Paragenetic relationships, geochemistry and petrogenetic significance of primary Fe\\Mn phosphates from pegmatites: The case study of Cañada (Salamanca, Spain) and Palermo (New Hampshire, USA) pegmatites

Primary Fe\Mn phosphates from four pegmatites (Cañada, Palermo#1, Palermo#2 and Palermo#11) typical of the beryl-columbite-phosphate subtype have been characterized texturally and geochemically. Most of the com- mon Fe\Mn phosphates (triphylite, sarcopside, ferrisicklerite, wagnerite and wolfeite)...

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Autores: Roda Robles, María Encarnación, Pesquera Pérez, Alfonso, Simmons, William B., Gil Crespo, Pedro Pablo, Webber, Karen L., Nizamoff, James, Falster, Alexander
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/75499
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/75499
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fe\Mn phosphates
pegmatites
trace elements
cCañada pegmatite
Palermo pegmatites
petrogenesis
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Sumario:Primary Fe\Mn phosphates from four pegmatites (Cañada, Palermo#1, Palermo#2 and Palermo#11) typical of the beryl-columbite-phosphate subtype have been characterized texturally and geochemically. Most of the com- mon Fe\Mn phosphates (triphylite, sarcopside, ferrisicklerite, wagnerite and wolfeite) are extremely poor in trace elements, with the exception of Zn for all them, Li for sarcopside, and Nb and Ta for wagnerite and wolfeite. Calcium-bearing Fe\Mn phosphates (graftonite and johnsomervilleite) are the richest in trace elements, with contents usually over the mean continental crust for Zn, Y, REE and Pb. Crystal-chemical constraints, combined with paragenetic relationships, geochemical and geological processes, are thought to control the content, distri- bution and behavior of trace elements in Fe\Mn phosphates. Zinc contents in graftonite and triphylite increase with fractionation, whereas Y, Nb, Ba, REE, U and Pb contents in graftonite decrease. Crystallization of REE- bearing phases, such as xenotime-(Y), strongly affects the REE content of the Fe\Mn phosphates. Recrystalliza- tion processes also seem to affect the trace element contents in phosphates. The earliest primary phosphate associations from Cañada and Palermo pegmatites (those containing graftonite), show Y/Ho and Zr/Hf ratios in- side or close to the CHARAC (Charge-and-Radius-Controlled) field. This could indicate that such associations crystallized in a magmatic stage without a high H2O activity. Phosphates from the latest associations plot outside the CHARAC field, suggesting that fluid activity became important during the crystallization of these latest asso- ciations. Ti-in-biotite, garnet-biotite and triphylite-sarcopside geothermometers have yielded relatively high temperatures of crystallization, between 633 and 386 °C, for the earliest associations (presumably crystallized under magmatic conditions). In contrast, the latest associations, whose crystallization presumably proceeded with a higher H2O activity, are in the range of 281–360 °C.