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Ba-rich phlogopite, dissakisite-(Ce), and fluorine-rich clinohumite in granulite-facies marbles from the In Ouzzal terrane, Western Hoggar, Algeria

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Granulite-facies marbles are part of the Archaean crust of the In Ouzzal terrane (Western Hoggar). Besides calcite and dolomite, these marbles are characterized by forsterite, spinel, phlogopite, diopside, amphibole, and magnetite. High-Mn ilmenite (MnO: 19.43 wt%), pyrophanite (MnO: 25.83 wt%), dissakisite-(Ce) (containing 12.2–14.38 Ce2O3 wt% and 8.3–12.3 wt% La2O3), F-rich clinohumite and Ba-rich-phlogopite occur locally. Ilmenite-pyrophanite and Ba-rich phlogopite (BaO: 11.68 wt%) are interpreted to be resulted of the hydrothermal processes during carbonate deposition; whereas, dissakisite-(Ce) is inferred to have resulted from light rare earth element (LREE) enrichment of these marbles by fluids released from the syenite intrusions. Clinohumite with XMg [= Mg/(Mg + Fe)] of 0.89–0.91, generated by hydration of forsterite-bearing dolomitic marbles, has the highest fluorine contents ever reported in the literature (3.25–4.62 wt%), resulting in a F/(F + OH) ratio as high as 0.8. Clinohumite is the only phase incorporating F where phlogopite, amphibole and apatite are absent. Thus, all the F present in the rock would be concentrated in clinohumite, resulting in extreme fluorine enrichment in some grains.

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The authors thank Edward S. Grew and M. Satish-Kumar for constructive reviews. Editor Andreas Möller is also thanked for improving the manuscript and fruitful discussions. The authors acknowledge the help provided by Gaston Godard. This work is a contribution to the projects “Les séries métamorphiques et carbonatites du Hoggar: Evolution géodynamique et ressources minerals” and “Géochronologie et Evolution géodynamique des terrains précambrien du Hoggar”. Grateful thanks are due to the Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique et du développement technologique of Algeria for funding this work.

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Boureghda, N., Ouzegane, K., Aït-Djafer, S. et al. Ba-rich phlogopite, dissakisite-(Ce), and fluorine-rich clinohumite in granulite-facies marbles from the In Ouzzal terrane, Western Hoggar, Algeria. Miner Petrol 117, 99–111 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-022-00802-1

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