Mineral inclusions in diamonds from the Sputnik kimberlite pipe, Yakutia

Lithos

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 135-157

  Sobolev, N V ^a   Kaminsky, F V ^b   Griffin, W L ^c,d   Yefimova, E S ^a   Win, T T ^c   Ryan, C G ^c   Botkunov, A I ^e  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute of Diamonds   (Russian Federation)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Russia Sakha Diamond Company   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chromite; Diamond; Inclusions; Kimberlite; Pyrope; Siberia

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; DIAMOND; KIMBERLITE; MINERAL INCLUSION; PYROPE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, YAKUTIA, SPUTNIK KIMBERLITE PIPE;

EID: 0030857998     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-4937(96)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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