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Kent, Ray W., Kelley, Simon P., Pringle, Malcolm S. (1998) Mineralogy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of orangeites (Group II kimberlites) from the Damodar Valley, eastern India. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (3) 313-323 doi:10.1180/002646198547701

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TitleMineralogy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of orangeites (Group II kimberlites) from the Damodar Valley, eastern India
JournalMineralogical MagazineISSN0026-461X
AuthorsKent, Ray W.Author
Kelley, Simon P.Author
Pringle, Malcolm S.Author
Year1998 (June)Volume62
Issue3
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_62/62-3-313.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/002646198547701Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceKent, Ray W., Kelley, Simon P., Pringle, Malcolm S. (1998) Mineralogy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of orangeites (Group II kimberlites) from the Damodar Valley, eastern India. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (3) 313-323 doi:10.1180/002646198547701
Plain TextKent, Ray W., Kelley, Simon P., Pringle, Malcolm S. (1998) Mineralogy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of orangeites (Group II kimberlites) from the Damodar Valley, eastern India. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (3) 313-323 doi:10.1180/002646198547701
Abstract/NotesAbstractA suite of ultramafic-mafic alkaline igneous rocks in the Damodar Valley, eastern India, contains carbonate, phosphate and titanate minerals that are not characteristic or common in minettes or lamproites, but are typical of orangeites (Group II kimberlite) from southern Africa. Phlogopite grains from the Damodar alkaline rocks yield mean 40Ar/39Ar ages of 116.6±0.8 Ma, 113.5±0.5 Ma and 109.1±0.7 Ma (1σ errors) using laser dating techniques. These ages are similar to the Rb-Sr ages of African orangeites, which lie mostly in the range 121 to 114 Ma. Prior to this study, only one possible occurrence of orangeite (the ∼820 m.y.-old Aries pipe, Western Australia) was known outside the Kaapvaal craton and its environs. If the Damodar alkaline rocks are bona fide orangeites, it is likely that they were generated at depths of >150 km, within the stability field of diamond.


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