Ni in chrome pyrope garnets: a new geothermometer |
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Authors: | W L Griffin D R Cousens C G Ryan S H Sie G F Suter |
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Institution: | (1) CSIRO Division of Exploration Geoscience, Heavy Ion Analytical Facility (HIAF), Box 136, 2113 North Ryde, NSW, Australia |
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Abstract: | Proton microprobe analyses of the minerals in garnet-peridotite xenoliths from kimberlites show that the partitioning of Ni between chrome pyrope garnet and olivine is strongly temperature(T)-dependent. The range of Ni contents in olivines is small relative to that in the analyzed garnets; a geothermometer therefore can be derived, based only on the Ni content of garnet. This allows estimation of T for single Cr-pyrope grains, such as the inclusions in diamonds, if these can be assumed to have equilibrated with olivine. |
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