Metamorphic diamonds: Mechanism of growth and inclusion of oxides

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-266

  Dobrzhinetskaya, L F ^a   Green II, H W ^a   Mitchell, T E ^b   Dickerson, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Diamonds; Eskolaite; Inclusions; Magnesite; Mechanism; Oxides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035263453     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0263:MDMOGA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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