Summary
In microperthitic alkali feldspars from the Haut Boréon anatexites in the Argentera Massif, Maritime Alps, the dominant K-rich phases are devoid of grid twinning but usually show weak uneven extinction. They consist of monoclinic forms characterized by (a) highly ordered Si,Al distributions in theT-sites, (b) weak but systematic residual strain due to coherency with the exsolved Na-rich phase, and (c) not very pure compositions ranging from 0.85 to 0.88 mole fraction KAlSi3O8. Weak triclinic peaks in X-ray powder patterns and the evidence of incipient formation of M-twinning and the diagonal association in single-crystal X-ray photographs indicate that the dominant monoclinic K-rich phases have undergone a partial transformation into triclinic material. The microperthites investigated appear to be the expression of a relatively rapid thermal history which started and terminated at temperatures higher than those experienced by the microperthites from the Mt. Pélago anatexites, which are exposed to the West of the Haut Boréon anatexites.
Zusammenfassung
In den mikroperthitischen Alkalifeldspäten der Anatexite des Haut Boréon im Argentera Massiv (Seealpen) zeigen die vorherrschenden monoklinen Phasen keine Zwillingsgitterung, aber gewöhnlich schwach unregelmäßige Auslöschung. Sie bestehen aus monoklinem Kali-feldspat, der 1, durch eine weitgehend geordnete Si,Al-Verteilung auf denT-Positionen, 2. durch schwache aber systematische Spannungen, welche durch die Kohärenz mit der entmischten Na-reichen Phase verursacht sind, und 3, durch eine nicht sehr scharfe Zusammensetzung, die von 0,85 bis 0,88 Molenbruch KAlSi3O8 schwankt, charakterisiert ist. Schwache trikline Maxima in den Röntgen-Pulverdiagrammen sowie der Hinweis auf beginnende M-Verzwilligung und diagonale Assoziation in Röntgen-Einkristallaufnahmen weisen darauf hin, daß die vorherrschenden monoklinen Phasen partiell in triklines Material umgewandelt wurden. Die untersuchten Mikroperthite scheinen eine relativ rasche thermische Geschichte zu widerspiegeln, die bei höheren Temperaturen begann und endete als jene, welche die westlich des Haut Boréon aufgeschlossenen Anatexite des Mt. Pélago erlitten.
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Blasi, A., Brajkovic, A. & De Pol Blasi, C. Highly ordered monoclinic K-feldspars from Haut Boréon anatexites, Argentera Massif, Maritime Alps. TMPM Tschermaks Petr. Mitt. 29, 241–253 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01091795
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