Discowry of Cosmic Dust in Gold Deposits in Northwestern Sichuan and Its Significance

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摘要 Inrecentyears,aconsiderableamountofmicroscopicspheruleshavebeenfoundinconcentratesrecoveredfromsomestrataboundgolddepositsoccurringinMiddle-UpperTriassicturbiditeseriesinnorthwesternSichuan.Studyindicatesthatthesespherulesarecosmicdust.ItisthefirsttimethatcosmicdustofextraterrestrialoriginhasbeenfoundinhydrothermalgolddepositsinChina.Thespherulesaresteel-greyincolourandshowmetallicluster.Theirgrainsizeiscommonlylessthan100μm.Accordingtotheircomposition,theybelongtochromium-richironcosmicdust.Thespheruleshavecomplexanddiversemicroscopicstructuresandtextures,i.e.theyshowaverydistinctWidmanstatenstructure.Thevariationofcosmicdustcontentingolddepositsexhibitsapositivecorrelationwiththemineralizationintensitiesandhydrothermalalteration.Sucharelationindicatesthattheoresub-stancesmaytransportnotonlymechanicallybutalsomaychemicallyinhydrothermalsolutions.
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出处 《地质学报:英文版》 1995年4期
出版日期 1995年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)