A snapshot of mantle metasomatism: Trace element analysis of coexisting fluid (LA-ICP-MS) and silicate (SIMS) inclusions in fibrous diamonds

Details A snapshot of mantle metasomatism: Trace element analysis of coexisting fluid (LA-ICP-MS) and silicate (SIMS) inclusions in fibrous diamonds A snapshot of mantle metasomatism: Trace element analysis of coexisting fluid (LA-ICP-MS) and silicate (SIMS) inclusions in fibrous diamonds

Mar 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009e%26psl.279..362t&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 279, Issue 3-4, p. 362-372.

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We have determined the trace element compositions of coexisting fluid (carbonate-K-chloride-H2O) and single-phase mineral inclusions in peridotitic (Cr-diopside) and eclogitic (omphacite, garnet) inclusions in fibrous diamonds from the Panda kimberlite (Slave craton, Canada). These diamonds provide a unique insight into the nature of the metasomatic agent, the metasomatised minerals and the pre-metasomatic protolith. The fluid component is strongly enriched in light rare earth elements (LREE) and large ion lithophile elements (LILE). Co-existing peridotitic minerals record a melt extraction event (high Cr and Ni) in the protolith prior to the influx of the trapped metasomatic fluid. The silicate minerals are also strongly enriched in LREE. Calculated partition coefficients agree with experimentally determined values in the literature, despite the complex composition of the natural fluid. This indicates that the minerals have re-equilibrated with the metasomatic fluid. The trace element compositions of the mineral inclusions are comparable to many equivalent phases in monocrystalline diamonds. This suggests that the metasomatic fluid and the process recorded in these samples may also be responsible for the growth of some types of monocrystalline diamonds.

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