Nickel-rich metasomatism of the lithospheric mantle by pre-kimberlitic alkali-S-Cl-rich C-O-H fluids

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank Chris Ballhaus for constructive discussions at the early stage of this study and for editorial handling; Fanus Viljoen, Michel Gregoire and Jean-Pierre Lorand for constructive reviews; Reid Keays, Sonja Aulbach and Antje Wildau for useful discussions during manuscript preparation; Alan Greig for help with LA-ICP-MS analyses, and Graham Hutchinson for support with the SEM imaging and EMP analyses at the University of Melbourne. Finally, we acknowledge De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. for providing DP with the sample for this study. AG's PhD research is supported by an International Australian Postgraduate Award, the 2011 John Hodgson Scholarship and the 2012 AusIMM Bicentennial Gold Endowment.