Volume 1, Number 1, 21-25, DOI: 10.1007/s11707-007-0003-8

X-ray diffraction investigation of native Si-Fe alloy minerals from Luobusha, Tibet

Guowu Li, Nicheng Shi, Ming Xiong, Zhesheng Ma, Wenji Bai and Qingsong Fang

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Abstract

The origin of native Si-Fe alloy mineral is thought to be related with mantle and aerolite. The native Si-Fe alloy minerals from podiform chromites of the Luobusha ophiolite in the Yarlong Zangbo suture zone were examined by a new method for powder-like diffractograms of small single crystals, using an SMART APEX-CCD area-detector X-ray diffractometer. The powder diffraction pattern shows that the minerals are composed of FeSi, FeSi2, β-FeSi2 and native silicon. The association of these minerals suggests that the crystallization order of the mineral may be from early to late FeSi→FeSi2→native silicon, accompanied by gradually increasing deoxidization.

Keywords  native Si-Fe alloy mineral - X-ray diffraction - crystal structure - mantle mineral - Tibet

Translated from Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica, 2005, 24(5): 453–456 [译自: 岩石矿物学杂志]

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