An infrared investigation of inclusion-bearing diamonds from the Venetia kimberlite, Northern Province, South Africa: Implications for diamonds from craton-margin settings

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 98-108

  Viljoen, K S ^a  

^a De Beers Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; INCLUSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KIMBERLITE; NITROGEN; TECTONIC SETTING;

LIMPOPO BELT; NORTHERN PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036819550     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-002-0385-2     Document Type: Article

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