[HTML][HTML] Towards a new model for kimberlite petrogenesis: Evidence from unaltered kimberlites and mantle minerals

VS Kamenetsky, AV Golovin, R Maas, A Giuliani… - Earth-Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Kimberlites represent magmas derived from great mantle depths and are the principal
source of diamonds. Kimberlites and their xenolith cargo have been extremely useful for …

Compositions of kimberlite melts: A review of melt inclusions in kimberlite minerals

AV Golovin, VS Kamenetsky - Petrology, 2023 - Springer
The paper presents a comprehensive review of currently available data on melt inclusions
entrapped in minerals of kimberlites of different age and different provenance in ancient …

Alkali-carbonate melts from the base of cratonic lithospheric mantle: Links to kimberlites

AV Golovin, IS Sharygin, VS Kamenetsky… - Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Identification of the primary compositions of mantle-derived melts is crucial for
understanding mantle compositions and physical conditions of mantle melting. However …

Can primitive kimberlite melts be alkali‐carbonate liquids: Composition of the melt snapshots preserved in deepest mantle xenoliths

AV Golovin, IS Sharygin, AV Korsakov… - Journal of Raman …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The study of kimberlite rocks is important as they provide critical information regarding the
composition and dynamics of the continental mantle and are the principal source of …

Melting phase relations of the Udachnaya-East Group-I kimberlite at 3.0–6.5 GPa: Experimental evidence for alkali-carbonatite composition of primary kimberlite melts …

IS Sharygin, KD Litasov, A Shatskiy, AV Golovin… - Gondwana …, 2015 - Elsevier
Experiments on the origin of the Udachnaya-East kimberlite (UEK) have been performed
using a Kawai-type multianvil apparatus at 3–6.5 GPa and 900–1500° C. The studied …

Origin of alkaline carbonates in kimberlites of the Siberian craton: Evidence from melt inclusions in mantle olivine of the Udachnaya-East pipe

AV Golovin, IS Sharygin, AV Korsakov - Chemical Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Alkaline carbonates hexagonal zemkorite (Na, K) 2 Ca (CO 3) 2 and orthorhombic shortite
Na 2 Ca 2 (CO 3) 3 were found among groundmass minerals in kimberlites from some …

Paragenesis and complex zoning of olivine macrocrysts from unaltered kimberlite of the Udachnaya-East pipe, Yakutia: relationship with the kimberlite formation …

NV Sobolev, AV Sobolev, AA Tomilenko… - Russian Geology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Unaltered Mg-olivine (Fo= 85-94) is a predominant mineral of the kimberlite block
(serpentine-free) of the Udachnaya-East pipe, and it prevails in peridotite xenoliths and as …

Mineral Assemblage of Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions in a Mantle Xenolith from the V. Grib Kimberlite Pipe: Direct Evidence for the Presence of an Alkali-Rich …

AV Golovin, AA Tarasov, EV Agasheva - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
This report deals with the first mineralogical examination of secondary crystallized melt
inclusions (CMIs) in healed cracks within olivine in a mantle peridotite xenolith from the V …

Confocal Raman spectroscopic study of melt inclusions in olivine of mantle xenoliths from the Bultfontein kimberlite pipe (Kimberley cluster, South Africa): Evidence for …

IS Sharygin, AV Golovin, AA Tarasov… - Journal of Raman …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the composition of primary/primitive mantle melts is crucial for understanding the
mantle's evolution and mantle‐derived magmatism. Melt inclusions in mantle xenoliths …

Kelyphite around garnet in unaltered lherzolite xenolith from the Udachnaya pipe (Siberian Craton): formation exclusively via interaction with kimberlite melt

IS Sharygin, KA Solovev, AV Golovin - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Garnet grains in mantle-derived peridotite xenoliths from kimberlites are surrounded by fine-
grained aggregate of epigenetic minerals known as kelyphite. Existing models propose …