CaO-FeO-Al2O3-SiO2

This subsystem includes the problematic relations involving andradite, epidotes and hedenbergite. It has not been possible to derive data which will satisfy all the experiments, probably because of the unknown extent of ferric and ferrous iron incorporation into wollastonites and ferric iron into hedenbergites in the experiments at high temperatures. However, the andradite data are consistent with the experiments of Huckenholz & Yoder (1971) for the reaction andr = 3pswo + hem, and of Gustavson (1974) and Moecher & Chou (1990) for the reaction 6andr = 4mt + 18wo + O2, as well as the data of Liou (1973) and Holdaway (1972) on coexisting epidotes and garnets in their epidote breakdown experiments. Reactions involving andradite with hedenbergite did not yield consistent data when compared with the exchange equilibria involving clino- and orthopyroxenes (see exchange section of table 7).

Ferroactinolite was derived from the experiments of Ernst (1966) on the reaction 2fact = 3fa + 5q + 4hed + 2H2O. These data are also nicely consistent with Fe-Mg exchange equilibrium seen in natural assemblages (see exchange section of table 7).

*  gr + 2alm = 3fa + 3an   (Bohlen et al., 1983)
 
  ln_K  x(CO2)  P(kbar)      T(C)     H(low) H(high)  miss   calc   2sd        summary
  5.32     -   5.1  4.7     750       34.98   38.38          4.95  0.38    ** NOT USED **
  5.32     -   5.2  4.8     800       37.99   41.39   0.20   5.40  0.38   cH = 36.25 (sd  1.62)
  5.32     -   5.6  5.2     850       38.46   41.86   0.26   5.86  0.39   
  5.32     -   6.0  5.6     900       38.95   42.34   0.32   6.32  0.39   
  5.32     -   6.4  6.0     950       39.44   42.83   0.38   6.78  0.39   
  5.32     -   6.8  6.4    1000       39.96   43.34   0.44   7.24  0.39   
  5.32     -   7.1  6.7    1050       41.35   44.73   0.60   7.70  0.39   
 
*  gr + 2alm = 3fa + 3an   (Perkins & Vielzeuf, 1992)
 
  ln_K  x(CO2)  P(kbar)      T(C)     H(low) H(high)  miss   calc   2sd        summary
  5.32     -   6.4  6.0     900       35.56   38.95          6.32  0.39    ** NOT USED **
  5.32     -   6.8  6.3     950       36.06   40.29          6.78  0.39   cH = 36.25 (sd  1.62)
  5.32     -   7.1  6.6    1000       37.43   41.65   0.14   7.24  0.39   
  5.32     -   7.3  7.0    1050       39.66   42.19   0.40   7.70  0.39   
 
243)  2hed = 2wo + fa + q   (Lindsley & Munoz, 1969)
 
  ln_K  x(CO2)  P(kbar)      T(C)     H(low) H(high)  miss   calc   2sd        summary
 -2.10     -      1.0        945       28.89   33.14         -2.11  0.26   1 (29.33 <-> 32.69)
                                                                          cH = 31.11 (sd  1.34) 3
                                                                          within bracket
                                                                          uH = 0.59, d/s = 3.6, h = 0.05
 
244)  2fact = 3fa + 5q + 4hed + 2H2O   (Ernst, 1966)
 
  ln_K  x(CO2)  P(kbar)      T(C)     H(low) H(high)  miss   calc   2sd        summary
     0     0      1.0     452  465   167.10  169.16     28    493    16   4 (172.35 <-> 174.89)
     0     0      2.0     498  509   172.79  174.45           503    18   cH = 173.61 (sd  1.33) 2
     0     0      3.0     528  546   176.26  178.90    -18    510    18   within bracket
                                                                          uH = 0.76, d/s = -4.6, h = 0.98
 
245)  andr = 3pswo + hem   (Huckenholz & Yoder, 1971)
 
  ln_K  x(CO2)  P(kbar)      T(C)     H(low) H(high)  miss   calc   2sd        summary
     0     -      0.0    1130 1150    58.92   59.93          1139    16   1 (59.00 <-> 59.84)
                                                                          cH = 59.35 (sd  0.38) 2
                                                                          within bracket
                                                                          uH = 0.25, d/s = 2.0, h = 0.16
 
246)  6andr + 3fa = 6mt + 18wo + 3q   (Gustavson, 1974)
 
  ln_K  x(CO2)  P(kbar)      T(C)     H(low) H(high)  miss   calc   2sd        summary
     0     -      0.5     740  760   203.48  210.61           743    12   3 (203.43 <-> 207.96)
     0     -      1.0     760  773   204.04  208.68           761    12   cH = 204.47 (sd  2.13) 2
     0     -      2.0     785  797   199.86  204.14      1    798    12   within bracket
                                                                          uH = 1.83, d/s = 0.0, h = 0.42
 
247)  6andr + 2Ni = 4mt + 18wo + 2NiO   (Gustavson, 1974)
 
  ln_K  x(CO2)  P(kbar)      T(C)     H(low) H(high)  miss   calc   2sd        summary
     0     -      0.5     785  800   253.88  259.09           787    12   3 (252.30 <-> 257.15)
     0     -      1.0     795  815   251.37  258.32           805    12   cH = 254.67 (sd  2.13) 2
     0     -      2.0     825  840   249.85  255.06           839    12   within bracket
                                                                          uH = 1.77, d/s = 0.3, h = 0.40
 
248)  6andr = 4mt + 18wo + O2   (Moecher & Chou, 1990)
 
  ln_K  x(CO2)  P(kbar)      T(C)     H(low) H(high)  miss   calc   2sd        summary
-29.84     -      2.0     840  860   733.21  739.89           840     6   2 (732.02 <-> 741.08)
                                                                          cH = 733.56 (sd  2.10) 2
                                                                          within bracket
                                                                          uH = 3.84, d/s = 0.9, h = 0.05
 
 


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