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Metasomatized (fenitized) quartzites from the Borralan Complex, Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

A. R. Woolley ,
R. F. Symes  and
C. J. Elliott
A. R. Woolley
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London S.W. 7
R. F. Symes
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London S.W. 7
C. J. Elliott
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London S.W. 7
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Summary

Fenitized quartzites are described from three localities around the Borralan alkaline igneous complex. Chemical and electron-probe analyses of amphiboles, pyroxenes, micas, and feldspars are given. Early-formed amphiboles are calcic, but these are replaced by alkaline varieties with increasing fenitization. Rock analyses indicate a ‘straight line’ rate of increase of Ti, Fe2+ + Fe3+, Mg, Al, K, and a more variable increase of Ca and Na atoms, at the expense of Si atoms. The simple composition of the unaltered quartzite allows the accurate calculation of bulk changes during fenitization. The final product of the alkali metasomatism is a syenite lying close to the albite-orthoclase minimum though the primary source of the fenitizing fluids was probably a highly potassic magma.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 38 , Issue 299 , September 1972 , pp. 819 - 836
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1972

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