Evidence of fluid inclusions in metamorphic microdiamonds from the Kokchetav massif, northern Kazakhstan

Details Evidence of fluid inclusions in metamorphic microdiamonds from the Kokchetav massif, northern Kazakhstan Evidence of fluid inclusions in metamorphic microdiamonds from the Kokchetav massif, northern Kazakhstan

Dec 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998gecoa..62.3765d&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 62, Issue 23-24, pp.3765-3773

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Microdiamonds from garnet clinopyroxenites of the Kokchetav massif (northern Kazakhstan) and associated alluvial diamonds have been investigated using infrared spectroscopy. All diamonds have high nitrogen contents (from 747 up to 4488 ± 20% at. ppm) and are of type Ib-IaA. Nitrogen data are consistent with a diamond formation over a narrow temperature range. Microdiamonds from garnet clinopyroxenites are characterized by water and carbonate inclusions, similar to those ocurring in fibrous coated diamonds from kimberlite, which suggest that diamonds grew from a C-H-O fluid. In contrast, alluvial microdiamonds do not contain any carbonate inclusions and H 2 O is absent or present in only minor amounts. Alluvial diamonds are considerably more N-rich but have a similar range of nitrogen aggregation states. It is suggested that alluvial diamonds belong to a separate diamond population compared with the microdiamonds from garnet clinopyroxenites. The Kokchetav microdiamonds are distinct from kimberlitic fibrous diamonds in that they contain abundant Ib centres, have high nitrogen contents and show different populations depending on host rock type. These characteristics support a metamorphic origin for the microdiamonds from the UHPM rocks of the Kokchetav massif.

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