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    Pre-nucleation geochemical heterogeneity within glassy anatectic inclusions and the role of water in glass preservation

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    Tacchetto, Tom
    Reddy, Steven
    Bartoli, O.
    Rickard, William
    Fougerouse, Denis
    Saxey, David
    Quadir, Z.
    Clark, Chris
    Date
    2021
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Tacchetto, T. and Reddy, S.M. and Bartoli, O. and Rickard, W.D.A. and Fougerouse, D. and Saxey, D.W. and Quadir, Z. et al. 2021. Pre-nucleation geochemical heterogeneity within glassy anatectic inclusions and the role of water in glass preservation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 176 (9): ARTN 70.
    Source Title
    Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
    DOI
    10.1007/s00410-021-01826-0
    ISSN
    0010-7999
    Faculty
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
    School
    John de Laeter Centre (JdLC)
    School of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160104637
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89403
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    Abstract

    Glassy melt inclusions are unique geological repositories that preserve evidence of the formation and evolution of mantle and crustal-derived magmas. However, the mechanisms responsible for their preservation in slowly cooled crustal rocks remain contentious, in some part due to their small size (commonly < 10 µm) and the technical difficulty in quantifying composition and microstructures. In this work, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography are used to characterize glassy melt inclusions found in peritectic garnets of a migmatite from the Spanish Betic Cordillera. The glassy melt inclusions coexist in a close spatial relationship with partially to totally crystallized melt inclusions (nanogranitoids). Analyses of the glassy inclusions show a heterogeneous, patchy distribution of Na and K within the glass and along inclusion walls. Nanoscale spherical domains of Al, Fe, K, Na, Cl and Li are also found systematically distributed at inclusion edges, and are interpreted to represent pre-nucleation clusters. The location and compositional similarity of these clusters with micas and feldspars in nanogranitoids indicate that the glassy inclusions represent former nanogranitoids “captured” at an earlier stage of crystallization, suggesting a likely common origin for both the glassy inclusions and nanogranitoids. A comparison between the composition of melt inclusions with previously published data reveals that preserved glassy inclusions contain significant less H2O (av. 2.72 wt%) than nanogranitoids (average of 6.91 wt%). This suggests the low-H2O content representing a further impediment to crystallization, along with the very small volume of these cavities, favouring the coexistence of glassy inclusions and nanogranitoids. In contrast, crystal nucleation is enhanced in more hydrous melts, where H2O reduces melt viscosity and promotes diffusion.

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