Iron in monticellite as an oxygen barometer for kimberlite magmas |
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| Authors: | Audrey Le Pioufle Dante Canil |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P6, Canada; |
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| Abstract: | Monticellite is a common magmatic mineral in the groundmass of kimberlites. A new oxygen barometer for kimberlite magmas is
calibrated based on the Fe content of monticellite, CaMgSiO4, in equilibrium with kimberlite liquids in experiments at 100 kPa from 1,230 to 1,350°C and at logfO2 from NNO-4.1 to NNO+5.3 (where NNO is the nickel–nickel oxide buffer). The XFeMtc/XFeliq was found to decrease with increasing fO2, consistent with only Fe2+ entering the monticellite structure. Although the XFe-in-monticellite varies with temperature and composition, these dependencies are small compared to that with fO2. The experimental data were fitted by weighted least square regression to the following relationship:
\Updelta \textNNO = \frac{ log 0.858( ±0.021)\fracX\textFe\textLiq X\textFe\textMtc ] - 0.139( ±0.022) }0.193( ±0.004) \Updelta {\text{NNO}} = \frac{{\left\{ {\log \left {0.858( \pm 0.021)\frac{{X_{\text{Fe}}^{\text{Liq}} }}{{X_{\text{Fe}}^{\text{Mtc}} }}} \right] - 0.139( \pm 0.022)} \right\}}}{0.193( \pm 0.004)} where ΔNNO is the fO2 relative to that of the Nickel-bunsenite (NNO) buffer and XFeliq/XFeMtc is the ratio of mole fraction of Fe in liquid and Fe-in-monticellite (uncertainties at 2σ). The application of this oxygen
barometer to natural kimberlites from both the literature and our own investigations, assuming the bulk rock FeO is that of
their liquid FeO, revealed a range in fO2 from NNO-3.5 to NNO+1.7. A range of Mg/(Mg + Fe2+) (Mg#) for kimberlite melts of 0.46–0.88 was derived from the application of the experimentally determined monticellite-liquid
Kd Fe2+–Mg to natural monticellites. The range in Mg# is broader and less ultramafic than previous estimates of kimberlites, suggesting
an evolution under a wide range of petrologic conditions. |
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