Phase relations at atmospheric pressure in the pseudobinary join KA1Si206 (Lc)NaA1Si3Os(Ab) and in the pseudoternary join Lc-Ab-CaA12Si2Os(An) indicate that leucite is incompatible with Na-feldspar. In the former join leucite can exist with an alkali feldspar of maximum albite content Ab54. In the Lc-Ab--An join, leucite only coexists with ternary feldspars with high An contents (approximately ...

Abstract Diffusion of hydrogen in natural alkali feldspars (Eifel sanidine and adularia from unknown locality) containing strongly bonded OH defects was investigated by D/H isotope exchange the T range 600–1050 °C at ambient pressure elevated pressures up to 8 kbar. Runs 1 atm were performed a fused silica tube connected liquid D 2 O reservoir room temperature. In high- experiments samples seal...

Catalysis at mineral surfaces might generate replicating biopolymers from simple chemicals supplied by meteorites, volcanic gases, and photochemical gas reactions. Many ideas are implausible in detail because the proposed mineral surfaces strongly prefer water and other ionic species to organic ones. The molecular sieve silicalite (Union Carbide; = Al-free Mobil ZSM-5 zeolite) has a three-dimen...

Hyperspectral remote-sensing techniques offer an efficient procedure for mineral mapping, with a unique hyperspectral remote-sensing fingerprint in the longwave infrared spectral region enabling identification of the most abundant minerals in the continental crust—quartz and feldspars. This ability was examined by acquiring airborne data with the AisaOWL sensor over the Makhtesh Ramon area in I...