Petrography and geochemistry of eclogites from the Mir kimberlite,Yakutia, Russia |
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| Authors: | B L Beard Kathy N Fraracci Robert A Clayton Toshiko K Mayeda G A Snyder N V Sobolev L A Taylor |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Planetary Geosciences Institute, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996–1410, USA, US;(2) Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA, US;(3) Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, RU |
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| Abstract: | Diamond-bearing eclogites are an important component of the xenoliths that occur in the Mir kimberlite, Siberian platform,
Russia. We have studied 16 of these eclogite xenoliths, which are characterized by coarse-grained, equigranular garnet and
omphacite. On the basis of compositional variations in garnet and clinopyroxene, this suite of eclogites can be divided into
at least two groups: a high-Ca group and a low-Ca group. The high-Ca group consists of high-Ca garnets in equilibrium with
pyroxenes that have high Ca-ratios Ca/(Ca+Fe+Mg)] and high jadeite contents. These high-Ca group samples have high modal%
garnet, and garnet grains often are zoned. Garnet patches along rims and along amphibole- and phlogopite-filled veins have
higher Mg and lower Ca contents compared to homogeneous cores. The low-Ca group consists of eclogites with low-Ca garnets
in equilibrium with pyroxenes with a low Ca-ratio, but variable jadeite contents. These low-Ca group samples typically have
low modal% of garnet, and garnets are rarely compositionally zoned. Three samples have mineralogic compositions and modes
transitional to the high- and low-Ca groups. We have arbitrarily designated these samples as the intermediate-Ca group. The
rare-earth-element (REE) contents of garnet and clinopyroxene have been determined by ion microprobe. Garnets from the low-Ca
group have low LREE contents and typically have Dy/Yb]n < 1. The high-Ca group garnets have higher LREE contents and typically have Dy/Yb]n > 1. Garnets from the intermediate-Ca group have REE contents between the high- and low-Ca groups. Clinopyroxenes from the
low-Ca group have convex-upward REE patterns with relatively high REE contents (ten times chondrite), whereas those from the
high-Ca group have similar convex-upward shapes, but lower REE contents, approximately chondritic. Reconstructed bulk-rock
REE patterns for the low-Ca group eclogites are relatively flat at approximately ten times chondrite. In contrast, the high-Ca
group samples typically have LREE-depleted patterns and lower REE contents. The δ18O values measured for garnet separates range from 7.2 to 3.1‰. Although there is a broad overlap of δ18O between the low-Ca and high-Ca groups, the low-Ca group samples range from mantle-like to high δ18O values (4.9 to 7.2‰), and the high-Ca group garnets range from mantle-like to low δ18O values (5.3 to 3.1‰). The oxygen isotopic compositions of two of the five high-Ca group samples and four of the eight low-Ca
group eclogites are consistent with seawater alteration of basaltic crust, with the low-Ca group eclogites representative
of low-temperature alteration, and the high-Ca group samples representative of high-temperature hydrothermal seawater alteration.
We interpret the differences between the low- and high-Ca group samples to be primarily a result of differences in the protoliths
of these samples. The high-Ca group eclogites are interpreted to have protoliths similar to the mid to lower sections of an
ophiolite complex. This section of oceanic crust would be dominated by rocks which have a significant cumulate component and
would have experienced high-temperature seawater alteration. Such cumulate rocks probably would be LREE-depleted, and can
be Ca-rich because of plagioclase or clinopyroxene accumulation. The protoliths of the low-Ca group eclogites are interpreted
to be the upper section of an ophiolite complex. This section of oceanic crust would consist mainly of extrusive basalts that
would have been altered by seawater at low temperatures. These basaltic lavas would probably have relatively flat REE patterns,
as seen for the low-Ca group eclogites.
Received: 10 July 1995 / Accepted: 17 May 1996 |
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