A genetic metasomatic link between eclogitic and peridotitic diamond inclusions

Sami Mikhail; Michele Rinaldi; Eleanor R. Mare; Dimitri Sverjensky

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A genetic metasomatic link between eclogitic and peridotitic diamond inclusions

Sami Mikhail^*, Michele Rinaldi, Eleanor R. Mare, Dimitri Sverjensky

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Diamond inclusions sample the otherwise inaccessible archive of Earth’s deep interior. The geochemical and petrological diversity of diamond inclusions reflects either pre-metasomatic upper mantle heterogeneity or metasomatism coeval with diamond formation. We focus on the origin of lithospheric garnet and clinopyroxene inclusions by simulating metasomatic reactions between eclogitic fluids and mantle peridotites at 5 GPa, 1000 °C, and across a range of redox conditions (logfO₂ = −1 to −6 ΔFMQ). Our results demonstrate that fluid-rock interaction can result in the formation of eclogitic, websteritic, and peridotitic silicates from a single fluid during a single diamond-forming metasomatic event. Ergo, the petrogenesis of diamond and their inclusions can be syngenetic, and the petrological diversity of diamond inclusions can reflect metasomatism coeval with diamond formation. Furthermore, during the metasomatism, refractory peridotite can be converted to fertile websterite which could become a pyroxenitic mantle source for oceanic basalts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-38
Journal	Geochemical Perspectives Letters
Volume	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2111
Publication status	Published - 24 Mar 2021

Keywords

Diamond formation
Metasomatism
Pyroxenite
Geochemical modelling
Mantle petrology
Deep carbon cycle

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A genetic metasomatic link between eclogitic and peridotitic diamond inclusions

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The Nature of the Deep Nitrogen Cycle: The nature of the deep nitrogen cycle

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A secretive mechanical exchange between mantle and crustal volatiles revealed by helium isotopes in 13C-depleted diamonds

Diamondites: evidence for a distinct tectono-thermal diamond-forming event beneath the Kaapvaal craton

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A secretive mechanical exchange between mantle and crustal volatiles revealed by helium isotopes in ¹³C-depleted diamonds