Mineral inclusions in sublithospheric diamonds from Collier 4 kimberlite pipe, Juina, Brazil: subducted protoliths, carbonated melts and primary kimberlite magmatism |
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| Authors: | Galina P Bulanova Michael J Walter Chris B Smith Simon C Kohn Lora S Armstrong Jon Blundy Luiz Gobbo |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Queen’s Rd, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
2. Rio Tinto Desenvolvimentos Minerais Ltda, Brasília, Brazil
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| Abstract: | We report on a suite of diamonds from the Cretaceous Collier 4 kimberlite pipe, Juina, Brazil, that are predominantly nitrogen-free
type II crystals showing complex internal growth structures. Syngenetic mineral inclusions comprise calcium- and titanium-rich
phases with perovskite stoichiometry, Ca-rich majoritic-garnet, clinopyroxene, olivine, TAPP phase, minerals with stoichiometries
of CAS and K-hollandite phases, SiO2, FeO, native iron, low-Ni sulfides, and Ca–Mg-carbonate. We divide the diamonds into three groups on the basis of the carbon
isotope compositions (δ13C) of diamond core zones. Group 1 diamonds have heavy, mantle-like δ13C (−5 to −10‰) with mineral inclusions indicating a transition zone origin from mafic protoliths. Group 2 diamonds have intermediate
δ13C (−12 to −15‰), with inclusion compositions indicating crystallization from near-primary and differentiated carbonated melts
derived from oceanic crust in the deep upper mantle or transition zone. A 206Pb/238U age of 101 ± 7 Ma on a CaTiSi-perovskite inclusion (Group 2) is close to the kimberlite emplacement time (93.1 ± 1.5 Ma).
Group 3 diamonds have extremely light δ13C (−25‰), and host inclusions have compositions akin to high-pressure–temperature phases expected to be stable in pelagic
sediments subducted to transition zone depths. Collectively, the Collier 4 diamonds and their inclusions indicate multi-stage,
polybaric growth histories in dynamically changing chemical environments. The young inclusion age, the ubiquitous chemical
and isotopic characteristics indicative of subducted materials, and the regional tectonic history, suggest a model in which
generation of sublithospheric diamonds and their inclusions, and the proto-kimberlite magmas, are related genetically, temporally
and geographically to the interaction of subducted lithosphere and a Cretaceous plume. |
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