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The western Eger Rift in the Czech Republic is a currently inactive volcanic area characterized by earthquake swarms and degassing of mantle-derived fluids. Gases obtained from minerals and from repeatedly sampled free gases are used to trace the origin and evolution of volatiles and determine the conditions of the magma reservoir. Helium isotopes in fluids and minerals are up to 5.95 RA, with 20Ne/22Ne ratios up to ~11.0 and 21Ne/22Ne ratios up to ~0.048, suggesting a mixed atmospheric-mantle source for neon. Some crustal input may also be present. The slightly lower-than-mantle He isotopic ratios and the variability in Ne isotopic compositions indicate that these gases may have been impacted by a subduction-related crustal component during the Variscan (or Hercynian) Orogeny. 40Ar/36Ar ratios are higher than atmospheric levels and arrive up to 4680, indicating a mixture of atmospheric and mantle sources. Thermobarometry of pyroxene mineral grains reveals temperatures and pressures suggesting that the crystallization started at ~75 km depth and ended at ~20 km depth following a smooth p-T course. This implies diverse magma ascent conditions. A total of 56 gas samples were collected from two intensively degassing areas in the western Eger Rift (Czech Republic), namely the mofette fields of Bublák and Hartoušov. From the Hartoušov mofette field, 24 gas samples of fluids ascending in two boreholes (F1:∼28 m depth and F2: ∼108 m depth) and 22 samples of gases emerging in two nearby ponds [surface expressions Hartoušov Mofette (HM) and Hartoušov Mofette South (HMS)] were taken. Ten samples were collected from a pond in the Bublák mofette field (Bbl). In addition to the gas samples, ten rock samples were collected from rock exposures [i.e. Libá (LI) and Číhaná (CI) in quarries, Horní Slavkov (HS1&2), Pila (PI), Dolní Dražov (DD), Kadaň (KN), Horní Paseky (HP), and Slapany (SL) in natural cliffs, and Hlinky (HL) in an outcrop] within the western Eger rift area. In addition, six samples of ultramafic nodules/xenoliths were obtained from the Quaternary tephra deposit of the Mýtina maar and from Železná hůrka scoria cone. Gas and rock sampling:
Emeralds from Colombia are among the most highly-prized and valuable gemstones. Their growth phenomena including information about the geology of the area were described in detail by Pig-natelli et al. (2015, 2022) and Schmetzer and Martayan (2023). Here, we present data obtained by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron microprobe analysis (EMPA), and infrared absorption spectroscopy (IR) for five emerald crystals. The surface of the crystals shows both, growth phe-nomena as well as dissolution phenomena, the latter as etch pits (EP). Such EP have been used previously for other beryl types, mainly from pegmatitic environments (Kurumathoor and Franz, 2018); the Colombian emeralds come from low-grade metamorphosed black shales and thus offer the possibility to extend the use of EP as a provenance indicator to other types of beryl deposits. Internal structures are manifested in chemical zoning, investigated by EMPA and micro-X-ray fluo-rescence (µXRF). The crystals are characterized chemically by EMPA, polarized IR spectroscopy of oriented crystals showed the presence of fluids in the channels of the beryl structure.
Black opal is a rare variety of opal-CT, which is pigmented by organic matter (OM) and can therefore be considered as an example of geo-bio interaction (Gouzy et al., 2025). The locality of Volyn, Ukraine with its famous chamber pegmatites is well-known for interaction between OM and igneous rocks (Franz et al., 2017). The locality was recently renamed Khoroshiv, but because in the geological-mineralogical literature the name Volyn was introduced, we use this name here. The intrusion of the pegmatites is closely connected to the intrusion of the host rocks, granites of the southwestern part of the Korosten Pluton, and the intrusion age was determined as 1.76 Ga (Shumlyanskyy et al., 2021). OM was identified as kerite (fossilized remains of organisms; Franz et al., 2023, and references therein), and in fluid inclusions in beryl and topaz (Vozniak et al., 2012; Vozniak and Pavlyshin, 2008). Furthermore, formation of NH4-bearing feldspar (buddingtonite) and muscovite (tobelite) in breccia (identified together with the pegmatites) point to the interaction between decayed OM and the igneous minerals (Franz et al., 2017). The timing of the interaction between OM and igneous (and other) fluids is an important question (Franz et al., 2024), and therefore we also give age constraints on the formation of the black opal, which from textural arguments seems to be one of the latest mineral formations. We give detailed information about the sample sites, the macroscopic features of the samples of different types of opal, and the analytical procedures. The description of the black opal samples is presented in images from secondary electron microscopy (SEM), back-scattered electron images (BSE) obtained with by electron microprobe (EMPA), element distribution maps obtained by µXRF (X-ray fluorescence), Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy (IR), and X-ray powder (XRD) characterization. Chemical analyses were obtained by wave-length dispersive (WDS) analyses with the EMPA as well as by energy-dispersive (EDX) analyses with both the SEM and the EMPA instruments, to identify and characterize inclusions in the black opal. Trioctahedral Li-mica (polylithionite) is included by opal in one sample, and because this type of mica has not been described in detail from the Volyn peg-matites, we present the EMPA analytical data here in detail. The presence of OM, which is known to absorb U in sufficient amounts, allows dating by the U-Pb decay system. The results of the isotopic dating with the laser-ablation sector-field inductively-coupled mass spectroscopy system (LA-SF-ICP-MS) is presented for the selected individual do-mains in three samples. The operating conditions are summarized in a separated pdf document.
The dataset contains full 40Ar/39Ar geochronological data completed by multi-collector noble-gas mass spectrometry using the laser total fusion technique on sanidine separated from the Drachenfels trachyte (Drachenfels, Bad Godesberg, Germany). The Drachenfels sanidine represents a useful intra-laboratory reference material for laser work. The purpose of the dataset is to share updated intercalibration data for the intra-laboratory Drachenfels sanidine, relative to the widespread fluence monitors Alder Creek sanidine and Fish Canyon sanidine, that can be used in future 40Ar/39Ar geochronological studies. W. McIntosh (New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, Socorro, NM), P. Renne (Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA) and J.R. Wijbrans (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL) kindly provided splits of FCs, ACs and DRA1, respectively. The Ar laserprobe facility was realized with the financial support of CNR. The CO2 laser system was acquired within the PNRR – Mission 4, “Education and Research” - Component 2, “From research to business” - Investment line 3.1, “Fund for the creation of an integrated system of research and innovation infrastructures” - Project IR0000025 MEET.
The melting relations, phase compositions, and trace element partitioning behavior during metasediment partial melting were investigated by high pressure and temperature experiments (300 and 900 MPa, 750–950 °C). The here published dataset includes all geochemical analysis of experimental products and starting materials, Raman identification of experimental minerals, and quantification of experimental phase proportions. From this dataset, we provided new insights into the origin of rare-metal enriched granites.
New major and trace element data on samples collected during the IODP (International Ocean Discovery Program) Expedition 396, ODP (Ocean Drilling Program) Leg 104, and DSDP (Deep Sea Drilling Project) Leg 38 on the Vøring margin, including 209 whole rocks analyses on hard rock samples (basalt, granite, andesite, dacite and rhyolite), 13 whole rock data on ash layers, and 381 in situ pXRF analyses on basaltic rocks.
The data are the background database of The European Geothermal Fluid Atlas. The dataset was generated by the Horizon2020 project REFLECT (Redefining geothermal fluid properties at extreme conditions to optimize future geothermal energy extraction). The aim was to help operators to assess what kind of fluids might be expected at a certain location, and thus have an improved view of the associated risks when installing a geothermal power plant. Fluid data have been collected from 21 European countries. If available, data of corresponding wells, rocks, and reservoirs were also integrated. The focus was on fluids used for electricity generation (> 100 °C), but some data from heat projects were included, too.
The Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA was created by two caldera-forming eruptions at ~1.6 and ~1.1 Myr. Since then, post-caldera activity has consisted of lava domes, lava flows, large explosive phases, and a hydrothermal system active today. Possibly the youngest eruption sequence, El Cajete, was emplaced 74.4 ± 1.3 ka (Zimmerer et al., 2016) and began with pyroclastic surges, followed by pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) and pumice-rich Plinian pyroclastic fall (Self et al., 1988). The objective of this project was to characterize crystal grains from the early El Cajete sequence, in terms of morphology and textures, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The early El Cajete differs from the later part of the sequence in its greater stratigraphic and lithologic complexity, having been formed from not only pyroclastic fall (like the later El Cajete) but also surge beds and PDCs. This dataset was collected under the national open access action at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa SEM/EDS facility supported by WP3 ILGE – MEET project, PNRR – EU Next Generation Europe program, MUR grant number D53C22001400005. This allowed me to obtain the present dataset of 31 cathodoluminescence (CL) images of 30 quartz crystals and one sanidine crystal.
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