Causes of variations in morphology and impurities of diamonds from the Udachnaya Pipe eclogite

A unique xenolith of eclogite, 23×17×11 cm in size and 8 kg in weight, was found in the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe. One hundred twenty-four diamond crystals recovered from it were analyzed by a number of methods. The diamonds differ in morphology, internal structure, color, size, and composition of defects and impurities. The xenolith contains diamonds of octahedral and cubooctahedral habits. In cathodoluminescence, the octahedral crystals have a brightly glowing core with octahedral zones of growth and a weakly glowing rim. In the cores of these crystals the N impurity is mostly present in the B1 form (30 to 60%). At the same time, N in the rim is chiefly in the A form. The cubooctahedral crystals show a weak luminescence. The content of nitrogen and degree of its aggregation are close to those in the rim of octahedral crystals. The diversity of morphology and impurity composition of diamonds from the xenolith can be explained by their formation in two stages. At the first stage, the diamonds formed which became the cores of octahedra. After a long-time interruption, at the second stage of diamond formation crystals of cubooctahedral habit appeared and the octahedral crystals were overgrown. Wide variations in nitrogen contents in the xenolith crystals allowed their use to estimate the kinetics of aggregated nitrogen. The data obtained show that the aggregation of A centers into B1 centers in the diamonds is described by a kinetic reaction of an order of 1.5.     

岩石圈地幔中的金刚石及其矿物包裹体的研究进展

金刚石及封存于其中的矿物包裹体对于研究金刚石的成因以及古老岩石圈地幔、超深地幔的性质和地幔过程具有重要的研究意义,是国内外地质学家们的研究热点。大多数金刚石来源于岩石圈地幔,根据包裹体相对于寄主金刚石形成的时间可分为先成包裹体、同生包裹体和后生包裹体,包裹体属于哪种类型直接关系到数据所代表的意义,根据包裹体源区的岩石类型,通常将包裹体分为P/U型和E型,介绍了2种类型包裹体包含的矿物种类,并对出现较多的橄榄石、单斜辉石、斜方辉石、石榴石、铬铁矿和硫化物包裹体的矿物学特征进行了详细描述,归纳了金刚石及其矿物包裹体的主要研究方向:包裹体矿物的化学成分、金刚石的碳同位素组成、金刚石形成的温度、压力及年龄,综述了克拉通岩石圈地幔金刚石及其矿物包裹体的成因,总结了我国金刚石中包裹体的研究成果,分析了国内研究工作与国际上的差距。     

Exploring for kimberlites in glaciated terrains using chromite in quaternary till—a regional case study from northern Finland

Prospecting for kimberlites and related rocks in till-covered terrains requires a methodology for recovering a few small grains within tens of kilograms samples, necessitating 1 ppb sensitivity or better. As part of reconnaissance survey for the kimberlite indicator minerals, i.e. pyrope garnet, picroilmenite, chromite and chromian diopside, the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) developed such a system by significantly modifying and augmenting a 3″ Knelson Concentrator that accomplishes nearly complete recovery of moderately heavy minerals (>0.25 mm) from till samples.Diamondiferous kimberlites occur in the eastern Finland around the Kaavi–Kuopio and Kuhmo areas and much of the rest of the Karelian craton remains prospective based on the empirical evidence necessary for diamond preservation: thick (>200 km) lithospheric mantle, low heat flow and Archaean age rocks. A target area in Lapland, 20×50 km in size, was selected for a pilot study to test extraction of chromite for the (1) discrimination of regionally and locally derived populations, and (2) recognition of possible kimberlitic/lamproitic chromites. Area selection was based on the regional occurrence of a variety of mantle-derived rocks, the recovery of a chromian pyrope grain from till in 1996 and most importantly, the well-established Quaternary stratigraphy in the region. The sample material consisted of sixty-two 80-kg excavator and 40-kg shovel samples. Approximately 1000 chromite grains, almost exclusively 0.25–0.5 mm in diameter, were recovered and analysed by electron microprobe.Tills in the sampling area proved to contain at least two compositional populations of chromite. The first is present in almost every sample and is apparently derived from layered mafic intrusions distal to and up-ice from the study area. The second population consists of chromites with low Ti, high Cr and Mg similar to inclusions in diamond. It is present in approximately one third of the samples, concentrated in a couple of clusters within the target area and is therefore considered to be of more local derivation. Since no high-Ti, high-Cr chromites diagnostic for kimberlites and lamproites were present in the samples, the source for the low-Ti, high-Cr, high-Mg chromite grains remains uncertain, but is probably not kimberlitic. Although this apparently is a negative outcome for diamond exploration in the target area, the main goal of the study was realised by showing the applicability of the system to heavy mineral separation from Quaternary glacial deposits.     

我国海洋产业数字化水平测度与时空演化分析

文章在厘清海洋产业数字化相关概念的前提下,基于钻石模型构建了海洋产业数字化水平测度指标体系并采用投影寻踪模型测度2014—2020年我国沿海11个省(自治区、直辖市)的海洋产业数字化水平;在此基础上运用多种空间计量模型对我国海洋产业数字化水平的时空演化规律进行深入分析。研究发现：我国海洋产业数字化水平总体上呈现快速增长趋势,但不同区域沿海省(自治区、直辖市)之间存在一定差异;区域内差异是研究期内我国海洋产业数字化水平地区差异的主导因素,其中北部沿海地区内部差异最大,东部沿海地区内部差异最小,南部沿海地区内部差异居中;三大海洋经济圈内海洋产业数字化集聚形式各具特征：北部海洋经济圈内沿海省(自治区、直辖市)形成“高-低”集聚型,南部海洋经济圈内沿海省(自治区、直辖市)形成“低-高”集聚型,东部海洋经济圈内沿海省(自治区、直辖市)则形成“高-高”集聚型。