1982 Volume 77 Issue 5 Pages 157-170
Olivine formed by the reaction antigorite+brucite=2 olivine+3 water from the Ryumon peridotite body, a regionally metamorphosed serpentinite of the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, exhibits zoning with Fe, Mn and Ni-rich core and Mg-rich rim. From the core to the rim, XMn decreases at much higher rate than XNi does. The chemical relations between olivine and coexisting antigorite and brucite suggest that the zoning was formed by fractional crystallization of olivine from antigorite and brucite at the time of progressive metamorphism. The higher decreasing rate of XMn than XNi can be explained by the smaller values of KDanti-ol Mn-Mg and KD bru-ol Mn-Mg than KDanti-ol Ni-Mg and KDbru-ol Ni-Mg, respectively. This type of zoning may be characteristic of the zoning of olivine crystallized from serpentine. The zoned olivine suggests that local equilibrium was maintained even at low-grade in metamorphosed serpentinite.