Experimental evidence for a protracted enrichment of tungsten in evolving granitic melts: implications for scheelite mineralization

The solubility of scheelite in evolved granitic magmas (Qz-Ab-Or-An system with minor FeOtotal, TiO2, and CaO added) was studied experimentally at 200 MPa, 750–850 °C and relatively oxidizing condition (logfO2 = NNO + 2.3, where NNO is Ni-NiO oxygen buffer). Water-saturated granitic melts have been equilibrated with seeds of scheelite crystals. The resulted WO3 contents in the melts vary only slightly from 0.21 to 0.32 wt.% WO3 over the...