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- Title
A primary natrocarbonatitic association in the Deep Earth.
- Authors
Kaminsky, Felix; Ryabchikov, Igor; Wirth, Richard
- Abstract
In addition to ultramafic and mafic associations, a primary natrocarbonatitic association occurs in the lower mantle. To date, it was identified as inclusions in diamonds from the Juina area, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. It comprises almost 50 mineral species: carbonates, halides, fluorides, phosphates, sulfates, oxides, silicates, sulfides and native elements. In addition, volatiles are present in this association. Among oxides, coexisting periclase and wüstite were identified, pointing to the formation of the natrocarbonatitic association at a depth greater than 2000 km. Some iron-rich (Mg,Fe)O inclusions in diamond are attributed to the lowermost mantle. The initial lower-mantle carbonatitic melt formed as a result of low-fraction partial melting of carbon-containing lower-mantle material, rich in P, F, Cl and other volatile elements, at the core-mantle boundary. During ascent to the surface, the initial carbonatitic melt dissociated into two immiscible parts, a carbonate-silicate and a chloride-carbonate melt. The latter melt is parental to the natrocarbonatitic lower-mantle association. Diamonds with carbonatitic inclusions were formed in carbonatitic melts or high-density fluids.
- Subjects
MATO Grosso (Brazil : State); ULTRABASIC rocks; MAFIC rocks; CARBONATITES; MINERALS; METALLIC oxides; INCLUSIONS (Mineralogy & petrology); EARTH'S mantle
- Publication
Mineralogy & Petrology, 2016, Vol 110, Issue 2/3, p387
- ISSN
0930-0708
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s00710-015-0368-4