Mantle-derived sapphirine

W. L. Griffin; S. Y. O'Reilly

Mantle-derived sapphirine

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Abstract

A xenolith from the Delegate breccia pipe, New South Wales, contains sapphirine in equilibrium with aluminous clinopyroxene, pyrope and plagioclase (An₄₈). This unusual assemblage probably developed from a clinopyroxene (+ or - spinel + or - plagioclase) cumulate during cooling from >1400 to -1000oC at P approx 15 kbar. The sapphirine is close to the 7:9:3 composition, suggesting that bulk composition is more important than P-T conditions in determining stoichiometry of natural sapphirines. Comparisons are made with xenoliths at Stockdale and sapphirine granulites from Finero. Sapphirine is clearly stable under upper-mantle conditions in Ca-Al-Mg-rich bulk compositions.-R.A.H.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	635-640
Number of pages	6
Journal	Mineralogical Magazine
Volume	50
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes

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