NDLI: A thermobarometer for sphene (titanite)

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Author	Hayden, Leslie A. Watson, E. Bruce Wark, David A.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Sphene and zircon are common accessory minerals in metamorphic and igneous rocks of very different composition from many different geological environments. Their essential structural constituents, Ti and Zr, are capable of replacing each other to some degree. In this paper we detail the results of high pressure–temperature experiments as well as analyses of natural sphene crystals that establish a systematic relationship between temperature, pressure and Zr concentration in sphene. Calibrations of the temperature and pressure relationships are presented as a thermobarometer. Synthetic sphene crystals were crystallized in the presence of zircon, quartz and rutile at 1–2.4 GPa and 800–1,000°C from hydrothermal solutions. Crystals were analyzed for Zr by electron microprobe (EMP). The experimental results define a log-linear relationship between equilibrium Zr content (ppm by weight), pressure (GPa) and reciprocal absolute temperature: $$ {\text{log}}({\text{Zr}}^{{{\text{sphene}}}} ,{\text{ppm}}) = 10.52( \pm 0.10) - \frac{{7708( \pm 101)}} {{T(K)}} - 960( \pm 10)\frac{{P({\text{GPa}})}} {{T(K)}} - {\text{log}}(a_{{{\text{TiO}}_{2} }} ) - \log (a_{{{\text{SiO}}_{2} }} ). $$ The incorporation of Zr into sphene was found to be rather sensitive to pressure effects and also to the effects of kinetic disequilibrium and growth entrapment that result in sector zoning. The Zr content of sphene is relatively insensitive to the presence of both REEs and F-Al substitutions in sphene. To supplement and test the experimental data, sphenes from seven rocks of well-constrained origin were analyzed for Zr by both EMP and ion microprobe (IMP). The sphene thermobarometer records crystallization temperatures that are consistent with independent thermometry. When applied to natural sphene of unknown origin or growth conditions, this thermobarometer has the potential to estimate temperatures with an approximate uncertainty of ±20°C over the temperature range of interest (600–1,000°C). The Zr-in-sphene thermobarometer can also be used in conjunction with the Zr-in-rutile thermobarometer to estimate both pressure and temperature of crystallization.
Starting Page	529
Ending Page	540
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00107999
Journal	Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
Volume Number	155
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	14320967
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-10-09
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Sphene Zircon Rutile Thermobarometry Mineralogy Mineral Resources Geology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geochemistry and Petrology Geophysics

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