Combined C isotope and geochemical evidence for a recycled origin for diamondiferous eclogite xenoliths from kimberlites of Yakutia

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 1032-1042

  Spetsius, Z V ^a   Wiggers de Vries, D F ^b   Davies, G R ^b  

^a ALROSA Co Ltd   (Russian Federation)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Diamonds; Eclogite xenoliths; Siberia; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; KIMBERLITE; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH; ZONING;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

EID: 71749107732     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.045     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Anand M., Taylor L.A., Carlson W.D., Taylor D.H., and Sobolev N.V. Diamond genesis revealed by X-ray tomography of diamondiferous eclogites. Lithos 77 (2004) 333-348
2. Barth, M.G., Rudnick, R.L., Horn, I., McDonough, W.F., Spicuzza, M.J., Valley, J.W., Haggerty, S.E., 2002. Geochemistry of xenolithic eclogites fromWest Africa, part 2: origin of the high MgO eclogites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66, 4325-4345.
3. Beard B.L., Fraracci K.N., Taylor L.A., Snyder G.A., Clayton R.N., Mayeda T., and Sobolev N.V. Petrography and geochemistry of eclogites from the Mir kimberlite, Yakutia, Russia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 125 (1996) 293-310
4. Boyd F.R., and Gurney J.J. Diamonds and the African lithosphere. Science 232 (1986) 472-477
5. Bulanova G.P. The formation of diamond. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 53 (1995) 1-23
6. Cartigny P. Stable isotopes and the origin of diamonds. Elements, 1 (2005) 79-84
7. Cartigny P., Harris J.W., and Javoy M. Eclogitic, peridotitic, metamorphic diamonds and the problems of carbon recycling. 7th International Kimberlite Conference Ext. Abstracts (1998) 141-143
8. 13C-N concentrations in diamonds. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 185 (2001) 85-98
9. Coggon J.A., McDonald I., Pearson D.G., and Ishikawa A. New constraints on the origin of Roberts Victor eclogites: geochemical evidence for a subducted arc or back-arc basalt protolith. 9th International Kimberlite Conference Ext. Abstracts, No. 9IKC-A-00277 (2008)
10. Coleman R.G., Lee D.E., Beatty L.B., and Brannock W.W. Eclogites and eclogites: their differences and similarities. Geological Society of America Bulletin 76 (1965) 483-508
11. Dawson J.B. Kimberlites and Their Xenoliths (1980), Springer-Verlag, Berlin 252 pp.
12. Ellis D.I., and Green D.N. An experimental study of the effect of Ca upon garnet - clinopyroxene Fe-Mg exchange equilibria. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 71 (1979) 13-22
13. Fitzsimons I.C.W., Harte B., and Clark R.M. SIMS stable isotope measurement: counting statistics and analytical precision. Mineralogical Magazine, 64 (2000) 59-83
14. Harte B., Fitzsimons I.C.W., Harris J.W., and Otter M.L. Carbon isotope ratios and nitrogen abundances in relation to cathodoluminescense characteristics for some diamonds from Kaapvaal Province, S. Africa. Mineralogical Magazine 63 (1999) 829-856
15. Helmstaedt H., and Schulze D.J. Southern African kimberlites and their mantle sample: implications for Archean tectonics and lithosphere evolution. In: Ross J. (Ed). Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Vol. 1 (1989) 358-368
16. Hin, R.C., et al., 2009, (this issue). Formation and temporal evolution of the Kalahari sub-cratonic lithospheric mantle: Constraints from Venetia xenoliths, South Africa. Proceedings of the 9th International Kimberlite Conference. Lithos 112S, 1069-1082.
17. Ireland T.R., Rudnick R.L., and Spetsius Z.V. Trace elements in diamond inclusions from eclogites reveal link to Archean granites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 128 (1994) 199-213
18. Jacob D.E. Nature and origin of eclogite xenoliths from kimberlites. Lithos 77 (2004) 295-316
19. Jacob D., and Jagoutz E. A diamond-graphite bearing eclogite xenolith from Roberts Victor, South Africa.: implications for petrogenesis from Pb-, Nd-, and Sr-isotopes. In: Meyer H.O.A., and Leonardos O.H. (Eds). Kimberlites, Related Rocks and Mantle Xenoliths, 1 (1994), CPRM Spec. Publ. 304-317
20. Jacob D.E., and Foley S.F. Evidence for Archean ocean crust with low high field strength element signature from diamondiferous eclogite xenoliths. Lithos 48 (1999) 317-336
21. Jacob D.E., Jagoutz E., Lowry D., Mattey D., and Kudrjavtseva G.P. Diamondiferous eclogites from Siberia: remnants of Archean oceanic crust. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 58 (1994) 5191-5207
22. Jacob D., Jagoutz E., Lowry D., and Zinngrebe E. Comment on 'The origins of Yakutian eclogite xenoliths' by G.A. Snyder, L.A. Taylor, G. Crozaz, A.N. Halliday, B.L. Beard, V.N. Sobolev & N.V. Sobolev. Journal of Petrology 39 (1998) 1527-1533
23. Jacob, D.E., et al., 2009, (this issue). Eclogite xenoliths from Kimberley, South Africa - a case study of mantle metasomatism in eclogites. Proceedings of the 9th International Kimberlite Conference. Lithos 112S, 1002-1013.
24. Jerde E.A., Taylor L.A., Crozaz G., Sobolev N.V., and Sobolev V.S. Diamondiferous eclogites from Yakutia, Siberia: evidence for a diversity of protoliths. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 114 (1993) 189-192
25. Kirkley M.B., Gurney J.J., Otter M.L., Hill S.J., and Daniels L.R. The application of C isotope measurements to the identification of the sources of C in diamonds: a review. Applied Geochemistry 6 (1991) 477-494
26. Kirkley M.B., Gurney J.J., and Levinson A.A. Age, origin and emplacement of diamonds: a review of scientific advances in the last decade. CIM Bulletin, 84 (1992) 48-57
27. Liu, Y., et al., 2009, (this issue). Metasomatic origin of diamonds in the world's largest diamondiferous eclogite. Proceedings of the 9th International Kimberlite Conference. Lithos 112S, 1014-1024.
28. McDonough W.F., and Sun S.S. The composition of the Earth. Chemical Geology 120 (1995) 223-253
29. Neal C.R., Taylor L.A., Davidson J.P., Holden P., Halliday A.N., Paces J.B., Clayton R.N., and Mayeda T.K. Eclogites with oceanic crustal and mantle signatures from the Bellsbank kimberlite, South Africa, part 2: Sr, Nd, and O isotope chemistry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 99 (1990) 362-379
30. Ponomarenko A.I., Spetsius Z.V., and Sobolev N.V. New type of diamond-bearing rock - garnet pyroxenite. Doklady Akademy Nauk SSSR 251 (1980) 438-444 (in Russian)
31. Schulze D.J., and Helmstaedt H. Coesite-sanidine eclogites from kimberlite: products of mantle fractionation or subduction?. Journal of Geology 96 (1988) 435-443
32. Schulze D.J., Valley J.W., and Spicuzza K.J. Coesite eclogites from the Roberts Victor kimberlite, South Africa. Lithos 54 (2000) 23-32
33. Shatsky V., Ragozin A., Zedgenizov D., and Mityukhin S. Evidence for multistage evolution in a xenolith of diamond-bearing eclogite from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe. Lithos 105 (2008) 289-300
34. Smart K.A., Heaman L.M., Chacko T., Simonetti A., Kopylova M., Mah D., and Daniels D. The origin of eclogite xenoliths entrained in the Jericho kimberlite, Nunavut. 9th International Kimberlite Conference Ext. Abstracts, No. 9IKC-A-00135 (2008)
35. Smith J.R., and Hatton C.J. A coesite-sanidine grospydite from the Roberts Victor kimberlite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 34 (1977) 284-290
36. Snyder G.A., Taylor L.A., Jerde E.A., Deines P., Clayton R.N., Mayeda T., Rossman G.R., and Sobolev N.V. Archean mantle heterogeneity and the origin of diamondiferous eclogites, Siberia: evidence from stable isotopes and hydroxyl in garnets. American Mineralogist 80 (1995) 799-809
37. Snyder G.A., Taylor L.A., Crozaz G., Halliday A.N., Beard B.L., Sobolev V.N., and Sobolev N.V. The origin of Yakutian eclogite xenoliths. Journal of Petrology 38 (1997) 85-113
38. Sobolev, N.V., 1977. Deep-seated inclusions in kimberlites and the problem of upper mantle composition, Novosibirsk: Nauka, in Russian. Engl. Translation by Brown, D.A. and Boyd, F.R., ed., American Geoph. Union, Washington, D.C., 279 p.
39. Sobolev V.S., and Sobolev N.V. New evidence for subduction on deep levels of eclogitized crustal rocks. Dokl. AN SSSR 250 (1980) 683-685 (in Russian)
40. Sobolev N.V., Pokhilenko N.P., and Yefimova E.S. Diamond-bearing peridotite xenoliths in kimberlites and the problem of the origin of diamonds. Geologiya i Geofizika 25 (1984) 63-80 (in Russian)
41. Sobolev V.N., Taylor L.A., Snyder G.A., and Sobolev N.V. Diamondiferous eclogites from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia, Siberia. International Geology Review 36 (1994) 42-64
42. Sobolev N.V., Taylor L.A., Zuev V.M., Bezborodov S.M., Snyder G.A., Sobolev V.N., and Yefimova E.S. The specific features of eclogitic paragenesis of diamonds from Mir and Udachnaya kimberlite pipes (Yakutia). Geologiya i Geofizika 39, 1667-1678 (In Russian). English Translation: Russian Geology and Geophysics, 39 (1998) 1653-1663
43. Spetsius Z.V. Occurrence of diamond in the mantle: a case study from the Siberian Platform. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 53 (1995) 25-39
44. Spetsius Z.V. Petrology of highly aluminous xenoliths from kimberlites of Yakutia. Lithos, 77 (2004) 525-538
45. Spetsius Z.V., and Serenko V.P. Composition of Continental Upper Mantle and Lower Crust Beneath the Siberian Platform (1990), Nauka, Moscow 272 pp. (in Russian)
46. Spetsius Z.V., and Griffin W.L. Trace elements in minerals from eclogites from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia. Proceedings of 6th Intern. Kimberlite Conf., Russian Geology and Geophysics 38 (1997) 240-246
47. Spetsius Z.V., and Taylor L.A. Partial melting in mantle eclogite xenoliths: connection with diamond genesis. International Geology Review 44 (2002) 973-987
48. Spetsius Z.V., and Taylor L.A. Kimberlite xenoliths as evidence for subducted oceanic crust in the formation of the Siberian craton. Proceedings Intern. Conf. Plumes and Problems of Deep Sources of Alkaline Magmatism (2003), Publ. Univ.House, Irkutsk 5-19
49. Spetsius Z.V., and Taylor L.A. Diamonds of Siberia: Photographic Evidence for their Origin (2008), Tranquility Base Press, Lenoir City, Tennessee, USA 278pp.
50. Spetsius Z.V., Taylor W.R., and Griffin B.J. Major and trace-element partitioning between mineral phases in diamondiferous and non-diamondiferous eclogites from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia. Extended Abstracts of 7th International Kimberlite Conference, Cape Town, South Africa (1998) 856-858
51. Spetsius Z.V., Taylor L.A., Valley J.W., DeAngelis M.T., Spicuzza M., Ivanov A.S., and Banzeruk V.I. Diamondiferous xenoliths from crustal subduction: garnet oxygen isotopes from the Nyurbinskaya pipe, Yakutia. European Journal of Mineralogy 20 (2008) 375-385
52. Stachel T., and Harris J.W. The origin of cratonic diamonds- constraints from mineral inclusions. Ore Geology Reviews 34 (2008) 5-32
53. Stepanov A.S., Shatsky V.S., Zedgenizov D.A., and Sobolev N.V. Causes of variations in morphology and impurities of diamonds from the Udachnaya Pipe eclogite. Russian Geology and Geophysics, 48 (2007) 758-759
54. Switzer G., and Melson W.G. Partially melted kyanite eclogite from the Roberts Victor mine. South Africa, Smithsonning Contribution Earth Science 1 (1969) 1-9
55. Taylor L.A., and Neal C.R. Eclogites with oceanic crustal and mantle signatures from the Bellsbank kimberlite, South Africa, part 1: mineralogy, petrography, and whole rock chemistry. Journal of Geology 97 (1989) 551-567
56. Taylor L.A., Snyder G.A., Crozaz G., Sobolev V.N., Yefimova E.S., and Sobolev N.V. Eclogitic Inclusions in diamonds: Evidence of complex mantle processes over time. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 142 (1996) 535-551
57. Taylor L.A., Milledge H.J., Bulanova G.P., Snyder G.A., and Keller R.A. Metasomatic eclogitic diamond growth: evidence from multiple diamond inclusions. International Geology Review 40 (1998) 663-676
58. Taylor L.A., Snyder G.A., Keller R., Remley D.A., Anand M., Wiesli R., Valley J., and Sobolev N.V. Petrogenesis of group A eclogites and websterites: Evidence from the Obnazhennaya kimberlite, Yakutia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 145 (2003) 424-443
59. Thomassot E., Cartigny P., Harris J.W., and Viljoen K.S. Methane-related diamond crystallisation in the Earth's mantle: stable isotope evidences from a single diamond-bearing xenolith. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 257 3-4 (2007) 362-371
60. Viljoen K.S., Smith C.B., and Sharp Z.D. Stable and radiogenic isotope study of eclogite xenoliths from the Orapa kimberlite, Botswana. Chemical Geology 131 (1996) 235-255