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Evidence for a mantle component shown by rare gases, C and N isotopes in polycrystalline diamonds from Orapa (Botswana)
Authors:Ccile Gautheron  Pierre Cartigny  Manuel Moreira  Jeff W Harris  Claude J Allgre
Institution:

aLaboratoire de Géochimie et Cosmochimie (UMR 7579 CNRS), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université Paris 7, 4 place Jussieu 75252 Paris, Cedex 05, France

bLaboratoire de Géochimie des Isotopes Stables (UMR 7047 CNRS), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université Paris 7, 4 place Jussieu 75252 Paris, Cedex 05, France

cDivision of Earth Sciences, Centre for GeoSciences, Gregory Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK

Abstract:In an attempt to constrain the origin of polycrystalline diamond, combined analyses of rare gases and carbon and nitrogen isotopes were performed on six such diamonds from Orapa (Botswana). Helium shows radiogenic isotopic ratios of R/Ra = 0.14–1.29, while the neon ratios (21Ne/22Ne of up to 0.0534) reflect a component from mantle, nucleogenic and atmospheric sources. 40Ar/36Ar ratios of between 477 and 6056 are consistent with this interpretation. The (129Xe/130Xe) isotopic ratios range between 6.54 and 6.91 and the lower values indicate an atmospheric component. The He, Ne, Ar and Xe isotopic compositions and the Xe isotopic pattern are clear evidence for a mantle component rather than a crustal one in the source of the polycrystalline diamonds from Orapa. The δ13C and δ15N isotopic values of ? 1.04 to ? 9.79‰ and + 4.5 to + 15.5‰ respectively, lie within the range of values obtained from the monocrystalline diamonds at that mine. Additionally, this work reveals that polycrystalline diamonds may not be the most appropriate samples to study if the aim is to consider the compositional evolution of rare gases through time. Our data shows that after crystallization, the polycrystalline diamonds undergo both gas loss (that is more significant for the lighter rare gases such as He and Ne) and secondary processes (such as radiogenic, nucleogenic and fissiogenic, as well as atmospheric contamination). Finally, if polycrystalline diamonds sampled an old mantle (1–3.2 Ga), the determined Xe isotopic signatures, which are similar to present MORB mantle – no fissiogenic Xe from fission of 238U being detectable – imply either that Xe isotopic ratios have not evolved within the convective mantle since diamond crystallization, or that these diamonds are actually much younger.
Keywords:rare gases  carbon  nitrogen  polycrystalline diamonds  orapa
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