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Stoichiometric Reactions Describing Serpentinization of Anhydrous Primary Silicates: A Critical Appraisal, with Application to Aqueous Alteration of Chondrule Silicates in CM Carbonaceous Chondrites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Michael A. Velbel
Michael A. Velbel*
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Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, 48824-1115, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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*E-mail address of corresponding author: [email protected]
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Abstract

A number of chemical reactions (mass-action expressions) have been proposed to describe serpentinization of olivine in terrestrial serpentinites. Some have been applied to interpreting the formation of serpentine-group minerals in CM carbonaceous chondrites. The widely used olivine + pyroxene → serpentine (ol + px → srp) reaction is quantitatively inconsistent with observed ratios of olivine to pyroxene and olivine to serpentine in CM carbonaceous chondrites. The reaction of 5ol → 2srp is most consistent with constraints from textural observations at the scale of individual partial and complete pseudomorphs of serpentine after coarse olivine in CM chondrites, observed co-variations in modal abundances of reactant and product minerals in CM chondrites, and experimental geochemical kinetics. Furthermore, the 5ol → 2srp reaction provides insight into the mobility of solute species in the aqueous alteration environment of CM carbonaceous chondrites.

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CM ChondriteMeteoriteOlivineSerpentine
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 126 - 136
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Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 2014

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