A coesite-sanidine grospydite from the Roberts Victor kimberlite

JR Smyth, CJ Hatton - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 1977 - Elsevier
JR Smyth, CJ Hatton
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 1977Elsevier
Primary crystals of coesite and high sanidine (Or 98 Ab 2) up to 3 mm in greatest dimension
have been identified in a grospydite inclusion from the Roberts Victor kimberlite pipe, South
Africa. Microprobe analyses show that the coesite is nearly pure silica with less than 0.05
wt.% each of Al 2 O 3, FeO and Na 2 O. Cell edges determined by single crystal X-ray
diffraction techniques are: a= 7.143 (2) Å, b= 12.383 (3) Å, c= 7.143 (2) Å, β= 120.00 (3)°;
and the space group is C2/c. The feldspar has cell dimensions: a= 8.618 (3) Å, b= 13.044 (3) …
Primary crystals of coesite and high sanidine (Or98Ab2) up to 3 mm in greatest dimension have been identified in a grospydite inclusion from the Roberts Victor kimberlite pipe, South Africa. Microprobe analyses show that the coesite is nearly pure silica with less than 0.05 wt.% each of Al2O3, FeO and Na2O. Cell edges determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques are: a = 7.143(2)Å, b = 12.383(3)Å, c = 7.143(2)Å, β = 120.00(3)°; and the space group is C2/c. The feldspar has cell dimensions: a = 8.618(3)Å, b = 13.044(3)Å, c = 7.184(3)Å, β = 116.10(3)°; and the space group is C2/m indicating a very high degree of Alsingle bondSi disorder. Coesite, previously considered diagnostic of impact processes, is reported for the first time from a natural static pressure environment. This sample provides evidence that sanidine can be a stable phase in the upper mantle and that free SiO2 may also exist. The structural state of the feldspar indicates equilibration above 900°C and the presence of coesite indicates equilibration pressures greater than 29 kbars. The preservation of the coesite indicates that the samples never spent more than a few hours above 700°C since crossing the quartz-coesite transition.
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