Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jul 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980gecoa..44..943d&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 44, Issue 7, pp.943-961
Statistics
Computation
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Scientific paper
Three hundred and thirty new 13 C analyses of diamonds are presented, indicating, in conjunction with earlier published work, a range of about 30%. in the carbon isotopic composition of diamonds. The frequency distribution of diamond 13 C analyses shows a very pronounced mode at -5 to -6%.vs PDB, a large negative skewness, and a sharp boundary at about -1%.. Analyses of diamonds from the Premier and Dan Carl mines, South Africa, demonstrate that: (1) differences in 13 C content that can be related to diamond color and shape are smaller than 1%.; (2) the mean 13 C content of kimberlite carbonates is 1-2%. lower than that of associated diamonds; (3) significant differences in 13 C content exist between the mean isotopic compositions of diamonds from these two pipes; (4) the variability in 13 C differs from one mine to the other. Computations were carried out evaluating the effect on the 13 C content of diamonds of: (i) various precipitation processes; (ii) the abundance of the species H 2 , H 2 O, CH 4 , CO, CO 2 and O 2 in the vapor; (iii) the initial isotopic composition variability of the source carbon; (iv) variations of the carbon isotope effects resulting from changes in pressure and temperature and (v) reservoir effects (Rayleigh fractionation). Fifty-eight genetic models were investigated for compatibility with the 13 C distribution in diamonds and associated carbonate. The modeling does not permit an unambiguous answer to the question whether or not a vapor participated in diamond formation, although the presence of methane during diamond formation is compatible with the carbon isotopic composition data, possible oxygen fugacities in the mantle and with the composition of gases liberated from diamonds. In all probability carbon isotope effects in the diamond formation process were small, and the very large range in 13 C observed was inherited from the source carbon.
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