Experimental estimation of the rate of gravitation fractionating of xenocrysts in kimberlite magma at high P-T parameters

This report considers experimental studies of the gravitation fractionating of xenocrysts (diamond, garnet, and olivine) in kimberlite magma at 4.0 GPa and 1400°C. The values obtained (0.6–0.7 m/h for 0.3-mm diamond crystals, 0.36 m/h for garnet grains, and 0.6–0.29 m/h for olivine grains) point to a high rate of xenocryst sinking in the ultralow-viscous kimberlite magma (as high as 1 m/h and more, depending on the densities and grain sizes of minerals). A high rate of xenocryst sinking in kimberlite magma results in the impossibility of preservation of heterogeneity in these melts for a sufficiently long time.