Microdiamonds, their classification and tectonic implications for the host eclogites from the Dabie and Su-Lu regions in central eastern China

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 509-520

  Xu, Shutong ^a,b   Liu, Yican ^a,c   Chen, Guanbao ^a   Ji, Shouyuan ^d   Ni, Pei ^d   Xiao, Wanshen ^e  

^a Anhui Institute of Geology ^*  (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dabie Mountains; Infrared spectroscopy; Microdiamond; Raman; Su Lu region

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

DABIE MOUNTAINS; ECLOGITES; MICRODIAMONDS; PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA;

DIAMONDS;

DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; HOST ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE-SULU BELT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 27144533228     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461056940267     Document Type: Article

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