著者
Yuzuki SHINJI Tatsuki TSUJIMORI
出版者
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.114, no.1, pp.26-32, 2019 (Released:2019-03-08)
参考文献数
40
被引用文献数
7 8

Retrograde pumpellyite was newly found in garnet blueschist that is Mg–rich equivalent of late Paleozoic retrograde eclogite of the Yunotani Valley in the Omi area, Hida–Gaien Belt. The pumpellyite with high Al/(Al + Mg + Fe) occurs in pressure shadows around garnets; it is associated with secondary glaucophane, epidote, chlorite, titanite, phengite, albite, and quartz, which all characterize a retrograde blueschist–facies mineral assemblage after peak eclogite–facies mineral assemblage. This feature is comparable with retrograde pumpellyite in late Paleozoic garnet blueschist (with relict eclogite–facies mineral assemblage) in the Osayama area of the Chugoku Mountains. Equilibrium phase calculation confirmed that the pumpellyite is stable at a low temperature and pressure portion of the lawsonite–blueschist–facies. T–bulk–composition (Mg) pseudosection suggests that pumpellyite appears preferentially in high Mg/(Mg + Fe) bulk composition. The limited occurrence of retrograde pumpellyite in the Yunotani garnet blueschist and retrograde eclogite would be explained by Mg–rich bulk compositions. Also, the limited occurrence in pressure shadows around garnets suggests that the fluid trapped in the pressure shadows might have enhanced growth (or precipitation) of pumpellyite. This finding provides a strong evidence that the deeply subducted (eclogite–facies) metabasaltic rocks both in the Hida–Gaien Belt and the Chugoku Mountains were subjected to a very similar blueschist–facies overprinting locally reached the pumpellyite stability field. The ‘Franciscan–type’ cooling path suggests a ‘steady–state’ underflow of the paleo–Pacific oceanic plate in late Paleozoic at a convergent margin of the South China Craton.
著者
Keiko MORI Tatsuki TSUJIMORI Nelson BONIFACE
出版者
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.180713, (Released:2018-12-19)
被引用文献数
6

We report a newly discovered assemblage of talc–kyanite in an amphibolite from the Isimani Suite of the Paleoproterozoic Usagaran Belt, central Tanzania. The amphibolite is characterized by the mineral assemblage of clinoamphibole, kyanite, talc with minor rutile, quartz, dolomite, and rare barite. The high Fe3+/(Fe3+ + Fe2+) ratio (0.48–0.80) of clinoamphibole and the presence of sulfate (barite) indicate a very–high oxidation state during metamorphism. P–T pseudosection modelling predicts that the studied talc– and kyanite–bearing amphibolites formed at high–pressure conditions (P > 1.0 GPa). Moreover, the modelling suggests formation of talc + kyanite + clinoamphibole at a highly oxidizing condition with CO2 fluid. This talc–kyanite association provides an index of high–pressure metamorphism of the Usagaran Belt and marks the oldest record of the talc–kyanite association in regional metamorphism in the Earth’s history.
著者
Tatsuki Tsujimori Akira Ishiwatari Shohei Banno
出版者
The Geological Society of Japan
雑誌
地質学雑誌 (ISSN:00167630)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.106, no.1, pp.I-II, 2000 (Released:2010-11-26)
参考文献数
1
被引用文献数
3 4

Eclogitic glaucophane schist has been discovered as a boulder (about 4m diameter) from the Yunotani valley in the western Omi area of the late Paleozoic Renge metamorphic belt (Fig.1). The eclogitic glaucophane schist (Fig.2) occurs as a mafic layer (1.2m wide) intercalated within pelitic schist (garnetparagonite-phengite schist), and is characterized by the mineral assemblage garnet (modal volume: 21%)+omphacite (19%)+ glaucophane (37%)+epidote (19%)+rutile+phengite+albite+quartz (Fig.3). This is the first finding of the late Paleozoic eclogite facies metabasite, which is almost devoid of retrogression and preserving textural evolution (Fig.4) and mineral zoning (Fig.5) during progressive metamorphism. This rock provides an evidence for the eclogite facies metamorphism in the late Paleozoic Western-Pacific margin. More detailed description will appear in Tsujimori et al. (in press).
著者
Tatsuki TSUJIMORI
出版者
一般社団法人日本鉱物科学会
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.170406a, (Released:2017-09-30)
被引用文献数
14

Paleozoic jadeitite–bearing serpentinite–matrix mélange represents the oldest mantle wedge record of a Pacific–type subduction zone of proto–Japan. Most jadeitites are fluid precipitates (P–type), but some jadeitites are metasomatic replacement (R–type) which preserve relict minerals and protolith textures. The beauty and preciousness of some gem–quality, semi–translucent varieties of jadeitites in the Itoigawa–Omi area led to the designation of jadeitite as the national stone of Japan by the Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences. Zircon geochronology indicates jadeitite formed prior to Late Paleozoic Renge metamorphism that formed blueschist and rare eclogite. For example, in the Itoigawa–Omi and Osayama localities, older jadeitites and younger high–pressure/ low–temperature metamorphic rocks in a single mélange complex imply different histories for the subduction channel and jadeite–bearing serpentinite–matrix mélange. This suggests that the jadeitite–hosted mélange (or serpentinized peridotite) can stay within the mantle wedge for a considerable time; thus recrystallization, resorption, and re–precipitation of jadeitite can continue in the mantle wedge environment. Therefore, studies of Paleozoic jadeitites in Japan have great potential to elucidate the earliest stages of orogenic growth (oceanward–accretion and landward–erosion) associated with the subduction of the paleo–Pacific oceanic plates, and to test geophysical observations of modern analogues from a mixture of fossilized mantle wedges and subduction channels.
著者
Keiko MORI Tatsuki TSUJIMORI Nelson BONIFACE
出版者
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.113, no.6, pp.316-321, 2018 (Released:2018-12-29)
参考文献数
43
被引用文献数
1 6

We report a newly discovered assemblage of talc–kyanite in an amphibolite from the Isimani Suite of the Paleoproterozoic Usagaran Belt, central Tanzania. The amphibolite is characterized by the mineral assemblage of clinoamphibole, kyanite, talc with minor rutile, quartz, dolomite, and rare barite. The high Fe3+/(Fe3+ + Fe2+) ratio (0.48–0.80) of clinoamphibole and the presence of sulfate (barite) indicate a very–high oxidation state during metamorphism. P–T pseudosection modelling predicts that the studied talc– and kyanite–bearing amphibolites formed at high–pressure conditions (P > 1.0 GPa). Moreover, the modelling suggests formation of talc + kyanite + clinoamphibole at a highly oxidizing condition with CO2 fluid. This talc–kyanite association provides an index of high–pressure metamorphism of the Usagaran Belt and marks the oldest record of the talc–kyanite association in regional metamorphism in the Earth’s history.
著者
Tomomi HARA Tatsuki TSUJIMORI Kennet E. FLORES Jun–Ichi KIMURA
出版者
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.114, no.6, pp.296-301, 2019 (Released:2020-01-22)
参考文献数
38
被引用文献数
1

Lawsonite, jadeite, and glaucophane are iconic minerals within a Pacheco Pass metagraywacke of the Franciscan Complex, California. Those minerals and the associated quartz form the distinctive very low–temperature and high–pressure metamorphic lawsonite–jadeite–glaucophane assemblage, which is diagnostic of ‘cold’ oceanic subduction zones. In this paper, we evaluate the ability of lawsonite geochemistry to trace protoliths with in–situ trace element and Sr–Pb isotope analyses in lawsonite from the Pacheco Pass blueschist–facies metagraywacke, a classical example of trench–fill sediments in subduction zones. Initial Sr isotope ratios are relatively high (87Sr/86Sr = 0.7071–0.7074), and initial Pb isotope ratios are 206Pb/204Pb = 18.74–19.66, 207Pb/204Pb = 15.58–15.70, and 208Pb/204Pb = 38.41–39.34, which range from a MORB trend to a cluster on the EMII component. These geochemical signatures suggest the protolith of the metagraywacke mainly contained material derived from continental volcaniclastic rocks and quartzofeldspathic sediments. There is also a possibility that the protolith contains plume–related oceanic island basalt that reached or intruded into the fore–arc sedimentary sequence of California. Considering the maximum depositional age of the metagraywacke at ~ 102 Ma, the subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath the continental crust of the North American Plate might have carried alkali basalt with OIB–like isotopic signatures to the Franciscan trench. Our study proves the advantage of in–situ lawsonite Sr–Pb isotope analyses to characterize protoliths of metamorphic rocks. The results would manifest that the Sr–Pb isotopic signature of Ca–Al silicate minerals, such as lawsonite, and possibly epidote and pumpellyite, in various types of metamorphic/metasomatic rocks, would be an effective tool for investigating convergent margins.
著者
Yuzuki SHINJI Tatsuki TSUJIMORI Tatsuhiko KAWAMOTO
出版者
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.114, no.6, pp.302-307, 2019 (Released:2020-01-22)
参考文献数
31
被引用文献数
2

Late Paleozoic Yunotani eclogites in the Itoigawa–Omi area of the Hida–Gaien Belt were subjected to a blueschist–facies recrystallization and deformation after the peak eclogite–facies metamorphism. We studied fluid inclusions in quartz domains of different metamorphic stages in the retrograde eclogite. Coarse–grained quartz filling pressure shadow of porphyroblastic garnets contains transgranular fluid inclusions (Group–I) with high salinity [6.0–8.0 eq mass% NaCl, with a mean value 7.2 ± 0.6 eq mass% NaCl (n = 12)]. In contrast, transgranular fluid inclusions in later stage quartz–rich band (Group–II) in parallel to a penetrative foliation developed in matrix are characterized by lower salinity [1.1–5.8 eq mass% NaCl, with a mean value 3.4 ± 1.2 eq mass% NaCl (n = 12)]. The occurrences of fluid inclusion trails suggest that each group corresponds to the fluids entrapped prior to the blueschist–facies recrystallization and the fluids entrapped during the blueschist–facies stage, respectively. The Group–II fluid inclusions formed at blueschist–facies conditions support the idea that aqueous fluids in the subduction channel have a salinity similar to seawater (~ 3.5 eq mass% NaCl). Moreover, the Group–I fluid inclusions indicate a possibility that aqueous fluids at the eclogite–facies depth in subduction channels possess a salinity higher than seawater.
著者
Chinatsu YAMADA Tatsuki TSUJIMORI Qing CHANG Jun–Ichi KIMURA
出版者
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.114, no.6, pp.290-295, 2019 (Released:2020-01-22)
参考文献数
34
被引用文献数
6

The antigorite–grade serpentinite and Late Paleozoic high–pressure schists are main components of a serpentinite–matrix mélange in the Itoigawa–Omi area, Hida–Gaien Belt, Japan. Based on the petrologic characteristics of the high–pressure schists, the mélange is divided into two units, namely an ‘eclogitic unit’ and a ‘non–eclogitic unit’. Our preliminary in–situ boron isotope analyses of five serpentinites using a laser–ablation multiple–collector inductively–coupled–plasma mass spectrometry (LA–MC–ICPMS) found a systematic difference of boron isotopic trends among the two units in the same mélange. The ‘eclogitic unit’ serpentinites from Yunotani and Kotagi–gawa are characterized by lower δ11B value (mostly lower than +10‰), whereas the non–eclogitic unit serpentinite from Omi–gawa is higher than +10‰. Although the δ11B value of <0‰ was not measured from the eclogitic unit serpentinites, the relatively low δ11B values of <+10‰ might have recorded the signature of fluids released from deep subducted dehydrating slab. In contrast, the non–eclogitic unit serpentinite might have been affected by fluids released from shallower portion. Our new data confirmed the potential sensitivity of the boron isotope signature of serpentinites reflecting variation of high–pressure metamorphism.
著者
Tatsuki TSUJIMORI
出版者
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.112, no.5, pp.217-226, 2017 (Released:2017-11-15)
参考文献数
67
被引用文献数
13 14

Paleozoic jadeitite–bearing serpentinite–matrix mélange represents the oldest mantle wedge record of a Pacific–type subduction zone of proto–Japan. Most jadeitites are fluid precipitates (P–type), but some jadeitites are metasomatic replacement (R–type) which preserve relict minerals and protolith textures. The beauty and preciousness of some gem–quality, semi–translucent varieties of jadeitites in the Itoigawa–Omi area led to the designation of jadeitite as the national stone of Japan by the Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences. Zircon geochronology indicates jadeitite formed prior to Late Paleozoic Renge metamorphism that formed blueschist and rare eclogite. For example, in the Itoigawa–Omi and Osayama localities, older jadeitites and younger high–pressure/ low–temperature metamorphic rocks in a single mélange complex imply different histories for the subduction channel and jadeite–bearing serpentinite–matrix mélange. This suggests that the jadeitite–hosted mélange (or serpentinized peridotite) can stay within the mantle wedge for a considerable time; thus recrystallization, resorption, and re–precipitation of jadeitite can continue in the mantle wedge environment. Therefore, studies of Paleozoic jadeitites in Japan have great potential to elucidate the earliest stages of orogenic growth (oceanward–accretion and landward–erosion) associated with the subduction of the paleo–Pacific oceanic plates, and to test geophysical observations of modern analogues from a mixture of fossilized mantle wedges and subduction channels.
著者
Mayu KAKEFUDA Tatsuki TSUJIMORI Katsuyuki YAMASHITA Yoshiyuki IIZUKA Kennet E. FLORES
出版者
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.190731a, (Released:2020-03-04)
被引用文献数
1

Awaruite (Ni2–3Fe) is a natural occurring Ni–Fe alloy in serpentinite, which represents a better candidate to assess Pb isotope signatures in the mantle wedge since the concentration of Pb in awaruite is almost ten times higher than that in serpentine minerals. Revisiting so–called josephinite from the Josephine Ophiolite confirmed that josephinite is characterized by aggregates of awaruite with minor Ni–arsenide. The Raman spectrum obtained from the josephinite–hosting serpentinite shows diagnostic peaks of antigorite, suggesting josephinite might have formed under stability field of antigorite. Using a stepwise leaching and partial dissolution method, we obtained Pb isotope ratios of josephinite by TIMS. Since all ratios converged to a homogeneous value towards the later steps of the partial dissolution, this allowed to calculate weighted mean values that give precise Pb isotope ratios: 206Pb/204Pb = 18.3283 ± 0.0020 (MSWD = 0.49), 207Pb/204Pb = 15.5645 ± 0.0020 (MSWD = 0.36), and 208Pb/204Pb = 38.0723 ± 0.0061 (MSWD = 0.50); these values can be evaluated as one of the reference Pb isotope ratios in serpentinites from supra–subduction zone ophiolite. The newly obtained Pb isotope ratios of josephinite are consistent with the previous reported isotope ratios, which are characterized by enriched 207Pb/204Pb ratio with MORB–source like 206Pb/204Pb and 208Pb/204Pb ratios. Although these Pb isotope features interpreted as a reflection of arc magmatism in the previous study, the presence of Ni–arsenide and enriched 207Pb/204Pb ratios may indicate an involvement of As–rich fluids derived from slab sediments.
著者
Tatsuki TSUJIMORI Hiroshi MIYAJIMA Ritsuro MIYAWAKI
出版者
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.112, no.5, pp.181-183, 2017 (Released:2017-11-15)
参考文献数
17
被引用文献数
1

Gem sparkles deep: Preface of the special issue on ‘Jadeite and jadeitite’
著者
Tatsuki TSUJIMORI George E. HARLOW
出版者
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
雑誌
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (ISSN:13456296)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.112, no.5, pp.184-196, 2017 (Released:2017-11-15)
参考文献数
92
被引用文献数
4 15

Jadeitite, known as ‘hisui’ in Japan, has been esteemed as sacred stone in both ancient and modern Japanese cultures. Although it was thought that the source material of Japanese jadeitite was brought from China, the identification of jadeite in 1939 changed this interpretation. Japanese jadeitites and jadeite–rich metasomatic rocks are found in Paleozoic and also Mesozoic geotectonic units. All localities are situated in serpentinite mélange with high–pressure metamorphic rocks and/or serpentinite lenses within a high–pressure metamorphosed complex. Outcrop exposures of contact between jadeitite and host serpentinite are extremely rare. Normally the jadeitites show lithological heterogeneity in the same locality due to multiple deformation, recrystallization, and metasomatic fluid infiltration. Studies over the last two decades have interpreted jadeitite in worldwide either as the direct aqueous fluid precipitate (P–type) from subduction channel into the overlying mantle wedge, as the metasomatic replacement (R–type) by such fluids of oceanic plagiogranite, graywacke, or metabasite along the channel margin, or a combination of these two processes. Japanese jadeitites are classified into one or the other type. Multiple stable isotope characterization analyses for jadeitite and related metasomatic rocks and serpentinite become increasingly important to decode fluid behaviors in past subduction zone. However, available geochemical data on Japanese jadeitite are very limited in comparison with other studied localities. More systematic research will unlock new insights about fluid flow and its impacts at the bottom of forearc mantle where jadeitites form. Chemical differentiation and transportation of the fluids involved in jadeitite–formation are crucial topics requiring further research. Nevertheless, the designation of jadeite (and jadeitite) as the national stone of Japan by the Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences in 2016 should bolster education of the public about this revered stone and its role in subduction zone processes.