ONE-DIMENSIONAL SPIN-ONE HEISENBERG ANTIFERROMAGNET WITH SINGLE-ION ANISOTROPY IN A MAGNETIC FIELD: SCHWINGER BOSON THEORY

The one-dimensional spin-one Heisenberg antiferromagnet with single-ion anisotropy in the presence of the applied magnetic field is explored in terms of the Schwinger boson mean-field theory. The temperature and anisotropy dependences of the specific heat, the susceptibility and the magnetization are thoroughly discussed. New features of the specific heat as a function of temperature as well as anisotropy are found. A transition from an antiferromagnetic phase to a spin-canting phase is observed, and meanwhile, a schematic phase diagram is proposed.

Zoisite-clinozoisite relations in low- to medium-grade high-pressure metamorphic rocks and their implications

SummaryCoexisting zoisite and clinozoisite in seventeen specimens from six localities in Japan have been studied with the electron-probe microanalyser. Zoisite and clinozoisite are commonly zoned, but compositional gaps between them are systematic. Referring to the metamorphic grade of the host rocks, a temporary and schematic phase-diagram for the system Ca2Al3Si3O12-(OH)-Ca2Al2Fe3+Si3O12(OH) is presented. With increasing temperature, in the range of low- to medium-grade metamorphism, the compositional gap between the two epidote-group minerals shifts towards higher Fe3+ compositions.

The chemical evolution of glauconite pellets as seen by microprobe determinations

SummarySeven samples of pelletat glauconites with varying iron and potassium contents were investigated using the electron microprobe. In-sample variation of pelletal compositions is quite important, even for samples previously separated according to grain-size, density, and magnetic susceptibility. This observation should lead to a reconsideration of previous work based upon multigrain samples.During the evolution of pelletal material towards micaceous glauconite compositions it is apparent that iron can be added to as wellas subtracted from the bulk pelletal composition. This transfer appears to be effected when the pellet contains a multiphase mineral assemblage as well as during the evolution of a single-phase mixed layered mineral.A schematic phase diagram is presented which attempts to describe the phase changes as a function of K, Si, and Fe variables.