A harzburgite xenolith sample from Paleogene basalts in Shuangliao area of Jilin Province records the information of upper mantle metasomatism. Primary orthopyroxenes are surrounded by secondary clinopyroxenes and olivines, forming reaction texture or existing as residues in secondary clinopyroxenes. These phenomena appear around spinel only. Electronic probe analyses reveal that secondary clinopyroxenes are characterized by high Mg#, Cr# and CaO/Al2O3, secondary olivines by high Mg#, CaO and Cr2O3 content, and the metasomatized rim of spinels by high Cr# and CaO. As metasomatism had no influence on Mg# in peridotite, and the melt-rock reaction proceeded in order of Opx+Sp+melt (I)→Opx + Ol+melt (Ⅱ), the authors consider that the lithospheric mantle in Shuangliao area was metasomatized by carbonate melt or silicate melt rich in carbonate. This conclusion is based on experiments and literature.
