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Title:
Occurrence of rare borate minerals: Veatchite-A, tunellite, teruggite and cahnite in the Emet borate deposits, Turkey
Authors:
Helvacı, C.
Affiliation:
AA(Mühendislik-Mimarlık Fakültesi, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi)
Publication:
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 19, Issue 3, pp.217-226
Publication Date:
07/1984
Origin:
SPRINGER
Abstract Copyright:
(c) 1984: Springer-Verlag
DOI:
10.1007/BF00199788
Bibliographic Code:
1984MinDe..19..217H

Abstract

The Emet borate deposits were formed in two separate basins, possibly part of an interconnected lacustrine playa lake, in areas of volcanic activity, fed partly by thermal springs and partly by surface streams. The borates are interlayered with tuff, clay and marl. Limestone occurs above and below the borate lenses. Sediments in both basins are similar but borate minerals show different mineralogical and geochemical features in the two basins. The Emet borate deposits are the only deposits known to contain any of the minerals veatchite-A, tunellite, teruggite and cahnite. Principal minerals are colemanite, with minor ulexite, hydroboracite and meyerhofferite. Thermal springs associated with local volcanic activity are thought to be the source of the borates. The initial brines from which the borates crystallized are deduced to have been high in sulphite and sulphate, low in chloride, and hence it is assumed that the initial brines were fed at all times by abundant calcium and boron with minor amounts of arsenic, strontium and sulphur. Realgar, celestite and native sulphur are almost ubiquitous in borates and sediments, and appear to have formed at all stages during deposition and diagenesis. The early colemanite, meyerhofferite, ulexite and teruggite nodules were probably formed directly from brines penecontemporaneously within the unconsolidated sediments below the sediment/water interface, and continued to grow as the sediments were compacted. Later generations of colemanite occur in vugs, veins and as fibrous margins to colemanite nodules. Tunellite appears to have formed during diagenesis with enrichment of Sr in some places. Diagenetic alterations include the partial replacement of colemanite by veatchite-A, cahnite, hydroboracite and calcite.
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