SUMMARY

Temperature-pressure conditions of the formation of gem-bearing marble
at Lục Yên deposit area, Yên Bái Province

Nguyễn Thị Minh Thuyết, Ngụy Tuyết Nhung, Nguyễn Ngọc Khôi

Gemstones in Lục Yên area, such as ruby, sapphire, spinel, etc. have been mined mainly in placer deposits. However, the main source rocks of gemstones in this area is calcite and calcite-dolomite marbles of the An Phú Formation which is characterized by KCMASH chemical system and two mineral parageneses: corundum + calcite + phlogopite + amphibole and spinel + amphibol + phlogopite + forsterite + dolomite ± calcite ± clinohumite ± corundum. Based on the examination of mineral parageneses containing corundum and spinel and the calculation of parameters of metamorphic reactions of their formation, a conclusion can be made: the paragenesis containing spinel was formed in the temperature interval from 593 to 787oC, while the assemblage comprising corundum was formed at lower temperature interval (from 550 to 693oC). The pressure of formation for both parageneses is almost the same (about 5.5 kbar).

Ngày nhận bài: 27/9/2006

Người biên tập: Phan Trường Thị