Diamond economics of the Prairie Creek lamproite, Murfreesboro, AR, USA

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 251-262

  Dunn, Dennis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond economics; Lamproite; Prairie Creek

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND MINES; EROSION; EXTRAPOLATION; OLIVINE;

DIAMOND ECONOMICS;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

DIAMOND; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EROSION; LAMPROITE; MINING; TOURISM;

ARKANSAS; PRAIRIE CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037365373     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(02)00144-0     Document Type: Article

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