Abstract
We have conducted a detailed chemical, structural, and spectroscopic study of the alteration products of cordierite in meta-rhyolites from the Ceuta zone (Rif belt) with the aim of determining the nature of the products, the main stages of cordierite transformation and the metamorphic pressure-temperature path. In this zone, meta-rhyolites are in tectonic contact with granulites and migmatites interpreted as the feeder zones for the granitic melt. This study has revealed that N-bearing magmatic cordierite was transformed in concentric aggregates of mica with decreasing NH 4 contents (tobelite, NH 4 -bearing white mica, and K-micas), probably through three successive processes: deuteric alteration, prograde reactions, and retrogressive reactions. The presence of N in cordierite is interpreted to be due to the transfer of the NH 4 , initially contained in biotite from granulites, during the melting stage. This finding suggests that magmatic cordierite can act as an important nitrogen reservoir during formation of granite melts and differentiation.
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