Replacement of zircon with baddeleyite as a likely mechanism of the formation of zoned zircon crystals in ultrabasic rocks


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Abstract

The problem of the U–Pb age of zircon crystals from ultrabasic rocks is discussed in this paper. It is shown that the assumption on the xenogenic nature of zircon crystals in dunite is not consistent with the petrographic and experimental data. The results of experimental study of the zircon–baddeleyite transition and thermodynamics of the reaction of zircon replacement with baddeleyite show that these transformations are the likely way of the formation of zoned zircon crystals in dunite. Each zone of these crystals may have its own age.

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V. N. Anfilogov

Institute of Mineralogy, Ural Branch

Email: Ryzhkov_v_m@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Chelyabinsk oblast, Miass, 456317

A. A. Krasnobaev

Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Ural Branch

Email: Ryzhkov_v_m@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, 620016

V. M. Ryzhkov

Institute of Mineralogy, Ural Branch

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Email: Ryzhkov_v_m@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Chelyabinsk oblast, Miass, 456317

P. M. Valizer

Ilmeny State Reserve, Ural Branch

Email: Ryzhkov_v_m@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Chelyabinsk oblast, Miass, 456317

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