@article{fdi:010064783, title = {{F}luid inclusions in ruby from {A}sian marble deposits : genetic implications}, author = {{G}iuliani, {G}aston and {D}ubessy, {J}. and {B}anks, {D}. {A}. and {L}homme, {T}. and {O}hnenstetter, {D}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{P}rimary fluid inclusion ({FI}) assemblages in ruby from marble at {M}ogok and fifteen other deposits from central and {S}outheast {A}sia were studied by microthermometry, {R}aman spectroscopy and crush-leach analysis. {M}icrothermometry combined with {R}aman spectroscopy investigations of primary {FT} in {M}ogok rubies indicated the simultaneous trapping of carbonic {FT} in the system {CO}2-{H}2{S} (+/- {COS} +/- {S}-8) and multi-solid carbonic {FI} in the system {N}a-{K}-{C}a-{CO}3-{SO}4-{NO}3-{C}l-{F} +/-({CO}2-{H}2{S}). {T}he multiple solids are mainly mixtures of {N}a-{C}a-{A}l carbonates such as shortite and dawsonite, sulphates, phosphates, nitrates, fluorides, and chlorides such as halite. {T}hey represent the trapped recrystallised residues of molten salts formed during the metamorphism of evaporite lenses (chlorides and sulphates) intercalated in the carbonate rocks. {R}aman spectroscopy of solids in {FT} from all {A}sian rubies hosted in marbles identified both (i) accidentally trapped minerals mainly calcite, dolomite and rutile, and (ii) daughter phases, i.e., native sulphur, diaspore and boehmite, and {N}a-{K}-{C}a chlorides, anhydrite, dawsonite, shortite and fluorides. {C}rush-leach analysis of ruby crystals identified chloride as the dominant anion, but sulphate and nitrate are present at only slightly lower concentrations, whereas they are the dominant species in some {P}akistani deposits. {T}he {N}a-{K}-{C}a-{L}i-{CO}3-{SO}4-{NO}3-{C}l-{F} molten salt assemblages and the presence of nitrate and phosphate indicate the deposition of the original sediments in a coastal sabkha with ephemeral marine and continental water flooding. {I}nput of {V}- and {C}r-bearing argillite to the salty mudflats insured the formation of rubies in marble during {C}enozoic metamorphism.}, keywords = {ruby in marble ; meta-evaporites ; {A}sia ; microthermometry ; {R}aman spectroscopy ; crush-leach method ; fluid inclusion ; molten salts ; {N}a-{K}-{C}a-{L}i-{CO}3-{SO}4-{NO}3-{C}l-{F} system ; {ASIE} ; {PAKISTAN} ; {AFGHANISTAN} ; {TADJIKISTAN} ; {NEPAL} ; {MYANMAR} ; {VIET} {NAM}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}uropean {J}ournal of {M}ineralogy}, volume = {27}, numero = {3}, pages = {393--404}, ISSN = {0935-1221}, year = {2015}, DOI = {10.1127/ejm/2015/0027-2442}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064783}, }