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Oct 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977e%26psl..36..443r&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 36, Issue 3, p. 443-448.
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The garnet solid solution series between pyrope Mg3Al2Si3O12 and knorringite Mg3Cr2Si3O12 has been synthesized from oxide mixtures at pressures of 60-80 kbars and 1400-1500°C. Lattice parameters and refractive indices of solid solutions vary linearly with (molecular) composition within the limits of measurement. The lattice parameter of pure knorringite is 11.600 Å and its refractive index is 1.83. The genetic significance of mineral inclusions in natural diamonds is discussed, particularly in the light of the very high knorringite contents often found in garnet inclusions. It is suggested that the most common mineral assemblage occurring as inclusions in diamonds (olivine + knorringite-rich garnet + enstatite) might be explained in terms of subduction into the mantle of olivine + chrome-spinel + enstatite cumulates originally formed by crystallization of mafic magmas within the oceanic crust. The cumulate assemblage experienced alteration by circulating hydrothermal solutions, resulting in the introduction of some carbonate and serpentine minerals. During subduction, this assemblage was partially melted at depth below 150 km, accompanied by reduction of carbonate, to form a reconstituted assemblage consisting of olivine + knorringite-rich garnet + enstatite +/- diamond.
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