A review of the geology of global diamond mines and deposits

BA Kjarsgaard, M de Wit… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Diamond is not a common rock-forming mineral (an exception being “diamondite”; see
Jacob and Mikhail 2022, this volume) nor a common crustal mineral (the exceptions being …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a new model for kimberlite petrogenesis: Evidence from unaltered kimberlites and mantle minerals

VS Kamenetsky, AV Golovin, R Maas, A Giuliani… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Kimberlites represent magmas derived from great mantle depths and are the principal
source of diamonds. Kimberlites and their xenolith cargo have been extremely useful for …

Analysis of 60 elements in 616 ocean floor basaltic glasses

FE Jenner, HSC O'Neill - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The abundances of 60 elements in 616 Ocean Floor Basaltic (OFB) glasses from the
Abyssal Volcanic Glass Data File (AVGDF) of the Smithsonian Institution have been …

Composition of the lithospheric mantle in the Siberian craton: new constraints from fresh peridotites in the Udachnaya-East kimberlite

DA Ionov, LS Doucet, IV Ashchepkov - Journal of petrology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
We present petrographic, major element and trace element data for bulk-rocks and minerals
for a suite of 34 remarkably fresh peridotite xenoliths in the Udachnaya kimberlite recovered …

High-Mg carbonatitic microinclusions in some Yakutian diamonds—a new type of diamond-forming fluid

O Klein-BenDavid, AM Logvinova, M Schrauder… - Lithos, 2009 - Elsevier
The composition of microinclusions in 26 fibrous cubic and coated diamonds from the
Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field, Yakutia were studied using EPMA and FTIR and the carbon …

Olivine in the Udachnaya-East kimberlite (Yakutia, Russia): types, compositions and origins

VS Kamenetsky, MB Kamenetsky… - Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Olivine is the principal mineral of kimberlite magmas, and is the main contributor to the
ultramafic composition of kimberlite rocks. Olivine is partly or completely altered in common …

Geochemistry of hypabyssal kimberlites from Lac de Gras, Canada: comparisons to a global database and applications to the parent magma problem

BA Kjarsgaard, DG Pearson, S Tappe, GM Nowell… - Lithos, 2009 - Elsevier
We present 104 whole-rock geochemical analyses of hypabyssal kimberlite from the Lac de
Gras field. Screens using Yb versus Al2O3 and ln Si/Al versus ln Mg/Yb effectively …

Chlorine isotope homogeneity of the mantle, crust and carbonaceous chondrites

ZD Sharp, JD Barnes, AJ Brearley, M Chaussidon… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Chlorine in the Earth is highly depleted relative to carbonaceous chondrites and solar
abundances. Knowledge of the Cl concentrations and distribution on Earth is essential for …

Can primitive kimberlite melts be alkali‐carbonate liquids: Composition of the melt snapshots preserved in deepest mantle xenoliths

AV Golovin, IS Sharygin, AV Korsakov… - Journal of Raman …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The study of kimberlite rocks is important as they provide critical information regarding the
composition and dynamics of the continental mantle and are the principal source of …

How unique is the Udachnaya-East kimberlite? Comparison with kimberlites from the Slave Craton (Canada) and SW Greenland

VS Kamenetsky, MB Kamenetsky, Y Weiss, O Navon… - Lithos, 2009 - Elsevier
The origin of alkali carbonates and chlorides in the groundmass of unaltered Udachnaya-
East kimberlites in Siberia is still controversial. Contrary to existing dogma that the …