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A note on the sulphurization of Fe-Tremolite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

N. D. MacRae
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
M. Grant
Affiliation:
Department of GeosciencesPurdue University, West Lafayette, IndianaU.S.A. 47097
G. Kullerud
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Summary

Charges of Fe-tremolite, sulphur and water sealed in gold capsules and run at 600°C and 1 kb confining pressure for one month yielded talc, anhydrite, pyrite and quartz as principal mineral phases. It is concluded that in a S-rich environment talc is stabilized rather than diopside by the strong preference of Ca to form anhydrite.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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