Mineralogical evidence for the origin of diamond in ureilites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 487-493

  Nakamuta, Y ^a   Aoki, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDRITE; DIAMOND; METEORITE; MINERALOGY;

EID: 0034094417     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01430.x     Document Type: Article

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