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146<br />

8 given sample of harZburgite. AHremolite replaces cnnccvrcxene. whereas<br />

edenitic amph ibole and phlogopite occur in textura l disequi lib rium with spinel.<br />

This suggest s that tne At requi red in metasomatic reactions w as provided<br />

dominantly by the phase being replaced, and does not relat e to t he volume of<br />

flui d involved when t he vo lume is relatively small. When fluid vol umes are<br />

large , as indica ted by extensive metasomatism, the chemistry of amphibole<br />

corre lates with the volume of flui d taest . 19741.<br />

5.5 . 1b Sodium and Pota ssium in Hydr ous Phase.<br />

Rat ios of Na/K of the flui d change thro ugh fractionation and react ion .<br />

A fea t ure of this is the lonal d istl ibu ti on of hydrous phases in grains of Cr­<br />

spine l, where phtogopite occ urs in the core and Ca·amphibole at the rim (Figs.<br />

2.9 and 2.33 1. On a much larger sca le, Arai (198 6) attributed decreasing<br />

phlogopite/amphibole ratios in up per mant le peridoti tes to fractionation of rising<br />

metasomatic fluids. Similarly, K/IK+ Na) ralios of phlogopit es in the Hcroman<br />

Peridotite ccrrciex . Japa n, reflect this fractio nation (Arai and Takahashi,<br />

1989 ).<br />

The var iation of Na + K (fo rmula units) and Mg' of Ca-amph ibole (Fig.<br />

5.1bl . demo nstrates that Na + K in HAlPPG is controlled by t hat of the parent<br />

magma lpargasite in amphibolite dykes has Na+K "O.874 formula unitsl .<br />

whereas Mg' is controlled largely by the Mgl of l AlPP which HAlPP G<br />

replace d . The same conclusion w as reached in Chapte r 4 , where the Mg' of<br />

oli vine in HAL gabbros was hig her than excecteo for the alkali conten t of

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