Abstract
*� Correspondingauthor Clinopyroxene-garnet scheelite skarn containing accessory niobian titanite, native bismuth and Bi-tellurides of the Bi 2 X and Bi 5 X 3 series, together with Fe- and Fe-As sulphides, is associated with the contact of chondrodite marble with melanocratic granite-quartz syenite (durbachite). Hedenbergite-rich vein in this marble can be considered as an additional type of skarn. The presence of accessory niobian titanite is typical, in particular, of the veins. In addition to increased Nb contents (≤ 10.6 wt. % Nb 2 O 5 ; ≤ 0.164 apfu Nb) and locally Ta (≤ 4.07 Ta 2 O 5 ; ≤ 0.038 apfu Ta), it is relatively rich in Al (≤ 0.253 apfu). Locally it contains elevated Fe, Sn, Zr and F contents. Negative correlations of Al + F with R 4+ and Al + (Nb 5+ , Ta 5+ ) with R 4+ accompanied by low contents of Na in titanite correspond to the substi- tutions Al(OH,F)(TiO) -1 and Al(Nb,Ta)Ti -2 . Niobian titanite has anomalous composition if compared to skarn mineral assemblages worldwide. The Bi-(sulpho-) telluride with empiric formula Bi 1.98 (Te 0.66 S 0.34 Se 0.02 ) Σ1.02 is a member of the Bi 2 X series, whose members were described from numerous localities as unnamed minerals. In contrast to the publis- hed data this phase contains increased sulphur contents up to 0.33 apfu. The second Bi-(sulpho-) telluride with empiric formula (Bi 4.51 Fe 0.40 Cd 0.03 Pb 0.02 Sb 0.01 As 0.01 ) Σ4.98 (Te 1.58 S 1.36 Se 0.08 ) Σ3.02 is probably a S-rich member of the Bi 5 X 3 series. In the evolution of the skarn it is possible to distinguish stage I responsible for the formation of the older Mg- and younger Ca-skarns, and stage II, characterised by increased Fe contents. The scheelite-sulphide mineralization was formed during a third (retrogression) stage followed by brittle deformation. Emplacement of siderite ± quartz veins represents the fourth (terminal) stage of mineralization.
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