Mineral Chemistry and Geothermometry of Amphibole and Plagioclase in the Metabasites, Located at the Tanbour Metamorphic Complex in Southern Iran
- 1 Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
- 2 Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
- 3 Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Kerman Branch, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
Abstract
Metabasite refers to metamorphosed basalts and other mafic igneous rocks (rich in iron and magnesium). When a mafic igneous rock is subjected to new pressure and temperature conditions during metamorphism, these chemical components will rearrange themselves to form new minerals. Metabasites can be found in many metamorphic belts including Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt of Iran. The study area is a Tanbour metamorphic complex in Eastern of Sirjan city, which is geologically located at the Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt in Southern Iran. Metabasite in this complex consists of greenschist, epidote amphibolite and amphibolite. Amphibole and plagioclase are the main minerals in the greenschist and amphibolite, and the a secondary mineral in some micaschist seen in the study area. The electron microprobe analysis was done on this mineralization in greenschist, epidote amphibolite and amphibolite, which showed that the amphiboles in greenschist was a member of the calcic group and Actinolite type, and the amphiboles in epidote amphibolite was a member of the calcic group and these amphiboles were tschermakite up to Ferro-Tschermakite + Ferro-Hornblende type. The amphibole in amphibolite is a member of the calcic group and this amphibole is Magnesio-Hornblende type. The plagioclases in the greenschist is pure albite (An 3.29 - 3.6), and in the epidote amphibolite is oligoclase (An 19.5 - 24.2), while in the amphibolites is oligoclase (An 16.9 - 26.6). The estimated P–T conditions are in favor of their metamorphism under epidote amphibolite (550 ° C and 8 kbar) and amphibolite (611 ° C - 652 ° Cand 10.5 kbar) facies.
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