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The Sheahan Diamond Literature Reference Compilation - Scientific and Media Articles based on Major Keyword - Ilmenite
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Ilmenite is an iron-titanium oxide mineral that is the primary ore from which titanium dioxide is derived. Ilmenite can occur within kimberlite whose ascending magma may entrain ilmenite whose occurrence is not restricted to the diamond stability field. Ilmenite is treated as a "kimberlite indicator mineral" as opposed to a "diamond indicator mineral" because its recovery in glaciated terrains that lack a natural abundance of ilmenite bearing rocks can point to a kimberlite source. This also applies in non-glaciated setting such as the Kalahari Desert where termite mounds are investigated for anomalous quantities of kimberlite indicator minerals. The presence of ilmenite may signal a nearby kimberlite but it conveys no information about diamond potential.

Ilmenite
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AuthorTitleSourceRegionKeywords
DS1960-0804
1967
Carmichael, I.S.E.The Iron Titanium Oxides of Salic Volcanic Rocks and Their Associated Ferromagnesian Silicates.Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 14, PP. 36-64.GlobalIlmenite
DS1970-0678
1973
Ferguson, J., Danchin, R.V., Nixon, P.H.Petrochemistry of Kimberlite AutolithsMaseru: Lesotho Nat. Dev. Corp. Lesotho Kimberlites Editor N, PP. 285-293.LesothoGeochemistry, Petrology, Xenoliths, Ilmenite, Mothae, Microprobe
DS1970-0377
1971
Okitaudji, R.Contribution a l'etude des Mineraux Opaques de la Breche Kimberlitique Diamantifere de Mbuji-mayi.Louvain: Thesis, University Louvain., Democratic Republic of Congo, Central AfricaBakwanga, Kimberlite, Diamond, Ilmenite, Chromite
DS1975-0892
1978
Watson, K.D., Bruce, G.S.W., Halladay, L.B.Kimberlitic Dyke in Keith Township, OntarioCanadian Mineralogist., Vol. 16, PP. 97-102.Canada, OntarioPetrography, Genesis, Texture, Microprobe, Analyses, Ilmenite
DS1980-0271
1980
Parfenoff, A.Un Mineral Traceur Pour la Prospection Alluvionaire l'ilmenite, Relations Entre Ilmenites Magnesieenes, Basaltes Alcalins, Kimberlites et Diamant.B.r.g.m., No. 37, 215P.GlobalDiamond, Kimberlite, Ilmenite, Kimberley
DS1980-0275
1980
Pasteris, J.D.Opaque Oxide Phases of the de Beers Pipe Kimberlite, Kimberley, South Africa and Their Petrologic Significance.New Haven: Ph.d. Thesis, Yale University, 483P.South AfricaPetrology, Ilmenite, Chromite
DS1981-0316
1981
Nixon, P.H.The Prospect of Diamonds in the Southwest PacificIndiaqua., No. 28, 1981-1, PP. 11-16.GlobalPyrope, Garnet, History, Ilmenite, Heavy Minerals Sampling
DS1981-0410
1981
Tompkins, L.A., Haggerty, S.E.The Koidu Kimberlite, Sierra Leone: Preliminary Analytical Results.National Diamond Mining Company Sierra Leone., 28P. UNPUBL. SEPTEMBER.West Africa, Sierra LeoneChemical, Analyses, Mineral Chemistry, Ilmenite, Chlorite, Eclogite
DS1982-0001
1982
Agee, J.J., Garrison, J.R.JR., Taylor, L.A.Petrogenesis of Oxide Minerals in Kimberlite, Elliott County, Kentucky.American Mineralogist., Vol. 67, No. 1-2, PP. 28-42.GlobalIlmenite, Petrography, Microprobe
DS1982-0545
1982
Schulze, D.J.Megacrysts from the Hamilton Branch Kimberlite Pipe, Kentucky: Discrete Nodules and Cumulate Rocks.Proceedings of Third International Kimberlite Conference, TERRA COGNITA, ABSTRACT VOLUME., Vol. 2, No. 3, PP. 254-256, (abstract.).GlobalKimberlite, Elliott County, Garnet, Lherzolite, Ilmenite, Analys
DS1982-0561
1982
Shee, S.R.The Opaque Oxides of the Wesselton Mine, Kimberlite, Kimberley, South Africa.Proceedings of Third International Kimberlite Conference, TERRA COGNITA, ABSTRACT VOLUME., Vol. 2, No. 3, P. 211, (abstract.).South AfricaKimberlite, Petrography, Spinel, Ilmenite, Perovskite, Rutile
DS1982-0656
1982
Zhou jianxiong, et al.A Prliminary Study of Ilmenites from Kimberlites by the Electron Probe.Bulletin. Institute GEOL. (CHINESE ACAD. GEOL. SCI.), No. 5, PP. 103-114.ChinaMineralogy, Mineral Chemistry, Ilmenite
DS1984-0136
1984
Barashkov, Y.P., Marshintsev, V.K.Tendency toward ilmenite crystallization in kimberlites fromYakutia.(Russian)Doklady Academy of Sciences Akademy Nauk SSSR (Russian), Vol. 278, No. 5, pp. 1210-1213RussiaPetrology, Ilmenite
DS1984-0731
1984
Timofeyev, A.A., Ilupin, I.P., Genshaft, Y.S.Spatial distribution of ilmenites with varying amounts of manganese in kimberlites from Yakutia.(Russian)Doklady Academy of Sciences Akademy Nauk SSSR (Russian), Vol. 278, No. 2, pp. 461-464RussiaPetrology, Ilmenite
DS1985-0314
1985
Jones, A.P., Wyllie, P.J.Paragenetic Trends of Oxide Minerals in Carbonate Rich Kimberlites, with New Analyses from the Benfontein Sill, South Africa.Journal of PETROLOGY, Vol. 26, No. 1, PP. 210-222.South AfricaIlmenite, Spinel, Textures, Petrography, Perovskite
DS1986-0264
1986
Garanin, V.K., Kudryavtseva, G.P., Prewitt, C.T.Mineralogy of ilmenite from Yakutia kimberlites14th. International Meeting I.m.a., P. 109. (abstract.)RussiaKimberlite mineralogy, Ilmenite
DS1987-0035
1987
Barton, M.The occurrence and significance of xenocrysts of apatite, ilmenite and Sodium, iron, Titanium oxide in ultrapotassic lavas from the Leucite Hills, WyomingMineralogical Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 360 pt. 2, Pp. 265-270WyomingUSA, apatite, ilmenite, oxides, Ultrapotassic
DS1987-0743
1987
Tompkins, L.A.Exploration for kimberlites in the Southwest Goias region,Brasil: mineral chemistry of stream sediment samplesJournal of Geochemical Exploration, Vol. 27, pp. 1-28BrazilGeochemistry, Analyses, ilmenite
DS1989-0236
1989
Cawthorn, R.G., Bristow, J.W., Groves, D.I.Magnesian ilmenite in picritic basalts from the KarooprovinceSouthAfricaMineralogical Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 370, pp. 245-252South AfricaPicrite, Ilmenite
DS1991-0151
1991
Borshchevskii, Y.A., Laverova, Y.N.Oxygen isotopic pecularities of ilmenite from diamond bearing kimberlitepipes.(Russian)Doklady Academy of Sciences Akademy Nauk SSSR, (Russian), Vol. 320, No. 1, pp. 174-176RussiaGeochronology, Ilmenite
DS1991-0533
1991
Garanin, V.K., Kudrjavtseva, G.P., Laverova, T.N.The comparative characteristics of ilmenite from the kimberlite Provinces of the USSRProceedings of Fifth International Kimberlite Conference held Araxa June 1991, Servico Geologico do Brasil (CPRM) Special, pp. 508-509RussiaIlmenite, Mineral chemistry
DS1991-0798
1991
Jianxiong Zhou, Griffin, W.L., Jaques, A.L., Ryan, C.G., Win, T.T.Geochemistry of indicator minerals from Chinese kimberlites andlamproitesProceedings of Fifth International Kimberlite Conference held Araxa June 1991, Servico Geologico do Brasil (CPRM) Special, pp. 475-477ChinaPyrope, chromite, ilmenite, LIMA, yimengite, Proton microprobe, EMP
DS1991-1096
1991
McClenaghan, B.M.Geochemistry of tills from the Black River Matheson (BRiM) sonic overburden drilling program and implications for explorationOntario Geological Survey Open File, No. 5800, 263p. Kimberlite pp. 71-77; pp. 226-229OntarioGeochemistry, Heavy minerals, diopside, ilmenite
DS1992-0622
1992
Grigsby, J.D.Chemical fingerprinting in detrital ilmenite- a viable alternative inprovenance researchJournal of Sed. Petrology, Vol. 62, No. 2, March pp. 331-337GlobalIlmenite, Sedimentology
DS1992-1007
1992
Martinez, E.Recovery of non-magnetic minerals with a gravity magnetic seperatorAmerican Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) Preprint, Annual Meeting held Phoenix Arizona Feb. 24-27th. 1992, Preprint No. 92-65, 6pGlobalMineral processing, Rutile, zircon, ilmenite
DS1992-1466
1992
Stanaway, K.J.Heavy mineral placersMining Engineering, Vol. 44, No. 4, April pp. 352-358GlobalAlluvials, trap, bed, rutile, ilmenite, Placers - general not specific to diamonds
DS1993-0900
1993
Lee, J.Kimberlitic garnet and ilmenite chemistry at Kakong, Botswana: an exploration case historyProspectors and Developers Diamond Workshop, held March 27th, Toronto, BotswanaGeochemistry, Garnet, ilmenite
DS1994-1084
1994
Madiba, CCP, et al.From stoichiometry to nitrogen in ilmenitesHyper. Inter., #QB951, Vol. 91, No. 1-4, pp. 715-719.GlobalIlmenite, Mineralogy
DS1996-1312
1996
Simakov, S.K.Garnet orthopyroxene olivine fugacity meter for mantle peridotiteDoklady Academy of Sciences, Vol. 339, No. 8, Jan., pp. 156-160.MantlePeridotite, Spinel, ilmenite
DS1997-0103
1997
Bhattacharyya, S., Sengupta, R., Chakraborty, M.Elemental chemistry of ilmenite - an indicator of provenance?Journal of Geological Society India, Vol. 50, No. 6, Dec. 1, pp. 787-790.IndiaIlmenite, Geochemistry - not specific to diamonds
DS1999-0484
1999
Mitchell, R.H., Scott Smith, B.H., Larsen, L.M.Mineralogy of ultramafic dikes from the Sarfartoq, Sisimiut and Manitsoq areas, West Greenland.7th International Kimberlite Conference Nixon, Vol. 2, pp. 574-83.GreenlandPetrography - dikes, mica, spinel, ilmenite, Classificication
DS1999-0830
1999
Zhao, D., Essene, E.J., Zhang, Y.An oxygen barometer for rutile ilmenite assemblages: oxidation state Of metasomatic agents in the mantle.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 166, 3-4, Mar.15, pp.127-37.MantleIlmenite, Metasomatism
DS200512-1190
2005
Wirth, R., Matsyuk, S.Nanocrystalline (Mg Fe Cr TiO2 perovskite inclusions in olivine from a mantle xenolith, Udachnaya east kimberlite pipe, Siberia.Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 233, 3-4, May 15, pp. 325-336.Russia, Yakutia, SiberiaWostotschnaya, TEM, HREM, ilmenite
DS200612-0343
2005
Dongre, A., Kamde, G., Chalapathi Rao, N.V., Kale, H.S.Is megacrystic/xenocrystic ilmenite entrainment in the source magma responsible for the non-Diamondiferous nature of the Maddur-Kotakonda-Narayanpet kimberlitesGeological Society of India, Bangalore November Meeting Group Discussion on Kimberlites and Related Rocks India, Abstract p. 72.India, Andhra Pradesh, Dharwar CratonIlmenite, chemistry
DS200812-0052
2007
Ashchepkov, I.V., Vladykin, Pkhilenko, Logvinova, Palessky, Afansiev, Alymova, Stegnitsky, Khmelnikova RotamanVariations of ilmenite compositions from Yakutian kimberlites and the problem of their origin.Vladykin Volume 2007, pp. 71-89.Russia, YakutiaIlmenite, kimberlite
DS201412-0101
2014
Carmody, L., Taylor, L.A., Thaisen, K.G., Tychkov, N., Bodnar, R.J., Sobolev, N.V., Poikhilenko, L.N., Poikilenko, N.P.Ilmenite as a diamond indicator mineral in the Siberian craton: a tool to predict diamond potential.Economic Geology, Vol. 109, no. 3, pp. 775-783.RussiaIlmenite, chemistry
DS201412-0167
2014
Davies, A.Mn-ilmenites associated with standard KIMS, Lena West, NWT Canada.GSSA Kimberley Diamond Symposium and Trade Show provisional programme, Sept. 10-12, POSTERCanada, Northwest TerritoriesIlmenite, chemistry
DS201412-0170
2014
Davies, R.Mn-ilmenites associated with standard KIMS, Lena West, NWT Canada.ima2014.co.za, AbstractCanada, Northwest TerritoriesIlmenite, chemistry
DS201412-0829
2014
Simakov, S.K.Calculation of the equilibrium C-O-H fluid for ilmenite xenocrysts and estimation of diamond potential.Doklady Earth Sciences, Vol. 458, 1, pp. 1171-1173.Russia, Africa, AngolaIlmenite
DS201708-1792
2017
Xu, J.Ilmenite as a recorder of the kimberlite history from mantle to surface: examples from Indian kimberlites.11th. International Kimberlite Conference, PosterIndiailmenite
DS201808-1798
2018
Xu, J., Melgarejo, J.C., Castillo-Oliver, M.Ilmenite as a recorder of kimberlite history from mantle to surface: examples from Indian kimberlites. Bastar, Dharwar cratonsMineralogy and Petrology, 10.1007/s00710-018-0616-5 13p.Indiailmentite

Abstract: Indian kimberlites occur in the Bastar craton (Central India) and in the Eastern Dharwar craton (EDC) Southern India. Nearly 100 kimberlite pipes have been discovered in the Eastern Dharwar craton of southern India, and they are distributed in three distinct fields: 1) the southern Wajrakarur kimberlite field (WKF); 2) the northern Narayanpet kimberlite field (NKF); and 3) the Raichur kimberlite field (RKF) (Chalapathi Rao et al, 2013). Nine kimberlites have been selected for this study: three came from the Siddanpalli cluster of RKF (SK-1, SK-2 and SK-3); other six kimberlites came from WKF, from Chigicherla (CC-4 and CC-5), Kalyandurg (KL-3 and KL-4), Lattavaram (P-3) and Mulligripally (P-5). The kimberlite emplacement took place during the Mesoproterozoic, around 1.1 Ga (Chalapathi Rao et al., 2013). Ilmenite is one of the classic diamond indicator minerals (DIMs) and for long it has been used as a guide for kimberlite exploration. The aim of this study is to evaluate the petrogenetic information that can be provided from the textural and geochemical study of the different ilmenite generations present in the Indian kimberlites studied in this work.
DS202005-0743
2020
Kostrovitsky, S.I., Yakolev, D.A., Soltys, A., Ivanov, A.S., Matsyuk, S.S., Robles-Cruz, S.E.A genetic relationship between magnesian ilmenite and kimberlites of the Yakutian diamond fields.Ore Geology Reviews, Vol. 120, 16p. PdfRussia, Yakutiailmenite

Abstract: We present new major element geochemical data, and review the existing data for ilmenite macrocrysts, megacrysts, as well as ilmenite in mantle xenoliths from four diamondiferous kimberlite fields in the Yakutian province. This combined data set includes 10,874 analyses of ilmenite from 94 kimberlite pipes. In the studied samples we identify various different ilmenite compositional distributions (e.g., “Haggerty's parabola”, or “Step-like” trends in MgO-Cr2O3 bivariate space), which are common to all kimberlites from a given cluster, but the compositional distributions differ between clusters. We propose three stages of ilmenite crystallization: 1) Mg-Cr poor ilmenite crystallising from a primitive asthenospheric melt (the base of Haggerty's parabola on MgO-Cr2O3 plots). 2) This primitive asthenospheric melt was then modified by the partial assimilation of lithospheric material, which enriched the melt in MgO and Cr2O3 (left branch of Haggerty’s parabola). 3) Ilmenite subsequently underwent sub-solidus recrystallization in the presence of an evolved kimberlite melt under increasing oxygen fugacity (ƒO2) conditions (right branch of Haggerty’s parabola in MgO-Cr2O3 plots). Significant differences in the ilmenite compositional distribution between different kimberlite fields are the result of diverse conditions during subsequent ilmenite crystallization in a kimberlite melt ascending through the lithospheric mantle, which have different textures and compositions beneath the studied kimberlite fields. We propose that a TiO2 fluid formed due to immiscibility of an asthenospheric melt with low Cr and high Ti contents. This fluid infiltrated lithospheric mantle rocks forming Mg-ilmenite. These features indicate a genetic link between ilmenite and the host kimberlite melt.
DS202007-1172
2020
Prissel, K.B., Krawcznski, M.J., Van Orman, J.A.Fe-Mg and Fe-Mn interdiffusion in ilmenite with implications for geospeedometry using oxides. ( mentions kimberlites)Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 175, 62 17p. PdfMantleilmenite

Abstract: The Fe-Mg and Fe-Mn interdiffusion coefficients for ilmenite have been determined as a function of temperature and crystallographic orientation. Diffusion annealing experiments were conducted at 1.5 GPa between 800 and 1100 ?C. For Fe-Mg interdiffusion, each diffusion couple consisted of an ilmenite polycrystal and an oriented single crystal of geikielite. The activation energy (Q) and pre-exponential factor (D0) for Fe-Mg diffusion in the ilmenite polycrystal were found to be Q = 188±15 kJ mol?1 and logD0 = ?6.0±0.6 m2 s?1. For the geikielite single crystal, Fe-Mg interdiffusion has Q=220±16 kJ mol?1 and logD0=?4.6±0.7 m2 s?1. Our results indicate that crystallographic orientation did not significantly affect diffusion rates. For Fe-Mn interdiffusion, each diffusion couple consisted of one ilmenite polycrystal and one Mn-bearing ilmenite polycrystal. For Fe-Mn interdiffusion, Q = 264±30 kJ mol?1 and logD0 = ?2.9±1.3 m2 s?1 in the ilmenite. We did not find a significant concentration dependence for the Fe-Mg and Fe-Mn interdiffusion coefficients. In comparing our experimental results for cation diffusion in ilmenite with those previously reported for hematite, we have determined that cation diffusion is faster in ilmenite than in hematite at temperatures <1100 ?C. At oxygen fugacities near the wüstite-magnetite buffer, Fe and Mn diffusion rates are similar for ilmenite and titanomagnetite. We apply these experimentally determined cation diffusion rates to disequilibrium observed in ilmenites from natural volcanic samples to estimate the time between perturbation and eruption for the Bishop Tuff, Fish Canyon Tuff, Mt. Unzen, Mt. St. Helens, and kimberlites. When integrated with natural observations of chemically zoned ilmenite and constraints on pre-eruptive temperature and grain size, our experimentally determined diffusivities for ilmenite can be used to estimate a minimum time between magmatic perturbation and eruption on the timescale of hours to months.
DS202008-1407
2020
Kargin, A.V., Nosova, A.A., Sazonova, L.V., Peresetskaya, E.V., Golubeva, Yu.Yu., Lebedeva, N.M., Tretyachenko, V.V., Khvostikov, V.A., Burmii, J.P.Ilmenite from the Arkangelsk diamond province, Russia: composition, origin and indicator of diamondiferous kimberlites.Petrology, Vol. 28, 4, pp. 341-369. pdfRussia, Archangelilmenite

Abstract: To provide new insights into the origin and evolution of kimberlitic magmas with different diamond concentrations from the Arkhangelsk diamond province in northwestern Russia, we examined the major-and trace-element compositions of ilmenite from diamondiferous kimberlite of the Grib pipe and diamond barren kimberlites from the Kepino cluster (Stepnaya and TsNIGRI-Arkhangelskaya pipes). Ilmenite from diamond-barren kimberlites shows lower Mg, Ti, Cr, Ni and Cu concentrations with increase in both Fe 3+ and Fe 2+ and Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, Zn and V concentrations. The main differences between kimberlites with different diamond contents are the Nb and Zr concentrations and their correlation patterns with Mg and Cr concentrations. Ilmenite from the Grib kimberlite has Zr concentrations <110 ppm, whereas ilmenite from the Kepino kimberlites has Zr concentrations >300 ppm. Ilmenite crystallisation within the Grib kimberlite occurred under increasing oxygen fugacity (fO 2), which may reflect assimilation of mantle peridotite by the kimberlitic magmas. Ilmenite from the Kepino kimberlites suggests its crystallisation under constant fO 2 , with the ilmenite composition being controlled by processes of fractional crystallisation of megacrystic minerals. These assumptions were confirmed with assimilation-fractional crystallisation calculations. On the basis of obtained data, we developed a model for the evolution of the kimberlitic magmas for both diamon-diferous and barren kimberlites. The diamond-bearing kimberlitic magmas were generated under intense interaction of kimberlitic magmas with the surrounding lithospheric mantle. It may be that during early modification of the lithospheric mantle by kimberlitic magmas as well as with kimberlitic magmas' local stretching and swift ascent, the capture of the mantle xenoliths was favoured over the crystallisation of phenocrysts. The formation of barren kimberlitic magmas may have occurred when the lithospheric mantle in the vicinity of ascending magmas was already geochemically equilibrated with them. It also is possible that the magma's ascent slowed under conditions of dominantly compressive stresses with crystallisation of olivine and other megacrystic phases.

 
 

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