Special Publication Number 2

Fluid-Mineral Interactions

A Tribute to H.P. Eugster

(c) 1990 by The Geochemical Society. Edited by Ronald J. Spencer and I-Ming Chou [ISBN 0-941809-01-3]

Table of Contents

Part A. Experimental Techniques and Buffers

• Quantitative redox control and measurement in hydrothermal experiments - Chou, I-M. and Cygan, G.L.
• A new hydrothermal technique for redox sensing using buffer capsules - Ulmer, G.C. and Grandstaff, D.E.
• Reversed equilibrium solubility of a high-magnesium calcite - Lafon, G.M.
• Dissolution kinetics of calcite in the H₂O-CO₂ system along the steam saturation curve to 210°C - Talman, S.J. et al.

Part B. Igneous and Metamorphic Systems

• The aluminum content of hornblende in calc-alkaline granitic rocks: A mineralogic barometer calibrated experimentally to 12 kbars - Thomas, W.M. and Ernst, W.G.
• On plagioclase thermometry in island arc rocks: Experiments and theory - Marsh, B.D. et al.
• Crystallization history of a pyroxenite xenolith in a granulite inferred from chemical and single-crystal Xray data - Frýda, J. and Rieder, M.
• Fe-Ti oxide-silicate equilibria: Assemblages with orthopyroxene - Lindsley, D.H. et al.
• Control of material transport and reaction mechanisms by metastable mineral assemblages: An example involving kyanite, sillimanite, muscovite and quartz - Foster, C.T., Jr.
• The exploration of reaction space - Fisher, G.W.

Part C. Hydrothermal and Ore Systems

• Ironstones of mixed sedimentary and hydrothermal origin in the Archean greenstone belt at Bird Lake, Manitoba - Turnock, A.C. and Trueman, D.L.
• Partitioning of base metals between silicates, oxides, and a chloride-rich hydrothermal fluid. Part. I. Evaluation of data derived from experimental and natural assemblages - Ilton, E.S. and Eugster, H.P.
• Partitioning of base metals between silicates, oxides, and a chloride-rich hydrothermal fluid. Part. II. Some aspects of base metal fractionation during isothermal metasomatism - Ilton, E.S.
• Cassiterite solubility and tin speciation in supercritical chloride solutions - Wilson, G.A. and Eugster, H.P.

Part D. Diagenetic Systems

• Clay-carbonate reactions in the Venture area, Scotian Shelf, Nova Scotia, Canada -Hutcheon, I.
• Normative analysis of groundwaters from the Rustler Formation associated with the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), southeastern New Mexico - Bodine, M.W., Jr. and Jones, B.F.
• Thermochemistry of the formation of fossil fuels - Sato, M.
• Paleohydrogeology of the Colorado Plateau - background and conceptual models - Sanford, R.F.

Part E. Surface Environments

• Trace metal geochemistry of Walker, Mono, and Great Salt Lakes - Domagalski, J.L. et al.
• Groundwater evolution, authigenic carbonates and sulphates, of the Basque Lake No. 2 Basin, Canada -Nesbitt, H.W.
• Saturation state of natural waters in Iceland relative to primary and secondary minerals in basalts -Gíslason, S.R. and Arnórsson, S.
• Origin of potash salts and brines in the Qaidam Basin, China - Spencer, R.J. et al.
• Control of seawater composition by mixing of river waters and mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal brines - Spencer, R.J. and Hardie, L.A.