Garnet-amphibole miaskites of the Ilmenogorsky miaskite massif (Southern Urals): Mineralogy and geochemistry

Research subject. This paper presents original findings about textural-structural, mineralogical, petrological, and geochemical features of the garnet-amphibole miaskites (firstes) of the Ilmenogorsky miaskite massif.

Materials and methods. The microprobe analysis of mineral composition was performed using Tescan Vega3 sbu and REMMA202M scanning microscopes equipped with microanalyzers. The content of major, trace and rareearth elements (REE) in rock samples was determined by the methods of AAS and ICP-MS.

Results. The garnet-amphibole miaskites under study are characterized by a rare mineral paragenesis, i.e. garnet-amphibole-pyroxene-nepheline-plagioclase. The mafic minerals exhibit a high ferruginosity (f = 70–99), while the accessory minerals have high Al, F and low REE contents. The garnetamphibole miaskites contains high concentrations of Al, Fe³⁺, Ca, Na, Be, Rb, Mo, Tl and low concentrations of LILE, HFSE, REE and transit elements.

Conclusions. According to the garnet composition and its ferruginosity (f = 95– 99), high contents of Al and F in accessory minerals, the prevalence of Fe³⁺, as well as negative Eu/Eu* and positive Ce/ Ce* anomalies, the garnet-amphibole miaskites under study are assumed to be the product of acid-alkaline metasomatism occurring under the oxidizing conditions of petrogenesis. The low ratios of Cr/V and Ni/Co indicate the immobility of transit elements during metasomatism, and their clarke of concentration corresponds to the content in metaterrigenous and metacarbonate rocks, which suggests crustal substratum for garnet–amphibole miaskites. Garnet-amphibole miaskites are the markers of the interaction of crustal material with deep fluids, which occurred during the stage of shear tectonics development (270–240 Ma) due to the broad permeability of the rocks composing the Ilmenogorsky miaskite massif.

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