Rare and unusual mineral inclusions in diamonds from Mwadui, Tanzania

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-47

  Stachel, Thomas ^a,b   Harris, Jeff W ^b   Brey, Gerhard P ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002184608     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050403     Document Type: Article

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