Inclusions of nanocrystalline hydrous aluminium silicate "Phase Egg" in superdeep diamonds from Juina (Mato Grosso State, Brazil)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 384-399

  Wirth, Richard ^a   Vollmer, Christian ^b   Brenker, Frank ^c   Matsyuk, Stanislav ^d   Kaminsky, Felix ^e  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine ^*  (Ukraine)

^e KM Diamond Exploration Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

crustal material; diamond; inclusion; mantle; subduction; TEM

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM SILICATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PHASE RELATIONS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMONDS; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSIONS; METASTABLE PHASES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POROSITY; TECTONICS; VOLUME FRACTION;

MINERALOGY;

ALUMINUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; INCLUSION; PARAGENESIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34347270585     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.041     Document Type: Article

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