[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 …

Stable isotope (C, O, S) compositions of volatile-rich minerals in kimberlites: a review

A Giuliani, D Phillips, VS Kamenetsky, ML Fiorentini… - Chemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
The composition of primary kimberlite melts and, in particular, the absolute and relative
abundances of volatile components (mainly CO 2 and H 2 O) are controversial issues …

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 …

Alkali-carbonate melts from the base of cratonic lithospheric mantle: Links to kimberlites

AV Golovin, IS Sharygin, VS Kamenetsky… - Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Identification of the primary compositions of mantle-derived melts is crucial for
understanding mantle compositions and physical conditions of mantle melting. However …

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 …

Ultrafresh salty kimberlite of the Udachnaya–East pipe (Yakutia, Russia): A petrological oddity or fortuitous discovery?

VS Kamenetsky, MB Kamenetsky, AV Golovin… - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
An ultrabasic/ultramafic composition of kimberlite magmas is difficult to reconcile with
existing models of the kimberlite mantle source and melting conditions, inferred magma …

The origin of coarse garnet peridotites in cratonic lithosphere: new data on xenoliths from the Udachnaya kimberlite, central Siberia

LS Doucet, DA Ionov, AV Golovin - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2013 - Springer
We report new textural and chemical data for 10 garnet peridotite xenoliths from the
Udachnaya kimberlite and examine them together with recent data on another 21 xenoliths …

Carbonate metasomatism in the lithospheric mantle: Implications for cratonic destruction in North China

K Zong, Y Liu - Science China Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
The activity of melts and fluids may have played a key role in inducing the destruction of the
eastern North China Craton in the early Cretaceous. Carbonate melts are important agents …

Olivine in kimberlites: magma evolution from deep mantle to eruption

A Abersteiner, VS Kamenetsky, K Goemann… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Elucidating the origin, composition and physical properties of primary kimberlite melts is
crucial to our understanding of their source, petrogenesis, ascent mechanisms and …