Jp. Zheng et al., Comparison of the trace element of clinopyroxenes and xenoliths with coarse-grained and shear peridotites, ACTA PETR S, 17(2), 2001, pp. 263-268
The mineral chemistry, petrochemistry and the trace element of "dry" spinel
-facies peridotitic xenoliths with different microstructure and their clino
pyroxenes are compared and discussed in this paper. With the increasing met
amorphism and deformation of peridotites in the transform from the coarse-g
rained to the shear microstructure, the complex processes on enrichment and
depiction existed. The metasomatism agent was the SiO2-undersaturation sil
icate-carbonatite melt with strong infiltration. The results also show that
the REE relationship between "dry" spinel-facies peridotitic xenoliths wit
h different microstructure and their clinopyroxenes are following: there ar
e obvious differences between coarse-grained peridotite and its clinopyroxe
ne, on the other hand, the REE pattern of clinopyroxene can totally represe
nt its host peridotite; there is only a little difference between shear per
idotite and its clinopyroxene. The other high incompatible elements most pr
obably existed as the inter-grain constituents or in fluid inclusions.