Magnetite exsolution in ilmenite from the Fe-Ti oxide gabbro in the Xinjie intrusion (SW China) and sources of unusually strong remnant magnetization
Abstract
This study investigates magnetite exsolution in ilmenite from Fe-Ti oxide gabbro in the Xinjie intrusion, SW China. Exsolved magnetite lamellae in ilmenite contain nearly pure Fe304 with ~l wt% TiO2. EBSD-based analyses indicate that the magnetite lamellae have close-packed oxygen planes and directions parallel to those in the host ilmenite with {111}Mag//(0001)Ilm and <110>Mag//<1010>. The Fe2+ in the magnetite lamellae is probably derived from adjacent titanomagnetite by sub-solidus inter-oxide cation repartitioning of Fe2+ + Ti4+ = 2Fe3+ during cooling. It is thus suggested that only Fe3+ cations in the magnetite lamellae should be included into the composition of the Ilm-Hemss precursor for the Fe-Ti oxide oxy-thermometer. The existence of magnetite exsolution in ilmenite also provides an alternative explanation for unusually strong natural remnant magnetization in natural ilmenite.
Acknowledgments
This is contribution no. IS-2274 from GIG CAS. This study is financially supported by NSFC grants nos. 41572032 and 41325006, the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB18020205). CAS/SAFEA IPP for CRT project 20140491534, and Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS grant no. 2014324. We are grateful to Dongjie Tang for the assistance in the EBSD analyses.
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