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Petrogenesis of Neoarchean Mangikhuta Volcanic Complex, Dongargarh Supergroup, Central India: Insights from Relict Clinopyroxene Chemistry

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Clinopyroxene relict magmatic phases in Neoarchean Mangikhuta volcanics are described in detail in terms of their geochemistry for the first time, and their petrogenetic insights obtained. EPMA study indicates their restricted compositional range. Elemental variation diagrams show progressive variation of Al, Ca, Si, Fe+3, Ti, Cr, Aly and Aly/Alz, Ti/Al, Fe+2/Fe+3 elemental ratios with fractionation, which establishes their equilibrium conditions during crystallization differentiation. On pyroxene quadrilateral, they plot along fractionation trend of augite. Ca-Al Tschermak, esseneite and Tp are the “other components” in these clinopyroxenes. Progressive variation of other components indicates decrease of pH2O and fO2 of the magma during fractionation. Other components of clinopyroxenes and chondrite normalized whole rock REE patterns indicate minor fractionation of plagioclase in primitive magma. However, plagioclase became a major precipitating phase in later stage of fractionation. Clinopyroxene geobarometer and geothermometer indicate 0–3 kb pressure and 1100–1250° C temperature of crystallization of Mangikhuta clinopyroxenes. Mangikhuta complex have typically high normative orthopyroxene content (35–45 vol. %) now altered to Mg-Al-Fe chlorite. The Mangikhuta magma was highly aqueous and after genesis, it ascended rapidly giving rise to silica-alumina-calc-alkaline series rocks. In the late magmatic history, there was reaction between orthopyroxene and water and plagioclase and water so that Mg(Al,Fe)SiO3 pyroxene converted to Mg(Fe, Al) chlorite and prehnite.

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Authors are grateful to Prof Alok K Gupta (Raja Ramanna fellow and ex-Director National Center for Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Allahabad, India) for detail review and update of manuscript. Authors also thank Prof Rajesh K Srivastava, (Center of Advanced study in Geology, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India) for critical review of manuscript, which led to refining of content. Authors thank Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India for partial funding of this work. The work forms part of doctoral thesis of first author.

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Khare, S.K., Asthana, D. Petrogenesis of Neoarchean Mangikhuta Volcanic Complex, Dongargarh Supergroup, Central India: Insights from Relict Clinopyroxene Chemistry. J Geol Soc India 96, 363–373 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-020-1565-2

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