Mineral inclusions in sublithospheric diamonds from Collier 4 kimberlite pipe, Juina, Brazil: subducted protoliths, carbonated melts and primary kimberlite magmatism
Mineral inclusions in sublithospheric diamonds from Collier 4 kimberlite pipe, Juina, Brazil: subducted protoliths, carbonated melts and primary kimberlite magmatism
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DOI:
10.1007/s00410-010-0490-6
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发表时间:
2010-10-01
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3.5
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Gobbo, Luiz
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作者:
Bulanova, Galina P.;Walter, Michael J.;Gobbo, Luiz
We report on a suite of diamonds from the Cretaceous Collier 4 kimberlite pipe, Juina, Brazil, that are predominantly nitrogen-free type II crystals showing complex internal growth structures. Syngenetic mineral inclusions comprise calcium- and titanium-rich phases with perovskite stoichiometry, Ca-rich majoritic-garnet, clino-pyroxene, olivine, TAPP phase, minerals with stoichiometries of CAS and K-hollandite phases, SiO2, FeO, native iron, low-Ni sulfides, and Ca-Mg-carbonate. We divide the diamonds into three groups on the basis of the carbon isotope compositions (delta C-13) of diamond core zones. Group 1 diamonds have heavy, mantle-like delta C-13 (-5 to -10 parts per thousand) with mineral inclusions indicating a transition zone origin from mafic protoliths. Group 2 diamonds have intermediate delta C-13 (-12 to -15 parts per thousand), with inclusion compositions indicating crystallization from near-primary and differentiated carbonated melts derived from oceanic crust in the deep upper mantle or transition zone. A Pb-206/U-238 age of 101 +/- 7 Ma on a CaTiSi-perovskite inclusion (Group 2) is close to the kimberlite emplacement time (93.1 +/- 1.5 Ma). Group 3 diamonds have extremely light delta C-13 (-25 parts per thousand), and host inclusions have compositions akin to high-pressure temperature phases expected to be stable in pelagic sediments subducted to transition zone depths. Collectively, the Collier 4 diamonds and their inclusions indicate multi-stage, polybaric growth histories in dynamically changing chemical environments. The young inclusion age, the ubiquitous chemical and isotopic characteristics indicative of subducted materials, and the regional tectonic history, suggest a model in which generation of sublithospheric diamonds and their inclusions, and the proto-kimberlite magmas, are related genetically, temporally and geographically to the interaction of subducted lithosphere and a Cretaceous plume.