Eskolaite associated with diamond from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia, Russia
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Alla M. Logvinova
Abstract
The mineral eskolaite (Cr2O3) has been discovered in association with natural diamond from the Udachnaya pipe in Yakutia, where it is intergrown with an octahedral diamond, mostly as an inclusion in the diamond, but also exposed at its surface. A detailed study was performed on fragments extracted from the outer surface of the diamond, using single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-resolution electron microscopy (HRTEM), analytical electron microscopy (AEM), including line-scan and elemental-mapping, EMP, and SIMS. These applied techniques confirmed the nature of the eskolaite with 86.8 wt% Cr2O3 and notable impurities of TiO2 (3.99 wt%), Al2O3 (2.00 wt%), Fe2O3 (5.83 wt%), and MgO (1.11 wt%). Trace elements, including V (4900 ppm), Mn (129 ppm), Zr (56 ppm), and Nb (32 ppm) were also detected. The entire range of REE is just at or below the limits of detection. A small picrochromite inclusion (XMg 81.2; YCr 94.7) was detected in the eskolaite; its chemistry is typical of chromite diamond inclusions. It also contains minute inclusions of perovskite, corundum, and an unidentified Ti-phase. Nano-sized cavities in picrochromite were determined to consist of carbonate and quench products, including Si, Mg, Ca, P, K, and Cl. This may represent relics of the diamond-forming metasomatic fluids. The eskolaite, containing a picrochromite inclusion, was formed at high pressure within the diamond stability field from C-O-H-bearing fluids containing Ca, K, Cl, P, and possibly even peridotitic (U-type) oxides and silicates.
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