Chemical variations of zircon compared with morphological evolution during magmatic crystallization: An example from the Valle del Cervo Pluton (Western Alps)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 779-794

  Caironi, Valeria ^a   Colombo, Annita ^b   Tunesi, Annalisa ^b   Gritti, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microprobe analysis; Valle del Cervo Pluton; Zircon chemistry; Zircon morphology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANITE; HAFNIUM OXIDES; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; THORIA; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIA; ZONING;

BULK COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; OSCILLATORY ZONING; VALLE DEL CERVO PLUTON;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; ZIRCON;

ALPS; ITALY; VALLE DEL CERVO;

EID: 0033915442     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2000/0012-0779     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Ahrens, L. H., Cherry, R. D., Erlank, A. J. (1967): Observations on the Th - U relationship in zircons from granitics rocks and from kimberlites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 31, 2379-2387.
2. Belousova, E. A., Griffin, W. L., Pearson, N. J. (1998): Trace element composition and cathodoluminescence properties of southern African kimberlitic zircons. Mineral. Mag., 62, 355-366.
3. Benisek, A. & Finger, F. (1993): Factors controlling the development of prism faces in granite zircons: a microprobe study. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 114, 441-451.
4. Bigioggero, B., Colombo, A., Del Moro, A., Gregnanin, A., Macera, P., Tunesi, A. (1994): The Oligocene Valle del Cervo Pluton: an example of shoshonitic magmatism in the Western Italian Alps. Mem. Sci. Geol. Padova, 46, 409-421.
5. Caruba, R., Baumer, A., Turco, G. (1975): Nouvelles synthèses hydrothermales du zircon; substitutions isomorphiques; relations morphologie - milieu de croissance. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 39, 11-26.
6. Cesana, A., Demonte, L., Fiorentini Potenza, M., Venegoni, M. (1976): Origin of the granitic core of the Valle del Cervo pluton according to the Th/U ratio of fractionation. Rend. Soc. Ital. Mineral. Petrol., 32, 669-680
7. Correia Neves, J. M. & Lopes Nunes, J. E. (1974): High hafnium members of the zircon - hafnon series from the granite pegmatites of Zambézia, Mozambique. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 48, 73-80.
8. Exley, R. A. (1980): Microprobe studies of REE-rich accessory minerals: Implications for Skye granite petrogenesis and REE mobility in hydrothermal systems. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 48, 97-110.
9. Fontan, F., Monchoux, P., Autefage, F. (1980): Présence de zircons hafnifères dans des pegmatites granitiques des Pyrénées ariégeoises; leur relation avec les niobo-tantalates. Bull. Minéral., 103, 88-91.
10. Fujimaki, H. (1986): Partition coefficients of Hf, Zr and REE between zircon, apatite, and liquid. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 94, 42-45.
11. Gulson, B. L. (1969): Electron microprobe determination of Zr/Hf ratios in zircons from the Yeoval Diorite Complex, N. S. W., Australia. Lithos, 3, 17-23.
12. Halden, N. M., Hawthorne, F. C., Campbell, J. L., Teesdale, W. J., Maxwell, J. A., Higuchi, D. (1993): Chemical characterization of oscillatory zoning and overgrowths in zircon using 3 MeV μ-PIXE. Can. Mineral., 31, 637-647.
13. Hanchar, J. M. & Miller, C. F. (1993): Zircon zonation patterns as revealed by cathodoluminescence and backscattered electron images: Implications for interpretation of complex crustal histories. Chemical Geol., 110, 1-13.
14. Hanchar, J. M. & Rudnick, R. L. (1995): Revealing hidden structures: The application of cathodoluminescence and back-scattered electron imaging to dating zircons from lower crustal xenoliths. Lithos, 36, 289-303.
15. Harrison, T. M. & Watson, E. B. (1984): The behavior of apatite during crustal anatexis: Equilibrium and kinetic considerations. Geochim. Cosmochimim. Acta, 48, 1467-1477.
16. Heaman, L. M., Bowins, R., Crocket, J. (1990): The chemical composition of igneous zircon suites: Implications for geochemical tracer studies. Geochim. Cosmochimim. Acta, 54, 1597-1607.
17. Hoffman, J. F. & Long, J. V. P. (1984): Unusual sector zoning in Lewisian zircons. Mineral. Mag., 48, 513-517.
18. Kapustin, Yu. L. (1985): Trace element distribution in generations of accessory zircon in pegmatites. Geochem. Int., 22, 153-166.
19. Murali, A. V., Parthasarathy, R., Mahadevan, T. M., Sankar Das, M. (1983): Trace element characteristics, REE patterns, partition coefficients of zircon from different geological environments - A case study on Indian zircons. Geochim. Cosmochimim. Acta, 47, 2047-2052.
20. Nagasawa, H. (1970): Rare earth concentrations in zircons and apatites and their host dacites and granites. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 9, 359-364.
21. Paterson, B. A., Stephens, W. E., Herd, D. A. (1989): Zoning in granitoid accessory minerals as revealed by backscattered electron imagery. Mineral. Mag., 53, 55-61.
22. Pigorini, B. & Veniale, F (1966): Studio mediante microsonda elettronica dei diversi tipi di zircone accessorio nei graniti di Baveno, Montorfano e Alzo. Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat., 103, 18-48
23. Pupin, J. P. (1976): Signification des caractères morphologiques du zircon commun des roches en pétrologie. Base de la méthode typologique. Applications. Thèse Doct. Etat., Univ. Nice (France), 394 pp.
24. _ (1985): Magmatic zoning of Hercynian granitoids in France based on zircon typology. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 65, 29-56.
25. _ (1988): Granites as indicators in paleogeodynamics. Rend. Soc. Ital. Mineral. Petrol., 43, 237-262.
26. _ (1992): Les zircons des granites océaniques et continentaux: couplage typologie - géochimie des éléments en traces. Bull. Soc. géol. France, 163, 495-507.
27. _ (1994): Caractérisation des protolithes des migmatites et granites anatectiques crustaux d'après l'étude des zircons. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 319, série II, 1191-1197.
28. Pupin, J.P. & Turco, G. (1978): Rôle de l'eau sur les caractères morphologiques et la cristallisation du zircon dans les granitoïdes. Bull. Soc. Géol. France, 7, 721-725.
29. Romans, P. A., Brown, L. L., White, J. C. (1975): An electron microprobe study of yttrium, Rare Earth, and phosphorus distribution in zoned and ordinary zircon. Am. Mineral., 60, 475-480.
30. Sawka, W. N. (1988): REE and trace element variations in accessory minerals and horneblende from the strongly zoned McMurry Meadows Pluton, California. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 79, 157-168.
31. Speer, J. A. (1982): Ortho-silicates. in "Reviews in Mineralogy", ed. P. H. Ribbe, Vol. 5, Chap. 3, 67-112.
32. Turco, G. & Pupin, J. P. (1982): Age et métamorphisme: des facteurs intervenant sur la coloration, le zonage, les surcroissances des zircons. Réun. Ann. Sc. de la Terre, Paris, 612.
33. Vavra, G. (1990): On the kinematics of zircon growth and its petrogenetic significance: a cathodoluminescence study. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 106, 90-99.
34. _ (1994): Systematics of internal zircon morphology in major Variscan granitoids types. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 117, 331-344.
35. Wark, D. A. & Miller, C. F. (1993): Accessory mineral behavior during differentiation of a granite suite: monazite, xenotime and zircon in the Sweetwater Wash pluton, southeastern California, U.S.A.. Chemical Geol., 110, 49-67.
36. Watson, E. B. & Harrison, T. M. (1983): Zircon saturation revisited: temperature and composition effects in variety of crystal magma types. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 64, 295-304.
37. Yeliseyeva, O. P., Ryabchikov, I. D., Bogatyreva, N. A. (1974): On the types of distribution of uranium in accessory zircon. Geochem. Internat., 11 (5), 960-967.