged zircon cubes embedded within a finely ground powder of MORB-like glass doped with 3 wt% Cr2O3, to simulate zircon xenocrysts dispersed in a chromite-bearing mafic melt and ii) the same basaltic glass doped with 3 wt% Cr2O3 and 2 wt% ZrO2 to evaluate zircon crystallisation. We conducted the experiments in a vertical gas-mixing furnace at 1 atm with a cooling ramp from 1400 to 1200 ºC, at a rate -11 ºC/h, under FMQ-2 oxygen fugacity conditions. In the first type of experiment, new zircon formed at the edge of the zircon cube associated with chromite and baddeleyite. In the second design, chromite grains precipitated in clusters but not new zircon. These experimental results highlight that the basaltic liquid is subsaturated in zircon if the volume of such liquid is high. Only when large concentrations of Zr is achieved, simulating the conditions of inherited zircon, new zircon precipitates alongside chromite crystals. New zircon crystallisation in equilibrium with chromite is possibly related to small melt pockets in chromite clusters containing high Zr content after chromite precipitation.
Comunicación oral presentada en el XI Congreso Geológico de España, Ávila 2-6 de julio 2024
Zircon, Chromite, Mantle, Dissolution-precipitation, Basalt
Zircon, Chromite, Mantle, Dissolution-precipitation, Basalt
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