| Summary: | Phengite series is a dioctahedral solid solution between two end-members of muscovite [K<sub>1</sub>[Al<sub>2</sub>]<sup>VI</sup>[Al<sub>1</sub>,Si<sub>3</sub>]<sup>IV</sup>O<sub>10</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>] and celadonite [K<sub>1</sub>[(Fe<sup>3+</sup>,Al)<sub>1</sub>,(Mg,Fe<sup>2+</sup>)<sub>1</sub>]<sup>VI</sup>[Si<sub>4</sub>]<sup>IV</sup>O<sub>10</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>], which have a hetero-valent substitution of Al<sup>VI</sup>Al<sup>IV</sup> ↔ (Mg, Fe)<sup>VI</sup>Si<sup>IV</sup>. In this study, we report a hydrothermal-originated authigenic Mg-phengite-series mineral, which occurred as polycrystalline aggregates (Type 1), pore-fillings (Type 2) and well-crystallized lath form (Type 3) from the Haengmae Formation, a dolomite–pebble-bearing fine sand-sized dolostone, in South Korea. Based on micro-textural observation, three types of Mg-phengite are associated with crystalline dolomite, and are followed by calcite precipitation as pore-filling, indicating that these should be formed by the influx of a Mg-rich hydrothermal fluid after the deposition of some clastic sediments and before calcite-filling. The structural formula based on O<sub>10</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub> shows that the number of Mg atoms per formula unit (apfu) of Mg-phengite ranges from 0.00 to 0.70 with no Fe, which is relatively high, compared with the previously reported metamorphic phengites. In REEs mineral chemistry, the Mg-phengites are characterized by the enrichment of REEs and by the particular enrichment of LREEs in the polycrystalline aggregates of Mg-phengite. It strongly suggests that the Mg-phengite should be formed by the infiltration of the highly evolved Mg- and REEs-enriched hydrothermal fluid into the clastic sedimentary rock (Haengmae Formation) as a strata-bound form, syngenetically or during early diagenesis.
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