火成巖
也叫巖漿巖,顧名思義,它就是由巖漿凝固而成的巖石。它們是各種各樣的結(jié)晶質(zhì)或玻璃質(zhì)巖石。有的火成巖在地下就凝固了,有的則是在噴出地表面后凝固的?;鸪蓭r是組成地殼的主要巖石,許多金屬和非金屬礦藏的生成也都與火成巖有關(guān)系,所以人們很重視對(duì)它的研究。需要說(shuō)明的是,火成巖并不完全是巖漿形成的,如有一部分花崗巖,它們是在高溫度下,由其他巖石在固態(tài)下發(fā)生一些物理和化學(xué)變化而形成的。
絕大多數(shù)火成巖中只有9種元素,這9種元素又大多以氧化物(某一元素與氧元素發(fā)生化學(xué)反應(yīng)后形成的新物質(zhì)叫氧化物)的形式存在于巖石中,其中最多的是二氧化硅。
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存在于很多火成巖中,它常呈橄欖綠色,因此得名。自然界常見(jiàn)的鎂橄欖石綠色至黃色,鐵橄欖石淺綠黃至黃琥珀色,其他橄欖石也大都具有玻璃光澤。透明而色澤鮮艷、沒(méi)有瑕疵的橄欖石晶體被人們當(dāng)作寶石,稱作“黃電氣石”。橄欖石是組成上地幔的主要礦物,人們?cè)陔E石和月巖中發(fā)現(xiàn)橄欖石竟也是其中的主要礦物成分。橄欖石是一些巖漿冷卻時(shí)的第一個(gè)結(jié)晶礦物,因此科學(xué)家通過(guò)對(duì)它的研究,可以分析出巖漿中的成分和濃度。富含鐵的橄欖石在正長(zhǎng)巖中很普遍,偶爾也存在于花崗巖中。較純的鎂橄欖石存在于變質(zhì)的石灰?guī)r和白云巖中。在低溫有水存在的情況下,它會(huì)受水熱蝕變,變成蛇紋石、綠泥石、磁鐵礦或滑石。普通橄欖石能耐1500攝氏度的高溫,可以用作耐火磚。完全蛇紋石化的橄欖石通常用作裝飾石料。
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法國(guó)結(jié)晶學(xué)家和礦物學(xué)家最先在熔巖中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種綠色的晶體,起名叫輝石。后來(lái)人們發(fā)現(xiàn)它有20個(gè)品種,其中最為我們熟悉的叫硬玉,俗稱翡翠,是最名貴的寶石。硬玉的晶體細(xì)小而且緊密地結(jié)合在一起,因此非常堅(jiān)硬。輝石都具有玻璃光澤,顏色也并不一樣,從白色到灰色,從淺綠到黑綠,甚至褐色至黑色,這主要是由于含鐵量的不同。含鐵量越高,顏色越深,而含鎂多的輝石則呈古銅色。含鐵量高的輝石,其硬度也高。輝石是一種很常見(jiàn)的造巖礦物,很多巖石中都有它的蹤影,在月球巖石中也很豐富。鋰輝石的晶體往往很大,我國(guó)新疆曾產(chǎn)出過(guò)一塊重36噸多的巨大晶體。硬玉也是組成玉石的主要成分,緬甸、西藏、云南等地是硬玉的世界著名產(chǎn)地。
鋰輝石是提煉鋰及其化合物的主要礦物,也是高級(jí)耐火材料。透明而呈淡紫色或祖母綠色的鋰輝石分別稱為紫鋰輝石和翠鉻鋰輝石,可作為寶石。
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上二圖是宇航員從月球上帶回來(lái)的巖石。顯微圖像為輝石晶體以及在其上生出的水晶晶體。
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是一些層狀結(jié)構(gòu)的硅酸鹽礦物,它們有很多種,成為一個(gè)云母族。其中最常見(jiàn)的有黑云母、白云母、金云母和鋰云母等。云母一般為板狀、片狀和柱狀。白云母無(wú)色透明或有一點(diǎn)淺色;黑云母則為黑色到深褐暗綠等色;金云母為黃色、棕色、綠色或無(wú)色;鋰云母是淡紫色、玫瑰紅色到灰色。所有云母都像玻璃一樣具有光澤。云母一層層的紋理非常平行,可以用小刀或針尖將它們一層層剝離成極薄的片狀?! ?br> 白云母和金云母具有良好的絕緣性并且不導(dǎo)熱、抗酸堿和耐壓,是很多電器的制作元件;在很多家用電器中也都有它們的身影,比較大片的云母可在一般電熨斗中見(jiàn)到。云母碎片和粉末用作填料和制云母紙、涂料、硅油和珍珠顏料等。鋰云母還是提取鋰的主要礦物原料。
云母族礦物能在各種地質(zhì)條件下形成,很多巖石中都有它的身影。黑云母是火成巖的主要造巖礦物之一,在很多火成巖中都有分布。白云母也是分布很廣的一種造巖礦物,在火成巖、沉積巖和變質(zhì)巖中也都有存在。許多有工業(yè)價(jià)值的云母主要來(lái)源于偉晶巖和變質(zhì)巖。變質(zhì)巖中大片金云母是某些巖漿巖與它周圍其他巖石發(fā)生作用的產(chǎn)物。鋰云母幾乎只產(chǎn)于花崗偉晶巖和與花崗巖有關(guān)的熱液礦床中。
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是地殼中最主要的礦物,從地表面往下15公里內(nèi),長(zhǎng)石約占地殼總重量的60%。在地球、月球的火成巖中,長(zhǎng)石是主要的礦物成分,在隕石中也如此。不僅是火成巖,在沉積巖和變質(zhì)巖中,長(zhǎng)石也非常多。長(zhǎng)石顆粒一般在0.1至10毫米大小,有的巖石中可達(dá)5至10厘米,發(fā)現(xiàn)最大的達(dá)49.4×36×13.7米。長(zhǎng)石是制作陶瓷和玻璃的原料,色澤美麗的長(zhǎng)石還被人們當(dāng)做寶石,長(zhǎng)石是一類硅酸鹽礦物的總稱,如鉀長(zhǎng)石、鈉長(zhǎng)石、鈣長(zhǎng)石等等。長(zhǎng)石有玻璃光澤,雖然本身無(wú)色透明,但常常因?yàn)閾郊影l(fā)其他雜質(zhì)而變成黃、褐、淺紅、深灰等顏色。有的長(zhǎng)石顏色還很漂亮。
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有很多種,其中主要的有直閃石、透閃石、角閃石、藍(lán)閃石、鈉閃石、鈉鐵閃石等。閃石也是一種晶體,具有玻璃光澤。它們呈長(zhǎng)柱狀或纖維狀。含鐵時(shí)礦物會(huì)呈現(xiàn)出不同色調(diào)的綠色,如普通角閃石呈深綠色。有幾種閃石還有另一個(gè)我們熟悉的名字——石棉。閃石是火成巖和變質(zhì)巖的主要造巖礦物。
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是大陸地殼中的主要巖石之一,大多分布在地殼的上層?;◢弾r中含量最多的是長(zhǎng)石和石英,一般要超過(guò)80%。它有很多種顏色。因?yàn)樗锩娴木w都很大,看上去就是由無(wú)數(shù)顆粒組成的,所以說(shuō)它是粒狀巖石。石英是花崗巖中的主要礦物,一般占20-50%。花崗巖中的暗色物質(zhì)主要是黑云母。
有些花崗巖很有趣,它們的內(nèi)部會(huì)出現(xiàn)空洞,叫晶洞。洞內(nèi)會(huì)有一簇簇的石英、電氣石、綠柱石等晶體。這是由于花崗巖漿冷卻結(jié)晶過(guò)程中收縮時(shí)所產(chǎn)生的?;◢弾r的巖體會(huì)產(chǎn)生一些紋理,這些紋理在以后自然力的多種作用下會(huì)變成裂紋,進(jìn)而崩塌分離,形成奇峰峭壁等自然景觀。我國(guó)的黃山旅游勝地就是由花崗巖形成的。
科學(xué)家經(jīng)過(guò)實(shí)驗(yàn)證明,在地下20公里深度溫度可達(dá)到約630℃,壓力可達(dá)400個(gè)大氣壓,在這樣高溫高壓的條件下,地殼中的固態(tài)物質(zhì)開(kāi)始發(fā)生熔化,產(chǎn)生花崗巖漿。此外也有些花崗巖是由其他巖石經(jīng)過(guò)一系列復(fù)雜變化而形成的。
我們已經(jīng)知道產(chǎn)生某種巖石的地方也可能或必然產(chǎn)生某些礦產(chǎn),與花崗巖直接或間接有關(guān)的礦物主要有鎢、錫、鈾、金、銅、鉬、鉛、鋅等?;◢弾r不僅堅(jiān)硬而且美觀,常被當(dāng)作建筑物的高級(jí)材料。
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上圖是花崗巖局部放大圖像??梢?jiàn)各個(gè)晶體堆積在一起。矩形的是長(zhǎng)石,不規(guī)則的是石英,黃色的是白云母。
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跟花崗巖差不多,都是在地下很深的地方形成的,它主要是由堿性長(zhǎng)石組成。與正長(zhǎng)巖有關(guān)的礦產(chǎn)主要是鐵、鈾、稀土等。有些正長(zhǎng)巖是很好的建筑材料,顏色淺一些的正長(zhǎng)巖還可作陶瓷原料。
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也像花崗巖那樣的粒狀結(jié)構(gòu),它的數(shù)量不多,在火成巖中只占不到2%。有的閃長(zhǎng)巖直接來(lái)自巖漿的結(jié)晶作用,有的是通過(guò)其他巖漿發(fā)生變化形成的。閃長(zhǎng)巖與銅礦的形成有關(guān)系。
在商業(yè)被人們稱為“黑花崗巖”,是良好的建筑材料。輝長(zhǎng)巖主要由輝石和長(zhǎng)石組成,它也是一種中?;虼至r石。輝長(zhǎng)巖廣泛存在于地球及月球上。磁鐵礦、鈦鐵礦、鎳、鉻、鉑等礦物常常與輝長(zhǎng)巖伴生在一起。輝長(zhǎng)巖通常為塊狀構(gòu)造,部分輝長(zhǎng)巖具層狀構(gòu)造,反映了巖漿分離結(jié)晶過(guò)程中礦物成分或粒度的規(guī)律性變化,層狀輝長(zhǎng)巖多見(jiàn)于其他雜巖中。
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是一種深色粗粒且比較重的巖石,它里面含有的橄欖至少在10%以上,并且還富含鐵、鎂等礦物。天然金剛石產(chǎn)于金伯利巖中,而金伯利巖則是由橄欖巖變成的,所以說(shuō)橄欖巖是天然金剛石的基本來(lái)源。新鮮的橄欖巖呈橄欖綠色,它在潮濕、溫暖的環(huán)境中會(huì)被風(fēng)化而變成土壤。
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是一些帶有斑狀結(jié)構(gòu)的火成巖的總稱。這些斑其實(shí)就是早期巖漿中結(jié)晶出來(lái)的,常見(jiàn)的是石英和長(zhǎng)石。斑與斑之間的物質(zhì)叫基質(zhì),它是一些更細(xì)的結(jié)晶產(chǎn)物,形成于晚期。與斑巖有關(guān)的金屬礦產(chǎn),常稱為斑巖銅礦、斑巖鉬礦、斑巖鎢礦、玢巖鐵礦等。有些半風(fēng)化的斑巖,因含人體所需的多種微量元素,而被稱為藥石,說(shuō)出它的名字,我們會(huì)覺(jué)得很熟悉——麥飯石。
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跟輝長(zhǎng)巖的成分差不多,但它形成得比較淺,不像輝長(zhǎng)巖那樣深。根據(jù)含有的不同成分,有多種。如含石英多的叫作石英輝綠巖;含沸石、正長(zhǎng)石等的,稱堿性輝綠巖等。輝綠巖是上等建筑材料。
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一般呈板狀插在巖石的裂縫中,這種狀態(tài)被稱為巖墻。這是由地下巖漿順著巖石的裂縫向上涌進(jìn)并凝固產(chǎn)生的。因此,巖墻與兩側(cè)的巖石會(huì)是不一樣的。因?yàn)樗秩氲搅芽p中,所以又叫侵入巖?;桶邘r顏色深,富鐵鎂礦物,如橄欖石、輝石、角閃石和黑色云母等;礦物形成的晶體大、數(shù)量多,閃閃發(fā)亮引人注意?;桶邘r很容易被風(fēng)化和分解,變成碳酸巖、綠泥石、蛇紋石和褐鐵礦等。
鉀鎂煌斑巖可含金剛石,澳大利亞西部阿吉爾火山通道就因鉀鎂煌斑巖富含金剛石(每噸巖石中含1.03克)而著名于世。
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起源于火山噴流出來(lái)的天然玻璃,那是由巖漿流出地面后快速冷卻凝固所形成的。黑曜巖具有玻璃一樣的光澤,比我們?nèi)粘I钪薪佑|到的人工制造的玻璃要硬一些。一般情況下黑曜巖都是黑得發(fā)亮的顏色,但如果它里面摻進(jìn)了氧化鐵,就會(huì)發(fā)紅或褐色,如果有微小的氣泡則會(huì)產(chǎn)生金黃色。大多數(shù)黑曜巖與火山巖生在一起。黑曜巖和松脂巖、珍珠巖都統(tǒng)稱為酸性火山玻璃巖。古代的人們利用黑曜巖當(dāng)鏡子,由于黑曜巖的斷口常呈貝殼狀且尖銳鋒利,它也是古代人使用的石器?,F(xiàn)代人們則利用黑曜巖制作一些裝飾品,特別漂亮的黑曜巖還可成為較貴重的寶石。
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是一種富含鐵和鎂的火山巖,它們都是由陸地火山或海底火山噴流出來(lái)面形成的。許多玄武巖都是非常細(xì)粒且致密的,這些細(xì)粒結(jié)晶物質(zhì)有橄欖石、普通輝石或長(zhǎng)石。有些玄武巖完全是玻璃質(zhì)的,叫玄武玻璃。玄武巖是地殼的主要組成物質(zhì)。在大洋底的地殼裂縫處,時(shí)時(shí)都在不斷涌出玄武巖巖漿,正是這些巖漿不斷刷新著地球的地殼。據(jù)估計(jì),那里的玄武巖巖漿大致以每年150億噸的流量涌出。玄武巖在過(guò)去的造山運(yùn)動(dòng)時(shí)期形成了一些巨大的高原。在月球上,也有很多玄武巖,是構(gòu)成月球的主要巖石之一。玄武巖中的晶體大小取決于巖漿冷卻的速度,冷卻緩慢時(shí),晶體就大,反之就小甚至不能結(jié)晶。陸地上形成的玄武巖常呈現(xiàn)出繩狀、塊狀和柱狀結(jié)構(gòu),水下形成的則為枕狀。在火山爆發(fā)時(shí),玄武巖常常形成不同形狀的火山彈飛向四面八方。有的地方玄武巖厚達(dá)數(shù)千米,它們往往是數(shù)次或數(shù)十次噴發(fā)面形成的,時(shí)間也可能經(jīng)歷數(shù)十萬(wàn)年。
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流紋巖
是一種具有具斑狀結(jié)構(gòu)和角礫狀構(gòu)造的云母橄欖巖。1887年發(fā)現(xiàn)于南非的金伯利,所以叫了這么個(gè)名字。金伯利巖產(chǎn)出金剛石的最主要巖石之一。除了金剛石以外,金伯利巖中還含有鎂鋁榴石、大顆粒形的橄欖石、斜方輝石、金云母大晶體等。金伯利巖的形成與巖漿爆發(fā)有關(guān),因此巖體中既有深層的物質(zhì)碎塊,也有淺層的物質(zhì)碎塊,從而具有復(fù)雜的斑狀結(jié)構(gòu)、細(xì)粒結(jié)構(gòu)和火山碎屑結(jié)構(gòu)等等,這些碎屑是金伯利巖漿上升過(guò)程中夾帶上的物質(zhì)。金伯利巖巖漿是在地260公里深處,那里的壓力達(dá)四五個(gè)大氣壓,溫度約1300攝氏度。在這樣的條件下有可能形成金剛石。當(dāng)金伯利巖漿受到某種力量而向上快速上升時(shí),就會(huì)形成一個(gè)筒狀的巖漿柱,稱為金伯利巖筒。在金伯利巖筒中會(huì)有一些大大小小的巖球,人們稱之為“鳳凰蛋”,這是找到金剛石礦的標(biāo)志之一。巖筒一般不會(huì)很大,通常面積不會(huì)超過(guò)2平方公里,但常常成群出現(xiàn)。著名的南非金伯利巖就是由十多個(gè)著名的巖筒組成的巖筒群。并不是所有的金伯利巖中都會(huì)有金剛石產(chǎn)出,金剛石究竟是從金伯利巖漿結(jié)晶出來(lái)的,還是巖漿從地下別的什么物質(zhì)中捕獲來(lái)的,還是兩種可能都有,目前人們還沒(méi)有定論。
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