|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
| JOURNAL HOME | HELP | CONTACT PUBLISHER | SUBSCRIBE | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Institut für Mineralogie, University of Münster, Corrensstrasse 24, 48149, Münster, Germany
* E-mail: putnis{at}nwz.uni-muenster.de
Mineral replacement reactions take place primarily by dissolution-reprecipitation processes. Processes such as cation exchange, chemical weathering, deuteric alteration, leaching, pseudomorphism, metasomatism, diagenesis and metamorphism are all linked by common features in which one mineral or mineral assemblage is replaced by a more stable assemblage. The aim of this paper is to review some of these aspects of mineral replacement and to demonstrate the textural features they have in common, in order to emphasize the similarities in the underlying microscopic mechanisms. The role of volume change and evolution of porosity is explored both from natural microtextures and new experiments on model replacement reactions in simple salts. It is shown that the development of porosity is often a consequence of mineral replacement processes, irrespective of the relative molar volumes of parent and product solid phases. The key issue is the relative solubility of the phases in the fluid phase. Concepts such as coupled dissolution-precipitation, and autocatalysis are important in understanding these processes. Some consequences of porosity generation for metamorphic fluid flow as well as subsequent crystal growth are also discussed.
KEYWORDS: mineral replacement, fluid-mineral reactions, cation exchange, dissolution-precipitation, porosity, metamorphic fluid flow
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
M. P. Smith, C. D. Storey, T. E. Jeffries, and C. Ryan In Situ U-Pb and Trace Element Analysis of Accessory Minerals in the Kiruna District, Norrbotten, Sweden: New Constraints on the Timing and Origin of Mineralization J. Petrology, November 4, 2009; (2009) egp069v1. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. Zhao, J. Brugger, P. V. Grundler, F. Xia, G. Chen, and A. Pring Mechanism and kinetics of a mineral transformation under hydrothermal conditions: Calaverite to metallic gold American Mineralogist, November 1, 2009; 94(11-12): 1541 - 1555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. J. Kontak and T. K. Kyser NATURE AND ORIGIN OF AN LCT-SUITE PEGMATITE WITH LATE-STAGE SODIUM ENRICHMENT, BRAZIL LAKE, YARMOUTH COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA. II. IMPLICATIONS OF STABLE ISOTOPES ({delta}18O, {delta}D) FOR MAGMA SOURCE, INTERNAL CRYSTALLIZATION AND NATURE OF SODIUM METASOMATISM Can Mineral, August 1, 2009; 47(4): 745 - 764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. Morad, M. A.K. El-Ghali, M. A. Caja, K. Al-Ramadan, and H. Mansurbeg HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF MAGMATIC TITANITE: EVIDENCE FROM PROTEROZOIC GRANITIC ROCKS, SOUTHEASTERN SWEDEN Can Mineral, August 1, 2009; 47(4): 801 - 811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Guastoni, F. Nestola, and A. Giaretta Mineral chemistry and alteration of rare earth element (REE) carbonates from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Malawi American Mineralogist, August 1, 2009; 94(8-9): 1216 - 1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. Fernandez-Diaz, C. M. Pina, J. M. Astilleros, and N. Sanchez-Pastor The carbonatation of gypsum: Pathways and pseudomorph formation American Mineralogist, August 1, 2009; 94(8-9): 1223 - 1234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. Cempirek, S. Houzar, and M. Novak Complexly zoned niobian titanite from hedenbergite skarn at Pisek, Czech Republic, constrained by substitutions Al(Nb,Ta)Ti-2, Al(F,OH)(TiO)-1 and SnTi-1 Mineralogical Magazine, July 15, 2009; 72(6): 1293 - 1305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
I. Petrik and P. Konecny Metasomatic replacement of inherited metamorphic monazite in a biotite-garnet granite from the Nizke Tatry Mountains, Western Carpathians, Slovakia: Chemical dating and evidence for disequilibrium melting American Mineralogist, July 1, 2009; 94(7): 957 - 974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
O. Plumper and A. Putnis The Complex Hydrothermal History of Granitic Rocks: Multiple Feldspar Replacement Reactions under Subsolidus Conditions J. Petrology, May 18, 2009; (2009) egp028v1. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. L. Lopano, P. J. Heaney, and J. E. Post Cs-exchange in birnessite: Reaction mechanisms inferred from time-resolved X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy American Mineralogist, May 1, 2009; 94(5-6): 816 - 826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. C. Hay and T. J. Dempster Zircon Behaviour during Low-temperature Metamorphism J. Petrology, April 1, 2009; 50(4): 571 - 589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Putnis Mineral Replacement Reactions Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, January 1, 2009; 70(1): 87 - 124. [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. E. Sanz-Montero, J. P. Rodriguez-Aranda, and C. Perez-Soba Microbial weathering of Fe-rich phyllosilicates and formation of pyrite in the dolomite precipitating environment of a Miocene lacustrine system European Journal of Mineralogy, January 1, 2009; 21(1): 163 - 175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. K. Engvik, A. Putnis, J. D. Fitz Gerald, and H. Austrheim ALBITIZATION OF GRANITIC ROCKS: THE MECHANISM OF REPLACEMENT OF OLIGOCLASE BY ALBITE Can Mineral, December 1, 2008; 46(6): 1401 - 1415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. Rubatto, O. Muntener, A. Barnhoorn, and C. Gregory Dissolution-reprecipitation of zircon at low-temperature, high-pressure conditions (Lanzo Massif, Italy) American Mineralogist, October 1, 2008; 93(10): 1519 - 1529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. J. Hetherington and D. E. Harlov Metasomatic thorite and uraninite inclusions in xenotime and monazite from granitic pegmatites, Hidra anorthosite massif, southwestern Norway: Mechanics and fluid chemistry American Mineralogist, May 1, 2008; 93(5-6): 806 - 820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C.-E. Morisset and J. S. Scoates ORIGIN OF ZIRCON RIMS AROUND ILMENITE IN MAFIC PLUTONIC ROCKS OF PROTEROZOIC ANORTHOSITE SUITES Can Mineral, April 1, 2008; 46(2): 289 - 304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. J. Anderson, R. Wirth, and R. Thomas THE ALTERATION OF METAMICT ZIRCON AND ITS ROLE IN THE REMOBILIZATION OF HIGH-FIELD-STRENGTH ELEMENTS IN THE GEORGEVILLE GRANITE, NOVA SCOTIA Can Mineral, February 1, 2008; 46(1): 1 - 18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
B. Pewkliang, A. Pring, and J. Brugger THE FORMATION OF PRECIOUS OPAL: CLUES FROM THE OPALIZATION OF BONE Can Mineral, February 1, 2008; 46(1): 139 - 149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Kasioptas, C. Perdikouri, C. V. Putnis, and A. Putnis Pseudomorphic replacement of single calcium carbonate crystals by polycrystalline apatite Mineralogical Magazine, February 1, 2008; 72(1): 77 - 80. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. MEUNIER, P. SARDINI, J. C. ROBINET, and D. PRET The petrography of weathering processes: facts and outlooks Clay Minerals, December 1, 2007; 42(4): 415 - 435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. E. Harlov, R. Wirth, and C. J. Hetherington The relative stability of monazite and huttonite at 300 900 {degrees}C and 200 1000 MPa: Metasomatism and the propagation of metastable mineral phases American Mineralogist, October 1, 2007; 92(10): 1652 - 1664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. Van Lichtervelde, S. Salvi, D. Beziat, and R. L. Linnen Textural Features and Chemical Evolution in Tantalum Oxides: Magmatic Versus Hydrothermal Origins for Ta Mineralization in the Tanco Lower Pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada Economic Geology, March 1, 2007; 102(2): 257 - 276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. Geisler, U. Schaltegger, and F. Tomaschek Re-equilibration of Zircon in Aqueous Fluids and Melts Elements, February 1, 2007; 3(1): 43 - 50. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. R. Lee, I. Parsons, P. R. Edwards, and R. W. Martin Identification of cathodoluminescence activators in zoned alkali feldspars by hyperspectral imaging and electron-probe microanalysis American Mineralogist, February 1, 2007; 92(2-3): 243 - 253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. L. Lopano, P. J. Heaney, J. E. Post, J. Hanson, and S. Komarneni Time-resolved structural analysis of K- and Ba-exchange reactions with synthetic Na-birnessite using synchrotron X-ray diffraction American Mineralogist, February 1, 2007; 92(2-3): 380 - 387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. V. Putnis, T. Geisler, P. Schmid-Beurmann, T. Stephan, and C. Giampaolo An experimental study of the replacement of leucite by analcime American Mineralogist, January 1, 2007; 92(1): 19 - 26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
I. Fanlo, I. Subias, F. Gervilla, and J. Manuel TEXTURES AND COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY IN GERSDORFFITE FROM THE CRESCENCIA Ni (Co U) SHOWING, CENTRAL PYRENEES, SPAIN: PRIMARY DEPOSITION OR RE-EQUILIBRATION? Can Mineral, December 1, 2006; 44(6): 1513 - 1528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. Cassiaux, D. Proust, M. Siitari-Kauppi, P. Sardini, and Y. Leutsch CLAY MINERALS FORMED DURING PROPYLITIC ALTERATION OF A GRANITE AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON PRIMARY POROSITY: A MULTI-SCALE APPROACH Clays and Clay Minerals, October 1, 2006; 54(5): 541 - 554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. G. Shtukenberg, Y. O. Punin, and P. Azimov Crystallization kinetics in binary solid solution-aqueous solution systems Am J Sci, September 1, 2006; 306(7): 553 - 574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
E. L. Hobson, P. Wincott, D. J. Vaughan, and R. A. D. Pattrick An investigation of extreme silver enrichment at tennantite surfaces exposed to alkaline solutions: an XPS-based study Mineralogical Magazine, August 1, 2006; 70(4): 445 - 457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. M. Keller, R. Abart, R. Wirth, D. W. Schmid, and K. Kunze Enhanced mass transfer through short-circuit diffusion: Growth of garnet reaction rims at eclogite facies conditions American Mineralogist, July 1, 2006; 91(7): 1024 - 1038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
P. Sardini, M. Siitari-Kauppi, D. Beaufort, and K.-H. Hellmuth On the connected porosity of mineral aggregates in crystalline rocks American Mineralogist, July 1, 2006; 91(7): 1069 - 1080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. Tenailleau, A. Pring, B. Etschmann, J. Brugger, B. Grguric, and A. Putnis Transformation of pentlandite to violarite under mild hydrothermal conditions American Mineralogist, April 1, 2006; 91(4): 706 - 709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
I. Parsons and M. R. Lee MINERALS ARE NOT JUST CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS Can Mineral, December 1, 2005; 43(6): 1959 - 1992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. V. Putnis, K. Tsukamoto, and Y. Nishimura Direct observations of pseudomorphism: compositional and textural evolution at a fluid-solid interface American Mineralogist, November 1, 2005; 90(11-12): 1909 - 1912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. Geisler, P. Poml, T. Stephan, A. Janssen, and A. Putnis Experimental observation of an interface-controlled pseudomorphic replacement reaction in a natural crystalline pyrochlore American Mineralogist, October 1, 2005; 90(10): 1683 - 1687. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
I. Parsons, P. Thompson, M. R. Lee, and N. Cayzer Alkali Feldspar Microtextures as Provenance Indicators in Siliciclastic Rocks and Their Role in Feldspar Dissolution During Transport and Diagenesis Journal of Sedimentary Research, September 1, 2005; 75(5): 921 - 942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
R. GRAPES, K. BUCHER, and P. W.O. HOSKIN Monazite-epidote reaction in amphibolite grade blackwall rocks European Journal of Mineralogy, August 1, 2005; 17(4): 553 - 566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
P. Nemeth, G. Ferraris, G. Radnoczi, and O. A. Ageeva TEM AND X-RAY STUDY OF SYNTACTIC INTERGROWTHS OF EPISTOLITE, MURMANITE AND SHKATULKALITE Can Mineral, June 1, 2005; 43(3): 973 - 987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
G. Ferraris and A. Gula Polysomatic Aspects of Microporous Minerals - Heterophyllosilicates, Palysepioles and Rhodesite-Related Structures Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, January 1, 2005; 57(1): 69 - 104. [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. Geisler, J. Berndt, H.-W. Meyer, K. Pollok, and A. Putnis Low-temperature aqueous alteration of crystalline pyrochlore: correspondence between nature and experiment Mineralogical Magazine, December 1, 2004; 68(6): 905 - 922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. RUMORI, M. MELLINI, and C. VITI Oriented, non-topotactic olivine -> serpentine replacement in mesh-textured, serpentinized peridotites European Journal of Mineralogy, October 1, 2004; 16(5): 731 - 741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. Novak, P. Cerny, J. Cempirek, V. Srein, and J. Filip FERROTAPIOLITE AS A PSEUDOMORPH OF STIBIOTANTALITE FROM THE LASTOVICKY LEPIDOLITE PEGMATITE, CZECH REPUBLIC; AN EXAMPLE OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AT CONSTANT Ta/(Ta + Nb) Can Mineral, August 1, 2004; 42(4): 1117 - 1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. A. Stern, L. A. Stern, S. H. Kirby, S. Circone, and W. B. Durham Scanning Electron Microscopy investigations of laboratory-grown gas clathrate hydrates formed from melting ice, and comparison to natural hydrates American Mineralogist, August 1, 2004; 89(8-9): 1162 - 1175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. W. FARYAD and G. HOINKES Complex Growth Textures in a Polymetamorphic Metabasite from the Kraubath Massif (Eastern Alps) J. Petrology, July 1, 2004; 45(7): 1441 - 1451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. P. VERGASOVA, S. V. KRIVOVICHEV, S. N. BRITVIN, P. C. BURNS, and V. V. ANANIEV Filatovite, K[(Al,Zn)2(As,Si)2O8], a new mineral species from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia European Journal of Mineralogy, June 1, 2004; 16(3): 533 - 536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. R. Cole, P. B. Larson, L. R. Riciputi, and C. I. Mora Oxygen isotope zoning profiles in hydrothermally altered feldspars: Estimating the duration of water-rock interaction Geology, January 1, 2004; 32(1): 29 - 32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
E. P. Burford, E. P. Burford, M. Fomina, and G. M. Gadd Fungal involvement in bioweathering and biotransformation of rocks and minerals Mineralogical Magazine, December 1, 2003; 67(6): 1127 - 1155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
F. TOMASCHEK, A. K. KENNEDY, I. M. VILLA, M. LAGOS, and C. BALLHAUS Zircons from Syros, Cyclades, Greece--Recrystallization and Mobilization of Zircon During High-Pressure Metamorphism J. Petrology, November 1, 2003; 44(11): 1977 - 2002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. Geisler, T. Geisler, R. T. Pidgeon, R. Kurtz, W. van Bronswijk, and H. Schleicher Experimental hydrothermal alteration of partially metamict zircon American Mineralogist, October 1, 2003; 88(10): 1496 - 1513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
I. E. Grey, I. E. Grey, and C. Li Hydroxylian pseudorutile derived from picroilmenite in the Murray Basin, southeastern Australia Mineralogical Magazine, August 1, 2003; 67(4): 733 - 747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. E. Harlov, D. E. Harlov, and H.-J. Forster Fluid-induced nucleation of (Y+REE)-phosphate minerals within apatite: Nature and experiment. Part II. Fluorapatite American Mineralogist, August 1, 2003; 88(8-9): 1209 - 1229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. E. Harlov, D. E. Harlov, H.-J. Forster, and C. Schmidt High P-T experimental metasomatism of a fluorapatite with significant britholite and fluorellestadite components: implications for LREE mobility during granulite-facies metamorphism Mineralogical Magazine, February 1, 2003; 67(1): 61 - 72. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
P. W. O. Hoskin, P. W. O. Hoskin, and U. Schaltegger The Composition of Zircon and Igneous and Metamorphic Petrogenesis Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, January 1, 2003; 53(1): 27 - 62. [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. Vance, W. Muller, and I. M. Villa Geochronology: linking the isotopic record with petrology and textures -- an introduction Geological Society, London, Special Publications, January 1, 2003; 220(1): 1 - 24. [Abstract] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
N. Petford Controls on primary porosity and permeability development in igneous rocks Geological Society, London, Special Publications, January 1, 2003; 214(1): 93 - 107. [Abstract] [PDF] |
||||
| JOURNAL HOME | HELP | CONTACT PUBLISHER | SUBSCRIBE | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |