A new tetragonal silicate mineral occurring as inclusions in lower- mantle diamonds

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6632, 1997, Pages 486-488

  Harris, Jeff ^a   Hutchison, Mark T ^b   Hursthouse, Mike ^c   Light, Mark ^c   Harte, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DIAMOND;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALMANDINE; DIAMOND; LOWER MANTLE; MINERAL INCLUSION; PYROPE; TETRAGONAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030619660     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387486a0     Document Type: Article

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