Abstract
A method to estimate the oxygen fugacity (fO2) during the crystallization of kimberlites is developed using the Fe content of CaTiO3 perovskite (Pv), a common groundmass phase in these rocks. With increasing fO2, more Fe exists in the kimberlitic liquid as Fe3þ, and thus partitions into Pv. Experiments to study the partitioning of Fe between Pv and kimberlite liquid were conducted at 100 kPa on simple and complex anhydrous kimberlite bulk compositions from 1130 to 13008C over a range of fO2 from NNO 5 to NNOþ 4 (where NNO is the nickel^nickel oxide buffer), and atNb and rare earth element (REE) contents in the starting materials of 0^5 wt % and 1500 ppm, respectively.The partitioning of Fe between Pv and kimberlite liquid is influenced mostly by fO2, although the presence of Nb increases the partition of Fe3þ into perovskite at a given T and fO2. Multiple linear regression (MLR) of all the experimental data produces a relationship that describes the variation of Fe andNbinPvwith fO2relative to theNNObuffer:
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