Elbaite pegmatites in the Moldanubicum: a new subtype of the rare-element class (original) (raw)

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A new subtype of complex rare-element granitic pegmatites, the elbaite subtype, is proposed to designate pegmatites in which most of Li is stored in tourmaline. Elbaite pegmatites are widespread in the Bohemian and Moravian parts of the Moldanubicum. Internal structure commonly is simple, progressing from a granitic border unit through a graphic unit to local pods of blocky K-feldspar. Patches of an albitic unit are associated with the blocky pods or pockets developed in the central parts of some dikes. A very low proportion of micas is typical. Tourmaline (schorl to elbaite) is an omnipresent subordinate to accessory phase. Elbaite is found at and within the pockets, or associated with albite ± lepidolite in massive pegmatite. Hambergite, danburite, datolite and boromuscovite have been found at some localities. Elbaite from the elbaite pegmatites is apparently enriched in Mn and F, and shows low vacancies in the X-site, relative to elbaite from the lepidolite subtype. Lepidolite from elbaite pegmatites is close to polylithionite, whereas lithium micas from pegmatites of the lepidolite subtype show highly variable compositions from lithian muscovite to lepidolite with a substantial amount of the trilithionite (up to polylithionite) component.

Paragenesis and composition of the elbaite pegmatites indicate conditions of consolidation that are rather different from those of other subtypes of the complex pegmatites: high activity of B, increased alkalinity of the parent medium, and reduced activity of P.

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Um Pegmatite zu kennzeichen, in denen Li hauptsächlich an Li-führende Turmaline gebunden ist, wird ein Elbait Subtyp komplexer granitischer Selten-Element Pegmatite vorgeschlagen. Zusammen mit dem häufigeren und üblicherweise stärker Li-angereicherten Lepidolith-Subtyp, sind Elbait-Pegmatite im Moldanubikum Böhmens und Mährens weitverbreitet. Die Internstruktur ist allgemein einfach, beginnend mit einer granitischen Randzone, gefolgt von einer schriftgranitischen Zone mit Nestern mit blockigem K-Feldspat. Albit-reiche Zonen die sich im zentralen Teil der Pegmatitgänge entwickelten, sind mit diesen Nestern verbunden. Ein geringer Glimmeranteil ist typisch. Turmalin (Schörl bis Elbait) ist untergeordnet bis akzessorisch allgegenwärtig. Elbait kommt in den Taschen, oder vergesellschaftet mit Albit ± Lepidolith in den massigen Pegmatiten vor. Hambergit, Danburit, Datolith und Boromuscovit sind gelegentlich gefunden worden. Sie stellen späte Drusen-Minerale dar. Der Elbait aus den Elbait-Pegmatiten ist an Mn und F angereichert, und zeigt im Vergleich zum Elbait aus dem Lepidolith-Subtyp, wenig Leerstellen auf den X-Positionen. Lepidolith aus Elbait-Pegmatiten ähnelt Polylithionit, während Li-Glimmer aus Pegmatiten des Lepidolith-Subtyps sehr variable Zusammensetzungen von Li-betontem Muscovit bis Lepidolith mit erheblichen Anteilen von Trilithionit (bis Polylithionit) enthalten.

Die Paragenese und Zusammensetzung der Elbait-Pegmatite verweisen auf Bildungsbedingungen, die sich erheblich von denen anderer Subtypen komplexer Pegmatite unterscheiden. hohe B-Aktivität, erhöhte Alkalinität der Fluidphase und niedrige P-Aktivität.

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Novák, M., Povondra, P. Elbaite pegmatites in the Moldanubicum: a new subtype of the rare-element class.Mineralogy and Petrology 55, 159–176 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01162586

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• Received: 20 December 1992
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• Issue Date: March 1995
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01162586

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