TY - JOUR

T1 - Ba and Sr mineralization of fossil fish bones from metamorphosed Belqa group sediments, Central Jordan

T2 - an integrated methodology

AU - Khoury, Hani N.

AU - Kokh, Svetlana N.

AU - Sokol, Ella V.

AU - Likhacheva, Anna Yu

AU - Seryotkin, Yurii V.

AU - Belogub, Elena V.

PY - 2016/5/1

Y1 - 2016/5/1

N2 - Potentially new Ba–Sr phase with (Ca, Ba, Sr)10-x□x[(SO4)3(PO4)3](F−, O2−, Cl−)2 (1 < x < 2) composition belonging to the apatite supergroup was discovered in a recrystallized low-grade combustion metamorphic rocks of the Belqa Group, Central Jordan. The phase occurs as a fibrous subparallel aggregate and was originated by pseudomorphical replacement of precursor fish bone tissues embedded in biomicritic bituminous calcareous sediments. The mineralized fish bone was primarily composed of biogenic carbonate-fluorapatite. The Ba–Sr phase is monoclinic with space group P21/b, the unit cell parameters a = 18.881(19), b = 7.091(12), c = 8.951(12) Å, β = 119.68(8)o, V = 1041.1(14) Å3, and Z = 4. The empirical formula of the Ba–Sr phase is (Ca5.19Ba2.35Sr1.07Na0.06)Σ8.67[(S3.31P2.63Al0.03Si0.02V0.01)Σ6.00O24](F− 1.33O2− 0.58Cl− 0.01)Σ2.00. The primary textural heterogeneity of the bone tissues has controlled sharp compositional zonation of the Ba–Sr phase expressed in patchy distribution of Sr, Ba, Ca, P, and S. The newly-formed Ba–Sr phase represents the extreme case of interaction between precursor fossil biogenic carbonate-fluorapatite and associated Ba and Sr depot minerals (barite and celestine). The reaction took place during long-term and low-grade (T = 450–500 °C) combustion metamorphism of the calcareous sediments under dry conditions. The fossil bones were affected by drastic physical and chemical changes that were completed by the formation of a new mineral phase.

AB - Potentially new Ba–Sr phase with (Ca, Ba, Sr)10-x□x[(SO4)3(PO4)3](F−, O2−, Cl−)2 (1 < x < 2) composition belonging to the apatite supergroup was discovered in a recrystallized low-grade combustion metamorphic rocks of the Belqa Group, Central Jordan. The phase occurs as a fibrous subparallel aggregate and was originated by pseudomorphical replacement of precursor fish bone tissues embedded in biomicritic bituminous calcareous sediments. The mineralized fish bone was primarily composed of biogenic carbonate-fluorapatite. The Ba–Sr phase is monoclinic with space group P21/b, the unit cell parameters a = 18.881(19), b = 7.091(12), c = 8.951(12) Å, β = 119.68(8)o, V = 1041.1(14) Å3, and Z = 4. The empirical formula of the Ba–Sr phase is (Ca5.19Ba2.35Sr1.07Na0.06)Σ8.67[(S3.31P2.63Al0.03Si0.02V0.01)Σ6.00O24](F− 1.33O2− 0.58Cl− 0.01)Σ2.00. The primary textural heterogeneity of the bone tissues has controlled sharp compositional zonation of the Ba–Sr phase expressed in patchy distribution of Sr, Ba, Ca, P, and S. The newly-formed Ba–Sr phase represents the extreme case of interaction between precursor fossil biogenic carbonate-fluorapatite and associated Ba and Sr depot minerals (barite and celestine). The reaction took place during long-term and low-grade (T = 450–500 °C) combustion metamorphism of the calcareous sediments under dry conditions. The fossil bones were affected by drastic physical and chemical changes that were completed by the formation of a new mineral phase.

KW - Apatite supergroup

KW - Bituminous chalk

KW - Central Jordan

KW - Fossilization

KW - Mineralized fish bone

KW - Sr–Ba substitution

KW - Trace elements

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U2 - 10.1007/s12517-016-2503-x

DO - 10.1007/s12517-016-2503-x

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84971619850

VL - 9

JO - Arabian Journal of Geosciences

JF - Arabian Journal of Geosciences

SN - 1866-7511

IS - 6

M1 - 461

ER -