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Article

NMR Spectral Characteristics of Ultrahigh Pressure High Temperature Impact Glasses of the Giant Kara Crater (Pay-Khoy, Russia)

by
Vladimir Lyutoev
1,*,
Tatyana Shumilova
1,
Anton Mazur
2 and
Peter Tolstoy
3
1
Institute of Geology, FRC Komi Science Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 167982 Syktyvkar, Russia
2
Center for Magnetic Resonance, Research Park, St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
3
Institute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Minerals 2021, 11(12), 1418; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11121418
Received: 15 November 2021 / Revised: 9 December 2021 / Accepted: 13 December 2021 / Published: 15 December 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue NMR Spectroscopy in Mineralogy and Crystal Structures)
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Abstract

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In this study, we carried out the analysis of the impact melt vein glasses from the Kara impact crater (Russia) in comparison to low-pressure impact melt glasses (tektites) of the Zhamanshin crater (Kazakhstan). 27Al, 23Na, and 29Si MAS NMR spectra of the samples of these glasses were analyzed. The samples of the natural glass contained inclusions of crystalline phases, paramagnetic elements that greatly complicate and distort the NMR signals from the glass phase itself. Taking into account the Mossbauer distribution of Fe in these glasses, the analysis of the spectra of MAS NMR of glass network-former (Si, Al) and potential network-modifiers (Na) of nuclei leads to the conclusion that the Kara impact melt vein glasses are characterized by complete polymerization of (Si,Al)O4 tetrahedral structural units. The NMR features of the glasses are consistent with the vein hypothesis of their formation under conditions of high pressures and temperatures resulting in their fluidity, relatively slow solidification with partial melt differentiation, polymerization, and precipitation of mineral phases as the impact melt cools. The 70 Ma stability of the Kara impact vein glass can be explained by the stabilization of the glass network with primary fine-dispersed pyroxene and coesite precipitates and by the high polymerization level of the impact glass.

1. Introduction

The state of matter under extreme conditions and the structure and properties of disordered materials formed under strong compressions are actively studied both theoretically and experimentally [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]. In this sense, ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) glasses are particularly interesting both from a fundamental point of view and due to their possible use as materials [9,10] with potential high-tech applications in photonics, laser technologies, including optical lasers, optical wave amplifiers, and others [11]. Synthesized materials generally have microscopic dimensions and are produced at pressures of up to 100 GPa and higher, but at room temperature, which is limited by the technical capabilities of the experimental equipment-diamond anvils [3,4,5,7,8,10]. In fact, mainly diaplectic glasses are studied, which are solid substances amorphized under high pressure, not undergoing the first-order phase transition (i.e., without changing the aggregate state of the substance). For example, the impact influence on quartz results in the formation of diaplectic quartz glass, which is characterized by a higher density and a larger average Si-O-Si bond angle, but the formation of the octahedral coordination of silicon in the glass network is kinetically difficult.
The synthesis of materials under the influence of both high pressures and high temperatures with the formation of UHP melts and their solidification products is interesting both in terms of the fundamental state of the substance and in anticipation of the specific properties of materials [12]. From this point of view, the discovered natural ultrahigh-pressure high-temperature (UHPHT) melt impact glasses with monocrystalline coesite [13] formed at pressures of more than 60 GPa and temperature of about 2800 K in the giant Kara impact crater (Pay-Khoy, Russia) [14] are of great interest. Using 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, a small portion of ferrous iron ions in 8-fold coordination (4%), similar to the structural positions of ions in garnets, was revealed in Kara glasses [14,15]. Since mineral segregations of crystalline garnet in the glass were not found, an assumption about the densification of the glass framework due to the solidification of the impact melt under high pressure was made.
In the Raman spectra of the Kara UHPHT glasses [16], in addition to vibrational bands of the SiO4-framework in the region of 400–800 cm–1, the stretching band of Si-OH groups (960–970 cm−1) and the bands related to the vibrations of SiO4 groups with 1, 2 and 4 non-bridging oxygen atoms (so-called Q3, Q2 and Q0 units) were identified in the range of 800–1200 cm–1. Interestingly, in the Raman spectra of aluminosilicate and pure silicate fragments of the Kara glass, the band shapes in the range of 800–1200 cm–1 were almost identical, with a small predominance of Q2 and Q3 units over Q0 in the former and their uniform distribution in the latter. It was concluded that in comparison with other impact glasses, the Kara glass is characterized by a significant heterogeneity of the degree of polymerization of silicon-oxygen tetrahedra. The discovery of a high concentration of non-bridging oxygen atoms was highly unexpected based on the results [17] used for the interpretation of Raman spectra. In addition, electron microscopic images presented in [13,16] showed the presence of widespread pyroxene (Q2) microcrystallites in the glass matrix. These observations call for further investigation of the polymerization of the UHPHT impact Kara glasses.
Among modern methods for studying glass structures, one of the most informative techniques is multinuclear NMR spectroscopy [17,18]. In this paper, the results of studies of the nearest environment of general elements of the aluminosilicate and silicate framework of natural UHP impact glasses of the Kara crater in comparison to natural impact melt glasses of low-pressure (LP) condensation-tektites of the Zhamanshin crater (Kazakhstan) by 29Si, 27Al and 23Na MAS NMR are presented for the first time.

2. Materials and Methods

UHPHT melt impact glasses were sampled in 2015 and 2017 from impactites of the southern sector of the Kara crater from vein bodies cutting suevite massif (Figure 1) at the Kara River (Pay-Khoy, Russia) and these are samples KP15-12-115 and KP15-12-118. A preliminary analysis of the structural state of these glasses was carried out using a set of standard mineralogical research methods [13,14,16]. The main feature distinguishing UHPHT melts from clast type glasses and massive melt impactites was found to be the multilevel differentiation of impact melt, including liquation of silicate and aluminosilicate melts and partial silica melt crystallization to UHP SiO2 variety–monocrystalline coesite [13,14].
The objects of comparison were zhamanshinites (irgizites)—impact glasses related to trans-crater tektites of the Zhamanshin meteorite crater (Kazakhstan)—ZH1, and ZH2 samples. Tektites are hardened drops of impact melt ejected into the atmosphere during the formation of a crater, i.e., condensed at atmospheric pressure. They are related to LP glasses [19,20,21]. A number of petrographic and chemical features indicate that tektites resulted from high-temperature melting (more than 2000 K) with fast melt cooling.
The monomineral fractions of all the studied samples were separated under a binocular microscope to avoid contamination by the host suevitic matter. Preliminarily, the selected samples of the UHPHT Kara glasses and zhamanshinites were analyzed at Center of Collective Use “Geonauka” (Syktyvkar, IG FRC Komi SC UB RAS) using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD-6000, Shimadzu, Japan), 57Fe Mössbauer (MS-1104Em, Rostov State University, Russia), infrared (FTIR FT-02, Lumex, Russia) and Raman (LabRam HR 800, Horiba Jobin Yvon, France) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and microprobe analysis (TESCAN VEGA3 with Oxford EDS X-Max, Czech Republic). The results of their study by these methods are published elsewhere [13,15,16]. In this paper, they are supplemented by additional microprobe analyses.
The high-resolution 29Si, 27Al and 23Na MAS NMR studies of the impact glass samples were carried out at the Center for Magnetic Resonance (SPbU Research Park) using Bruker Avance III 400 WB spectrometer (9.4 T; operating frequencies 105.87, 104.29, and 79.51 MHz for 23Na, 27Al, and 29Si nuclei, respectively). The KP15-12-115 and KP15-12-118 samples were placed in a rotor with an external diameter of 4 mm and spun at 14 kHz at the magic angle relative to the direction of the magnetic field for the acquisition of 23Na, 27Al, and 29Si MAS NMR spectra. The low amount of the sample required the usage of 4 mm rotors with reduced inner volume so that the whole sample material stayed in the detected volume of the receiver coil. The amount of material for the ZH1 and ZH2 samples was enough to fill a standard rotor with an external diameter of 3.2 mm. The resulting samples were spun at 17.5 kHz (for 27Al and 23Na NMR spectra) and 12.5 kHz (for 29Si NMR spectra; lower spinning rate allowed for better detection of spinning sidebands, which were used for phase and baseline correction). In all cases, a single-pulse excitation sequence was used (direct excitation technique). The relaxation delay for 23Na, 27Al, and 29Si nuclei was 2.5, 1, and 5 s, the excitation pulse durations were 2.5 μs, 1.6 μs, and 4 μs, and the number of scans were 2048, 8192, and 4098, respectively. The relaxation delay for 29Si NMR spectra was optimized, i.e., the preliminary measurements confirmed that 5 s was sufficient for the consistent registration of 29Si NMR spectra. We attribute the short relaxation time to the presence of paramagnetic impurities. Aqueous solutions of NaCl, AlCl, and tetramethylsilane (TMS) were used as external references for 23Na, 27Al, and 29Si nuclei, respectively.
DMFit program (release #20200306) of the NMR@CEMHTI web page was used for fitting the spectra [22]. As a measure of the errors in determining the fit parameters, triple values of the standard deviation obtained from 30–50 cycles of the DMFit subroutine of the Monte Carlo error model were taken.

3. Results

3.1. Samples Characterization

The data on the averaged microprobe chemical analyses of the studied samples are presented in Table 1. The samples of the UHPHT melt vein glasses from the Kara crater are characterized by similar chemical composition. Their elemental rations correspond to mainly anorthoclase composition. The atomic fraction of iron (Fe/(Fe + Si + Al)) in the aluminosilicate framework of these glass samples is 0.06–0.07, while in the tektite glass ZH1 it is noticeably lower, and in ZH2 it is almost halved. Additionally, the tektites differ from the UHPHT Kara glasses by significantly lower ratios of Al/(Si + Al) and Na/(Na + K). It is important to note that the compositions similar to those of ZH1 and ZH2 samples for irgizites of the Zhamanshin meteorite crater were obtained earlier by other authors [19,20,21,22].
According to Raman and IR spectroscopy, XRD, and microprobe analysis, rare segregations of pure SiO2 glass, clinopyroxene, coesite, smectite, and rare micrograins of iron sulfides in UHPHT glasses have been obtained by previous works [13,14,16]. The presence of inclusions of iron-containing minerals (pyroxene and sulfides) in the Kara glasses indicates that the atomic fraction of iron (Fe/(Fe + Si + Al)) directly in the aluminosilicate glass framework is slightly lower than the average value of 0.06–0.07. There are also rare relict fragments of the target rocks in the Kara glasses such as inclusions of quartz, feldspar, calcite, and mica minerals, that cannot be completely mechanically removed from the analyzed glass samples. In contrast, the LP tektites are predominantly homogeneous but contain few segregations of pure SiO2 glass.
In Table 1, the total iron content is attributed to the ferrous oxide form. However, according to 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, approximately 1/3 of the iron in these samples is represented by Fe3+ ions: the module Fe3+/(Fe2+ + Fe3+) is 0.36 for the UHPHT glass KP15-12-115 [14] and 0.3 for the analyzed zhamanshinite [15]. This degree of iron oxidation is relatively high compared to some of the previously studied samples: 0.12 [14] for the impact glass of the Ries crater and 0.18 [15,23] for the volcanic glass of basalt pumice lava of caldera of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. The degree of iron oxidation in technogenic glass (tengesite), which had very long contact with the atmosphere in the molten state, is much higher, with its modulus Fe3+/(Fe2+ + Fe3+) reaching values of 0.5–0.6 [15]. The iron dissolved in the tektite LP glass has only the octahedral coordination of the nearest oxygen environment, but the Kara UHPHT glass has about 9 and 4 at.% of iron with 4–5-fold and 8-fold oxygen coordination, respectively.

3.2. 27Al MAS NMR

Figure 2 shows the 27Al MAS NMR spectra of KP15-12-115, KP15-12-118, ZH1 and ZH2 samples. Each spectrum is characterized by an intensive central band and a set of spinning sidebands (ssb) shifted from the central band by the MAS spinning frequency (14 kHz and 17.5 kHz for samples of Kara glass and zhamanshinites, respectively). The extended ssb structure is a characteristic of quadrupole nuclei, such as 27Al (nuclear spin I = 5/2), in a highly asymmetric environment. The overall shape of the spectrum is determined by the isotropic chemical shift value δiso, the quadrupole coupling constant CQ and asymmetry parameter of electric field gradient η, as well as by the distribution of these parameters in structurally inhomogeneous samples.
The central (isotropic) parts of 27Al NMR spectra of Kara glasses are characterized by intensive signals with maxima at ca. 54 ppm and additional low-intensity signals at 2–3 ppm. The full width at a half-maximum (FHWM) of both components is less than 20 ppm. All signals are slightly asymmetric, so their centers of gravity are shifted to lower frequencies from the maxima which indicates the presence of the second-order quadrupole effects [24,25]. The main signal at 50–60 ppm corresponds to aluminum atoms with 4-fold coordination to oxygen (IVAl, tetrahedral coordination; most likely (AlO4 Q4[4Si]), more on that later). Frequently, this is the only coordination state of aluminum in high-silicon aluminosilicate glasses, to which the studied samples belong too [26]. Previously, the signal from five-coordinated VAl (AlO5) atoms was also detected in high-pressure aluminosilicate glass by the 27Al MAS NMR [27,28,29], though the corresponding signal at 20–40 ppm, which is a typomorphic feature of fresh impact glass, is apparently absent in the 27Al NMR spectra of the samples studied here. A possible reason may be the prolonged relaxation of the impact glass at high temperatures. In turn, the low-intensity signal at chemical shift 2–3 ppm is explained by hexacoordinated VIAl [26,30,31,32]. The intensity of this signal in the spectrum of the KP15-12-118 sample is 2–3 times higher than that of the spectrum of the KP15-12-115 sample.
The shapes of the central components of the spectra are repeated in the shapes of the spinning sidebands, which could be labelled as 0 (central component), ±1, ±2, etc., and traced up to ±4000 ppm. It is well known that the presence of paramagnetic Fe ions in the vicinity of the observed nuclei causes the transfer of intensity from ssb 0 to the low-order ssb [27,33]. Judging from the sample composition outlined in Table 1, such effects are expected to be present in the Kara glass samples. It also should be noted that for high-pressure aluminosilicate glass with 5 wt.% FeO [27], the paramagnetic broadening of the isotropic central signal and the intensity of the nearest ssb in 27Al MAS NMR spectra were noticeably higher than those found here in the Kara glass spectra, although the FeO content for the Kara glasses was even higher (5.5–6.5 wt.%, see Table 1). This allows us to conclude that the Al and Fe atoms are spatially separated in the structure of the Kara glass. Since the main 27Al MAS NMR signal corresponds to the tetrahedral IVAl coordination, the Fe ions do not belong to the compensators of the local negative excess charge of [AlO4] units, although Fe ions occupy mainly octahedral positions according to the Mössbauer spectroscopy data [14].
In the 27Al MAS NMR spectra of samples ZH1 and ZH2, only one isotropic signal from tetrahedrally coordinated IVAl atoms is visible at ca. 53.6 ppm. Despite the lower FeO content in the zhemanshinites as compared to the Kara glasses, the effects of paramagnetic broadening are much more pronounced: all signals exhibit FWHM 2–3 times higher than that for the Kara glasses and the ssb signals have a higher intensity relative to the central band. Due to this broadening, the shape of the central band is almost symmetric: the centers of gravity are at 52–53 ppm, only slightly lower than the chemical shifts of the maxima. Again, the presence of VAl ions was not detected, probably because of the low spectral resolution due to the strong paramagnetic broadening of the signals. Unfortunately, for all the studied samples, the low amount of the material with the low content of VAl phases and the presence of paramagnetic impurities did not allow us to record 27Al MQMAS spectra.

3.3. 23Na MAS NMR

The 23Na spectra of the studied samples (Figure 3) demonstrate narrow intense central bands and ±1, ±2 ssb. Higher-order ssb get progressively less intensive, though their presence could be traced up to ± 2000 ppm. The low-order ssb refer mainly to the (±1/2, ±1/2) transition, while the high-order ssb refer to the (±3/2, ±1/2) transition of the quadrupolar 23Na nuclei (spin I = 3/2).
The 23Na NMR spectra of the Kara glasses show a small transfer of the intensity from the central band in the nearest ssb, which, as already noted, is one of the paramagnetic effects from Fe ions. The positions of the gravity centers of the central bands are slightly shifted towards lower frequencies relative to their maxima (Figure 3), which shows a greater contribution to the signal broadening due to the second-order quadrupole effects than due to the variations of δiso. The FWHM of the central band in the 23Na NMR spectra of the Kara glasses is close to 30 ppm. The 23Na NMR spectra of the zhamanshinite samples exhibit broader central bands (FWHM = 46 and 39 ppm) and only low-order ssb, mainly related to the (±1/2, ±1/2) transition. The positions of the centers of gravity of the central bands are noticeably shifted towards higher frequencies relative to their maxima, which indicates the dominance of the broadening mechanism due to variations in the isotropic chemical shift. For both the Kara glass and the zhamanshinite samples, the FWHM of central bands in the 27Al and 23Na NMR spectra change synchronously (Figure 4). This probably indicates to the co-localization of Al and Na ions in the aluminosilicate glass network, which is realized according to the scheme of heterovalent isomorphism in tetrahedral positions, when Na+ ions play the role of compensators of the local negative charge excess: Si4+O4 → Al3+O4 + Na+.

3.4. 29Si MAS NMR

The 29Si NMR spectra of the studied samples are shown in the Figure 5, where an intensive central line and low-intensity ssb of low orders are observed. There are no quadrupole effects in the NMR spectra of the spherical 29Si nuclei (spin 1/2) and only a wide isotropic central signal spanning from –60 ppm to –120 ppm could be observed. The maximum of the central band of the sample ZH2 is near to –105 ppm, and in other samples it is shifted to –100 ppm (the positions of maxima and centers of gravity are added to Figure 5). This range of chemical shifts is a characteristic for syloxane SiO4-structures, polymerized to various degrees [26]. There are no observed additional signals in the spectral range from –150 ppm to –200 ppm, characteristics for SiO5 or SiO6 structural units, previously found in some high-pressure glasses [28].

4. Discussion

When interpreting 27 Al MAS NMR spectra of the analyzed impact glass materials, the simplest physically consistent Gaussian isotropic model (GIM), also called the Czjzek model, is widely used. In this model, it is assumed that the distribution of the electric field gradient tensor corresponds to statistical disorder [34,35]. This assumption determines the probability of finding a given pair of values CQ and η. The Czjzek model is implemented in DMFit software [22] which we have used to fit the experimentally obtained spectra. For nuclei with a spin 5/2, such as 27Al, the isotropic signal in an MAS NMR spectrum arises predominantly due to the transition (±1/2, ±1/2), while the ssb components arise mainly due to the (±3/2, ±1/2) and (±5/2, ±3/2) transitions. The contribution of the second-order terms of quadruple interaction is smaller in the (±3/2, ±1/2) transition and its ssb components are less susceptible to broadening [24,36,37]. Note, however, that it is difficult to reproduce the actual intensity and shape of the ssb 0, ±1, and ±2 in the fitting procedure, due to the above-mentioned effect of intensity redistribution caused by the proximity of paramagnetic ions. Thus, in this work, the determination of the distribution of Al atoms over structural positions in the matrices of the studied glasses was carried out on the basis of the analysis of the shape of the central band. We used the fitting in the Czjzek model for the (±1/2, ±1/2) transition only. The contributions of other transitions were taken into account by adding an additional signal of the ssb 0 to the calculated contour, obtained as the average between ssb +1 and ssb –1 components, approximated by symmetric Voigt shapes. This approach is widely used in the analysis of various glassy substances to describe the central line in 27Al MAS NMR spectra [35,36,38].
The results of the fitting are shown in Figure 6 and the obtained spectral parameters are collected in Table 2. The average value of the asymmetry parameter of electric field gradient η in this approximation was found to be 0.61. The VIAl signals (labelled Px) in the spectra of both Kara glass samples are characterized by almost identical values to the isotropic chemical shifts δiso (ca. 8 ppm), the widths of their Gaussian distributions ΔCS (ca. 8 ppm), and the quadrupole coupling constants CQ (ca. 3.8 MHz). The Px components differ significantly in the relative intensity, which is twice as high for the KP15-12-118 sample, as for KP15-12-115. It is likely that the VIAl components in the spectra refer to numerous precipitates in pyroxene glasses [13,16] and not to the matrix of the aluminosilicate glass network because the fitted NMR parameters are close to those calculated previously for VIAl in completely disordered octahedral sites of pyroxene [39,40].
Two components with Gaussian distributions of δiso and CQ values are required for a reasonably good fit of the IVAl signal at ca. 60 ppm. The narrower component (labelled Fs) has CQ~3 MHz, δiso~58 ppm, ΔCS~7 ppm, and the broader component (labelled Gl) has CQ~5–6 MHz, δiso~62 ppm, ΔCS~14–18 ppm with an approximately three times larger spectral area (Table 2). The presence of Fs and Gl components indicates the microscopically inhomogeneous structure of the Kara glasses. Both components belong to the IVAl in the aluminosilicate framework and not to the tetrahedral positions in pyroxene precipitates. According to microprobe studies, the composition of pyroxene (augite) in the Kara glass suggests the absence of noticeable amounts of IVAl [14]. Indeed, it is expected that the signal from the latter is strongly broadened due to the high value of CQ and, thus, has low peak intensity [39,40]. The IVAl signal in pyroxene may be unobservable due to the high paramagnetic intensity loss during the charge compensation of the heterovalent substitution of Al3+ → Si4+ by Fe2+ ions in neighboring octahedral positions [41,42].
The isotropic chemical shift δiso~60 ppm of the narrow Fs component is typical for frame aluminosilicates and fully polymerized aluminosilicate glasses in the structure of which all or almost all oxygen atoms of the AlO4 tetrahedra are in bridging [35,37,43]. This signal appears to be related to crystalline feldspars [24]. Inclusions of various feldspars are well detected by microscopy and XRD methods in preparations of vein Kara glass, even when thoroughly cleaned of foreign inclusions [14,16]. Fine grains of minerals, including feldspars, were captured from the host suvites during the movement of the hot aluminosilicate melt at the post-shock stage.
According to Table 2, about 70% of the area of the central band belongs to the aluminosilicate phase (Gl) of the Kara glass samples. However, the atomic fraction of Al in a certain position is given by the relative area of the corresponding spectral component including all its ssb lines. Such a correction performed by the method described D. Massiot with co-authors in [44], showed that the contribution of the Gl components should be increased by 2%–3% and, accordingly, the contribution from the crystal phases should be reduced. With this in mind, we take the value of 70% as the lower limit of the atomic fraction of Al in the glass matrix. The high values of the relative area of the Fs component are associated with small intensity loss of the central line in comparison with the Gl and Px components, due to the low value of the CQ and, probably, low concentrations of iron in the mineral lattice.
In the 27Al MAS NMR spectra of the samples ZH1 and ZH2, the central bands are strongly broadened and could be fitted by a single component (Figure 6). Within the error margin, the fitted values of CQ and δiso do not differ from those of Gl components of the Kara glass spectra (Table 2). The width of the chemical shift distribution ΔCS for the zhemanshinite samples is much higher than that for the Kara glasses, which indicates more clustering of Al and Fe atoms in the LP tektite glass framework. This conclusion does not contradict the results of the study of the zhemanshinites by high-resolution microscopy [21].
The deconvolution of the 23Na NMR central bands and the nearest ssb are shown in Figure 7. To approximate the spectra, the GIM model was used, which had included all spin transitions for the 23Na nuclei, (±1/2, ±1/2) and (±3/2, ±1/2), as well as their spinning sidebands. For the spectrum of the KP15-12-115 sample, the individual components for each of the transitions are shown. The GIM model reproduces the shape of the central band quite well, but the calculated ssb contour is greatly underestimated due to the low intensity of the ssb (±1/2, ±1/2) transition. To compensate for the missing intensity of the bands, an additional pair of Lorentzian shape lines in positions of ssb (±1/2, ±1/2) was introduced into the calculation model.
Some residual intensity in the difference spectrum (Dif. in Figure 7) is found for the sample KP15-12-115 in the region of zero chemical shifts. In the spectrum KP15-12-118, the discrepancy is sufficiently large to justify the addition of a small component of the Lorentzian shape in the high-frequency wing of the central line. In the spectra of the zhamanshinites, such additional components acquire a high intensity, accounting for almost half of the area of the central line. Perhaps these additional lines are due to the paramagnetic shift of the signal from 23Na nuclei in the immediate environment of which iron ions are present. In Fe-containing minerals, a shift in the position of peaks 29Si, 27Al, and the appearance of anomalous resonances outside the assumed range were observed [41,42].
The fitted 23Na MAS NMR parameters are listed in Table 3. The δiso values of all main central lines (GIM components) lie in a narrow range from –6 ppm to –10 ppm. The CQ values are ca. 2 MHz and fall in the 1.5–3.5 MHz range for Na-containing silicates. They are slightly lower than the typical value of 3.3 MHz for crystalline aluminosilicates but are close to the characteristic value of 2.5 MHz for aluminosilicate glasses [24,30,45,46].
The value of the 23Na NMR isotropic chemical shift in aluminosilicates or their glasses decreases with a decrease in the Al/(Si + Al) atomic ratio, which is explained by a concomitant increase in the coordination number of Na atoms and an increase of the Na-O bond length [30,45,46,47]. However, though the samples of the zhamanshinites are more siliceous in comparison with the Kara glasses (Table 1), no significant difference in δiso was found. This can be explained partly by the presence of a significant portion of Al in the crystalline phases rather than in the aluminosilicate glass in the Kara samples (Table 2).
The range of δiso from –6 ppm to –10 ppm corresponds to crystalline aluminosilicates with 6–8-fold coordination of 23Na atoms with Na-O bond length of about 0.26 nm, among them feldspars [47]. It is not possible to deconvolute the 23Na NMR signals from glass and crystalline phases of aluminosilicates in the Kara glasses due to small differences in their CQ and δiso values. However, judging by the relative signal areas in 27Al NMR spectra (Table 2), the contribution from crystalline aluminosilicate phases in the 23Na NMR spectra should be relatively small.
According to the regression equation δiso vs. Na-O bond length for aluminosilicate glasses [45], the average Na-O distance for the GIM components is 0.27–0.28 nm, which is close to the calculated values for 6–8-fold Na coordination in association with [Si,Al]O4 structural units of the glass network [45,46]. The high coordination of Na atoms in the impact glass network indicates their role as compensator ions for tetrahedral Al3+ ions. Note that previously Mössbauer spectroscopy has revealed a small amount of Fe2+ ions in 8-fold oxygen coordination in the Kara glasses, but not in the zhamanshinites [14,15]. An additional strongly broadened L or G component in the spectra shown in Figure 7 could be assigned to the Na atoms in the clustering regions of Al and Fe atoms. A high proportion of Na atoms in such an environment is a characteristic of the zhamanshinite.
In comparison with the studied impact glasses, the isotropic values of 29Si NMR chemical shifts of fused and diaplectic Q4 quartz glasses are more negative, –111.5 ppm and –107.85 ppm, respectively, and the signals exhibit significantly smaller line widths, 12–17 ppm, according to [48]. It can be assumed that the differences in the positions and widths of the lines are associated with incomplete polymerization of the SiO4 framework of the impact glass and the presence of Q3 and Q2 configurations in its structure, characterized by the isotropic chemical shift in the range from –80 ppm to –100 ppm [49]. Indeed, previously, based on the Raman data, a significant dispersion of the polymerization degree of SiO4 tetrahedra in the impact glass was suggested [16]. The overall composition of the samples (Table 1) indicates that the degree of polymerization of the Kara glasses, like that of the zhamanshinites, is close to the maximum value of Q4 (NBO/T ≤ 0.3) and the 27Al NMR spectra showed that aluminum atoms have tetrahedral coordination. Thus, the 29Si NMR chemical shift could be described in terms of Q4(mAl) structural units, where m = 0–4 is the number of aluminum atoms in the nearest environment of Si [26]. As the number of Al atoms in the environment of Si increases, the chemical shift becomes less negative (i.e., increases). The corresponding spectral ranges are shown in Figure 8 as horizontal blue bars. The central bands of the 29Si NMR spectra could then be described as superpositions of individual Q4(mAl) bands. The maxima of the central bands correspond to the average configurations Q4(1Al) for ZH2 and Q4(2Al) for other samples.
For further analysis, we have used the single-component model implemented in the “CSA MAS” subroutine of the DMFit program [22]. For the fitting we have used Voight contours with variable Lorentz contribution (G/L ratio) (Table 4). The Lorentzian line shape indicates a significant paramagnetic broadening of the NMR signal [27,33]. Such broadening is larger for the ZH1 sample, for which a larger broadening of the 27Al and 23Na NMR lines was also noted. The selected model reproduces well the spectral shapes (Figure 8), but the obtained values of the components of the chemical shift anisotropy tensor are only predictive. A more detailed look at the 29Si NMR spectrum of the KP15-12-115 sample reveals that the central band is slightly asymmetric, indicating the presence of a low-intensity component with the maximum at ca. –80 ppm, which can be attributed either to the Q2 or the Q4(4Al) component of pyroxene or plagioclase [49,50]. The more symmetric shape of the signal of the KP15-12-118 sample is likely due to the presence of low-intensity components at –94 ppm, –100 ppm, and –106 ppm, which could arise from the traces of plagioclase and quartz in the sample. Note that to the low content of coesite its characteristic 29Si NMR signals at –108.1 ppm and –113.9 ppm are not visible, although, previously, coesite have been reliably detected in the Kara UHPHT glasses [13,14].
Thus, mutually consistent analysis of the 27Al, 23Na, and 29Si NMR spectra allowed us to identify some of the features of the UHPHT Kara impact glass framework. However, it has to be noted that the presence of finely dispersed pyroxene microcrystals and relict fragments of the target rocks in the Kara glass samples complicate the interpretation of the spectra. Another complicating factor is the relatively high content of paramagnetic iron impurities, localized mainly in the octahedral positions of the glass framework. Interestingly, in the spectra of the Kara glass samples with the higher Fe content than in the zhamanshinites, the effects of paramagnetic broadening were significantly less pronounced, which allowed us to conclude that the Fe atoms are spatially separated in the structure of the Kara glass. We speculate that this is related to the mode of the melt-glass transition: the formation of the Kara vein impact glass probably occurred during slower vitrification of the impact melt and slower cooling of the glass, which led to differentiation of the glass substance with the separation of zones enriched in iron. These iron-saturated fragments do not appear in the NMR spectra due to strong paramagnetic line broadening. In contrast, the melt of the tektites was evidently cooled in the quenching mode, which preserved the homogeneous distribution of paramagnetic impurities.
We interpreted the 27Al MAS NMR spectra of the heterogeneous Kara glass as a superposition of signals from aluminosilicate glass and crystalline impurities of pyroxene and feldspar. The glass of the zhamanshinites is homogeneous, and their 27Al MAS NMR spectra consist of only a single strongly paramagnetically broadened signal. In both, the values of the isotropic chemical shift and the quadrupole coupling constant of the glass component of the spectra are typical for the tetrahedral positions IVAl atoms of the fully polymerized Q4 aluminosilicate framework, in which all oxygen atoms of the AlO4 tetrahedra are in bridging. According to the ab initio calculations, the values δiso = 61–63 ppm for glass components of 27Al MAS NMR spectra (Table 2) correspond, on average, to the presence of three Si and one Al in the second coordination sphere of the IVAl (Q4(3Si,1Al) configuration) in aluminosilicate glass [43].
Thus, aluminum in the impact glass framework plays the role of network-former, in contrast to iron, which occupies mainly octahedral positions, according to Mössbauer spectroscopy, and refers to network-modifiers of ions. Signals of five coordinated VAl (AlO5) positions, characteristic of impact glass or high-pressure glass, by present measurements, were not detected, which could probably be explained by possible longer-term of the high-temperature history of condensation of the Kara vein impact glasses, as well as by low spectral resolution due to the strong paramagnetic broadening of NMR signals as is the case for zhamanshinites.
Analysis of the 23Na NMR spectra showed that the bulk of Na atoms in the Kara glass and the tektites are characterized by similar values of the isotropic chemical shifts and quadrupole coupling constants, typical for aluminosilicate glasses. This indicates the same degree of aluminosity of the glass, which is indeed the case if we take into account that the excess part of the Al atoms in the Kara glass is localized in the mineral phases. The Na atoms are located in the highly coordinated positions of the aluminosilicate framework and are the charge compensators of the Al3+ in tetrahedral positions.
Taking into account that only a small fraction of Fe3+ ions is in a tetrahedral position [14,15], one could estimate the nominal degree of glass polymerization in terms of the NBO/T ratio (non-bridging oxygen, NBO, per tetrahedrally coordinated cation, T). The configurations Q4, Q3, Q2, Q1, and Q0 would correspond to NBO/T values of 0, 1, 2, 3 и 4, respectively. Calculations of the NBO/T values for the studied impact glass, performed on the basis of their compositions (Table 1) according to the procedure described in ([51], p. 118), showed that NBO/T ratios for the Kara glass samples are equal to 0.33 (KP15-12-115) and 0.38 (KP15-12-118). For the zhamanshinite, NBO/T values are lower than those of the Kara glasses: 0.2 for ZH1 and 0.1 for ZH2. Nominally, the zhamanshinite glasses are characterized by an even higher degree of polymerization of the [Si,Al]O4 framework in almost pure Q4 configuration. Thus, the calculated values of NBO/T values are consistent with the hypothesis [16] that the high heterogeneity of the degree of polymerization of SiO4 units in the lattice of the Kara UHPHT impacts glass in comparison with the tektites condensed at atmospheric pressure.
However, calculated NBO/T are slightly overestimated values for Kara glass, since the glass also contains pyroxene with the Q2 type of SiO4 polymerization. Indeed, a higher value NBO/T was obtained for the sample KP15-12-118, which has a higher pyroxene content, according to the NMR data (Table 2). Thus, nominally, the Kara glasses are close to full polymerization in Q4 configuration of [Si,Al]O4 groups with a small fraction of Q3 and Q2 configurations. The 29Si NMR spectra of both types of impact glass are mainly described by the superposition of the individual 29Si bands in the Q4 (mAl) configuration. This supports the complete polymerization of the (Si,Al)O4 tetrahedral structural units. The most probable configurations are the ones in which 1–2 of the four bridging oxygen atoms belong to the Si-O-Al bonds. The traces of coesite (SiO2, Q4) present in the Kara glass were not detected in the measured 29Si NMR spectra, apparently due to line broadening associated with the microscopic sizes of crystallites and the relatively low content of this high-pressure silica phase in the UHPHT glass. The 29Si NMR spectral signatures of Q4 lines belonging to the structural units SiO5 or SiO6 (stishovite), characteristic of high-pressure silica glass, were not detected in the spectra of the studied impact glasses at the analytical conditions used.

5. Conclusions

The 27Al, 23Na, and 29Si MAS NMR spectroscopy showed that the Kara UHPHT vein glasses belong to an amorphous aluminosilicate substance with a high degree of polymerization of the glass framework. Despite the long post-impact period of about 70 million years, and significant hydrothermal alternation of the host rocks, these UHPHT vein formations remained uncrystallized, although they did not retain direct impact markers such as SiO5 and AlO5 units. The primary fine-dispersed pyroxene and coesite precipitates possibly formed during the solidification of the melt and stabilize the glassy state of the surrounding aluminosilicate substance. Furthermore, the unique 70 Ma stability of the Kara UHPHT vein glass may be explained by its high polymerization level, which can limit time-connected glass crystallization and its mineral alteration. In summary, the specific features of NMR spectra of the Kara UHPHT glasses are consistent with the vein hypothesis of their formation under conditions of high-pressures and temperatures resulting in their fluidity, relatively slow solidification with polymerization, and precipitation of mineral phases as the impact melt cools.

Author Contributions

V.L.: Methodology, Formal analysis, Writing—Original Draft preparation—Review & Editing; T.S.: Conceptualization, Writing—Original Draft preparation; A.M. and P.T.: Investigation, Writing—Original Draft preparation. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation, grant number 17-17-01080.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Ye. M. Tropnikov for help in SEM studies, M. F. Samotolkova for technical assistance at the paper preparation. The MAS NMR measurements of the impact glass samples were carried out at the Center for Magnetic Resonance (Research Park, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia). The electron microscopy and spectroscopy investigations of the Kara impactites were provided using facilities of the Center of collective use “GEONAUKA” (IG FRC Komi SC UB RAS, Syktyvkar, Russia).

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.

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Figure 1. The Kara UHPHT vein glasses: (a)—geographic position of the Kara crater; (b)—sampled point within the suevite complex (marked by a white square), origin outcrop at the right bank of the Kara river (Pay-Khoy); (c)—vein glasses position within the host suevite; (d)—an electron microprobe multicomponent elemental map of the UHPHT glass (left side) with a quenched zone (central vertical zone) in the host suevite.
Figure 1. The Kara UHPHT vein glasses: (a)—geographic position of the Kara crater; (b)—sampled point within the suevite complex (marked by a white square), origin outcrop at the right bank of the Kara river (Pay-Khoy); (c)—vein glasses position within the host suevite; (d)—an electron microprobe multicomponent elemental map of the UHPHT glass (left side) with a quenched zone (central vertical zone) in the host suevite.
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Figure 2. Overview 27Al MAS NMR spectra of KP15-12-115, KP15-12-118, ZH1 and ZH2 samples in the range of chemical shifts from −2000 ppm to 2000 ppm. The positions of the maxima of the central bands and their FWHM measured by the spectral contour are presented.
Figure 2. Overview 27Al MAS NMR spectra of KP15-12-115, KP15-12-118, ZH1 and ZH2 samples in the range of chemical shifts from −2000 ppm to 2000 ppm. The positions of the maxima of the central bands and their FWHM measured by the spectral contour are presented.
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Figure 3. Overview 23Na MAS NMR spectra of the impact glasses. The positions of the maxima and the centers of gravity of the central bands, as well as their FWHM values, are given.
Figure 3. Overview 23Na MAS NMR spectra of the impact glasses. The positions of the maxima and the centers of gravity of the central bands, as well as their FWHM values, are given.
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Figure 4. The FWHM plot of the 23Na NMR central bands vs. FWHM of the 27Al NMR central bands of the impact glasses.
Figure 4. The FWHM plot of the 23Na NMR central bands vs. FWHM of the 27Al NMR central bands of the impact glasses.
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Figure 5. The overview 29Si MAS NMR spectra of the studied glasses. Black line—experimental, and red lines—fitted spectra.
Figure 5. The overview 29Si MAS NMR spectra of the studied glasses. Black line—experimental, and red lines—fitted spectra.
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Figure 6. Deconvolution of the central band of the 27Al MAS NMR spectra: Exp.—experimental spectra; Fit.—full deconvolution spectra; Dif.—difference (Exp.—Fit.); Gl, Fs, and Px are Czjzek components; ssb—spinning sidebands approximated by the superposition of Voigt line shapes (three components for the Kara glass samples, and one component for zhamanshinites). For the fitting of ZH1 and ZH2 spectra, the ssb components of the central transition (±1/2, ±1/2) were included in the Czjzek model.
Figure 6. Deconvolution of the central band of the 27Al MAS NMR spectra: Exp.—experimental spectra; Fit.—full deconvolution spectra; Dif.—difference (Exp.—Fit.); Gl, Fs, and Px are Czjzek components; ssb—spinning sidebands approximated by the superposition of Voigt line shapes (three components for the Kara glass samples, and one component for zhamanshinites). For the fitting of ZH1 and ZH2 spectra, the ssb components of the central transition (±1/2, ±1/2) were included in the Czjzek model.
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Figure 7. Deconvolution of the 23Na MAS NMR spectra: Exp.—experimental spectra; Fit.—full deconvolution spectra; Dif.—difference (Exp.–Fit.); GIM–Czjzek component (all transitions of the central band and ssb); ssb—additional spinning sidebands approximated by the Voigt line shape; L or G—additional Lorentzian or Gaussian components of the central bands. For the KP15-12-115 spectrum, individual components for each of the transitions are shown, supplemented by a pair of lines (ssb (±1/2, ±1/2)), which compensates for the insufficient calculated intensity of the sidebands.
Figure 7. Deconvolution of the 23Na MAS NMR spectra: Exp.—experimental spectra; Fit.—full deconvolution spectra; Dif.—difference (Exp.–Fit.); GIM–Czjzek component (all transitions of the central band and ssb); ssb—additional spinning sidebands approximated by the Voigt line shape; L or G—additional Lorentzian or Gaussian components of the central bands. For the KP15-12-115 spectrum, individual components for each of the transitions are shown, supplemented by a pair of lines (ssb (±1/2, ±1/2)), which compensates for the insufficient calculated intensity of the sidebands.
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Figure 8. The shape of the isotropic 29Si MAS NMR components of the studied glasses. Black line—experimental, and red lines—fitted spectra. The ranges of chemical shifts of Q4(mAl) configurations of SiO4-units [26,49] are depicted by the blue bars.
Figure 8. The shape of the isotropic 29Si MAS NMR components of the studied glasses. Black line—experimental, and red lines—fitted spectra. The ranges of chemical shifts of Q4(mAl) configurations of SiO4-units [26,49] are depicted by the blue bars.
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Table 1. Major element contents of the UHPHT and LP impact glasses, average microprobe data, wt.%.
Table 1. Major element contents of the UHPHT and LP impact glasses, average microprobe data, wt.%.
ComponentKP15-12-115KP15-12-118ZH1ZH2
SiO256.1557.2274.2971.25
TiO20.830.950.810.53
Al2O314.4715.949.8910.30
FeO5.506.485.663.58
MnOn.d.n.d.0.01n.d.
NiOn.d.n.d.0.06n.d.
CaO2.993.262.391.96
MgO4.395.452.910.87
K2O1.931.862.162.85
Na2O2.772.161.021.66
Sum89.0293.3299.293.00
Al/(Si + Al) 10.230.250.140.15
Na/(Na + K) 10.690.640.470.47
Fe/(Fe + Si + Al) 10.060.070.050.03
1 Atomic ratios.
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Table 2. The fitted Czjzek parameters of components of the 27Al MAS NMR of the impact glasses.
Table 2. The fitted Czjzek parameters of components of the 27Al MAS NMR of the impact glasses.
SamplesComponentsδiso, ppmΔCS, ppmCQ, MHzA, %
KP15-12-115Px, VIAl8.2 ± 0.48 ± 13.8 ± 0.29 ± 1
Fs, IVAl58.8 ± 0.17 ± 12.7 ± 0.123 ± 4
Gl, IVAl62 ± 114 ± 15.4 ± 0.168 ± 4
KP15-12-118Px, VIAl7.6 ± 0.37.4 ± 0.73.7 ± 0.117 ± 1
Fs, IVAl58.1 ± 0.26 ± 12.9 ± 0.219 ± 2
Gl, IVAl63 ± 118 ± 15.7 ± 0.264 ± 2
ZH1Gl, IVAl65 ± 433 ± 15.5 ± 0.1100
ZH2Gl, IVAl61.1 ± 0.323 ± 14.1 ± 0.1100
Note. δiso is the isotropic chemical shift, ΔCS is the width (FWHM) of the Gaussian distribution of δiso, CQ is the quadrupole coupling constant, and A is the relative area of the corresponding component.
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Table 3. The fitted parameters of the 23Na MAS NMR of the impact glasses.
Table 3. The fitted parameters of the 23Na MAS NMR of the impact glasses.
SampleComponentδiso, ppmΔCS, ppmCQ, MHzA, %
KP15-12-115GIM–9.0 ± 0.322 ± 11.9 ± 0.1100
KP15-12-118GIM–6.2 ± 0.520 ± 22.1 ± 0.282 ± 3
L3 ± 865 ± 20–18 ± 4
ZH1GIM–6 ± 132 ± 12.5 ± 0.366 ± 5
G5 ± 467 ± 7–34 ± 5
ZH2GIM–10 ± 120 ± 12.4 ± 0.354 ± 5
G0 ± 270 ± 10–46 ± 5
Note. δiso is the isotropic chemical shift, ΔCS is the width (FWHM) of the Gaussian distribution of δiso, CQ is the quadrupole coupling constant, A is the relative area of the corresponding component; L or G is the additional Lorentzian or Gaussian components of the central bands.
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Table 4. The fitted parameters of the 29Si MAS NMR of the impact glasses.
Table 4. The fitted parameters of the 29Si MAS NMR of the impact glasses.
Sampleδiso, ppmΔCS, ppmG/LA, %
KP15-12-115–99.1 ± 0.124.2 ± 0.3180
–84 ± 244 ± 2120
KP15-12-118–101.2 ± 0.126.1 ± 0.21100
ZH1–99.3 ± 0.635 ± 30.1100
ZH2–105.0 ± 0.124.4 ± 0.40.6100
Note. δiso is the isotropic chemical shift, ΔCS is the width (FWHM); G/L is the Gaussian/Lorentzian ratio (1 for Gaussian, 0 for Lorentzian) of the Voigh shape; A is a relative area of the corresponding component.
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