This paper describes the mineralogy and petrology of an albite pegmatite dike cropping out close to Malga Garbella, Rabbi Valley, Trento province, Italy. The pegmatite is hosted by high-grade metamorphic rocks of the crystalline basement of the Tonale-Ultimo Unit, Austroalpine domain. The dike, now almost completely exploited, was 10 m long and 1 m thick. The internal structure of the pegmatite cannot be reconstructed, but from the available specimens it is possible to infer that a blocky albite unit and masses of quartz (quartz cores) formed the main units of the dike. The pegmatite, composed mainly of primary albite (Ab96-Ab100), also contains primary chrysoberyl, almandine, schorl, and muscovite as common accessory minerals, while beryl, zircon, monazite-(Ce), and uraninite represent rare minerals. Secondary uranium-bearing minerals were also detected. The primary phosphate association is given by graftonite + sarcopside + (minor) triphylite masses, and wolfeite was found alone at the contact between albite and quartz. The secondary phosphate association was formed in both a non-oxidized paragenesis and an oxidized and metasomatized one. The petrological processes leading to the crystallization of the secondary phosphates are complex and include: (1) hydration and Ca, Mg, and Mn leaching, mainly of graftonite; (2) hydration and oxidation of Fe; (3) destabilization of albite. The age of magmatic crystallization of the Malga Garbella pegmatite, measured using monazite-(Ce), is 257 ± 3 Ma, consistent with the Brissago (Canton Ticino, Switzerland) phosphate-bearing pegmatite.
The chrysoberyl-And phosphate-bearing Albite pegmatite of Malga garbella, val di rabbi, Trento province, Italy / P. Vignola, M. Zucali, N. Rotiroti, G. Marotta, A. Risplendente, A. Pavese, M. Boscardin, V. Mattioli, G. Bertoldi. - In: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST. - ISSN 0008-4476. - 56:4(2018), pp. 411-424.
Titolo: | The chrysoberyl-And phosphate-bearing Albite pegmatite of Malga garbella, val di rabbi, Trento province, Italy |
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Parole Chiave: | Albite pegmatite; Anatectic pegmatite; Austroalpine domain; Chrysoberyl; Italy.; Malga Garbella; Phosphates; Trento; Triassic; Geochemistry and Petrology |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore GEO/06 - Mineralogia Settore GEO/03 - Geologia Strutturale Settore GEO/08 - Geochimica e Vulcanologia |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2018 |
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Tipologia: | Article (author) |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.3749/canmin.1700058 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |