Volcanic activity at Mt. Vulture lasted about 750 ka and produced SiO2-undersaturated volcanic rocks that can be classified as old (~700 ka), intermediate (~600–550 ka), and young (~130 ka). The intermediate deposits consist of pyroclastic falls and flows and lavas with compositions ranging from phonolite to foidite. A recent revision of the stratigraphic setting allowed these deposits to be classified into one synthem (the Barile Synthem) and further subdivided into four subsynthems (Toppo S. Paolo, Rionero, Vulture-S. Michele, and Ventaruolo). In the present investigation, trioctahedral micas from sample VUT191 in the Vulture-S. Michele Subsynthem are considered. The host rock has modal diopside (20.2%), analcime (22.8%), plagioclase (27.8%), haüyne (5%), phlogopite (8.9%), and magnetite (6.3%). The micas were studied using chemical (EPMA, C-H-N, SIMS), structural (SCXRD), and spectroscopic (Mössbauer) methods. EPMA of 36 crystals from thin sections and 6 discrete crystals selected for the structural analysis showed remarkable compositional variability, as follows (in wt%): SiO2 = 33.14–38.01, Al2O3 = 15.56–20.45, MgO = 13.02–20.81, FeOtot = 6.34–14.08, TiO2 = 2.34–6.02, K2O = 6.03–9.48, Na2O = 0.50–0.78, and BaO = 0.89–4.06; all crystals proved to be phlogopite. Elemental C-H-N analyses yielded H2O = 2.86 ±0.36 wt%. The water content was also determined by SIMS on two single crystals, labeled VUT191_2 and VUT191_19, which yielded values of 3.81 ± 0.12 and 1.72 ± 0.08 wt% H2O, respectively. Mössbauer investigation showed that all the iron in VUT191 mica is octahedral with Fe2+ = 25.5% and Fe3+ = 74.5%, confirming that Vulture micas are particularly Fe3+-rich, as also found from previous investigations. Structure refinements using anisotropic displacement parameters were performed in space group C2/m and converged at 1.89 ≤ R ≤ 3.17, 2.09 ≤ Rw ≤ 3.43%. All of the analyzed micas belong to the 1M polytype but exhibit remarkable variations in the c parameter from 10.1569(4) to 10.2458(4) Å. The chemical and structural parameters indicate that the studied micas can be divided into two groups: the first encompassing strongly dehydrogenated micas affected mainly by Ti-oxy [VIM2+ + 2(OH)– ↔ VITi4+ + 2O2– + H2] and M3+-oxy [VIM2+ + (OH)– ↔ VIM3+ + O2– + ½H2, with M3+ = Fe3+, Al3+] substitutions. The second group consist of samples in which vacancy-bearing mechanisms, 2 VIM2+ ↔ VITi4+ + VIn and 3VIM2+ ↔ 2VIM3+ + VIn occur.

Crystal Chemistry of Phlogopite from Vulture-S. Michele Subsynthem volcanic rocks (Mt. Vulture, Italy) and volcanological implications / Matarrese, S; Schingaro, E; Scordari, F; Stoppa, F; Rosatelli, G; Pedrazzi, Giuseppe; Ottolini, L.. - In: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST. - ISSN 0003-004X. - 93:(2008), pp. 426-437. [10.2138/am.2008.2587]

Crystal Chemistry of Phlogopite from Vulture-S. Michele Subsynthem volcanic rocks (Mt. Vulture, Italy) and volcanological implications

PEDRAZZI, Giuseppe;
2008-01-01

Abstract

Volcanic activity at Mt. Vulture lasted about 750 ka and produced SiO2-undersaturated volcanic rocks that can be classified as old (~700 ka), intermediate (~600–550 ka), and young (~130 ka). The intermediate deposits consist of pyroclastic falls and flows and lavas with compositions ranging from phonolite to foidite. A recent revision of the stratigraphic setting allowed these deposits to be classified into one synthem (the Barile Synthem) and further subdivided into four subsynthems (Toppo S. Paolo, Rionero, Vulture-S. Michele, and Ventaruolo). In the present investigation, trioctahedral micas from sample VUT191 in the Vulture-S. Michele Subsynthem are considered. The host rock has modal diopside (20.2%), analcime (22.8%), plagioclase (27.8%), haüyne (5%), phlogopite (8.9%), and magnetite (6.3%). The micas were studied using chemical (EPMA, C-H-N, SIMS), structural (SCXRD), and spectroscopic (Mössbauer) methods. EPMA of 36 crystals from thin sections and 6 discrete crystals selected for the structural analysis showed remarkable compositional variability, as follows (in wt%): SiO2 = 33.14–38.01, Al2O3 = 15.56–20.45, MgO = 13.02–20.81, FeOtot = 6.34–14.08, TiO2 = 2.34–6.02, K2O = 6.03–9.48, Na2O = 0.50–0.78, and BaO = 0.89–4.06; all crystals proved to be phlogopite. Elemental C-H-N analyses yielded H2O = 2.86 ±0.36 wt%. The water content was also determined by SIMS on two single crystals, labeled VUT191_2 and VUT191_19, which yielded values of 3.81 ± 0.12 and 1.72 ± 0.08 wt% H2O, respectively. Mössbauer investigation showed that all the iron in VUT191 mica is octahedral with Fe2+ = 25.5% and Fe3+ = 74.5%, confirming that Vulture micas are particularly Fe3+-rich, as also found from previous investigations. Structure refinements using anisotropic displacement parameters were performed in space group C2/m and converged at 1.89 ≤ R ≤ 3.17, 2.09 ≤ Rw ≤ 3.43%. All of the analyzed micas belong to the 1M polytype but exhibit remarkable variations in the c parameter from 10.1569(4) to 10.2458(4) Å. The chemical and structural parameters indicate that the studied micas can be divided into two groups: the first encompassing strongly dehydrogenated micas affected mainly by Ti-oxy [VIM2+ + 2(OH)– ↔ VITi4+ + 2O2– + H2] and M3+-oxy [VIM2+ + (OH)– ↔ VIM3+ + O2– + ½H2, with M3+ = Fe3+, Al3+] substitutions. The second group consist of samples in which vacancy-bearing mechanisms, 2 VIM2+ ↔ VITi4+ + VIn and 3VIM2+ ↔ 2VIM3+ + VIn occur.
2008
Crystal Chemistry of Phlogopite from Vulture-S. Michele Subsynthem volcanic rocks (Mt. Vulture, Italy) and volcanological implications / Matarrese, S; Schingaro, E; Scordari, F; Stoppa, F; Rosatelli, G; Pedrazzi, Giuseppe; Ottolini, L.. - In: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST. - ISSN 0003-004X. - 93:(2008), pp. 426-437. [10.2138/am.2008.2587]
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