Basites of Vilyui-Markhinsky dike belt (Vilyui paleorift) and their relations with Nakyn field kimberlites

The Vilyui-Markhinsky dike belt (VMDB), which was formed as a result of Devonian rifting on the eastern margin of the Siberian Platform, is the marginal part (area of scattered rifting) of the Vilyui paleorift structure. The Nakyn field is located in the central part of the belt, but is controlled by an independent system of NNE-trending tectonic faults. The belt dyke intrudes the Nyurbinskaya kimberlite pipe. On their contact, specific breccias were formed resulting from the interaction between degassing products of basic magma with kimberlites. The typical zonality of the dyke endocontact indicates a later dyke introduction. Dolerite dikes thermally metamorphosed breccias in which high-temperature neoplasms of andradite, Al-lizardite, and clinochrysotile were generated. VMDB basites represent a single association, in which two series of rocks are distinguished: moderate-titanium (TiO2 ~ 2.5 wt. %) with normal alkalinity and low P2O5 content, and high-titanium (TiO2 ~ 4.4 wt. %), occasionally with moderate alkalinity. The differences in the dike composition are insignificant and are the result of natural variations in the composition of individual bodies. 40Ar/39Ar dating of the VMDB basites, the method characterized by the best results convergence, shows that they formed in a narrow timeframe corresponding to the Upper Frasnian – Famenian stage of the Upper Devonian (368.5 to 376.3 Ma). The location of the Nakyn field basites and kimberlites is controlled by faults of various types, orientation and age. Kimberlites formed first, and VMDB intrusions followed.

Unique Amphibole Bearing Mantle Column Beneath the Leningrad Kimberlite Pipe, West Ukukit Field, NE Yakutia

In the subcratonic mantle beneath Leningrad pipe, West Ukukit field, Yakutia garnet thermoba-rometry give division to 7 horizons (paleosubduction slabs). Cr-bearing amphiboles >500 reveal a broad range changing from Cr- pargasitic hornblendes to pargasites, edinites, kataforites, К-richterites with increasing pressure determined with new amphibole thermobarometer. Cr-hornblendes compiles the high-temperature branch from 3.5 GPa to Moho for basaltic melt. Amphiboles in the middle eddinites and high-pressure interval reveal different PT ranges from 35 to 40 mw/m2. Richterites near the lithosphere base both trace low –T and convective branches. The amphiboles reveal the 9 geochemical groups. The low-temperature varieties reveal Eu minima and U, Ba, Sr peaks high LILE, Sr, Rb and troughs in Nb, Pb. While high –T varieties have no Eu dips and reveal higher HFSE. Clinopyroxenes and garnets show variable trace ele-ment patterns and divisions in groups eth the plume and subduction signs. The contrasting be-haviour of Ta and Nb is regulated by the rutile partition coefficients likely for primary eclogites. Subduction and Na and K (siliceous) types of fluids percolated through the mantle with abun-dant eclogites causing amphibolization at the different levels of the mantle column. The plume melts produced hybridism and more smooth trace element patterns in reacted minerals, clino-pyroxene. monomineral thermobarometry.

Ratio of structural impurity distribution in diamond crystals and kimberlite pipe diamond potentiak (case study of Arkhangelsk region and Yakutia)

IR spectroscopy was used to compare diamonds from 12 pipes, Arkhangelsk region. Based on positive correlation between average N and H values in diamonds from various deposits, it was found that crystals from low-grade diamond pipes are relatively enriched in hydrogen compared with diamonds from Lomonosov and Grib deposits. In terms of structural impurity distribution, Arkhangelsk deposit diamonds differ from Yakutian diamonds; it could be due to various composition of compared diamonds’ source matter and thermodynamic conditions of their growth. It is shown that hydrogen is a negative factor of diamond potential in both Yakutian and Arkhangelsk diamonds. This can partly be explained by impuri-ty blocking effect on diamond crystal growth.

The role of plicative structures as forecast criteria in the Alakit-Мarkhinsky field (western Yakutia)

This paper describes the tectonic features of the Alakit-Markha kimberlite field, regional factors of kimberlite magmatism control in this area, structural and tectonic preconditions for kimberlite pipe prospecting. The paper highlights kimberlite pipe formation features and the role of tectonics in this process. The most promising areas are those related to low-amplitude negative structures (e.g. depressions), especially transverse low-amplitude complications of the opposite sign for the main plicative structure: for antiforms (elevations), these are saddle-shaped depressions, and antiform elevations are for synforms (depressions).

Kelyphite Rims on Garnets of Contrast Parageneses in Mantle Xenoliths from the Udachnaya-East Kimberlite Pipe (Yakutia)

A new classification of kelyphitic rims on garnets from xenoliths of peridotitic and eclogitic parageneses of the mantle section under the Udachnaya-East kimberlite pipe (Yakutia) is presented. Five types of rims are identified: Rim1 develops between garnet and olivine/pyroxene (or rim2) and is composed of high-alumina pyroxenes, spinel, phlogopite; rim2, the coarse grain part of rim1, is located between rim1 and olivine/pyroxene, and mainly consists of phlogopite and less aluminous larger pyroxenes and spinel; rim3 develops between garnet and kimberlite, and presents with phlogopite and Fe-Ti spinel; rim4 sometimes presents instead of rim1/rim2 and consists of zoned high-Cr phlogopite with rare fine grains of chromium spinel; rim5, a “pocket” between garnet and rim1, is represented by microcrystalline aggregates of clinopyroxene, mica, spinel, calcite, and feldspar in different variations. Rims 1, 2, and 3 are typical for garnets of all studied parageneses. Rims 4 and 5 develop on high-Cr subcalcic garnets of the most depleted peridotites. Reactions of the formation of all types of rims are given in the article. Each type of kelyphite demonstrates a clear enrichment with a certain component: Rim1—MgO and alkalis; rim2—TiO2; rim3—FeO and TiO2; rim4—Cr2O3; and rim5—СаО, suggesting the multistage injection of different components by mantle fluid.