Physicochemical parameters of crystallization of dunite from the Guli ultrabasic massif (Maimecha Kotui province)

Abstract

On the basis of analysis of molten inclusions in chrome-spinelide, physicochemical parameters of dunite crystallization were defined. Experimental, analytical studies directly indicate that dunite was formed from high-temperature melts close in petrochemical composition and high-temperature characteristics to meimechite magmas. Successive evolution of magmatic systems compositions in a course of intra-chamber crystallization of dunite was established: from picriteâ “meimechite (with olivine formation at 1590–1415°C and chrome-spinelide crystallization at 1405–1365°C) to picrate-basalt and basalt.