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Octahedral occupancy and the chemical composition of diagenetic (low-temperature) chlorites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

S. Hillier  and
B. Velde
S. Hillier
Affiliation:
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département de Géologie, 24, rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
B. Velde
Affiliation:
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département de Géologie, 24, rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Abstract

The chemical composition of about 500 diagenetic chlorites, determined by electron microprobe, has been studied in six different sedimentary sequences spanning conditions from early diagenesis to low-grade metamorphism, in the temperature range 40–330°C. The range of Fe/(Fe + Mg) is almost complete and is positively correlated with Al. Five sequences show the same compositional variation. In each, the most siliceous chlorites have the lowest R2+, substantially more octahedral than tetrahedral Al, and the lowest octahedral totals. Conversely, the least siliceous have the highest R2+, nearly equal octahedral and tetrahedral Al, and octahedral totals close to that for an ideal trioctahedral mineral. A dioctahedral substitution Si[]R2−2 (where [] represents a vacant octahedral site) which decreases with temperature, describes this variation. Low octahedral totals are, however, induced by the method of calculation and need not indicate vacancies; for published wet chemical analyses of metamorphic chlorites they may simply indicate oxidation of Fe. Intergrown dioctahedral phyllosilicates may partly account for apparent vacancies in diagenetic chlorites. Nevertheless, the correlation of composition with temperature and similarities to the temperature-related evolution of synthetic chlorites, suggest that diagenetic chlorites are compositionally distinct from, but metastable with respect to, fully trioctahedral metamorphic chlorites. Temperature-related trends are modified by bulk composition, complicating their potential use for low-temperature geothermometry.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 149 - 168
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1991

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