Mineral chemistry and thermobarometry of inclusions from De Beers Pool diamonds, Kimberley, South Africa

Lithos

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 155-179

  Phillips, D ^a   Harris, J W ^b   Viljoen, K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c De Beers Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

De Beers Pool inclusions; Mineral chemistry; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; DIAMOND; GEOBAROMETRY; INCLUSION; KIMBERLITE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KIMBERLEY; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17744395498     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Allsopp H.L. Bristow J.W. Smith C.B. Brown R. Gleadow A.J.W. Kramers J.D. Garvie O.G. A summary of radiometric dating methods applicable to kimberlites and related rocks In: Ross J. (Ed.) Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Volume 1. GSA Spec. Publ. No. 14 1989 343-357 Blackwell Scientific Carlton
2. Aulbach S. Stachel T. Viljoen K.S. Brey G.P. Harris J.W. Eclogitic and websteritic diamond sources beneath the Limpopo Belt - is slab-melting the link? Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 143 2002 56-70
3. Beard B.L. Fraracci K.N. Taylor L.A. Snyder G.A. Clayton R.A. Mayeda T.K. Sobolev N.V. Petrography and geochemistry of eclogites from the Mir kimberlite, Yakutia, Russia Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 125 1996 293-310
4. Brey G. Köhler T. Geothermobarometry in four-phase lherzolites: II. New thermobarometers, and practical assessment of existing thermobarometers J. Petrol. 31 1990 1353-1378
5. Bulanova G.P. The formation of diamond J. Geochem. Explor. 53 1995 1-23
6. Bulanova G.P. Pavlova L.P. Magnesite peridotite mineral association in a diamond from the Mir pipe Trans. (Dokl.) USSR Acad. Sci., Earth Sci. Sect. 295 1987 176-179
7. Deines P. Harris J.W. Gurney J.J. Depth-related carbon isotope and nitrogen concentration variability in the mantle below the Orapa kimberlite, Botswana, Africa Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57 1993 2781-2796
8. de Wit M.J. Roering C. Hart R.J. Armstrong R.A. de Ronde C.E.J. Green R.W.E. Tredoux M. Peberdy E. Hart R.A. Formation of an Archaean continent Nature 357 1992 553-562
9. Finnerty A.A. Boyd F.R. Thermobarometry for garnet peridotites: basis for the determination of thermal and compositional structure of the upper mantle In: Nixon P.H. (Ed.) Mantle Xenoliths 1987 381-402 Wiley Chichester
10. Girnis A.V. Stachel T. Brey G.P. Harris J.W. Phillips D. Internally consistent geothermobarometers for garnet harzburgites: Model refinement and application Proc. 7th Int. Kimberlite Conf., Cape Town, The J.B. Dawson Volume 1999 247-254 Red Roof Design Cape Town
11. Griffin W.L. Gurney J.J. Ryan C.G. Variations in trapping temperatures and trace elements in peridotitic-suite inclusions from African diamonds: Evidence for two inclusion suites, and implications for lithosphere stratigraphy Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 110 1992 1-15
12. Gurney J.J. Harris J.W. Rickard R.S. Silicate and oxide inclusions in diamonds from the Finsch mine In: Boyd F.R. Meyer H.O.A. (Eds.) Kimberlites, Diatremes and Diamonds: Their Geology, Petrology and Geochemistry 1979 1-15 AGU Washington
13. Gurney J.J. Harris J.W. Rickard R.S. Minerals associated with diamonds from the Roberts Victor mine Kornprobst J.B. Kimberlites II: The Mantle and Crust Relationships 1984a 25-33 Elsevier Amsterdam
14. Gurney J.J. Harris J.W. Rickard R.S. Silicate and oxide inclusions in diamonds from the Orapa mine, Botswana In: Kornprobst J. (Ed.) Kimberlites II: The Mantle and Crust-Mantle Relationships 1984b 3-10 Elsevier Amsterdam
15. Gurney J.J. Harris J.W. Rickard R.S. Moore R.O. Inclusions in Premier mine diamonds Trans. Proc. Geol. Soc. S. Afr. 88 1985 301-310
16. Harley S.L. An experimental study of the partitioning of Fe and Mg between garnet and orthopyroxene Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 86 1984 359-373
17. Harris J.W. Diamond geology In: Field J.E. (Ed.) The Properties of Natural and Synthetic Diamond 1992 345-394 Academic Press London
18. Hervig R.L. Smith J.V. Steele I.M. Gurney J.J. Meyer H.O.A. Harris J.W. Diamonds: Minor elements in silicate inclusions: Pressure-temperature implications J. Geophys. Res. 85 1980 6919-6940
19. Irifune T. Ringwood A.E. Phase transformations in a harzburgite composition to 26 GPa: Implications for dynamical behaviour of the subducting slab Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 86 1987 365-376
20. James D.E. Fouch M.J. VanDecar J.C. van der Lee S. Group K.S. Tectospheric structure beneath southern Africa Geophys. Res. Lett. 28 2001 2485-2488
21. Kennedy C.S. Kennedy G.C. The equilibrium boundary between graphite and diamond J. Geophys. Res. 81 1976 2467-2470
22. Köhler T. Brey G.P. Calcium exchange between olivine and clinopyroxene calibrated as a geothermobarometer for natural peridotites from 2 to 60 kb with applications Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 54 1990 2375-2388
23. Kopylova M.G. Gurney J.J. Daniels L.R.M. Mineral inclusions in diamonds from the River Ranch kimberlite Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 129 1997 366-384
24. Krogh E.J. The garnet-clinopyroxene Fe-Mg geothermometer - a reinterpretation of existing experimental data Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 99 1988 44-48
25. Leost I. Stachel T. Brey G.P. Harris J.W. Ryabchikov I.D. Diamond formation and source carbonation: Mineral associations in diamonds from Namibia Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 145 2003 15-24
26. Leung I.S. The discovery of calcite inclusion in natural diamond, kimberlite and carbonatite Abstr. Programs-Geol. Soc. Am. 16 1984-574
27. 2-Cr-O in equilibrium with metallic Cr, and their significance for the petrochemistry of chromium J. Petrol. 36 1995 107-132
28. Liu L. An alternative interpretation of lower mantle mineral associations in diamonds Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 144 2002 16-21
29. 3 in enstatite for spinel and garnet peridotite compositions Am. Mineral. 59 1974 110-119
30. Meyer H.O.A. Inclusions in diamond In: Nixon P.H. (Ed.) Mantle Xenoliths 1987 501-522 Wiley Chichester
31. Meyer H.O.A. McCallum M.E. Mineral inclusions in diamonds from the Sloan kimberlites, Colorado J. Geol. 94 1986 600-612
32. Meyer H.O.A. Svisero D.P. Mineral inclusions in Brazilian diamonds Phys. Chem. Earth 9 1975 785-795
33. Meyer H.O.A. Tsai H.M. Mineral inclusions in diamond: Temperature and pressure of equilibration Science 91 1976 849-851
34. Moore R.O. Gurney J.J. Mineral inclusions in diamond from Monastery kimberlite, South Africa In: Ross J. (Ed.) Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Volume 1. GSA Spec. Publ. No. 14, vol. 2 1989 1029-1041 Blackwell Carlton
35. Navon O. High internal pressures in diamond fluid inclusions determined by infrared absorption Nature 353 1991 746-748
36. Nixon P.H. Mantle Xenoliths 1987 Wiley Chichester 844 pp.
37. O'Neill H.StC. An experimental study of the iron-magnesium partitioning between garnet and olivine and its calibration as a geothermometer: corrections Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 72 1980 337
38. O'Neill H.StC. Wood B.J. An experimental study of Fe-Mg partitioning between garnet and olivine and its calibration as a geothermometer Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 70 1979 59-70
39. Otter M.L. Gurney J.J. Mineral inclusions in diamonds from the Sloan diatremes, Colorado-Wyoming State Line district, North America In: Ross J. (Ed.) Kimberlites and Related Rocks. GSA Spec. Publ. 14 vol. 2 1989 1042-1053 Blackwell Carlton
40. Phillips D. Harris J.W. Geothermometry of diamond inclusions from the De Beers Pool Mines, Kimberley, South Africa. Extended Abstracts Proc. 6th Int. Kimberlite Conf., Novosibirsk, (Extd. Abstr.) 1995 441-443 UIGMM Novosibirsk
41. Pollack H.N. Chapman D.S. On the regional variation of heat flow, geotherms and lithospheric thickness Tectonophysics 38 1977 279-296
42. Prinz M. Manson D.V. Hlava P.F. Keil K. Inclusions in diamonds. Garnet lherzolite and eclogite assemblages Phys. Chem. Earth 9 1975 797-815
43. Richardson S.H. Gurney J.J. Erlank A.J. Harris J.W. Origin of diamonds in old enriched mantle Nature 310 1984 198-202
44. Richardson S.H. Chinn I.L. Harris J.W. Age and origin of eclogitic diamonds from the Jwaneng kimberlite, Botswana In: Gurney J.J. Gurney J.L. Pascoe M.D. Richardson S.H. (Eds.) Proc. 7th Int. Kimberlite Conf., The P.H. Nixon Volume 1999 709-713 Red Roof Design Cape Town
45. Richardson S.H. Shirey S.B. Harris J.W. Carlson R.W. Archean subduction recorded by Re-Os isotopes in eclogitic sulfide inclusions in Kimberley diamonds Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 191 2001 257-266
46. Rickard R.S. Harris J.W. Gurney J.J. Cardoso P. Mineral inclusions in diamonds from Koffiefontein Mine In: Ross J. (Ed.) Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Volume 1. GSA Spec. Publ. No. 14, vol. 2 1989 1054-1062 Blackwell Scientific Carlton
47. Ryabchikov I.D. Green D.H. Wall V. Brey G.P. The oxidation state of carbon in the reduced velocity zone Geochem. Int. 18 1981 148-158
48. Smith C.B. Pb, Sr and Nd isotopic evidence for sources of southern African Cretaceous kimberlites Nature 304 1983 51-54
49. Sobolev N.V. Deep-Seated Inclusions in Kimberlites and the Problem of the Composition of the Upper Mantle. (English translation of Russian edition, 1974. Izdatel'stvo Mauka) 1977 Am. Geophys. Union Washington 279
50. Sobolev N.V. Lavrent'ev Yu.G. Pokilenko N.P. Usova L.V. Chrome-rich garnets from the kimberlites of Yakutia and their paragenesis Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 40 1973 39-52
51. Sobolev N.V. Kaminsky F.V. Griffin W.L. Yefimova E.S. Win T.T. Ryan C.G. Botkunov A.I. Mineral inclusions in diamonds from the Sputnik kimberlite pipe, Yakutia Lithos 39 1997 135-157
52. Stachel T. Harris J.W. Syngenetic inclusions in diamond from the Birim field (Ghana) - a deep peridotitic profile with a history of depletion and re-enrichment Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 127 1997 336-352
53. Stachel T. Harris J.W. Brey G.P. Rare and unusual mineral inclusions in diamonds from Mwadui, Tanzania Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 132 1998 34-47
54. Stachel T. Brey G.P. Harris J.W. Kankan diamonds (Guinea) I: from the lithosphere down to the transition zone Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 140 2000 1-15
55. Taylor L.W. Snyder G.A. Grozaz G. Sobolev N.V. Yefimova E.S. Sobolev N.V. Eclogitic inclusions in diamonds: Evidence of complex mantle processes over time Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 142 1996 535-551
56. Viljoen K.S. Smith C.B. Sharp Z.D. Stable and radiogenic isotope study of eclogite xenoliths from the Orapa kimberlite, Botswana Chem. Geol. 131 1996 235-255
57. Viljoen K.S. Phillips D. Harris J.W. Robinson D.N. Mineral inclusions in diamonds from the Venetia kimberlites, Northern Province, South Africa Proc. 7th Int. Kimberlite Conf., Cape Town, The P.H. Nixon Volume 1999 888-895 Red Roof Design Cape Town
58. Wang A. Pasteris J.D. Meyer H.O.A. Deleduboi M.L. Magnesite-bearing inclusion assemblages in natural diamond Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 141 1996 293-306
59. Weidner D.J. Rheological studies at high pressure Hemley R.J. Ultrahigh-Pressure Mineralogy: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth's Deep Interior Rev. Mineral. vol. 37 1998 493-524
60. Wilding, M.C., 1990. A study of diamonds with syngenetic inclusions. Unpubl PhD thesis. University of Edinburgh. 281 pp.
61. Wilding M.C. Harte B. Fallick A.E. Harris J.W. Inclusion chemistry, carbon isotopes and nitrogen distribution in diamonds from the Bultfontein mine, South Africa In: Meyer H.O.A. Leonardes O.H. (Eds.) Diamonds: Characterisation, Genesis and Exploration. CPRM Spec. Publ. 1/B Jan/94 1994 116-126 CPRM Brasilia
62. Zhang Y. Mechanical and phase equilibria in inclusion-host systems Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 157 1998 209-222