Hydrogen diffusion in clinopyroxene: dehydration experiments

Hydrogen diffusivity of one clinopyroxene megacryst from Nushan, eastern China parallel to [001]* crystallographic direction was measured by high-temperature sequential dehydration experiments at 950°C and 850 , which was (6.5±1.5) 10 -12 (m 2 /s) and (1.8±0.7) 10 -12 (m 2 /s) respectively. From these results and the previous published data, it seems that the correlation between hydrogen diffusivity and Fe content suggested by Dyar et al. (1996) possibly does not exist. Clinopyroxene megacrysts from alkali basalts appear to be possible reliable samples for the study of the water evolution and hydrogen isotope compositions of the upper mantle.