Genesis and Solvus Relations of Submicroscopically Intergrown
Contrib Mineral Petrol (1991) 106:367-378 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Springer-Verlag 1991 Genesis and solvus relations of submieroseopieally intergrown paragonite and phengite in a blueschist from northern California* Yen-Hong Shau, Melanie E. Feather**, Eric J. Essene, and Donald R. Peacor Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA Received February 12, 1990/Accepted July 13, 1990 Abstract. Electron microbeam techniques have been used Introduction to examine submicroscopically intergrown paragonite, phengite and chlorite from the South Fork Mountain Coexisting paragonite and muscovite (or phengite) have Schist of the Franciscan Terrane of northern California, been analyzed in prograde metamorphic assemblages in which was subjected to blueschist facies metamorphism. the anchizone to epizone (Frey 1970, 1978; Livi et al. The sample also contains quartz, albite, lawsonite, and 1988), in the pnmpellyite facies (including prehnite-pum- rutile. The subassemblage albite-lawsonite-rutile re- pellyite and pumpellyite-actinolite facies, term from Es- quires metamorphic conditions on the low-temperature sene 1989; occurrences from Kramm 1980; Merriman side of the equilibrium albite + lawsonite + futile = para- and Roberts 1985; Pc-Piper 1985), the albite-epidote gonite+sphene+quartz+H20 (T<200 ~ and P< hornfels facies (Okuyama-Kusunose 1985), the green- 7.4 kbars based on thermodynamic data of Holland and schist facies (H6ck 1974; Katagas and Baltatzis 1980; Powell 1990). The white micas appear to be optically Ashworth and Evirgen 1984; Baltatzis and Sideris 1985), homogeneous, but back-scattered electron images can the amphibolite facies (Burnham and Radoslovich 1964; distinguish two different micas by their slight difference Zen and Albee 1964; Henley 1970; Baltatzis and Wood in contrast.
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