Pure forsterite in Nyiragongo lavas: evidence for subsolidus oxidation of volcanic rocks

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Pure forsterite in Nyiragongo lavas: evidence for subsolidus oxidation of volcanic rocks

Messaggio da Marco E. Ciriotti » dom 05 feb, 2023 20:16

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▪ Badriyo Agama, I., Chazot, G., Kamgang, P. (2022): Pure forsterite in Nyiragongo lavas: evidence for subsolidus oxidation of volcanic rocks. Acta Geochimica, 41, 12–23.

Abstract:
Some volcanic rocks from Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo contain highly oxidized olivine crystals. These olivines crystals are made of two phases, dark olivine on backscattered electron images of pure forsterite composition and grey Mg-poor areas made of olivine and iron-rich oxides. Calculation of the initial composition confirms that they are primary olivine with late separation of two different olivine compositions. Pure forsterite is enriched in SiO2 but contains lower amounts of CaO than Fe-rich areas, in agreement with expected partitioning of these elements related to the composition of the olivine. Iron-rich oxides formed around or inside the olivine crystals during the separation process and confirm a highly oxidized environment during their evolution. We propose that this separation occurred during subsolidus recrystallization under high fO2 conditions of the olivine crystals after cooling of the volcanic rocks. It provides evidences for circulation of iron-rich fluids or gas inducing deuteritic processes occurring in the large volcanic cone of the Nyiragongo, in relation with the presence of a shallow magma chamber connected to a large and permanent lava lake.
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