Composition of secondary melt inclusions within magnesiochromite of mantle lherzolite xenolith from V. GRIB kimberlite (East European craton) as an indicator of low H2O content in the kimberlite melt

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This paper describes secondary crystallized melt inclusions entrapped in magnesiochromite of lherzolite xenolith from the V. Grib kimberlite pipe (Arkhangelsk diamondiferous province). The inclusions represent snapshots of the melt, associated with magmatic processes that subsequently formed the V. Grib kimberlite pipe. Various Na-K-Ca-, Na-Mg-, Ca-Mg-, Mg-, Ca-carbonates, Na–Mg-carbonates with additional anions PO43-–, Cl–, SO42–, chlorides, sulphate, phosphate and silicate were identified among the daughter phases. The mineral assemblage of daughter phases, carbonate (77 vol. %) and silicate (15 vol. %) content and Ca : Na : K ratios within the inclusions show that inclusions’ parental melt was an alkali-rich carbonate liquid with low amounts of SiO2 (≤6 wt%) and H2O (≤0.6 wt%). Serpentine is known to be the main water-rich mineral in kimberlites, however the water sources during serpentinization of kimberlites and the H2O content in kimberlite melts remains controversial issue. The absence of serpentine and low water content in the studied melt inclusions in comparison with those in the kimberlites of the V. Grib pipe (10–14 wt. %) indicate predominance of external fluids in the serpentinization of these kimberlites.

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A. A. Tarasov

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Science

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Email: tarasov.alexey@igm.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk

A. V. Golovin

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Science

Email: tarasov.alexey@igm.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk

E. V. Agasheva

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Science

Email: tarasov.alexey@igm.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk

N. P. Pokhilenko

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Science

Email: tarasov.alexey@igm.nsc.ru

Academician of the RAS

Russian Federation, Novosibirsk

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