The genesis of iron-spherules in granitoid rocks has been studied from the angles of crystallochemistry and thermodynamics. The authors hold that the iron-spherules are probably the terrestrial materials, and not all the extrater- restrial cosmic dust as considered by earlier workers. The iron core of the iron-spherule may be the reduced product of iron-bearing minerals in the course of metamorphism, oa- the remained iron of the iron-bearing basaltic basement rocks, oa- the native iron in iron-bearing basaltic magma having assimilated basement socks. With the evolution of granitoid magma, the reac- tion series of Fe-→FeO→Fe304 is gradually formed, and the sphericity which has the core of Fe and the rims of Fe0 and Fe304 is produced. The amount and characteristics of iron-spherules in granitoid rocks depend on the composition of the material source of granitoid magma, the oxygen fugacity and the temp;rature of granitoid magna, etc.
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徐惠芳,徐洪武,徐 宁,王玉明,1991,花岗质岩石中铁质球粒的成因探讨[J].岩石矿物学杂志,10(3):228~232. Xu Huifang,1991,Discussion on the Genesis of Iron-Spherules in Granitoid Rocks[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,10(3):228~232.