Chemistry of garnet and ilmenite from Majhgawan diamondiferous pipe, Panna district vis-a-vis diamond potential and preservation

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 441-448

  Mukherjee, Abhijeet ^a   Rao, K S ^a   Bandyopadhyay, D ^a   Roy, Gautam ^b  

^a Natl Mineral Development Corp   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diamond; Economic Geology; Geochemistry; Madhya Pradesh

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; ILMENITE;

INDIA, MADHYA PRADESH, PANNA;

EID: 0031462749     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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