Kimberlites, Diatremes, and Diamonds: Their Geology, Petrology, and Geochemistry

Copyright 1979 by the American Geophysical Union.

Kimberlites, Diatremes, and Diamonds: Their Geology, Petrology, and Geochemistry

Editor(s): Henry O.A. Meyer, F.R. Boyd

Published Online: 19 MAR 2013

Print ISBN: 9780875902128

Online ISBN: 9781118665176

DOI: 10.1029/SP015

About this Book

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series, Volume 1.

Since the first edition was published in 1979, the Third International Kimberlite Conference was held in Clermont-Ferrand in 1982. Nevertheless, several of the problems addressed by papers in the first edition of this publication are still valid and remain unanswered today. For example, we still do not understand the spatial and temporal relationship between kimberiite, xenocrysts and xenoliths, nor do we understand why kimberlites occur where they do or why they often intruded ancient cratonic areas periodically throughout geologic time. There is a growing suspicion that continental rifting or perhaps doleritic/basaltic volcanism is a precursor to kimberlitic activity, but the links are tenuous and often conflicting.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–viii)

  2. Part I: Diamonds

    1. Silicate and Oxide Inclusions in Diamonds from the Finsch Kimberlite Pipe (pages 1–15)

      J. J. Gurney, J. W. Harris and R. S. Rickard

    1. Mineral Inclusions in Diamond: Premier, Jagersfontein and Finsch Kimberlites, South Africa, and Williamson Mine, Tanzania (pages 16–26)

      Hsiao-Ming Tsai, Henry O.A. Meyer, Jules Moreau and H. Judith Milledge

    1. Regional and Local Variations in the Characteristics of Diamond from Some Southern African Kimberlites (pages 27–41)

      J.W. Harris, J.B. Hawthorne and M.M. Oosterveld

    1. Diamonds from Kimberlites in the Colorado-Wyoming State Line District (pages 42–58)

      M.E. McCallum, C.D. Mabarak and H.G. Coopersmith

  6. Part II: Kimberlites: Field Relations

    1. Geology of the Dokolwayo Kimberlite and Associated Palaeo-Alluvial Diamond Deposits (pages 59–70)

      J. Barry Hawthorne, Anthony J. Carrington, C. Roger Clement and E. Michael W. Skinner

    1. Structural Setting of Kimberlites in South-Eastern Australia (pages 71–91)

      K.J. Stracke, John Ferguson and L.P. Black

    1. Kimberlites in Brazil: An Initial Report (pages 92–100)

      Darcy P. Svisero, Henry O. A. Meyer and Hsiao-ming Tsai

    1. Precambrian Ultramafic Dykes with Kimberlite Affinities in the Kimberley Area (pages 101–110)

      C. Roger Clement, E. Michael Skinner, J. Barry Hawthorne, Leendert Kleinjan and Hugh L. Allsopp

    1. Kimberlitic, Melilititic, Trachytic and Carbonatitte Eruptives at Saltpetre Kop, Sutherland, South Africa (pages 111–128)

      J.R. McIver and John Ferguson

  11. Mineralogy and Petrology

    1. Mineralogical Classification of Southern African Kimberlites (pages 129–139)

      E. Michael, W. Skinner and C. Roger Clement

    1. Petrogenesis of Kimberlitic Rocks and Associated Xenoliths of Southeastern Australia (pages 140–160)

      John Ferguson and J. W. Sheraton

    1. Mineralogy of the Tunraq Kimberlite Somerset Island, N.W.T., CANADA (pages 161–171)

      Roger H. Mitchell

    1. Mineralogical Studies on the Diamondiferous Kimberlite of the Wajrakharur Area, Southern India (pages 172–177)

      Jagannadham Akella, P. Satyanarayana Rao, Robert H. McCallister, F.R.H. Boyd and Henry O.A. Meyer

    1. Petrochemistry and Structure of Kimberlites in the Front Range and Laramie Range, Colorado-Wyoming (pages 178–189)

      C.B. Smith, M.E. McCallum, H.G. Coopersmith and David H. Eggler

    1. Petrogenesis of Kimberlites and Associated Potassic Lamprophyres from Central West Greenland (pages 190–205)

      B.H. Scott

    1. The Oxide and Silicate Mineral Chemistry of a Kimberlite from the Premier Mine: Implications for the Evolution of Kimberlitic Magmas (pages 206–216)

      Don Elthon and W. Ian Ridley

    1. Oxide and Sulfide Minerals in Kimberlite from Green Mountain, Colorado (pages 217–228)

      Nabil Z. Boctor and Henry O.A. Meyer

    1. Zircon-Oxide Reactions in Diamond-Bearing Kimberlites (pages 229–240)

      Ellen Raber and Stephen E. Haggerty

    1. K, Rb and Ba in Micas from Kimberlite and Peridotitic Xenoliths, and Implications for Origin of Basaltic Rocks (pages 241–251)

      J.V. Smith, R.L. Hervig, D. Ackermand and J.B. Dawson

  21. Geochemistry

    1. Variations in Stable Isotope Compositions for Carbon and Oxygen In Some South African and Lesothan Kimberlites (pages 252–271)

      B.J. Kobelski, D.P. Gold and P. Deines

    1. Abundance of Palladium, Iridium and Gold in Kimberlites And Associated Nodules (pages 272–279)

      D.K. Paul, J.H. Crocket and P.H. Nixon

    1. Significance of Uranium Abundance in United States Kimberlites (pages 280–288)

      Douglas G. Brookins, Richard S. Della Valle and Stephen L. Bolivar

    1. Geophysical and Rb-Sr Study of the Prairie Creek, Ak Kimberlite (pages 289–299)

      Stephen L. Bolivar and Douglas G. Brookins

    1. The Chemical Composition of Kimberlites Compared with the Average Composition of Three Basaltic Magma Types (pages 300–312)

      K.H. Wedepohl and Y. Muramatsu

  26. Experimental Studies

    1. A Model of Phase Relations in the System MgO-SiO2-H2O-CO2 and Prediction of the Compositions of Liquids Coexisting with Forsterite and Enstatite (pages 313–318)

      David E. Ellis and Peter J. Wyllie

    1. Kimberlite Magmas from the System Peridotite-CO2-H2O (pages 319–329)

      Peter J. Wyllie

    1. Experimental Studies on the Relationship Between Kimberlite Magmas and Partial Melting of Peridotite (pages 330–338)

      David H. Eggler and Richard F. Wendlandt

    1. Experimental Study on Two Picrites with Reference to the Genesis of Kimberlite (pages 339–343)

      Alok K. Gupta and Kenzo Yagi

  30. Part III: Diatremes and Carbonatites

    1. The Role of Fracture Dynamics in Kimberlite Pipe Formation (pages 344–353)

      Orson L. Anderson

    1. Phreatomagmatic Origin of the Olivine Melilitite Diatremes of the Swabian Alb, Germany (pages 354–363)

      Volker Lorenz

    1. Field Geology, Chemistry, and Petrology of Buell Park Minette Diatreme, Apache County, Arizona (pages 364–381)

      Michael F. Roden and Douglas Smith

    1. The Oka Carbonatite Complex: Magnetite Compositions and the Related Role of Titanium in Pyrochlore (pages 382–392)

      Brendan M. Mcmahon and Stephen E. Haggerty

    1. Relatioship of the Murfreesboro Kimberlite and Other Igneous Rocks of Arkansas, U.S.A. (pages 393–399)

      Kenneth F. Steele and George H. Wagner

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      Author Index (page 400)

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