Extreme chemical variation in complex diamonds from George Creek, Colorado: a SIMS study of carbon isotope composition and nitrogen abundance

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 857-878

  Fitzsimons, I C W ^a,d   Harte, B ^a   Chinn, I L ^b   Gurney, J J ^b   Taylor, W R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cathodoluminescence; Diamond; Nitrogen concentration; SIMS

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DIAMOND; NITROGEN;

EID: 0033386357     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646199548970     Document Type: Article

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