A geochemical study of diamonds, diamond inclusion minerals and other mantle minerals from the Klipspringer kimberlites, South Africa

Summary in English.Bibliography: leaves 157-171.The Klipspringer kimberlites occur in the north-eastern part of the Kaapvaal craton which is poorly represented in kimberlite and mantle studies. The kimberlites have been dated at 148+-4 Ma and the current study presents the geochemical characteristics of their diamonds, diamond inclusion and mantle macrocrysts/bimineralic nodules. The Klipspringer lithosphere is dominated by eclogite and Iherzolite with harzburgite and dunite present to a lesser extent