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Micron- to nano-scale intergrowths among members of the cuprobismutite series and paděraite: HRTEM and microanalytical evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

C. L. Ciobanu ,
A. Pring  and
N. J. Cook
C. L. Ciobanu*
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Norway, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
A. Pring
Affiliation:
South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, The Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100 Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
N. J. Cook
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Norway, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
*
*E-mail: cristiana.ciobanu@ngu.no
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Abstract

Coherent intergrowths, at the lattice scale, between cuprobismutite (N = 2) and structurally related paděraite along both major axes (15 Å and 17 Å repeats) of the two minerals are reported within skarn from Ocna de Fier, Romania. The structural subunit, DTD, 3 layers of paděraite, is involved at interfaces of the two minerals along the 15 Å repeat, as well as in transposition of 1 paděraite unit to 2 cuprobismutite units along the 17 Å repeat in slip defects. Lattice images obtained by HRTEM across intervals of 200–400 nm show short- to long-range stacking sequences of cuprobismutite and padeÏ raite ribbons. Such nanoscale slabs mimic mm-scale intergrowths observed in back-scattered electron images at three orders of magnitude greater. These slabs are compositionally equivalent to intermediaries in the cuprobismutite-paděraite range encountered during microanalysis. Hodrushite (N = 1.5) is identified in the mm-scale intergrowths, but its absence in the lattice images indicates that, in this case, formation of polysomes between structurally related phases is favoured instead of stacking disorder among cuprobismutite homologues. The tendency for short-range ordering and semi-periodic occurrence of polysomes suggests they are the result of an oscillatory chemical signal with periodicity varying from one to three repeats of 15 Å, rather than simple ‘accidents’ or irregular structural defects. Lead distribution along the polysomes is modelled as an output signal modulated by the periodicity of stacking sequences, with Pb carried within the D units of paděraite. This type of modulator acts as a patterning operator activated by chemical waves with amplitudes that encompass the chemical difference between the minerals. Conversion of the paděraite structural subunit DTD to the C unit of cuprobismutite, conserving interval width, emphasizes that polysomatic modularity also assists interference of chemical signals with opposite amplitudes. Observed coarsening of lattice-scale intergrowths up to the mm-scale implies coupling between diffusion-controlled structural modulation, and rhythmic precipitation at the skarn front during crystallization.

Keywords

cuprobismutitepaděraiteHRTEMstacking disorderpolysomatismOcna de Fier, Romania
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 68 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 279 - 300
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2004

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