Diamond-forming Fluids and Kimberlites: The Trace Element Perspective
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Major element studies of fluid inclusions in fibrous and cloudy diamonds reveal that most inclusions trapped high density fluids (HDFs) with a wide range of composition. The compositions fall along two arrays between three end-members: carbonatitic to hydroussilicic and carbonatitic to hydrous-saline. Recent studies of diamonds from Siberia and Kankan (Navon et al., 2008; Weiss et al., 2008) further subdivided the carbonatitic HDFs into: high-Mg and low-Mg groups.
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