An empirical oxygen- and hydrogen-isotope geothermometer for quartz-tourmaline and tourmaline-water

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Oxygen-isotope equilibration temperatures of coexisting quartz, muscovite, illite, chlorite, and biotite from a variety of geologic environments have been used in conjunction with the 18 O and D values of associated tourmaline to formulate empirical quartz-tourmaline and tourmaline-water isotope fractionation factors over temperatures from 200 to 600°C. The fractionation factors determined using this method are as follows: 1. (1) 1000 In ( quartz tourmaline ) = 1.0 ± 0.17 (10 6 / T 2 ) + 0.39 ± 0.44 (oxygen); 2. (2) 1000 In ( tourmaline - water ) = -27.2 ± 4.4 (10 6 / T 2 ) + 28.1 ± 9.8 (hydrogen; 350-600°C). The isotopic properties of tourmaline are nearly identical to those of muscovite and illite, despite the significant differences in their crystal structures. Similarities in the oxygen- and hydrogen-isotope systematics of tourmalines and micas imply that the dominant controls on the isotopic properties of these minerals are the vibrational energies of the Al-Si-O and Si-O bonds. However, the BO 3 groups in the tourmalines may have some effect on oxygen isotopic properties as there are minor differences between the 18 O values of coexisting tourmalines and micas. D values of coexisting tourmalines and micas are generally concordant to within 10 . Chemical compositions indicate that varying Fe/Mg ratios in the tourmalines appear to have only a minor control on their D values. There is a discontinuity in the 1000 In (tourmaline-water) values for hydrogen at temperatures between 200°C and 300°C, suggesting that the hydroxl groups in tourmaline are affected by hydrogen bonding and changes in the properties of water near its critical point, as are some other hydrous minerals.

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