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, FeSi
2,
β-FeSi
2 and native silicon. The association of these minerals suggests that the crystallization order of the mineral may be from
early to late FeSi→FeSi
2→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]