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.     

Metasomatic Eclogitic Diamond Growth: Evidence from Multiple Diamond Inclusions

Diamond formation from metasomatic fluids, rather than from igneous melts, remains controversial but is paramount to our understanding of diamonds' mantle origin(s). Physical and chemical properties of diamonds, their inclusions, and host eclogites from the Mir kimberlite, Yakutia, Russia form the basis for our evaluation of diamond origin. Mir eclogitic diamonds and their multiple inclusions show a definite break in time and temperature between the formation of the core zones and the rims of the diamonds. Extreme changes in chemistry for multiple diamond inclusions (DIs) between the cores and the rims cannot be accounted for by magmatic fractional crystallization. Evidence also exists for large temperature decreases (40° to 140°C) from the cores to the rims of some diamonds. The distinct changes in nitrogen contents and aggregation states from cores to rims of diamonds would appear to reflect different residence times for these portions of the diamonds in the mantle- i.e., formation of cores and rims at vastly different times (e.g., 2 Gy). Many of the mineral-chemical characteristics, including C and N isotopes and N aggregation states of the diamond, can best be explained by crystallization of the diamonds after formation of the eclogite host. This suggests that the formation of the eclogite and the nucleation and growth of some diamonds are not coeval and possibly not cogenetic.

Most diamondiferous eclogite xenoliths probably have never experienced a major magmatic episode (i.e., complete melt stage) after subduction of their crustal protoliths into the mantle. Carbon isotopes in diamond, sulfur isotopes from sulfide DIs, and oxygen isotopes from eclogite minerals all point to crustal protoliths for many eclogites.

All of the factors above, taken as a whole, indicate that many eclogitic diamonds are the result of petrogenesis by metasomatism over a prolonged period of time. Introduction of metasomatic fluids facilitates the precipitation of the diamonds, either in tolo or as rims on previously formed diamonds. Inasmuch as some eclogites are considered to be igneous in origine.g., Group-A eclogites of Taylor and Neal (1989)-it is entirely possible that these eclogites may contain truly igneous diamonds. However, even some of these diamonds may have later metasomatic overgrowths.     

Distribution of structural impurities and fluid microinclusions in cubic and coated diamond crystals from the Udachnaya pipe,Yakutia, Russia

FTIR microspectroscopic data were used to construct two-dimension maps showing the distribution of structural impurities and mineral microinclusions in cubic and coated octahedral diamond crystals from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe in Yakutia. Elevated concentrations of hydrogen and total nitrogen are detected in parts corresponding to the early growth of single-episode growth regions of diamond crystals. These concentrations decrease toward the peripheral portions of these regions. The microinclusions contain water and polyphase mineral associations that preserve a high residual pressure. Microinclusions in the coats of octahedral diamond crystals are dominated by silicates, in which the intensity of IR spectral bands increases toward the peripheries, whereas the cubes posses irregularly distributed domains rich in these phases. The carbonate phases of the microinclusions are distributed according to growth zones of the crystals, and their distribution is often not correlated with the concentrations of structural impurities. The facts that microinclusions in the diamond cuboids are dominated by carbonates and that the rims of the octahedra are dominated by silicates suggest that the diamonds crystallized from dominantly carbonate and silicate fluids/ melts, respectively. The chemical composition of the microinclusions point to an eclogitic paragenesis of the crystals. Facts are obtained that provide support for the earlier hypothesis that cubic diamond crystals and coated octahedral crystals grow at metasomatic interaction between deep fluids and eclogitic rocks in the lithospheric mantle.     

地幔岩中流体包裹体研究

地幔岩石中的流体包裹体代表地幔流体的样品。地幔流体包裹体可以存在从地幔来的金刚石,地幔捕虏体和岩浆碳酸岩中。研究这些岩石和矿物中的流体包裹体可以得出其所代表的地幔流体的温度、压力、成分和同位素。我们目前见到的这三类地幔岩石的包裹体主要可在橄榄石、辉石、金刚石、方解石和磷灰石中见到。这些包裹体可以粗略地分为CO2包襄体和硅酸盐熔融体包裹体。又可细分为四类包裹体：（1）富碳酸盐的硅酸盐熔融包裹体。这种包裹体在金刚石、地幔岩捕虏体和岩浆碳酸盐岩中见到,它又可分为结晶质熔融包裹体和玻璃包裹体。（2）CO2包裹体。这种包裹体大多见于地幔捕虏体中,在金刚石和岩浆碳酸岩中也可见到。（3）含硫化物的包裹体。这种包裹体见于地幔捕虏体中,与纯CO2包裹体和含CO2的熔融包裹体共存。（4）高密度的流体包裹体。这种包裹体见于金刚石中,是一种高盐度、高密度的含K、Cl和H2O的流体包裹体,又可分为高卤水包裹体和含卤水的富硅的碳酸盐岩浆包裹体。从对金刚石、地幔捕虏体和岩浆碳酸盐岩中流体包裹体的研究表明,地幔流体存在不均匀性和不混溶性。     

Interaction of Titanium Minerals and Their Melts with Diamond-Forming Media (Experiments at 7–8 GPa)

Melting relations in the multicomponent diamond-forming systems of the upper mantle with a boundary of K–Na–Mg–Fe–Ca carbonate, phases of the model peridotite and eclogite, carbon, and titanium minerals from kimberlite (ilmenite FeTiO₃, perovskite CaTiO₃, and rutile TiO₂) were studied experimentally at 7–8 GPa and 1600–1650°C. Perovskite reacts with the formation of rutile in the diamond-forming silicate–carbonate melts. We discovered liquid immiscibility between melts of titanium minerals, on the one hand, and carbonate–carbon, peridotite–carbonate–carbon, and eclogite–carbonate–carbon diamond-forming melts, on the other. The solubility of titanium mineral in diamond-forming melts is negligible independent of their concentration in the experimental systems. Growth melts retain high diamond-forming efficiency. In general, the experimental results are evident for the xenogenic nature of titanium minerals in inclusions in diamond and, therefore, in diamond-forming melts. It is shown that the physicochemical factors that may correlate the diamond content with the concentration of Ti in kimberlite do not occur during the diamond genesis in silicate–carbonate–carbon parental melts containing titanium minerals and their melts.     

Mineral inclusions in fibrous diamonds: constraints on cratonic mantle refertilization and diamond formation

We analyzed mineral microinclusions in fibrous diamonds from the Wawa metaconglomerate (Superior craton) and Diavik kimberlites (Slave craton) and compared them with published compositions of large mineral inclusions in non-fibrous diamonds from these localities. The comparison, together with similar datasets available for Ekati and Koffiefontein kimberlites, suggest a general pattern of metasomatic alteration imposed on the ambient mantle by formation of fibrous diamond. Calcium and Fe enrichment of peridotitic garnet and pyroxenes and Fe enrichment of olivine associated with fibrous diamond-forming fluids contributes to refertilization of the cratonic mantle. Saline—carbonatitic—silicic fluid trapped by fibrous diamonds may represent one of the elusive agents of mantle refertilization. Calcium enrichment of peridotitic garnet and pyroxenes is expected in local mantle segments during fibrous diamond production, as Ca in the carbonatitic fluids is deposited into the surrounding mantle when oxidized carbon is reduced to diamond. Harzburgitic garnet evolves towards Ca-rich compositions even when it interacts with Ca-poor saline fluids. An unusual trend of Mg enrichment to Fo_95–98 is observed in some olivine inclusions in Wawa fibrous diamonds. The trend may result from the carbonatitic composition of the fluid that promotes crystallization of magnesian olivine and preferentially oxidizes the fayalite component. We propose a generic model of fibrous and non-fibrous diamond formation from carbonatitic fluids that explains enrichment of the mantle in mafic magmaphile and incompatible elements and accounts for locally metasomatized compositions of diamond inclusions.     

俯冲隧道内不同深度的壳幔相互作用:地幔楔超镁铁质岩的镁同位素记录

在不同的俯冲深度,俯冲板片会释放出不同来源和组成的熔/流体进入俯冲隧道中,并进而影响上覆地幔楔及衍生岛弧岩浆的地球化学组成.然而,如何识别俯冲隧道中不同深度熔/流体组分的来源一直是俯冲带研究中的难点.对不同深度来源的地幔楔超基性岩进行了Mg同位素研究,发现了Mg同位素具有示踪俯冲板块熔/流体来源的能力.首先,研究了美国加州Franciscan杂岩中一套经历了多期次流体交代作用的浅部来源（< ~60 km）的变质超基性岩.这些部分蛇纹石化的地幔楔超基性岩在蛇纹石脱水形成滑石的过程中会释放轻Mg同位素进入流体,而重Mg同位素更多地残留在滑石相中;随后进一步受俯冲板块来源流体的交代形成具有高CaO和轻Mg同位素组成的透闪石化变橄榄岩,暗示流体中含有源自俯冲板片的、富集轻Mg同位素的碳酸盐,说明在弧前~60 km深度,部分含Mg碳酸盐（方解石）可以在俯冲隧道中发生溶解并迁移交代上覆地幔楔橄榄岩.对深部地幔楔来源（~160 km）的大别造山带毛屋地区超镁铁质岩体岩相学和元素地球化学研究结果证实了其交代成因.结合多相包裹体、元素地球化学以及前人估计的温-压条件,推测交代介质更接近超临界流体.锆石U-Pb年代学研究揭示,交代作用主要发生在古生代洋壳俯冲阶段（454±58 Ma）,超高压变质作用则发生在三叠纪陆壳俯冲阶段（232.8±7.9 Ma）.古生代锆石中大量的碳酸盐矿物包裹体和重O同位素特征说明古生代洋壳俯冲交代过程中有沉积碳酸盐组分加入.全岩和单矿物的Mg同位素组成均显著低于地幔值以及大别新元古代榴辉岩,说明交代的碳酸盐组分来源应为循环的沉积富Mg碳酸盐,暗示了在俯冲带深部富Mg沉积碳酸盐在超临界流体中会发生溶解迁移.由于沉积碳酸盐具有独特的、显著富集轻Mg同位素组成的特征,这种交代作用会造成地幔楔局部具有异常的Mg同位素组成,从而解释目前观察到的岛弧火山岩的Mg同位素特征.因此,Mg同位素是示踪俯冲碳酸盐与上覆地幔楔相互作用的有效工具.      

Morphological Features of Diamond Crystals Dissolved in Fe<Subscript>0.7</Subscript>S<Subscript>0.3</Subscript> Melt at 4 GPa and 1400°C

An experimental study of the dissolution of natural and synthetic diamonds in a sulfur-bearing iron melt (Fe_0.7S_0.3) with high P–T parameters (4 GPa, 1400°С) was performed. The results demonstrated that under these conditions, octahedral crystals with flat faces and rounded tetrahexahedral diamond crystals are transformed into rounded octahedroids, which have morphological characteristics similar to those of natural diamonds from kimberlite. It was suggested that, taking into account the complex history of individual natural diamond crystals, including the dissolution stages, sulfur-bearing metal melts up to sulfide melts were not only diamond-forming media during the early evolution of the Earth, but also natural solvents of diamond in the mantle environment before the formation of kimberlitic melts.     

Homogenization of carbonate-bearing microinclusions in diamond at <Emphasis Type="Italic">P</Emphasis>–<Emphasis Type="Italic">T</Emphasis> parameters of the upper mantle

The staged high-pressure annealing of natural cubic diamonds with numerous melt microinclusions from the Internatsional’naya kimberlite pipe was studied experimentally. The results mainly show that the carbonate phases, the daughter phases in partially crystallized microinclusions in diamonds, may undergo phase transformations under the mantle P–T conditions. Most likely, partial melting and further dissolution of dolomite in the carbonate–silicate melt (homogenization of inclusions) occur in inclusions. The experimental data on the staged high-pressure annealing of diamonds with melt microinclusions allow us to estimate the temperature of their homogenization as 1400–1500°C. Thus, cubic diamonds from the Internatsional’naya pipe could have been formed under quite high temperatures corresponding to the lithosphere/asthenosphere boundary. However, it should be noted that the effect of selective capture of inclusions with partial loss of volatiles in relation to the composition of the crystallization medium is not excluded during the growth. This may increase the temperature of their homogenization significantly between 1400 and 1500°C.     

Nickel-rich metasomatism of the lithospheric mantle by pre-kimberlitic alkali-S–Cl-rich C–O–H fluids

Metasomatism of the lithospheric mantle sometimes produces unusual assemblages containing native metals and alloys, which provide important insight into metasomatic processes in the mantle. In this study, we describe the metasomatic enrichment of a refractory harzburgite xenolith in Ni, Fe and, to a lesser extent, Cu, Co, As and Sb. The xenolith (XM1/422) derives from the Bultfontein kimberlite (Kimberley, South Africa) and hosts Ni mineralisation that includes native nickel (Ni_84.5-98.0), heazlewoodite (Ni₃S₂) and Ni-rich silicates (e.g. up to 37.5 wt % NiO in olivine, and 22.4 wt % NiO in phlogopite). The presence of several mineral phases enriched in alkali and volatile species (e.g. phlogopite, phosphates, carbonates, chlorides, djerfisherite) indicates that the transition metal cations were likely introduced during metasomatism by alkali-rich C–O–H fluids or alkali-carbonate melts. It is postulated that sulphide breakdown and fluid reaction with refractory mantle rocks contributed to the fluid’s enrichment in Ni and other metallic cations. The Ni-rich assemblages of xenolith XM1/422 show local chemical disequilibrium, and modelling of the Ni diffusion profiles adjacent to olivine-native nickel and olivine-heazlewoodite grain boundaries, suggests a close temporal relationship between Ni-rich metasomatism and subsequent entrainment by the kimberlite magma. However, metal-rich metasomatism has also been observed in other lithospheric mantle domains, including orogenic peridotitic massifs and the suboceanic mantle; regions unaffected by kimberlite magmatsim. As micro-scale occurrences of metallic phases are easily overlooked, it is possible that metal-rich metasomatism is more widespread in the Earth’s mantle than previously recognised.     

地幔流体与地球的放气作用

地幔流体的形成、聚集和渗透是引起地幔交代作用的主要营力。地幔交代作用发育的强弱决定着所生成岩浆的碱性程度。地幔流体和部分熔融体高度富集不相容元素,它们与亏损地幔的相互作用可以使后者发生ＬＲＥＥ和不相容元素的局部富集。通过板块俯冲作用使地球表层的ＣＯ２进入地幔,参加地球的碳循环。热点岩浆来源的ＣＯ２中含有部分循环的ＣＯ２,而大洋中脊玄武岩中的ＣＯ２主要是原始地球的ＣＯ２。携带ＣＨ４和Ｈ２Ｏ的流体渗透至被俯冲带带入地幔的物质,使碳酸盐化的榴辉岩还原而形成含金刚石的榴辉岩和富水流体,并诱发局部熔融,所形成的熔体以火山喷发的形式上升到地表。地幔岩石中含有大量的流体,它们主要以流体包裹体的形式存在于地幔矿物中。几乎在所有的上地幔环境下形成的矿物中均找到了流体包裹体。包裹体内流体的成分主要是ＣＯ２,ＣＨ４,Ｈ２Ｏ及少量Ｈ２,Ｎ２等。     

Metasomatism in the subcontinental mantle beneath the Eastern Carpathians (Romania): new evidence from trace element geochemistry

A wide range of trace elements have been analysed in mantle xenoliths (whole rocks, clinopyroxene and amphibole separates) from alkaline lavas in the Eastern Carpathians (Romania), in order to understand the process of metasomatism in the subcontinental mantle of the Carpatho-Pannonian region. The xenoliths include spinel lherzolites, harzburgites and websterites, clinopyroxenites, amphibole veins and amphibole clinopyroxenites. Textures vary from porphyroclastic to granoblastic, or equigranular. Grain size increases with increasing equilibrium temperature of mineralogical assemblages and results from grain boundary migration. In peridotites, interstitial clinopyroxenes (cpx) and amphiboles resulted from impregnation and metasomatism of harzburgites or cpx-poor lherzolites by small quantities of a melt I with a melilitite composition. Clinopyroxenites, amphibole veins and amphibole clinopyroxenites are also formed by metasomatism as a result of percolation through fracture systems of large quantities of a melt II with a melanephelinite composition. These metasomatic events are marked by whole-rock enrichments, relative to the primitive mantle (PM), in Rb, Th and U associated in some granoblastic lherzolites and in clinopyroxene and amphibole veins with enrichments in LREE, Ta and Nb. Correlations between major element whole-rock contents in peridotites demonstrate that the formation of interstitial amphibole and clinopyroxene induced only a slight but variable increase of the Ca/Al ratio without apparent modifications of the initial mantle composition. Metasomatism is also traced by enrichments in the most incompatible elements and the LREE. The Ta, Nb, MREE and HREE contents remained unchanged and confirm the depleted state of the initial but heterogeneous mantle. Major and trace element signature of clinopyroxene suggests that amphibole clinopyroxenites and some granoblastic lherzolites have been metasomatized successively by melts I and II. Both melts I and II were Ca-rich and Si-poor, somewhat alkaline (Na > K). Melt I differed from melt II in having higher Mg and Cr contents offset by lower Ti, Al, Fe and K contents. Both were highly enriched in all incompatible trace elements relative to primitive mantle, showing positive anomalies in Rb, Ba, Th, Sr and Zr. They contrasted by their Ta, Nb and LREE contents, lower in melt I than in melt II. Melts I and II originate during a two-stage melting event from the same source at high pressure and under increasing temperature. The source assemblage could be that of a metasomatized carbonated mantle but was more likely that of an eclogite of crustal affinity. Genetic relationships between calc-alkaline and alkaline lavas from Eastern Carpathians and these melts are thought to be only indirect, the former originating from partial melting of mantle sources respectively metasomatized by the melts I and II. Received: 17 March 1997 / Accepted: 14 July 1997     

Origin of disequilibrium diamond crystals from Karpinsky-1 kimberlite pipe using data from cathode luminescence and infra red spectroscopy

The internal structures of 78 diamond crystals from the Karpinsky-1 pipe in the Arkhangelsk Province and the distributions of structural impurities in them were examined by the methods of cathode luminescence and IR spectroscopy. Three generations of diamonds were found in the pipe. Diamonds of the first and second generations presumably originated in an ultramafic and eclogite mantle medium. Diamonds of the third generation, which are very common in the pipe, show a fibrous internal structure and anomalously high concentrations of nitrogen and hydrogen; they originated under disequilibrium conditions. The third-generation diamonds differ by the set of their typomorphic features from diamonds of kimberlite origin and show some similarity with diamonds from metamorphic rocks. We hypothesize that the third-generation diamonds from Katpinsky-1 pipe could originate in a proto-kimberlitic melt.     

云南老王寨金矿的深部地质过程——来自显微岩相学和元素地球化学的证据

通过老王寨金矿围岩、蚀变岩石、矿石的显微岩相学和元素地球化学的系统研究发现：伴随硅化、碳酸盐化等蚀变和硫化物矿化,岩（矿）石中发育沿粒间、裂隙或角闪石解理纹贯入或穿插的黑色不透明超显微隐晶,经电子探针、扫描电镜和能谱分析鉴定,该固体物质主要由超显微晶石英、硅酸盐、碳酸盐、硫化物以及呈熔离交生关系的金红石、白钨矿和镜铁矿（磁铁矿）组成;熔离交生结构与沉淀共晶结构共存的特有岩相学特征指示成矿流体具备由熔体性质向热液性质转化的特性。结合岩（矿）石稀土微量元素研究,认为这种在透射光显微镜下呈黑色不透明的超显微隐晶固体物质,是具熔浆流体特点和超临界流体性质的地幔流体引发交代蚀变的直接微观表现之一;在交代蚀变过程中其性质由熔浆向地壳热液过渡,同时与地壳物质发生混染而有利于成矿作用的进行。     

The Influence of Sodium and Potassium Chlorides on Phase Ratios in the Eclogite–CaCO3–H2O + CO2 System at 4 GPa and 1200–1300°C

To characterize the influence of alkaline metal chlorides on the phase ratios under melting of upper mantle eclogites, the eclogite–CaCO₃–NaCl–KCl system with Н₂О + СО₂-fluid was studied in the experiments under 4 GPa and 1200–1300°C. A low difference in temperatures (<100°C) was registered between the eclogite solidus and liquidus (>1200 and <1300°C, respectively), which is characteristic for the near-eutectic compositions. The phase proportions were peculiar for the absence of any silicate melt over the entire temperature range considered. The carbonate melt coexisted with clinopyroxene and garnet within 1200–1250°C, whereas a carbonate melt exclusively occurred under above-liquidus conditions at 1300°C. The melt quenching resulted in the formation of a multiphase fine-grained mixture of Ca, Na, and K carbonates and chlorides containing microinclusions of clinopyroxene and garnet. The occurrence of a high-calcium carbonate melt in Cl-containing eclogite systems might play a significant role in the mantle metasomatism of subduction zones characterized by the water–alkaline–chloride type of fluids.

     

赣杭构造带龙游地区早白垩世基性岩矿物化学、岩石地球化学特征及其地质意义

通过龙游晚中生代基性岩岩相学观察、全岩主量、微量元素和Sr-Nd同位素及矿物电子探针分析,对岩石成因、岩浆演化和构造环境进行探讨。龙游基性岩岩性为橄榄辉长岩,Sr-Nd同位素显示为幔源特征;主量、微量元素特征显示其经历了以橄榄石、辉石为主的分离结晶作用,且未发生明显的地壳物质混染。橄榄石颗粒具核-边结构,富Mg贫Fe的核部Fo值为90.1～91.8,指示原始岩浆是软流圈地幔,富Fe贫Mg的边部显示橄榄石Fo值为77.4～85.3,且核-边两部分的Fo值相差较大,显示原始橄榄石形成之后受到地幔熔体/流体的交代作用。辉石斑晶大多属于透辉石,在部分斑晶的边部发育少量霓辉石。透辉石斑晶普遍具有核-幔-边结构,从核部到边部的SiO_2含量降低,TiO_2、Al_2O_3含量升高,结晶温度升高,显示原始辉石形成之后受到温度更高的地幔熔体/流体的交代作用。研究认为,古太平洋板块后撤造成岩石圈地幔拉伸作用并形成赣杭构造带深部断裂后,部分软流圈物质受到地幔流体/熔体的交代作用,并沿这些深部断裂向上侵位,经历了以橄榄石和辉石矿物为主的分离结晶作用和微弱的地壳物质混染,最终形成龙游橄榄辉长岩。     

Mantle fluid evolution—a tale of one diamond

Microinclusions analyzed in a coated diamond from the Diavik mine in Canada comprise peridotitic minerals and fluids. The fluids span a wide compositional range between a carbonatitic melt and brine. The diamond is concentrically zoned. The brine microinclusions reside in an inner growth zone and their endmember composition is K₁₉Na₂₅Ca₅Mg₈Fe₃Ba₂Si₄Cl₃₂ (mol%). The carbonatitic melt is found in an outer layer and its endmember composition is K₁₁Na₂₁Ca₁₁Mg₂₆Fe₇Ba₂Si₁₀Al₃P₂Cl₅. The transition in inclusion chemistry is accompanied by a change in the carbon isotopic composition of the diamond from −8.5‰ in the inner zone to −12.1‰ in the outer zone. We suggest that this transition reflects mixing between already evolved brine and a freshly introduced carbonatitic melt of different isotopic composition.

The compositional range found in diamond ON-DVK-294 is the widest ever recorded in a single diamond. It closes the gap between brine found in cloudy octahedral diamonds from South Africa and carbonatitic melt analyzed in cubic diamonds from Zaire and Botswana. Thus, all microinclusions analyzed to date fall along two arrays connecting the carbonatitic melt composition to either a hydrous-silicic endmember or to a brine endmember. This connection suggests that many diamonds are formed from fluids derived form a mantle source not significantly influenced by local heterogeneities.     

褶皱带橄榄岩-榴辉岩杂岩和稳定地块含金刚石岩筒的成因特征

金刚石母岩可以是榴辉岩、辉石岩、橄榄岩等多种岩石,它们与金刚石都是在地幔深处形成的,并上侵最终固结于地壳中。母岩中的金刚石等矿物在地壳中又发生准稳定生长。地壳中金伯利岩和钾镁煌斑岩岩浆作用对金刚石母岩侵入体进行改造,使原生金刚石发生破碎、溶解、再生长等一系列变化,并形成巨晶、劣质金刚石和黑金刚石等新类型,这些现象不是在金刚石母岩形成之初发生的。     

俯冲带壳-幔相互作用的高温高压实验:对地幔不均一性成因的启示

使用活塞-圆筒式高温高压装置进行一系列榴辉岩部分熔融熔体与橄榄岩反应实验,可以为深入了解俯冲带壳-幔相互作用的影响因素及地幔不均一性的成因提供重要信息.实验使用反应偶的方法,并在0.8~3.0 GPa和1 200~1 425℃条件下进行.实验结果表明,榴辉岩部分熔融熔体-橄榄岩反应的动力学和结果受控于熔体主量元素成分、熔体中的H₂O、温度、压力和橄榄岩的物理状态等因素.大陆俯冲带地幔岩石中斜方辉石的富集是再循环陆壳熔体与上覆地幔反应的结果,地幔岩石中斜方辉石岩脉的形成与含水熔体交代有关,地幔岩石中的石榴辉石岩和石榴石岩可能形成于高压、低温条件下的熔体-橄榄岩反应.      

昌乐玄武岩内刚玉巨晶（蓝宝石）中发现富碳酸盐和硫酸盐熔融包裹体及其意义

山东昌乐新生代玄武岩内的刚玉巨晶(蓝宝石)中含有多种类型熔融包裹体,其成分对了解华北深部地幔交代过程中的流/熔体性质和刚玉母岩浆特点具有重要意义.详细的岩相学和激光拉曼分析鉴定出一类富碳酸盐和硫酸盐成分的原生熔融包裹体以及一类含硫酸盐和氯化物等成分的次生熔融包裹体,二者同时还含有CO2和H2O.碳酸盐和硫酸盐成分在世界范围玄武岩内刚玉巨晶中是首次发现,结合已有的包裹体稀有气体同位素和测温资料,反映两种成分可能来源于交代地幔的碳酸岩熔体,预示着华北深部地幔不仅经历了硅酸盐成分的交代还经历了富碳酸盐和硫酸盐成分(碳酸岩)的交代,同时也显示刚玉母岩浆成分复杂,至少有富这两类成分物质的参与,刚玉很可能是硅酸盐岩浆/岩石和幔源碳酸岩岩浆相互作用的产物,后被玄武岩喷发携带至地表.