Some Pb and Sr isotopic measurements on eclogites from the Roberts Victor mine, South Africa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
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Five nodules of eclogite, one nodule of garnet peridotite and one sample of kimberlite from the Roberts Victor mine were analyzed for concentrations of U, Th, Pb, Rb and Sr and isotopic compositions of Pb and Sr. In the eclogites, U content ranges from 0.09 to 0.26 ppm, Th from 0.35 to 1.1 ppm, Pb from 0.79 to 5.5 ppm, Rb from 2.1 to 28 ppm and Sr from 133 to 346 ppm;206Pb/204Pb ratios range from 14.8 to 18.5,207Pb/204Pb from 14.9 to 15.7,208Pb/204Pb from 35.2 to 38.5. The garnet peridotite contains 0.22 ppm U, 0.97 ppm Th, 1.05 ppm Pb, 6.9 ppm Rb and 108 ppm Sr and the kimberlite contains 2.5 ppm U, 30 ppm Th, 37 ppm Pb, 113 ppm Rb and 2040 ppm Sr. The lead in the eclogites has two components, a lead pyroextractable at 1100–1200° and a non-pyroextractable residual lead. In three of the eclogites, which are to some extent altered, a proportion of the pyroextractable lead may be contaminating lead from the kimberlite, but an altered kyanite eclogite does not appear to be contaminated by this same kimberlite. The pyroextractable lead from a less altered eclogite contains a much larger proportion of206Pb. Compositions calculated for the residual leads vary greatly. In many of the pyroextraction runs the primary eclogitic phases disappeared and the new phases plagioclase, clinopyroxene and a magnetic iron compound were formed. Why part of the lead should have been retained by these new phases is not understood.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Some Pb and Sr isotopic measurements on eclogites from the Roberts Victor mine, South Africa
Series title Earth and Planetary Science Letters
DOI 10.1016/0012-821X(71)90009-4
Volume 10
Issue 2
Year Published 1971
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Description 10 p.
First page 217
Last page 226
Country South Africa
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