We present geochemical data for Quaternary basalts, basanites, and lamprophyres within the Colima and Mascota volcanic fields at the western end of the Mexican Volcanic Belt. On the basis of data for 11 whole-rock samples plus 124 glass inclusions and olivine host crystals, we evaluate a vein-wallrock melting relationship between the lamprophyres (vein-dominated melts) and the mafic calc-alkaline rocks (diluted by partial melting of peridotite wall-rock after exhaustion of phlogopite and other vein minerals). Whole-rock Fe 3+ /Fe 2+ and glass-inclusion %S 6+ indicate relatively high fO 2 in these magmas, up to several log units above the Ni-NiO buffer. The highest concentrations of water and most other volatile elements (7% H 2 O, 1460 ppm CO 2 , ∼2% SO 3 Total , 2400 ppm Cl, and ∼ 1% F) were recorded for a glass inclusion from a Colima minette with 48·2 wt % SiO 2 , 6·0 wt % K 2 O, and 1·2 wt % P 2 O 5 (normalized anhydrous). This sample's volatile composition corresponds to a depth of entrapment of 24 km (calculated pressure of 6660 bars). This inclusion (trapped within olivine with Mg-number 91·5) represents the most primitive melt in this study and has a composition that can be attributed to partial melting of phlogopite-pyroxenite veins in the mantle wedge with minor dilution (possibly as little as ∼25%) by partial melts from the surrounding peridotite wall-rock. However, there are indications that even this inclusion has undergone degassing, suggesting that primary vein melts have even higher H 2 O and CO 2 contents. Further dilution of the vein-dominated lamprophyre melts by wallrock melts yields basanites and ultimately calc-alkaline basalts. Mafic calc-alkaline whole-rock and glass-inclusion compositions are consistent with formation through mixing of ∼ 5% vein melts with ∼ 95% peridotite wallrock melt. Among the calc-alkaline glass inclusions, the Mascota basaltic andesite has the highest concentrations of water and most other volatile elements with 49·6 wt % SiO 2 , 1·0% K 2 O, 0·3% P 2 O 5 (normalized anhydrous), 2·8% H 2 O, 296 ppm CO 2 (1425 bars pressure and 5·2 km depth of entrapment), 0·8% SO 3 Total , 870 ppm Cl, and 720 ppm F. Such mafic calc-alkaline melts are envisioned as parental to the volumetrically dominant andesites of western Mexico.

Lamprophyres, Basanites, and Basalts of the Western Mexican Volcanic Belt: Volatile Contents and a Vein–Wallrock Melting Relationship

Recommendations for further studies on the peralkaline oversaturated volcanic rocks

This paper reports on the results of the chemical synthesis of halogen-containing alkali silicate glasses M2O-MHal-SiO2(M= Li, Na, K; Hal = Cl, F). From analyzing the obtained results, a conclusion is drawn regarding the specific features revealed in the incorporation of halogens into the silicate matrix. A model explaining the considerable losses of chlorides upon their introduction into binary melts is proposed.

Specific features of halogen binding in binary alkali silicate glasses

Using a new rapid method, K2O, Na2O, CaO, MgO, Al2O3, and Fe2O3 were determined in silicates according to a single procedure, from a single sample.

O. V. Oshurkova

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Analysis of silicates