Conjugation of chemical compositions of rocks and accessory minerals in kimberlites

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A general conclusion regarding the comagmaticity of pyrope, diamond and rock-forming minerals of kimberlites is made. The data on diamond deposits in Yakutia, including kimberlite pipes: Botuobinskaya, Nyurbinskaya, Internationalnaya, Mir, Aikhal, Yubileinaya, Sytykanskaya, Udachnaya-Western, Udachnaya-Eastern, and Zapolyarnaya, have been used in the study. The total database of bulk rock compositions includes more than 7000 analyses, of which 1976 are accompanied by data on diamond contents in the kimberlites, and 1529 chemical rock compositions are accompanied by neutron activation analyses of chromium contents in the rocks. The pyrope compositions database contains 1491 microprobe analyses. The compositions of picroilmenites are characterized by 986 microprobe analyses. Literature data on the discrepancy between the ages of kimberlites and inclusions in diamonds are considered. To substantiate the validity of the obtained conclusions, variation coefficients of contents of rock-forming oxides in 25 volcano-plutonic formations and kimberlite rocks are compared.

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Vladimir Vasilenko

West Yakut Science Center, AN Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Email: l9139338270@gmail.com

доктор г-м.н, старший научный сотрудник

Russian Federation, Mirny

Nikolay Zinchuk

West Yakut Science Center, AN Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Email: nnzinchuk@rambler.ru

Академик РС(Я), директор ЗЯНЦ РС(Я)

Mirny

Lyudmila Kuznetsova

West Yakut Science Center, AN Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Author for correspondence.
Email: l9139338270@gmail.com

кандидат г-м.н старший научный сотрудник

Russian Federation, Mirny

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2. Fig. 1. Diagram of composition of pyrope garnets (Sobolev et al., 1978) calculated with data from table 1.

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3. Fig. 2. Dependence between the diamond content (A, сarat/tonne) and TiO2 content in kimberlite (a — in kimberlite populations, б — in kimberlite pipes).

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4. Fig. 3. Diagram Cr2O3—CaO for pyrope garnets in kimberlite from diamond deposits.

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5. Fig. 4. Diagram «average content CaO in kimberlite — average content CaO in pyrope garnet».

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6. Fig. 5. Diagram «Cr2O3/CaO ratio in pyrope garnet — average content of diamond in kimberlite pipes».

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7. Fig. 6. Diagram «average content TiO2 in kimberlite — average content TiO2 in pyrope garnet».

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8. Fig. 7. Diagram «average content TiO2 in kimberlite — average content TiO2 in picroilmenite».

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