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The Sheahan Diamond Literature Reference Compilation - Technical Articles based on Major Region - Guinea
The Sheahan Diamond Literature Reference Compilation is compiled by Patricia Sheahan who publishes on a monthly basis a list of new scientific articles related to diamonds as well as media coverage and corporate announcements called the Sheahan Diamond Literature Service that is distributed as a free pdf to a list of followers. Pat has kindly agreed to allow her work to be made available as an online digital resource at Kaiser Research Online so that a broader community interested in diamonds and related geology can benefit. The references are for personal use information purposes only; when available a link is provided to an online location where the full article can be accessed or purchased directly. Reproduction of this compilation in part or in whole without permission from the Sheahan Diamond Literature Service is strictly prohibited. Return to Diamond Region Index
Sheahan Diamond Literature Reference Compilation - Scientific Articles by Author for all years
Each article reference in the SDLRC is tagged with one or more key words assigned by Pat Sheahan to highlight the main topics of the article. In addition most references have been tagged with one or more region words. In an effort to make it easier for users to track down articles related to a specific region, KRO has extracted these region words and developed a list of major region words presented in the Major Region Index to which individual region words used in the article reference have been assigned. Each individual Region Report contains in chronological order all the references with a region word associated with the Major Region word. Depending on the total for each reference type - technical, media and corporate - the references will be either in their own technical, media or corporate Region Report, or combined in a single report. Where there is a significant number of technical references there will be a technical report dedicated to the technical articles while the media and corporate references are combined in a separate region report. References that were added in the most recent monthly update are highlighted in yellow within the Region Report. The Major Region words have been defined by a scale system of "general", "continent", "country", "state or province" and "regional". Major Region words at the smaller scales have been created only when there are enough references to make isolating them worthwhile. References not tagged with a Region are excluded, and articles with a region word not matched with a Major Region show up in the "Unknown" report.
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Lamproite - diamondiferous
Lamprophyre - diamondiferous
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Lamprophyre - non diamondiferous
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Kimberlite - unknown
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Lamprophyre - unknown
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CITATION: Faure, S, 2010, World Kimberlites CONSOREM Database (Version 3), Consortium de Recherche en Exploration Minérale CONSOREM, Université du Québec à Montréal, Numerical Database on consorem.ca. NOTE: This publicly available database results of a compilation of other public databases, scientific and governmental publications and maps, and various data from exploration companies reports or Web sites, If you notice errors, have additional kimberlite localizations that should be included in this database, or have any comments and suggestions, please contact the author specifying the ID of the kimberlite: [email protected]
Determination of the Ages of West African Kimberlites and An Interpretation from the Dates of the Different Diamondifero united States Events in the World.
International Symposium AFR. GEOL. 3RD., CGLU, Report No. 6660, 88P.
Sierra Leone, West Africa, Guinea, Central African Republic
Review of 1989 international mineral industry activities.Brief mention Of diamonds in several countries. ie. South Africa, Zaire, Namibia, Angola, Guinea
Mining Engineering, Vol. 42, No. 7, July, pp. 665-675
South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Angola, Guinea
Bibliography of the geology and mineral resources of Liberia and Sierra Leone and the adjacent Archean terrains of Guinea and Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.
Economic Geology Research Institute, EGRU Wits, Information Circular, No. 342, 67p.
Isotopic constraints on the nature and circulation of deep mantle C-H-O-N fluids: carbon and nitrogen systematics within super deep diamonds from Kankan Guinea.
Geological Society of America Conference Vancouver Oct. 19-22, 1p. Abstract
Palot, M., Pearson, D.G., Stern, R.A., Stachel, T., Harris, J.W.
Isotopic constraints on the nature and circulation of deep mantle C-H-O-N fluids: Carbon and nitrogen systematics within ultra-deep diamonds from Kankan ( Guinea).
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 139, pp. 26-46.
Review of African Political Economy, Routledge Pub., Vol. 41, no. 142, pp. 500-515.
Africa, Guinea
History
Abstract: The article explores the relationship between mineral resources and conflict management in Guinea. Literature on theories of recent civil wars and/or armed conflicts in West Africa identifies the combination of abundant natural resources and extreme poverty as a significant trigger of violent civil conflicts. In Guinea, however, despite this combination, the state has managed to avoid large-scale civil violence. This gives rise to the question of why this combination has failed to be associated with the onset of large-scale violence in the country. The article identifies mitigating factors that have contributed to political stability in Guinea. It concludes that measures taken by Guinea and its international partners mitigated the security threats posed by these resources, while keeping most Guineans in abject poverty. This is in contrast to findings in recent quantitative studies whereby natural resource abundance alongside extreme poverty is strongly associated with armed conflicts in West African nations.
Abstract: In May of 2000, a meeting was convened in Kimberley, South Africa, by representatives of the diamond industry and leaders of African governments to develop a certification process intended to assure that export shipments of rough diamonds were free of conflict concerns. Outcomes of the meeting were formally supported later in December of 2000 by the United Nations in a resolution adopted by the General Assembly. By 2002, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was ratified and signed by diamond-producing and diamond-importing countries. The goal of this study was to estimate the alluvial diamond resource endowment and the current production capacity of the alluvial diamond mining sector of Guinea. A modified volume and grade methodology was used to estimate the remaining diamond reserves within Guinea’s diamondiferous regions, while the diamond-production capacity of these zones was estimated by inputting the number of artisanal miners, the number of days artisans work per year, and the average grade of the deposits into a formulaic expression. Guinea’s resource potential was estimated to be approximately 40 million carats, while the production capacity was estimated to lie within a range of 480,000 to 720,000 carats per year. While preliminary results have been produced by integrating historical documents, five fieldwork campaigns, and remote sensing and GIS analysis, significant data gaps remain. The artisanal mining sector is dynamic and is affected by a variety of internal and external factors. Estimates of the number of artisans and deposit variables, such as grade, vary from site to site and from zone to zone. This report has been developed on the basis of the most detailed information available at this time. However, continued fieldwork and evaluation of artisanally mined deposits would increase the accuracy of the results.
Abstract: The Man Craton region of West Africa has a rich history of diamonds since they were first discovered in the 1930’s.They are primarily alluvial in source with currently only one kimberlite mine in operation at Koidu in Sierra Leone. The total diamond production from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone over the past 10 years is recorded by the Kimberley Process at around 12.2 million carats with a value of $1.9 billion. The two main producing countries during this period are Guinea, which has yielded 6.7 million carats at an average of $52 per carat, and Sierra Leone where production has reached 5 million carats at a higher value of $277 per carat. Liberia is the smallest producer with 0.4 million carats but these have a high average value of $383 per carat. There are two known age provenances of kimberlites in the Man Craton. The larger, Jurassic age provenance comprises six main clusters of small (generally 10 ha) kimberlite pipes and dykes ranging from the older Bounoudou kimberlites in Guinea, at 153 Ma, through to the younger Tongo kimberlites in Sierra Leone dated at 140 Ma. A single, neo-Proterozoic cluster is known in the Weasua area in Liberia and is dated at 800 Ma. The Jurassic age kimberlites are classified as phlogopite-rich kimberlites with abundant groundmass opaque minerals. The older Weasua kimberlites typically contain less phlogopite and groundmass opaque minerals. Although remnants of diatreme facies are present in some pipes, notably the Banankoro, Koidu and Weasua kimberlites, hypabyssal and transitional facies tend to predominate which would indicate that these kimberlites have been eroded down to the interface between the root and diatreme zones. This suggests potential erosion of up to 2 km over the Man Craton; however geomorphological evidence suggests a lesser amount of erosion has taken place (Skinner et al., 2004). Alluvial diamonds are prevalent throughout the Man Craton and are not restricted to the known kimberlite clusters. This would argue for a wide dispersion of diamonds in the alluvial system as a result of significant landmass uplift and weathering since the time of intrusion. It could also indicate that there are diamondiferous kimberlites yet to be discovered, which is supported by the limited exploration data. It is therefore concluded that there are certain areas of the Man Craton which remain highly prospective for diamondiferous kimberlites.
The Extractive Industries and Society, Vol. 4, pp. 489-496.
Africa, Guinea
artisanal mining
Abstract: The period of protracted conflict in Sierra Leone and Liberia brought the politics of alluvial diamond mining in West Africa to the forefront of academic and policy-oriented discussions. Using social contract theory, this paper moves away from discussions on how minerals have perpetuated conflict in the region, and interrogates how the governance of diamond mining in Guinea impacts regime stability and social insecurity. More importantly, it attempts to illustrate how artisanal diamond mining contributes to stability. The paper situates this discussion within the broad spectrum of the social contract between state and citizens and an analysis of how these are at play in diamond mining areas. It illustrates how artisanal diamond mining enables specific social contracts to emerge and how this in turn contributes to stability in the regions where they are extracted.
Africa, South Africa, Guinea, South America, Brazil
deposit - Kankan, Jagersfontein, Juina
Abstract: Inclusions in super-deep diamonds provide a unique window to the sublithospheric mantle (e.g. [1-4]). Here we present oxygen isotopes for Kankan majoritic garnet and former bridgmanite inclusions. The clustering of Kankan majorites around a ?18O of +9‰ is nearly identical to those reported from Jagersfontein [1]. This elevated and nearly constant ?18O signal indicates homogenization of partial melts from the uppermost part of altered basaltic slabs. Conversely, ?18O values in Juina majorites are highly variable [2] due to crystallization from small, discrete melt pockets in a heterogeneous eclogitic source. While all these majorites have eclogitic/pyroxenitic Cr2O3 and CaO contents, charge-balance for Si[VI] is achieved very differently, with Jagersfontein [3], Kankan [4], and Juina [2] majorites transitioning from eclogitic Na[VIII]Si[VI] to peridotitic-pyroxenitic [5] Mg[VI]Si[VI] substitutions. We interpret this shift as the result of homogenized eclogitic partial melts infiltrating and reacting with adjacent pyrolitic mantle at Kankan and Jagersfontein. Increases in Mg# and Cr2O3 with reductions in ?18O support this reaction. This model is in agreement with recent experiments in which majorites and diamonds form from a reaction of slab-derived carbonatite with reduced pyrolite at 300-700 km depth [6]. The Kankan diamonds also provide an opportunity to establish the chemical environment of the lower mantle. Four inclusions of MgSiO3, inferred to be former bridgmanite [4], provide the first-measured ?18O values for lower mantle samples. These values suggest derivation from primitive mantle, or unaltered subducted oceanic lithospheric mantle. The Kankan super-deep inclusions thus provide a cross-section of deep mantle that highlights slab-pyrolite reactions in the asthenosphere and primitive compositions in the lower mantle.
Abstract: A complex mineral sequence in a kimberlite from the Banankoro Cluster (Guinea Conakry) has been interpreted as the result of magma mixing processes. The composition of the early generations of phlogopite and spinel suggest direct crystallisation of a kimberlitic magma. However, the compositional trends found in the late generations of phlogopite and spinels could suggest magma mixing. In this context, four ilmenite generations formed. The first generations (types 1 and 2) are geikielitic and are associated with spinel and phlogopite which follow the kimberlitic compositional trends. They are interpreted as produced by crystallization from the kimberlite magma. A third generation of euhedral tabular Mg-rich ilmenite (type 3) formed during the interval between two generations of serpentine. Finally, a late generation of Mn-rich ilmenite (type 4) replaces all the Ti-rich minerals and is contemporaneous with the last generation of serpophitic non-replacing serpentine. Therefore, the formation of type 3 and type 4 ilmenite took place after the crystallization of the groundmass, during late hydrothermal process. Our results suggest a detailed textural study is necessary when use Mg-rich and Mn-rich ilmenites as KIMs.
Regier, M.E., Pearson, D.G., Stachel, T., Stern, R.A., Harris, J.
Tracing the formation and abundance of superdeep diamonds.
2018 Yellowknife Geoscience Forum , p. 63. abstract
Africa, Guinea
deposit - Kankan
Abstract: Super-deep diamonds from the transition zone and lower mantle are valuable targets for mining, as they are often large, gem-quality1 or ultra-valuable type IIb stones2. Hence, in mine prospects, it may become important to determine the various populations of sub-lithospheric diamonds. Unambiguously identifying a diamond’s depth of formation is difficult as some minerals can be indicative of various depth regimes (e.g., ferropericlase, Ca-walstromite, enstatite, clinopyroxene, coesite). Here, we use the oxygen isotope compositions of inclusions in Kankan diamonds from Guinea to distinguish between the various diamond-forming processes that happen at lithospheric, asthenospheric to transition zone, and lower mantle depths. In this way, we hope to establish a process by which isotope geochemistry can better constrain the populations of superdeep diamonds in kimberlites, and can assist in estimating a pipe’s propensity for large, valuable stones. Oxygen isotopic analysis by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is a high-precision technique that can track hydrothermal alteration that occurred at or close below the ocean floor. Our analyses of inclusions from Kankan diamonds demonstrate that garnets with 3-3.03 Si cations (pfu) have ?18O that are well-constrained within the normal values expected for peridotitic and eclogitic inclusions, but that garnets with ?3.04 Si cations (pfu) have consistently high ?18O (median: 10‰) that slightly decreases with increasing Cr2O3. We interpret this signal as the reaction between a melted carbonate-rich oceanic slab and normal convecting asthenosphere3. In contrast, retrogressed, or former, bridgmanite has ?18O values similar to primitive mantle, suggesting little involvement of slab melts. In contrast to the worldwide suite of lithospheric inclusions of eclogitic paragenesis (median ?18O of 7.03‰)4,5, diamonds derived from ~250 to 500 km have inclusions with consistent, extremely high oxygen isotopes (median: 9.32‰)6,7, due to the melting of extremely enriched carbonated oceanic crust. Diamonds from the lower mantle, however, have inclusions with primitive mantle oxygen isotopes, suggesting a different formation process. The clear distinction in inclusion ?18O between lithospheric, asthenospheric to transition zone, and lower mantle diamond populations is useful in informing the depth regime of a suite of stones, especially those with inclusions of ambiguous depths (e.g., clinopyroxene, coesite, Ca-walstromite, enstatite, ferropericlase, etc.). For instance, we are currently searching for exotic oxygen isotopes in ferropericlase that indicate asthenospheric diamond growth, rather than the primitive mantle values expected for lower mantle ferropericlase. In conclusion, oxygen isotopic analyses of diamond inclusions can identify various sublithsopheric diamond populations, and may benefit the assessment of a mine’s potential for large gem-quality, or type IIb diamonds.
Abstract: A new Massadou kimberlite field, was discovered in southeastern Guinea, near the town of Macenta. It consists of 16 poorly diamondiferous kimberlite dikes, ~1 m thick on average. The ore-controlling zone has a width of around 600 m, its orientation corresponds to the K-4 trend after S. Haggerty, and it is quite well detectable in satellite images. A thick laterite weathering profile has developed on the kimberlites. The main indicator minerals are pyrope, chromite, and ilmenite. Ilmenite grains have a zoned structure with a high-Fe core (hemoilmenite) overgrown by a parallel-columnar aggregate of Mg-ilmente rim resulting from interaction of the core phase with kimberlitic melt. The age of kimberlites is estimated as 140-145 Ma by analogy with those in adjacent areas. Dikes occur as an independent form of kimberlite magmatism in the Guinean-Liberian shield, rather than being roots of kimberlite pipes; therefore, the erosion cutout is relatively small and large-scale diamond placers should not be expected.
Abstract: Experimentally determined major and trace element partition coefficients between majoritic garnet, clinopyroxene, and carbon dioxide-rich liquid are reported at 10 GPa and 1800 °C in a model carbonated peridotite composition in the system CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-CO2. Besides majoritic garnet, the liquid coexists with forsterite, orthopyroxene, and clinopyroxene, making melting phase relations invariant at fixed pressure and temperature conditions. Partition coefficients span a wide range of values - for instance, Sr, Nb, Ba, La, and Ce are highly incompatible in majoritic garnet, while Ca, Y, Nb, and Ho are moderately incompatible, and Lu, Si, Al, and Mg are compatible. Strong fractionation of light rare earth elements (e.g., La, Ce, Nd, Sm) and high field strength elements (e.g., Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, Th) is seen between majoritic garnet and liquid. The experimentally determined partitioning values are used to calculate compositions of melts in equilibrium with majoritic garnet inclusions in diamonds from select localities in Brazil and Guinea. The calculated melts largely straddle those between documented carbonatites, kimberlites, and alkali basalts, low-degree mantle melting products from carbonated peridotite. This resemblance firmly suggests that majoritic garnet inclusions in diamonds from Brazil and Guinea can simply be interpreted as precipitates from such melts, thereby offering an alternative to the hypothesis that the element chemistry of such inclusions in diamonds can largely, and sometimes only, be ascribed to subducted oceanic crust, and further that, fusion of this crust may limit the terrestrial 'carbon recycling' at depths much beyond corresponding to those of Earth's transition zone.
South America, Brazil, Africa, South Africa, Guinea, Canada, Northwest Territories
deposit - Sao Luis, Juina
Abstract: Bridgmanite (Mg,Fe)SiO3, a high pressure silicate with a perovskite structure, is dominant material in the lower mantle at the depths from 660 to 2700 km and therefore is probably the most abundant mineral in the Earth. Although synthetic analogues of this mineral have been well studied, no naturally occurring samples had ever been found in a rock on the planet’s surface except in some shocked meteorites. Due to its unstable nature under ambient conditions, this phase undergoes retrograde transformation to a pyroxene-type structure. The identification of the retrograde phase as ‘bridgmanite’ in so-called superdeep diamonds was based on the association with ferropericlase (Mg,Fe)O and other high-pressure (supposedly lower-mantle) minerals predicted from theoretical models and HP-HT experiments. In this study pyroxene inclusions in diamond grains from Juina (Brazil), one single-phase (Sample SL-14) and two composite inclusions of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 coexisting with (Mg,Fe)3Al2Si3O12 (Sample SL-13), and with (Mg,Fe)3Al2Si3O12 and (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 (Sample SL-80) have been analyzed to identify retrograde phases of former bridgmanite. XRD and Raman spectroscopy have revealed that these are orthopyroxene (Opx). (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 and (Mg,Fe)3Al2Si3O12 in these inclusions are identified as olivine and jeffbenite (TAPP). These inclusions are associated with inclusions of (Mg,Fe)O (SL-14), CaSiO3 (SL-80) and composite inclusion of CaSiO3+CaTiO3 (SL-13). XRD patterns of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 inclusions indicate that they consist of polycrystals. This polycrystalline textures together with high lattice strain of host diamond around these inclusions observed from EBSD may be an evidence for the retrograde phase transition of former bridgmanite. Single-phase inclusions of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 in superdeep diamonds are suggested to represent a retrograde phase of bridgmanite and fully inherit its initial chemical composition, including a high Al and low Ni contents [Harte, Hudson, 2013; Kaminsky, 2017]. The composite inclusions of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 with jeffbenite and other silicate and oxide phases may be interpreted as exolusion products from originally homogeneous bridgmanite [Walter et al., 2011]. The bulk compositions of these composite inclusions are rich in Al, Ti, and Fe which are similar to Al-rich bridgmanite produced in experiments on the MORB composition. However, the retrograde origin of composite inclusions due to decomposition of Al-rich bridgmanite may be doubtful because each of observed phases may represent single-phase inclusions, i.e. bridgmanite and high pressure garnet (majoritic garnet), with similar compositional features.
Africa, South Africa, Guinea, Australia,South America, Brazil, Canada, Northwest Territories
deposit - Koffiefontein, Kankan, Lac de Gras, Juina, Machado, Orroroo
Abstract: (Mg,Fe)SiO3 bridgmanite is the dominant phase in the lower mantle; however no naturally occurring samples had ever been found in terrestrial samples as it undergoes retrograde transformation to a pyroxene-type structure. To identify retrograde phases of former bridgmanite single-phase and composite inclusions of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 in a series of superdeep diamonds have been examined with electron microscopy, electron microprobe, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction techniques. Our study revealed that (Mg,Fe)SiO3 inclusions are represented by orthopyroxene. Orthopyroxenes in single-phase and composite inclusions inherit initial chemical composition of bridgmanites, including a high Al and low Ni contents. In composite inclusions they coexist with jeffbenite (ex-TAPP) and olivine. The bulk compositions of these composite inclusions are rich in Al, Ti, and Fe, which are similar but not fully resembling Al-rich bridgmanite produced in experiments on the MORB composition. The retrograde origin of composite inclusions due to decomposition of Al-rich bridgmanite may be doubtful because each of observed minerals may represent coexisting HP phases, i.e. bridgmanite or ringwoodite.
Abstract: The transport of carbon into Earth’s mantle is a critical pathway in Earth’s carbon cycle, affecting both the climate and the redox conditions of the surface and mantle. The largest unconstrained variables in this cycle are the depths to which carbon in sediments and altered oceanic crust can be subducted and the relative contributions of these reservoirs to the sequestration of carbon in the deep mantle1. Mineral inclusions in sublithospheric, or ‘superdeep’, diamonds (derived from depths greater than 250 kilometres) can be used to constrain these variables. Here we present oxygen isotope measurements of mineral inclusions within diamonds from Kankan, Guinea that are derived from depths extending from the lithosphere to the lower mantle (greater than 660 kilometres). These data, combined with the carbon and nitrogen isotope contents of the diamonds, indicate that carbonated igneous oceanic crust, not sediment, is the primary carbon-bearing reservoir in slabs subducted to deep-lithospheric and transition-zone depths (less than 660 kilometres). Within this depth regime, sublithospheric inclusions are distinctly enriched in 18O relative to eclogitic lithospheric inclusions derived from crustal protoliths. The increased 18O content of these sublithospheric inclusions results from their crystallization from melts of carbonate-rich subducted oceanic crust. In contrast, lower-mantle mineral inclusions and their host diamonds (deeper than 660 kilometres) have a narrow range of isotopic values that are typical of mantle that has experienced little or no crustal interaction. Because carbon is hosted in metals, rather than in diamond, in the reduced, volatile-poor lower mantle2, carbon must be mobilized and concentrated to form lower-mantle diamonds. Our data support a model in which the hydration of the uppermost lower mantle by subducted oceanic lithosphere destabilizes carbon-bearing metals to form diamond, without disturbing the ambient-mantle stable-isotope signatures. This transition from carbonate slab melting in the transition zone to slab dehydration in the lower mantle supports a lower-mantle barrier for carbon subduction.
Abstract: Diamonds containing fluid and mineral inclusions that were trapped during formation are the only natural samples capable of probing the deepest portions of the Earth’s mantle (down to ~800 km depth). In order to precisely interpret the mineralogical and geochemical information they provide, the growth relationships between diamonds and inclusions (i.e., whether they formed before or during diamond formation) and the depth at which the inclusions were trapped need to be determined. Ferropericlase [(Mg,Fe)O] is the most abundant inclusion within super-deep diamonds (i.e., those forming between ~300 and more than 800 km depth). Experiments and numerical models using a pyrolitic bulk composition indicate that ferropericlase, comprising 16-20% of the mantle phase assemblage, is stable at depths between 660 and 2900 km and is Mg-rich with XFe ranging from 0.10 to 0.27 (1,2). However, ferropericlase represents 48-53% of the inclusions reported within super-deep diamonds and has a more variable Fe content, with XFe between 0.10 and 0.64 (3). In spite of different efforts explanations of these discrepancies, the precise origin of ferropericlase-bearing diamonds remains unclear. In this study we performed in-situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses on a set of ferropericlase inclusions in super-deep diamonds from Juina (Brazil) and Kankan (Guinea), to determine inclusion-host crystallographic orientation relationships. These analyses were coupled with synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy in order to apply elastic and elasto-plastic geobarometry and determine the diamond depth of formation. Electron microprobe analyses on a set of inclusions that were released from the diamond hosts were also conducted to investigate possible relationships between crystallographic data and chemical composition. We assess the most likely scenario for the genesis of ferropericlase inclusions in super-deep diamonds, their depth distribution in the Earth’s mantle and their implications for mantle geochemistry.
