一种可能的新碳酸岩类型:壳源成因碳酸岩

本文是对大冶铁矿床接触带"大理岩"及其中分布的"条带状辉石-石榴石大理岩"进行专门研究的阶段性结果.在野外观察到"大理岩"呈岩墙、岩枝和细脉侵入石英闪长岩.根据石准立等的趋势面分析资料,在深部,本矿区"大理岩"与石英闪长岩的接触带总是以突入石英闪长岩内为特征.在"大理岩"与灰岩接触带附近观察到大理岩粒度由于温度冷却快而变细和在"大理岩"中有灰岩残留体."大理岩"本身的方解石粒度中部粗两侧细.本矿区的"大理岩"矿物结晶颗粒比长江中下游许多接触热变质形成的大理岩粗."大理岩"内部浅色大理岩为白色,常具有定向的细条纹构造(可能为流动构造或构造事件引起的线性构造),局部产状变化急剧.在尖山矿段产在"大理岩"中的"条带状辉石-石榴石大理岩",主要含辉石和石榴石条带,其条带走向与"大理岩"岩体延伸方向斜交,且与区内一组断裂构造有关.显微镜观察结果表明,在制备的约65块包裹体切片中均观察到熔融包裹体或流体-熔融包裹体及流体包裹体.包裹体加热实验结果显示,"大理岩"中方解石及"条带状辉石-石榴石大理岩"中的石榴子石和方解石中熔融包裹体接近均一的温度为880～1 055℃,流体-熔融包裹体均一温度为645～740℃."大理岩"及"条带状辉石-石榴石大理岩"的C和O同位素组成与长江中下游的灰岩大致一致,在δ13C-δ18O相关图中的投影点落在沉积碳酸盐范围.电子探针分析表明,在"条带状辉石-石榴石大理岩"的方解石中的一个熔融包裹体为含Si、Ca、Mg、Al和K的混合物(即玻璃)."大理岩"中的圆形固体包裹体成分经电子探针检查为方解石.能谱分析结果表明,"白云质大理岩"的白云石中圆形固体包裹体成分与白云石类似,但与寄主矿物略有区别.在上述初步研究基础上认为,本文所报道的"大理岩"和"条带状辉石-石榴石大理岩"不是由于接触变质引起方解石重结晶的产物,而可能是一种新的碳酸岩类型--壳源成因碳酸岩.     

The Kirkland-Larder Lake stratiform carbonatite

The auriferous zone long known as the Larder Lake Break and more recently as the Larder Lake Exhalite is here interpreted as an exhalative kimberlitic carbonatite on the basis of its K, Ba, Sr, Mg, Fe, Cr, Ni and Co contents, and by comparison with similar younger rocks. Gold is believed to have been deposited syngenetically with this stratiform carbonatite and to be genetically related to late Archean tectonic, volcanic, petrochemical, sedimentary and exhalative processes. Rocks of the Timiskaming Series which host the carbonatite appear to represent a post-uplift graben assemblage of sedimentary and alkalic igneous rocks analagous to modern alkalic-carbonatitic complexes located in rifted upwarps. Preliminary data seems to indicate that carbonatite in general has a higher gold abundance than any other rock type, including iron formations and ultramafic rocks. Ferromagnesian carbonatites, the least common variety, may be worthy untested targets for gold exploration programs, particularly if some pyrite or other sulphide mineral is present.     

Age of carbonatite magmatism in Transbaikalia

The paper reports Ar-Ar, Rb-Sr, and U-Pb (SHRIMP II) geochronologic data on carbonatites in Transbaikalia, related metasomatically altered rocks, and comagmatic silicate alkaline rocks. Metamorphic processes at two carbonatite occurrences were dated at 550–559 Ma (U-Pb and Rb-Sr methods). Geochronologic data make it possible to distinguish two major epochs when carbonatite were formed: Late Mesozoic in southwestern Transbaikalia and Late Riphean-Vendian in northern Transbaikalia. Small carbonatite occurrences are also known in the Vitim and Baikal alkaline provinces, which were formed in the Middle-Late Paleozoic. The Late Mesozoic carbonatite-forming epoch is definitely correlated with the development of the Western Transbaikalia rift structure and the Late Riphean-Vendian epoch, with the breakup of Laurasia in the Late Riphean.     

Calculated silica activities in carbonatite liquids

Carbonatite magmas precipitate silicates, in addition to the abundant carbonates, oxides, and phosphates. Calculated silica activities for equilibria involving silicates and a silica component in magmatic liquids predict specific assemblages for silicate and oxide phases in carbonatites. These assemblages provide tests of alternative sources (carbonatite magma, coeval silicate magma, or older rock) for silicate minerals in carbonatites. Quartz, feldspars, and orthopyroxene are unlikely to be primary magmatic phases in carbonatites, because the silica activity in carbonatite magmas is too low to stabilize these minerals. Zircon and titanite should be unstable relative to baddeleyite and perovskite, respectively, but they do occur in carbonatites. Liquids dominated by carbonate are strongly nonideal with respect to dissolved silica. Consequently, activity coefficients for a silica component in carbonatite liquids are >>1, so that small mole fractions of SiO₂ translate into silica activities sufficient to stabilize phlogopite, clinopyroxene, amphibole, monticellite, and forsterite, among other silicates. Examination of silicate mineral assemblages in carbonatites in the light of silica activity indicates that many carbonatites are contaminated by solid silicate phases from external sources but these xenocrysts can be discriminated from magmatic minerals.     

The phlogopites from the Jacupiranga carbonatite intrusions

Summary Electron microprobe analyses of phlogopites from five carbonatite intrusions (C₁ oldest, to C₅ youngest) constituting the carbonatite plug in the Jacupiranga complex support previous conclusions based on magnetite analyses that C₂ to C₅ represent a trend of differentiation, and that C₁ has different chemical characteristics. All analyzed grains are zoned but no systematic zoning trends occur. The FeO/(FeO + MgO) ratio is very low (0.065 to 1.2), MgO is high (22.5 to 28.2%), TiO₂ is very low (up to 0.44w%), BaO may be very high (up to 10.3 w%), and Na₂O may be as high as 2.77 w%. With decreasing age from C₂ to C₅, MgO increases. Phlogopites from a banded reaction rock between carbonatite and jacupirangite are similar to, but not related to the phlogopites of the adjacent carbonatite. Compared with other carbonatite micas, the MgO-rich, TiO₂-poor Jacupiranga phlogopites present one of the less evolved compositions, similar to those in mantle peridotites. Carbonatite micas are generally lower in TiO₂ than BaO-rich micas from other rocks.

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Die Phlogopite der Karbonatitintrusionen von Jacupiranga und ihre petrogenetische Bedeutung

Zusammenfassung Mikrosondenanalysen von Phlogopiten aus fünf verschiedenen Karbonatitintrusionen (C₁ am ältesten, C₅ am jüngsten) des Jacupiranga-Komplexes unterstützen die früheren Schlüsse aus Magnetitanalysen, daß C₂ bis C₅ durch eine kontinuierliche magmatische Differentiation voneinander abgeleitet werden können, während C₁ andere geochemische Charakteristika aufweist. Alle analysierten Phlogopite sind zoniert, jedoch ohne jede systematische Tendenz in der Zonierung. Das FeO/(FeO + MgO)-Verhältnis ist sehr niedrig (0.065 bis 0.12), TiO₂ ist niedrig (unter 0.44 Gew.-%), BaO kann mit bis zu 10.3 Gew.-% sehr hoch sein, und Na₂O kann 2.77 Gew.% erreichen. Mit abnehmendem Alter von C₂ nach C₅ steigt der Gehalt an MgO an, während BaO abnimmt. Phlogopite aus einem gebänderten Reaktionsgestein zwischen Karbonatit und Jacupirangit sind ähnlich zusammengesetzt wie die benachbarten Karbonatite, mit diesen jedoch nicht verwandt. Verglichen mit Glimmern anderer Karbonatitvorkommen zählen jene von Jacupiranga zu den am wenigsten entwickelten auf Grund ihrer hohen MgO-Gehalte bei gleichzeitiger TiO₂-Armut. Sie weisen eine ähnliche Zusammensetzung wie Glimmer aus Mantelperidotiten auf. Bei gleichen BaO-Gehalten sind Glimmer aus anderen Karbonatiten generell ärmer an TiO₂.

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Ijolite versus carbonatite as sources of fenitization

Ijolite-carbonatite complexes are ubiquitously surrounded of an aureole of metasomatically altered rocks. The process of alteration is termed fenitization and is generally caused by peralkaline fluids emanating from cooling alkaline, i.e. ijolite and carbonatite magmas. Ijolites and carbonatites normally occur together and attempts to determine the source of the fenitizing fluids may therefore lead to controversial, if not erroneous, conclusions.
Mineralogical and chemical data of fenites from Oldoinyo Lengai (Tanzania), Fen (Norway), and Alnö (Sweden) are reviewed in the present paper in order to reveal the main factors controlling the fenitization around ijolite and carbonatite. Despite the overall alkaline nature of the process, variables such as XCO₂ of the fluid, activity gradients of SiO₂, Al₂O₃ and CaO, FeO/MgO ratio, f O₂ and temperature gradients may differ, producing distinctive patterns of fenitization around the two magmatic sources. The ijolitic-type fluid has low XCO₂, high activities of alkalies, SiO₂ and Al₂O₃, and low activity of CaO. The f O₂ evolves along the hm-mt buffer conditions and the temperature falls gradually with distance from the magmatic source. The carbonatitic-type fluid has high XCO₂, high activities of alkalies and CaO, and low activities of SiO₂ and Al₂O₃. Temperatures and f O₂ are initially high, but decrease sharply with distance from the source. Moreover, the CO₂-rich fluid may complex and transport the REE.     

First carbonatite hosted REE deposit from India

Based on geological mapping and grid channel geochemical sampling, a carbonatite plug hosted REE deposit has been discovered at Kamthai, Barmer district, Rajasthan. The main REE minerals hosted by carbonatite plug are bastanesite (La), basnaesite (Ce), synchysite (Ce), carbocernaite (Ce), cerianite (Ce), ancylite and parisite. The highest value of LREE is 17.31%, whereas, mean works out 3.33% and weighted average is 2.97%. The carbonatite plug covers 19475 sq. meters and the resources have been estimated upto 84 m depth under Proved, Probable and Possible categories. The total resource estimation for carbonatite plug and other carbonate sills, dykes and veins is 4.91 million tons, making this as truly world class deposit. The TMC of individual LREO (lower rare earth oxide) calculated for carbonatite plug only are La=52196 tonnes, Ce =66026 tonnes, Nd = 13663 tonnes, Pr = 5415 tonnes, Sm = 920 tonnes and Eu = 207 tonnes. Besides these REE, the Kamthai resource will produce 551 tonnes of Ga, 44 tonnes of Ge and 1,12,830 tonnes of SrO during its mining life.     

碳酸岩岩浆演化过程中REE富集与分异的研究进展及碳酸岩中的矿物学分带

稀土元素(REE)作为"三稀资源"之一,是中国重要的战略性矿产资源,碳酸岩型稀土矿床是世界稀土的主要来源.成矿碳酸岩的岩浆演化以及稀土元素的富集和分异机理一直是碳酸岩型稀土矿床研究的热点和难点,国内外学者对碳酸岩的岩浆起源、岩浆演化过程中稀土元素富集与分异的机理进行了大量的研究与探讨,但仍存在较多的争议,限制了碳酸岩型稀土元素成矿理论的发展及国内外碳酸岩型稀土矿床的找矿勘查工作.文章重点对稀土成矿碳酸岩的起源、岩浆演化过程及在此过程中REE的富集与分异行为进行了详细的文献调研和评述,同时,基于笔者在冕宁牦牛坪稀土矿床前期的研究工作和最新发现,认为碳酸岩中普遍存在矿物学分带,它是岩浆演化过程的最佳记录,是不同成分矿物结晶分异作用的体现.对牦牛坪稀土矿床碳酸岩的矿物学分带特征及其中的熔体、熔流体和流体包裹体进行了初步描述与探讨,以期为研究碳酸岩的岩浆演化、岩浆-流体转化过程及稀土元素的富集与分异机理提供新的思路,促使对稀土碳酸岩矿物学分带及其对REE富集与分异的研究引起更多的关注和重视.     

白云鄂博碳酸岩中矿物的次生反应边结构

在白云鄂博粗粒方解石碳酸岩中,发现了三种围绕硅酸盐矿物的次生反应边结构:1)在方解石中的石英被磷硅钙铈矿反应边环绕与方解石分隔开;2)在方解石中的碱性闪石被磷硅钙铈矿反应边环绕与方解石分隔开;3)方解石中的榍石被硅钛铈矿反应边环绕与方解石分隔开。这种情况表明,在后期阶段该区有富稀土的流体活动,该流体沿石英或硅酸盐矿物与方解石矿物颗粒接触边缘进行交代,生成了次生稀土矿物的反应边环带。这进一步表明,白云鄂博矿床稀土的富集至少与一期富稀土流体的交代作用有关。流体除含REE外,还含有铁和钠,该种流体的成分与以往有关白云鄂博矿床流体研究所得的成分结论是完全一致的。     

汉诺坝-阳原火成碳酸岩成因探讨

大多数幔源硅酸盐岩浆都含少量碳酸盐岩浆,这些少量的碳酸盐岩浆在地幔演化中起了非同寻常的作用。本文报道了发现于汉诺坝、阳原地区新生代玄武岩中鲜见的火成碳酸岩。碳酸岩脉贯穿于玄武岩及其捕虏体橄榄岩,并导致橄榄岩强烈的碳酸盐化现象。碳酸岩脉主要由方解石组成(90%以上),岩石类型为方解石碳酸岩,含少量被裹挟的地幔橄榄石、斜方辉石、单斜辉石和尖晶石等矿物。碳酸岩化橄榄岩由原先的黄、绿色变为紫褐色,灰白色网状碳酸岩细脉穿插其中。碳酸岩脉和碳酸盐化橄榄岩的全岩稀土含量很低(∑REE=8.7×10-6～13.7×10-6),球粒陨石标准化REE模式呈LREE略微富集(～10×球粒陨石)分布模式,微量元素也只显示轻微富集(数倍于原始地幔),它们的δ13C均为负值(-11.2‰～-12.3‰),δ18O均为正值(22.0‰～22.6‰)。碳酸岩的Sr、Nd、Pb同位素组成均显示富集(87Sr/86Sr=0.7078～0.7079,143Nd/144Nd=0.5129,206Pb/204Pb=18.0,207Pb/204Pb=15.5,208Pb/204Pb=38.0)。由于碳酸盐岩浆喷出地表后易于风化,导致REE、微量元素和同位素组成明显偏离原生火成碳酸岩。但从张北少数新鲜碳酸岩所具有的原生火成碳酸岩的C、O同位素组成(δ13C=-5.7‰～-7.3‰,δ18O=8.5‰～10.1‰)特征,以及接沙坝碳酸岩的正εNd(5.3～5.5)为亏损地幔的特征,表明汉诺坝碳酸岩与玄武岩的同源性——它们都来自地幔。     

Activity of the carbonatite volcano Oldoinyo Lengai, 1966

From 1960 to August, 1966, the activity of Oldoinyo Lengai took the form of quiet extrusion of carbonatite lava. In August, 1966, the style of activity changed abruptly and violent ash eruptions took place. The activity varied from minor emissions of ash to major Plinian and Vulcanian type eruptions. A new ash-cone built up within the crater and ash was widely distributed on the slopes of the volcano and over the surrounding countryside.The ash consists of sodium carbonate mixed with crystals of nepheline, pyroxene, wollastonite, apatite, melanite and pyrite. Also blocks of ijolite and melteigite were ejected during the activity.

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Zusammenfassung Von 1960 bis zum August 1966 bestand die Tätigkeit des Vulkans Oldoinyo Lengai/Ostafrika in ruhigen Lava-Extrusionen. Im August 1966 änderte sich plötzlich die Art seiner Tätigkeit, und heftige Aschenbrüche fanden statt. Diese Tätigkeit variierte von kleineren Ascheneruptionen bis zu größeren Ausbrüchen plinianischen und vulkanischen Typs. Ein neuer Aschenkegel entstand in dem aktiven Krater, und Asche wurde weithin über die Abhänge des Vulkans und über die Umgebung verteilt.Die Asche besteht aus Natrium-Karbonatit mit einer Beimischung von Kristallen von Nephelin, Pyroxen, Wollastonit, Apatit, Melanit und Pyrit. Während des Ausbruchs wurden auch Ijolith- und Melteigitblöcke ausgeworfen.

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Résumé De 1960 jusqu'en août, 1966, l'activité du volcan Oldoinyo Lengai consistait en coulées tranquilles de lave carbonatitique. En août, 1966, le genre d'activité changea abruptement et de violentes éruptions de cendres se produisirent. L'activité consistait tantôt en de petites émissions de cendres, tantôt en éruptions majeures du genre Plinien et Vulcanien. Un cône neuf de cendres s'amoncelait dans le cratère actif, et les cendres se dispersaient sur le pays environnant.Les cendres se composaient de carbonatite alcaline avec des cristaux de nephéline, pyroxène, wollastonite, melanite et de pyrite. D'ailleurs des blocs d'ijolite et de melteigite furent projetés hors du cratère pendant l'activité.

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Dedicated to Professor Dr. A.Rittmann on the occasion of his 75. birthday     

Enigmatic association of the carbonatite and alkali-pyroxenite along the Northern Shear Zone, Purulia, West Bengal: A saga of primary magmatic carbonatite

The Purulia carbonatite, ‘carbonatite’-‘alkali-pyroxenite’-‘apatite-magnetite rock’ association, is located at Beldih area of Purulia district, West Bengal and falls within the 100 km long Northern Shear Zone (NSZ). Published literature suggests that the Purulia carbonatite was formed by the process of liquid immiscibility from under-saturated silicate parent magma. However, no silica under-saturated rocks like ijolite, nepheline-syenite etc. is known from the area. The trace element geochemistry (Ba/La, Nb/Th, Nb/Pb and Y/Ce ratios in the present study) also does not support this view. Present study indicates that the Purulia carbonatite is enriched in ΣREE and incompatible elements but the carbonatite is also poorer in Nb, Th and Pb compared to the world average of calicocarbonatites. The lower value of Nb is characteristics of carbo(hydro)thermal carbonatite where carbonatite is associated with alkali-pyroxenite and suggests probable origin of the carbonatite as carbothermal residua evolved from an unknown parentage. However, the field, petrographic and geochemical data indicate the genesis of this carbonatite from a primary carbonatitic magma of mantle decent. The ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio of the carbonatite and apatite separated from the carbonatite (∼0.703) implies primary magmatic derivation of the Purulia carbonatite. Close similarity of the apatite of the apatite-magnetite rock with the mantle apatite (of type Apatite B) indicates that they are also of primary magmatic origin. The present work portrays a unique example where primary magmatic carbonatite is associated with the alkali-pyroxenite.     

On the geochemistry of tantalum in the carbonatite process

The behavior of tantalum in carbonatites and related rocks of alkaline complexes was analyzed. In particular, we considered factors favorable for its accumulation in carbonatites, both in absolute amount and relative to its companion element niobium.The contents of both elements show moderate variations in earlier alkaline silicate rocks and more significant variations in carbonatites; this difference is especially pronounced for tantalum.Their simultaneous accumulation in carbonatites is controlled mainly by the affiliation to certain temperature facies, when tantalate-niobate phases with high Ta₂O₅ contents (up to 26 wt %) are formed. The accumulation of these elements with the formation of almost purely niobian pyrochlores and Ta-U pyrochlores (hatchettolites) occurs efficiently only during the formation of metasomatic zoning with the separation of purely Nb and Nb-Ta mineralization between the zones of the metasomatic column. This process is characteristic mainly of relatively deep-seated massifs, where the metasomatic processes of carbonatite formation are dominant, at least for the given temperature facies.     

Age and nature of carbonatite emplacement in North Pakistan

The N Pakistan carbonatites of Loe Shilman, Silai Patti and those within the Ambela complex were formerly considered as comprising one alkaline igneous province associated with a Peshawar rift valley. New data show that these alkaline rocks occur in two distinct periods, Carboniferous and Tertiary, and are not related to any Tertiary rift faulting. K-Ar dates determined on biotites from the Loe Shilman and Silai Patti carbonatites reveal that the carbonatites were emplaced at 31±2 Ma, and along thrust planes, not rift faults. Subsequent movement of the thrusts reset the argon contents in some biotites to indicate a deformation age of 24±2 Ma for the carbonatites at both localities.The Koga carbonatite in the Ambela complex occurs as a plug associated with nepheline syenites and ijolites, and Rb-Sr isotope determinations on the silicate rocks give dates of approximately 297–315 Ma.The study implies that there were thrust movements associated with the Indian — Asian plate collision more than 31 Ma ago, which is much earlier than the 20 Ma date previously advocated for the initiation of thrusting.

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Zusammenfassung Die nordpakistanischen Karbonatite Loe Shilman, Silai Patti und jene aus dem Ambela-Komplex wurden bisher zusammen mit einer Alkaligesteins-Provinz betrachtet, deren Bildung mit dem Peshawar Riff zusammenhÄngt. Neue Daten zeigen auf, da\ die Alkaligesteine von Shilman und Silai Patti dem Karbon zuzuordnen sind und jene aus dem Ambela-Komplex dem TertiÄr. Beide Gesteinserien gehören keiner tertiÄren Riff-Faltung an. K-Ar Altersdaten, bestimmt an Biotiten aus den Karbonatiten von Loe Shilman und Silai Patti, ergeben ein Alter von 31±2 Ma für die Platznahme der Karbonatite entlang einer überschiebungszone. Nachfolgende Bewegungen in der überschiebungsbahn verÄnderten den Argongehalt in einigen Biotiten, so da\ sich ein Deformationsalter von 24±2 Ma ergibt. Die Koga Karbonatite aus dem Ambela Komplex kommen dagegen als Propfen vor. Sie sind assoziiert mit Nephelinsyeniten und Ijoliten. Rb-Sr Bestimmungen an diesen Silikatgesteinen ergeben ein Alter zwischen 297–315 Ma.Diese Untersuchung zeigt, da\ die Indisch-Asiatische Plattenkollision vor 31±2 Ma Jahren stattfand, da sie mit der überschiebungsbewegung assoziiert werden kann. Bisher wurde für diese Kollision ein Alter von 20 Ma angenommen.

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Résumé Les carbonatites du Pakistan septentrional, situées à Loe Shilman, Silai Patti et dans le complexe d'Ambela, ont été regardées jusqu'ici comme appartenant à une seule province magmatique alcaline associée au fossé de Peshawar. Des données nouvelles démontrent que ces roches alcalines appartiennent à deux périodes différentes, le Carbonifère et le Tertiaire, et qu'elles ne sont associées à aucun fossé tertiaire. Des datations K-Ar, effectuées sur les biotites des carbonatites de Loe Shilman et de Silai Patti, montrent que ces roches se sont mises en place il y a 31±2 Ma et ce, le long de failles de charriage et non de failles radiales. Des mouvements plus récents le long de ces charriages ont modifié la teneur en argon de certaines biotites, qui fournissent pour cette déformation un âge des 24±2 Ma dans les carbonatites des deux localités.La carbonatite de Koga dans le complexe d'Ambela est un culot associé à des syénites à néphéline et à des ijolites sur lesquelles les déterminations Rb-Sr donnent des aes approximatifs de 297 à 315 Ma.Cette étude montre que des mouvements de charriage, associés à la collision des plaques indienne et asiatique, ont eu lieu avant 31±2 Ma, c'est-à-dire beaucoup plus tÔt que les 20 Ma admis jusqu'ici.

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西秦岭双王金矿床与火成碳酸岩成因关系

西秦岭双王金矿床以大量发育角砾岩型矿石为特征,金与碳酸盐矿物密切共生,在角砾岩之间呈胶结物产出,显示出强烈的幔源特点.长期以来,这种罕见的矿床类型的成因一直困扰着矿床学家.最近,在双王金矿床深部坑道内新揭露的碳酸岩墙,有可能为揭示这一科学难题提供了一个突破口.文章选择碳酸岩和金矿石为研究对象,通过光薄片观察及TIMA扫...     

Fundamentals of the mantle carbonatite concept of diamond genesis

In the mantle carbonatite concept of diamond genesis, the data of a physicochemical experiment and analytical mineralogy of inclusions in diamond conform well and solutions to the following genetic problems are generalized: (1) we substantiate that upper mantle diamond-forming melts have peridotite/eclogite–carbonatite–carbon compositions, melts of the transition zone have (wadsleyite ? ringwoodite)–majorite–stishovite–carbonatite–carbon compositions, and lower mantle melts have periclase/wüstite–bridgmanite–Ca-perovskite–stishovite–carbonatite–carbon compositions; (2) we plot generalized diagrams of diamondforming media illustrating the variable compositions of growth melts of diamonds and paragenetic phases, their genetic relationships with mantle matter, and classification relationships between primary inclusions; (3) we study experimentally equilibrium diagrams of syngenesis of diamonds and primary inclusions characterizing the diamond nucleation and growth conditions and capture of paragenetic and xenogenic minerals; (4) we determine the fractional phase diagrams of syngenesis of diamonds and inclusions illustrating regularities in the ultrabasic–basic evolution and paragenetic transitions in diamond-forming systems of the upper and lower mantle. We obtain evidence for physicochemically similar melt–solution ways of diamond genesis at mantle depths with different mineral compositions.