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Micro- and nano-inclusions in a superdeep diamond from São Luiz, Brazil. / Kagi, Hiroyuki; Zedgenizov, Dmitry A.; Ohfuji, Hiroaki et al.
In: Geochemistry International, Vol. 54, No. 10, 01.10.2016, p. 834-838.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Micro- and nano-inclusions in a superdeep diamond from São Luiz, Brazil
AU - Kagi, Hiroyuki
AU - Zedgenizov, Dmitry A.
AU - Ohfuji, Hiroaki
AU - Ishibashi, Hidemi
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - We report cloudy micro- and nano-inclusions in a superdeep diamond from São-Luiz, Brazil which contains inclusions of ferropericlase (Mg, Fe)O and former bridgmanite (Mg, Fe)SiO3 and ringwoodite (Mg, Fe)2SiO4. Field emission-SEM and TEM observations showed that the cloudy inclusions were composed of euhedral micro-inclusions with grain sizes ranging from tens nanometers to submicrometers. Infrared absorption spectra of the cloudy inclusions showed that water, carbonate, and silicates were not major components of these micro- and nano-inclusions and suggested that the main constituent of the inclusions was infrared-inactive. Some inclusions were suggested to contain material with lower atomic numbers than that of carbon. Mineral phase of nano- and micro-inclusions is unclear at present. Microbeam X-ray fluorescence analysis clarified that the micro-inclusions contained transition metals (Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) possibly as metallic or sulfide phases. The cloudy inclusions provide an important information on the growth environment of superdeep diamonds in the transition zone or the lower mantle.
AB - We report cloudy micro- and nano-inclusions in a superdeep diamond from São-Luiz, Brazil which contains inclusions of ferropericlase (Mg, Fe)O and former bridgmanite (Mg, Fe)SiO3 and ringwoodite (Mg, Fe)2SiO4. Field emission-SEM and TEM observations showed that the cloudy inclusions were composed of euhedral micro-inclusions with grain sizes ranging from tens nanometers to submicrometers. Infrared absorption spectra of the cloudy inclusions showed that water, carbonate, and silicates were not major components of these micro- and nano-inclusions and suggested that the main constituent of the inclusions was infrared-inactive. Some inclusions were suggested to contain material with lower atomic numbers than that of carbon. Mineral phase of nano- and micro-inclusions is unclear at present. Microbeam X-ray fluorescence analysis clarified that the micro-inclusions contained transition metals (Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) possibly as metallic or sulfide phases. The cloudy inclusions provide an important information on the growth environment of superdeep diamonds in the transition zone or the lower mantle.
KW - lower mantle
KW - micro-inclusion
KW - nano-inclusion
KW - superdeep diamond
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84990940868&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1134/S0016702916100062
DO - 10.1134/S0016702916100062
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84990940868
VL - 54
SP - 834
EP - 838
JO - Geochemistry International
JF - Geochemistry International
SN - 0016-7029
IS - 10
ER -
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