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Gabitov et al. 2005
Gabitov, R.I., Price, J.D. and Watson, E.B. (2005). Solubility of fluorite in haplogranitic melt of variable alkalis and alumina content at 800°–1000°C and 100 MPa. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 6. doi: 10.1029/2004GC000870. issn: 1525-2027.

To study the behavior of fluorite in SiO2-Al2O3-Na2O-K2O-H2O melts, we conducted both crystallization and dissolution experiments. In the first case, fluorite crystallized from melts enriched in Ca relative to F. In the second case, ground fluorite (<10 ¿m) was partially dissolved into melts of initially F-free or F-doped glass. Experiments were conducted at 800¿--1000¿C and 100 MPa for 7 to 240 hours using a series of finely ground subaluminous and peralkaline haplogranitic glasses. Electron microprobe (EMP) analysis of the run products (glass + crystals) documented increasing fluorite solubility with melt alkalinity. These molar relationships can be described by CF/2 = -1.3 ¿ ASI + 2.3 at 900¿C and CF/2 = CCa = -2.1 ¿ ASI + 3.8 at 1000¿C, where ASI is the aluminum saturation index measured in experimental glasses as Al/(Na + K + 2Ca), CF/2 is one half the molar concentration (%) of F, and CCa is the mol% of Ca in the glass. Fluorite solubility may be defined as either CF/2, CCa, or both. Solubilities at 800¿, 900¿, and 1000¿C for the melts with ASI between 0.58 and 0.59 approach log linear with 104/T(K) (slope = -0.45). The joint effect of F and temperature on fluorite solubility is significant: solubility rises from 0.28 mol% at 800¿C (4.96 mol% doped F) to 0.99 mol% at 900¿C (2.17 mol% doped F). Solubilities at 800¿, 850¿, and 900¿C for the melts with the same initial F contents (4.96 mol%) approach log linear with 104/T(K) (slope = -0.33).

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Keywords
Mineralogy and Petrology, Experimental mineralogy and petrology, Mineralogy and Petrology, Igneous petrology, fluorite, haplogranite, solubility
Journal
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
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American Geophysical Union
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