Trace element abundance patterns of garnet inclusions in peridotite-suite diamonds

Individual, sub-calcic, chrome-pyrope crystals from Finsch and Kimberley diamonds, Finsch and Bultfontein kimberlite heavy mineral concentrate, and from diamondiferous harzburgite-dunite xenoliths from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe were analyzed for rare earth elements (REE), Sc, Ti, and Zr with the ion microprobe. The abundances and abundance ratios of these trace elements including LREE enrichment and low Ti, together with high and variable Cr contents, are inconsistent with a simple equilibrium relationship between peridotite-suite garnet and silicate and carbonate liquids. It is suggested that the trace element abundance patterns represent a signature of ancient mantle metasomatism which preceded the formation of peridotite-suite garnet and diamond.     

Rare earth element geochemistry and petrogenesis of miles (IIE) silicate inclusions

An ion probe study of rare earth element (REE) geochemistry of silicate inclusions in the Miles IIE iron meteorite was carried out. Individual mineral phases among inclusions have distinct REE patterns and abundances. Most silicate grains have homogeneous REE abundances but show considerable intergrain variations between inclusions. A few pyroxene grains display normal igneous REE zoning. Phosphates (whitlockite and apatite) are highly enriched in REEs (50 to 2000 × CI) with a relatively light rare earth element (LREE)-enriched REE pattern. They usually occurred near the interfaces between inclusions and Fe host. In Miles, albitic glasses exhibit two distinctive REE patterns: a highly fractionated LREE-enriched (CI normalized La/Sm ∼15) pattern with a large positive Eu anomaly and a relatively heavy rare earth element (HREE)-enriched pattern (CI-normalized Lu/Gd ∼4) with a positive Eu anomaly and a negative Yb anomaly. The glass is generally depleted in REEs relative to CI chondrites.The bulk REE abundances for each inclusion, calculated from modal abundances, vary widely, from relatively depleted in REEs (0.1 to 3 × CI) with a fractionated HREE-enriched pattern to highly enriched in REEs (10 to 100 × CI) with a relatively LREE-enriched pattern. The estimated whole rock REE abundances for Miles are at ∼ 10 × CI with a relatively LREE-enriched pattern. This implies that Miles silicates could represent the product of a low degree (∼10%) partial melting of a chondritic source. Phenocrysts of pyroxene in pyroxene-glassy inclusions were not in equilibrium with coexisting albitic glass and they could have crystallized from a parental melt with REEs of ∼ 10 × CI. Albitic glass appears to have formed by remelting of preexisting feldspar + pyroxene + tridymite assemblage. Yb anomaly played an important role in differentiation processes of Miles silicate inclusions; however, its origin remains unsolved.The REE data from this study suggest that Miles, like Colomera and Weekeroo Station, formed when a molten Fe ball collided on a differentiated silicate regolith near the surface of an asteroid. Silicate fragments were mixed with molten Fe by the impact. Heat from molten Fe caused localized melting of feldspar + pyroxene + tridymite assemblage. The inclusions remained isolated from one another during subsequent rapid cooling.     

副矿物微量元素地球化学特征在成岩成矿作用研究中的应用

文中较系统地介绍了国外近年来基于矿物合成和激光原位定量分析测试技术发展的副矿物,重点是锆石,其次是金红石、石榴石、榍石及磷灰石等微量元素地球化学特征在成岩成矿温度、氧逸度、源区物质等方面的研究成果。这些成果是在不同温度、压力及体系成分条件下合成的矿物,结合自然界岩石相关副矿物成分分析,获得了副矿物中微量元素含量与形成温度、压力、氧逸度等之间存在严格线性关系,建立了定量计算公式,并给出了这些温度计、氧逸度等计算公式的适用范围。根据广泛用于同位素定年的锆石受变质和热液蚀变而出现复杂年龄譜,文中还介绍了用锆石微量和稀土元素地球化学特点,结合近年来在这方面的研究成果,探讨了Th/U比值识别锆石成因存在的问题,介绍了稀土元素组成识别锆石成因的原理和应用。     

阿勒泰萨热阔布金矿的成矿流体：微量元素组成

阿勒泰萨热阔布金矿包裹体的ICP-MS稀土元素研究表明，ΣREE比中国其他造山型金矿的高几倍；轻、重稀土分馏不明显，轻稀土和重稀土内部分异也不明显；无明显的Eu异常（δEu=0.72~1.77），与地幔岩辉石的CO₂流体相似。流体中富集的微量元素有Cu、Zn、Mo、Cd、Se、Pb、W、Bi等，与矿物的共生组合一致，结合硫同位素组成反映了深源特征。     

Can trace element distributions in migmatites be used as analogues in understanding petrogenesis of anatectic granites

Trace element concentrations in leucosomes of migmatites in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA, were examined to determine if their compositions are analogous to those of pelite-derived granites. Melanosomes in the migmatites are dominated by biotite, sillimanite, and quartz. Leucosomes have constant Si/Al that corresponds to a peraluminous granite; however, they have variable proportions of (sil+qtz)/alkali feldspar that are attributed to instability of feldspar relative to sillimanite due to high a_HF in partial melts. There are strong positive correlations of Sr, Ba, Rb, and Cs concentrations with the proportion of feldspar in the leucosomes. The average concentrations of Sr and Ba are higher and of Rb and Cs lower in the leucosomes than in pelite-derived leucogranites. A reaction progress method is used to demonstrate that partitioning of these trace elements between melanosomes and leucosomes represent mineral-mineral equilibrium rather than residue-melt equilibrium. This implies that leucosomes in migmatites may crystallize while maintaining equilibrium with melanosomes and the resulting trace element compositions may not be analogous to those of partial melts.     

《攻坚行动方案》实施后北京市PM2.5中微量元素组成特征

文中利用电感耦合等离子质谱仪(ICP-MS)对《攻坚行动方案》实施后北京市环境大气PM2.5中微量元素组成特征进行研究。结果表明,《攻坚行动方案》实施后,北京市PM2.5中微量元素以Zn、Mn、Ba、Pb、Cr、Cu、Ti等7种元素为主,其中元素Zn含量最高。元素Zn、Cd、Tl、Cs、Rb的水溶性组分在总微量元素中占比超过80%,说明这些元素大部分以易溶于水的状态存在于PM2.5中。有趣的是,在PM2.5样品中微量元素的含量(10-6)随着PM2.5污染水平的升高而下降,而质量浓度(ng·m-3)随PM2.5污染水平的升高而升高。这说明单位质量PM2.5中微量元素的含量只与颗粒物的组成成分有关,与颗粒物浓度无关。采样期间PM2.5中的微量元素主要来源于土壤扬尘(48.27%)、燃烧源和工业排放(16.16%)、刹车和轮胎磨损(10.03%),其次是汽车尾气(5.84%)、建筑扬尘(4.88%)以及其他源(3.68%)。与攻坚行动前相比,PM2.5中微量元素的质量浓度有明显的降低,高污染等级的PM2.5样品中微量元素质量浓度的降幅最为明显,比攻坚行动前下降了80.3%。     

Trace element distribution in mineral separates of the Allende inclusions and their genetic implications

Concentrations of the REE, Sc, Co, Fe, Zn, Ir, Na and Cr were determined by instrumental neutron activation and mass spectrometric isotope dilution analysis for mineral separates of the coarseand fine-grained types (group I and II of Martin and Mason's classification) of the Allende inclusions.These data, combined with data on mineral/liquid partition coefficients, oxygen isotope distributions and diffusion calculations, suggest the following: (1) Minerals in the coarse-grained inclusions (group I) crystallized in a closed system with respect to refractory elements. On the other hand, differences in oxygen isotope distributions among minerals preclude a totally molten stage in the history of the inclusion. Group I inclusions were formed by rapid condensation (either to liquid or solid) in a supercooled solar nebula; extrasolar pyroxene and spinel dust were included but not melted in the condensing inclusions, thus preserving their extrasolar oxygen isotope composition. REE were distributed by diffusion during the subsequent heating at subsolidus temperatures; because oxygen diffuses much more slowly at these temperatures, the oxygen isotope anomalies were preserved. (2) The fine-grained (group II) inclusions were also formed by condensation from a super-cooled nebular gas; however, REE-rich clinopyroxene and spinel were formed early and REE-poor sodalite and nepheline were formed later and mechanically mixed with clinopyroxene and spinel to form the inclusions. The REE patterns of the bulk inclusions and the mineral separates are fractionated, indicating that REE abundances in the gaseous phase were already fractionated at the time of condensation of the minerals. (3) Pre-existing Mg isotope anomalies in the coarse-grained inclusions must have been erased during the heating stage thus resetting the ²⁶Al-²⁶Mg chronometer.     

北京房山岩体锆石U-Pb年龄和Sr、Nd、Pb同位素与微量元素特征及成因探讨

本文首次用SHRIMP锆石U-Pb测年法获得房山岩体主期侵入岩-花岗闪长岩的年龄为130．7±1．4Ma,证明房山岩体主体岩石形成于早白垩世。综合该岩体两期侵入宕的常量、微量、稀土元素和同位素及构造环境特征,发现房山岩体侵入岩具有许多与埃达克岩(adakite)极其相似的独特的岩石地球化学特征,但又与Defant和Drummond(1990)定义的典型埃达克岩(O型)有明显差别,与中国东部C型埃达克岩更为接近,或也称之为中国东部燕山期高Sr低Y型中酸性火成岩。本文通过房山岩体Sr、Nd、Pb同位素的系统研究,发现在143Nd／144Nd-87Sr／86Sr图解上,两期岩石投影点均落在EM Ⅰ型富集地幔范围之内,暗示其物质来源与富集地幔有关;钾长石Pb同位素特征也说明房山岩体岩浆来源与EM Ⅰ型富集地幔和下地壳关系密切。结合前人的碳、氢、氧同位素研究成果,认为房山岩体物质来源较深,与上地幔和下地壳有关。此外,发现房山岩体两期侵入岩的εNd(t)值(-13．6--14．2)远高于华北地台区古老下地壳的εNd(t)值(-32--44),而与汉诺坝二辉麻粒岩包体的εNd(t)值(-8--18)近似。由于现有的研究已确证汉诺坝二辉麻粒岩包体是由幔源基性岩浆在晚古生代-中生代时底侵到下地壳底部构成的年青下地壳的一部分,故推测房山岩体的物质来源与华北地台古老下地壳关系不大,而可能与年青下地壳关系密切。在此基础上,提出房山岩体两期岩石形成的两阶段模式:第一阶段可能发生于中生代早期,由于软流体 (层)上涌导致富集岩石圈地幔部分熔融生成带有富集地幔印记的玄武岩浆,该岩浆底侵到下地壳底部,冷却成为年青下地壳的一部分;第二阶段发生于中生代晚期,由于当时软流圈呈蘑菇云状大规模上升,热侵蚀面抬升到壳-幔过渡带,导致早中生代新底侵的玄武质下地壳在榴辉岩-麻粒岩相条件下部分熔融生成C型埃达克质岩浆(也即高Sr低Y型中酸性火成岩浆) 并上侵而成为房山岩体。     

Computer-controlled scanning electron microscopy: A fast and reliable tool for diamond prospecting

Computer-controlled scanning electron microscopy is introduced as a faster, reliably and cost-reducing alternative to conventional electron microprobe analyses on kimberlite indicator minerals. The method is based on conventional scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, but due to extended counting times, optimised settings and computer-controlled particle recognition valid data can be obtained on a low amount of operator and machine time. A comparison of the results between both methods yields that computer-controlled scanning electron microscopy is able to investigate major and minor element concentrations in indicator minerals with almost the same precision as the electron microprobe.     

Formation of epigenetic graphite inclusions in diamond crystals: experimental data

To elucidate the conditions of formation of epigenetic graphite inclusions in natural diamond, we carried out experiments on high-temperature treatment of natural and synthetic diamond crystals containing microinclusions. The crystal annealing was performed in the CO–CO₂ atmosphere at 700–1100 °C and ambient pressure for 15 min to 4 h. The starting and annealed diamond crystals were examined by optical microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. It has been established that the microinclusions begin to change at 900 °C. A temperature increase to 1000 °C induces microcracks around the microinclusions and strong stress in the diamond matrix. The microinclusions turn black and opaque as a result of the formation of amorphous carbon at the diamond–inclusion interface. At 1100 °C, ordered graphite in the form of hexagonal and rounded plates is produced in the microcracks. A hypothesis is put forward that graphitization in natural diamond proceeds by the catalytic mechanism, whereas in synthetic diamond it is the result of pyrolysis of microinclusion hydrocarbons. The obtained data on the genesis of graphite microinclusions in diamond are used to evaluate the temperature of kimberlitic melt at the final stage of formation of diamond deposits.     

Trace element and petrologic clues to the formation of forsterite-bearing Ca-Al-rich inclusions in the Allende meteorite

This work presents new trace element and petrographic data for three forsterite-bearing, Ca-Alrich inclusions from the Allende meteorite: TE, 818a, and 110-A. Such inclusions form a continuum with Type B1 and B2 Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs), and we refer to them as “Type B3” CAIs. Textures, mineral chemistries, crystal-chemically fractionated REE patterns, and other properties suggest that Type B3 crystallized from partly molten evaporative residues. The concentrations of refractory lithophile elements are lower than in Type B1 and Type B2, in approximately inverse proportion to the higher concentrations of Mg and Si in the Type B3's. The refractory trace element abundances of the forsterite-bearing, isotopically anomalous FUN CAIs TE and CG14 suggest that they formed at higher temperatures and under more oxidizing conditions than other Type B CAIs, thus strengthening the previously observed link between relatively oxidized CAI compositions and FUN properties.We also present evidence that 818a was strongly re-heated and modified in the nebula after its initial crystallization: it consists of a core of coarse-grained Ti-Al-pyroxene (Tpx), forsterite, spinel and metal grains and a thick, surrounding mantle of melilite that has been almost totally converted to fine-grained alteration products. In the core, the mean concentrations of refractory lithophiles and siderophiles are similar (both ~ 14 × CI), but in the mantle, the refractory siderophiles are a factor of 2 lower (~ 9 × CI) than the refractory lithophiles (~18 × CI). Because the core and mantle display similar, mineralogically-fractionated REE patterns (both sloping up from La to Lu), the pre-alteration mantle could not have formed during fractional crystallization of the primary CAI nor as a later condensate over the core. A 3-stage formation process is required for 818a: (1) crystallization of the primary CAI rich in Tpx throughout; (2) re-heating and partial volatilization of Mg and Si from the outer portion of the CAI, causing an increase in the concentration of refractory lithophiles, a loss of siderophiles, and converting Tpx to melilite; (3) metasomatic alteration of the melilite-rich mantle.     

Syngenetic phlogopite inclusions in kimberlite-hosted diamonds: implications for role of volatiles in diamond formation

We discuss the chemistry of exceptionally rare phlogopite inclusions coexisting with ultramafic (peridotitic) and eclogitic minerals in kimberlite-hosted diamonds of Yakutia, Arkhangelsk, and Venezuela provinces. Phlogopite inclusions in diamonds are octahedral negative crystals following the diamond faceting in all 34 samples (including polymineralic inclusions). On this basis phlogopite inclusions have been interpreted as syngenetic and in equilibrium with the associated minerals. In ultramafic diamonds phlogopites coexist with subcalcic high-Cr₂O₃ pyrope and/or chromite, olivine and enstatite (dunite/harzburgite (H) paragenesis) or with clinopyroxene, enstatite, and/or olivine and pyrope (lherzolite (L) paragenesis). Ultramafic phlogopites have high Mg# [100?Mg/(Mg+Fe)] from 92.4 to 95.2 and Cr₂O₃ higher than TiO₂ in H-phlogopites (1.5–2.5 wt.% versus 0.1–0.4 wt.%, respectively) but lower in L-phlogopites (0.15–0.5 wt.% versus 1.3–3.5 wt.%, respectively). Eclogitic (E) phlogopites show Mg# from 47.4 to 85.3 inclusive, and very broad ranges of TiO₂ up to 12 wt.%. The primary syngenetic origin of phlogopite is indicated, besides other factors, by its compositional consistency with the associated minerals. The analyzed phlogopites are depleted in BaO (0.10–0.79 wt.%), and their F and Cl contents are highly variable reaching 1.29 and 0.49 wt.%, respectively. The latter is in line with high Cl enrichment in some unaltered kimberlites and in nanometric fluid inclusions from diamonds. The presence of syngenetic phlogopite in kimberlite-hosted diamonds provides important evidence that volatiles participated in diamond formation and that at least a part of diamonds may have been related to early stages of kimberlites formation.     

Regional-scale aeromagnetic survey of the south-west of Algeria: A tool for area selection for diamond exploration

The main objective of the most regional-scale aeromagnetic surveys is to assist in mineral development through improved geologic mapping. The aeromagnetic survey of the south-west of Algeria is used for diamond potential evaluation and target-area selection. This region of Algeria, forming part of the west African Craton, has until very recently been under-explored for diamonds. This paper is a contribution to area selection for primary diamond deposits based on a conceptual model for kimberlitic occurrences. According to the proposed exploration model, the emplacement of diamondiferous kimberlites is controlled by three principal criteria: (1) existence of a sufficiently thick lithosphere, favourable to diamond genesis and preservation, (2) presence of major tectonic trends and lineaments that could act as pathways for kimberlitic magma, the principal diamond-bearing lithology, and (3) the recognition of magnetic anomalies related to mafic–ultramafic intrusives, signs of deeply-rooted magma. Interpretation of the aeromagnetic data, using energy spectral analysis and different data-enhancement filters, has permitted elucidation of all three criteria. Their combination provides a final assessment for three possible areas as targets for primary diamond deposits emplacement.     

Melting of hydrous pyroxenites with alkali amphiboles in the continental mantle: 2. Trace element compositions of melts and minerals

The trace element compositions of melts and minerals from high-pressure experiments on hydrous pyroxenites containing K-richterite are presented. The experiments used mixtures of a third each of the natural minerals clinopyroxene, phlogopite and K-richterite, some with the addition of 5% of an accessory phase ilmenite, rutile or apatite. Although the major element compositions of melts resemble natural lamproites, the trace element contents of most trace elements from the three-mineral mixture are much lower than in lamproites. Apatite is required in the source to provide high abundances of the rare earth elements, and either rutile and/or ilmenite is required to provide the high field strength elements Ti, Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf. Phlogopite controls the high levels of Rb, Cs and Ba.Since abundances of trace elements in the various starting mixtures vary strongly because of the use of natural minerals, we calculated mineral/melt partition coefficients (D_Min/melt) using mineral modes and melting reactions and present trace element patterns for different degrees of partial melting of hydrous pyroxenites. Rb, Cs and Ba are compatible in phlogopite and the partition coefficient ratio phlogopite/K-richterite is high for Ba (1 3 6) and Rb (12). All melts have low contents of most of the first row transition elements, particularly Ni and Cu ((0.1–0.01) × primitive mantle). Nickel has high D_Min/melt for all the major minerals (12 for K-richterite, 9.2 for phlogopite and 5.6 for Cpx) and so behaves at least as compatibly as in melting of peridotites. Fluorine/chlorine ratios in melts are high and D_Min/melt for fluorine decreases in the order apatite (2.2) > phlogopite (1.5) > K-richterite (0.87). The requirement for apatite and at least one Ti-oxide in the source of natural lamproites holds for mica pyroxenites that lack K-richterite. The results are used to model isotopic ageing in hydrous pyroxenite source rocks: phlogopite controls Sr isotopes, so that lamproites with relatively low ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr must come from phlogopite-poor source rocks, probably dominated by Cpx and K-richterite. At high pressures (>4 GPa), peritectic Cpx holds back Na, explaining the high K₂O/Na₂O of lamproites.     

太古宙花岗质岩石Si-O同位素对岩石成因和板块构造的约束

板块构造的起源是地球科学核心问题之一, 而表壳物质循环是现代板块构造的重要表现之一, 因此检验地球表壳物质循环起始时间是约束板块构造启动时间的重要切入点。近年来, 岩浆岩的Si-O同位素联合示踪开始被用来约束太古宙构造环境, 但由于大多太古宙样品经历了强烈的变质作用, Si同位素数据是否代表原岩信息需要进一步的评估; 此外, Si同位素在高温岩浆分异过程中变化非常小, 在分析精度不够高的情况下, 其分析结果则很可能无法揭示其潜在的变化规律。本文结合当前地球早期构造环境研究进展以及Si-O同位素的应用情况: (1)重点总结介绍了太古宙花岗质岩石(主要包括英云闪长岩-奥长花岗岩-花岗闪长岩; 简称TTG)的Si同位素应用原理, 及应用Si-O同位素约束地球早期构造环境的优势; (2)分析了目前研究中存在的问题, 并给出了具体的改进建议和方法; (3)进一步总结了太古宙TTG Si同位素和全球规模的O同位素, Ge/Si比值, 及其他地质学和地球化学指标, 确认了在大约3.8 Ga开始有表壳物质再循环特征的出现; (4)最后依据当前的研究进展, 提出了未来具体研究方向。

     

Trace element distribution in mineral inclusions in zoned garnets from eclogites of the Atbashi Range (South Tianshan)

Ion microprobe data for minerals from the eclogites of the Atbashi Range (South Tianshan) constrain the distribution of trace (Rb, Sr, Ba, Cr, V, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, U, Th, and Y) and rare-earth elements (REE) in zoned garnets and mineral inclusions in them. This study showed that garnets from the Atbashi eclogites are the main hosts for heavy REE; epidotes are important hosts for REE, Y, Sr, Th, and U; and omphacites are depleted in almost all trace elements compared with the bulk-rock compositions. Garnet, as well as epidote and omphacite inclusions exhibit systematic rimward depletion in a number of trace elements, which is related to the depletion of the rock matrix in these elements during crystallization. Deviations from this trend, including the enrichment of garnet rims in HREE and strong variations in the REE contents of garnets and mineral inclusions, can be explained by metamorphic reactions involving the destabilization of REE-bearing minerals. Our data suggest that the mobility of trace elements under eclogites-facies conditions is mainly controlled by the stability of certain minerals.     

Trace and rare-earth element geochemistry： A tool for petrogenetic and geotectonic modeling of ensimatic ortho-amphibolites from Pan-African belt of Obudu Plateau, Southeastern Nigeria

A model for the petrogenetic affinity and original geotectonic setting of ortho-amphibolites from the Obudu Plateau was tested using the distribution patterns of trace and rare-earth elements from the geochemical analyses of twelve representative amphibolite samples. Discrimination plots, normalized patterns of the incompatible trace elements against average MORB, low ratios of Ba/Nb (9–23) and Ba/Ta (130–327) and other geochemical characteristics suggest that the protoliths were dominantly of tholeiitic MO...