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- Title
Eudialyte-group minerals from the Monte de Trigo alkaline suite, Brazil: composition and petrological implications.
- Authors
Enrich Rojas, Gaston Eduardo; Ruberti, Excelso; Guitarrari Azzone, Rogério; de Barros Gomes, Celso
- Abstract
The Monte de Trigo alkaline suite is a SiO2-undersaturated syenite-gabbroid association from the Serra do Mar alkaline province. Eudialyte-group minerals (EGMs) occur in one nepheline microsyenite dyke, associated with aegirine-augite, wöhlerite, låvenite, magnetite, zircon, titanite, britholite, and pyrochlore. Major compositional variations include Si (25.09-25.57 apfu), Nb (0.31-0.76 apfu), Fe (1.40-2.13 apfu), and Mn (1.36-2.08 apfu). The EGMs also contain relatively high contents of Ca (6.13-7.10 apfu), moderate enrichment of rare earth elements (0.38-0.67 apfu), and a relatively low Na content (11.02-12.28 apfu), which can be correlated with their transitional agpaitic assemblage. EGM compositions indicate a complex solid solution that includes eudialyte, kentbrooksite, feklichevite, zirsilite-(Ce), georgbarsanovite, and manganoeudialyte components. EGM trace element analyses show low Sr and Ba contents and a negative Eu/Eu* anomaly, which are interpreted as characteristic of the parental magma due to the previous fractionation of plagioclase and/or alkali feldspar. The EGMs from the dyke border have higher contents of Fe, Sr (2,161-2,699 ppm), Mg (1,179-3,582 ppm), and Zn (732-852 ppm) than those at the dyke center. These differences are related to the incorporation of xenoliths and xenocrysts of melatheralitic host rock into the nephelinesyenitic magma followed by crystal-melt diffusive exchange.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; EUDIALYTE; PETROLOGY; MINES &; mineral resources
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Geology, 2016, Vol 46, Issue 3, p411
- ISSN
2317-4889
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/2317-4889201620160075