Kimberlite
Kimberlite occurs in the Earth's crust in vertical structures known as kimberlite pipes, as well as igneous dykes and can also occur as horizontal sills.
Kimberlite | Diamonds, Volcanic, Magma - Britannica
Kimberlite, a dark-coloured, heavy, often altered and brecciated (fragmented), intrusive igneous rock that contains diamonds in its rock matrix.
What are Kimberlites? - Kansas Geological Survey
Kimberlite is an igneous rock, formed from the cooling of molten magma. Igneous rocks are extremely rare in Kansas.
In simple terms, Kimberlites, constitute a hybrid group of rocks that encompass a group of volatile rich (dominantly CO2) potassic, ultrabasic rocks and that ...
Kimberlite: Mineral information, data and localities.
It is the principal primary host for diamonds, but only a small percentage of the known kimberlite occurrences are diamondiferous. There are ...
Kimberlite | Properties, Composition and Formation - Geology Science
Kimberlite is an igneous rock that major source of diamonds. Kimberlite is a variety of peridotite. It is rich in mica minerals content and ...
Kimberlitic Rocks of New York State - Rochester Academy of Science
Originally called serpentine or serpentinite, the rocks were first discovered in 1837 within the city of Syracuse. Other occurrences were soon located in West ...
Origin of kimberlites and related magmas - ScienceDirect
Abstract. Rare earth fractionation in kimberlites implies that they were produced by partial melting in the presence of residual garnet, in accordance with the ...
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Kimberlite is unique because it originates over 100 miles (150 km) deep in the earth and travels in a matter of hours to the earth's surface where it forms ...
Kimberlite genesis from a common carbonate-rich primary melt ...
While assimilation of bulk peridotite appears to be important for those kimberlites that contain high-Mg olivine, incongruent melting of ...
Kimberlites - Elements Magazine
Kimberlites: From Deep Earth to Diamond Mines ... Kimberlites are rare, enigmatic, low-volume igneous rocks. They are highly enriched in magnesium, volatiles (CO2 ...
Carbon and Kimberlite - Science | HowStuffWorks
Diamonds form about 100 miles (161 km) below the Earth's surface, in the molten rock of the Earth's mantle, which provides the right amounts of pressure and ...
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Kimberlite eruption | Volcanic Magma, Diamonds & Geology
Kimberlite eruption, small but powerful volcanic eruption caused by the rapid ascent of kimberlites—a type of intrusive igneous rock originating in the ...
The potential for diamond-bearing kimberlite in northern Michigan ...
We suggest that one or more diamond-bearing kimberlites may exist in northern Michigan or Wisconsin, but the discovery of such bodies is unlikely.
Kimberlite eruptions driven by slab flux and subduction angle - Nature
We develop a novel formulation for calculating subduction angle based on trench migration, convergence rate, slab thickness and density.
Chapter 46 Diamonds and Associated Heavy Minerals in Kimberlite
The kimberlites, therefore, are transporting agents that “sample” deep, occasionally diamond-bearing, mantle material and rapidly convey it to surface. The ...
A Look at Kimberlites: The Volcanoes that Carry Diamonds - YouTube
GIA Knowledge Sessions Webinar - recorded live on March 25, 2021. Natural diamonds crystallize at great depths, far deeper than we can dig ...
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