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Emeralds from the Delbegetey deposit (Kazakhstan): mineralogical characteristics and fluid-inclusion study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

E.V. Gavrilenko ,
B. Calvo Pérez ,
R. Castroviejo Bolibar  and
D. García del Amo
E.V. Gavrilenko*
Affiliation:
Department of Analytical Sciences, Spain's National Distance Education University (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain Spanish Gemological Institute, Victor Hugo 1, 28004 Madrid, Spain
B. Calvo Pérez
Affiliation:
Madrid School of Mines, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Ríos Rosas 21, 28003, Madrid, Spain
R. Castroviejo Bolibar
Affiliation:
Madrid School of Mines, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Ríos Rosas 21, 28003, Madrid, Spain
D. García del Amo
Affiliation:
Department of Analytical Sciences, Spain's National Distance Education University (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
*
*E-mail: egavr@ccia.uned.es
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to provide the first detailed mineralogical and fluid-inclusion description of emeralds from the Delbegetey deposit (Kazakhstan). The characteristic features of Delbegetey emeralds are established: they have dissolution figures on crystal faces, bluish colour and distinct colour zoning; the refractive indices are ω = 1.566–1.570, ε = 1.558–1.562, and the specific gravity is 2.65±0.005, relatively low for natural emeralds; they have very small concentrations of the impurities (Fe, Mg, Na and others) typical of other emeralds, and contain Cr and V; there is a significant preponderance of vapour in fluid inclusions of all types and there is liquid-to-vapour homogenization of primary fluid inclusions (at 395–420°C). The lattice oxygen isotope composition data obtained (δ18O SMOW value of 11.3%o) situate the deposit within the range characteristic of other granite-related emerald deposits. Emerald crystallization took place in low-density (0.40–0.55 g/cm3) aqueous fluid, with the following chemical composition (mol.%): 75.6-97.4 H2O, 0.0-18.4 CO2, 0.0-0.9 CH4, and 4.06-9.65 wt.% NaCl equiv. salinity. According to the calculated isochores, the pressure of formation of the Delbegetey emeralds can be estimated at 570–1240 bar.

Keywords

emeraldsDelbegeteyKazakhstanfluid inclusionsoxygen isotopes
Type
Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 159 - 173
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2006

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