Garnet xenocrysts from the Diavik mine, NWT, Canada: Composition, color, and paragenesis

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1131-1145

  McLean, Hayley ^a   Banas, Anetta ^a   Creighton, Steven ^a   Whiteford, Sean ^b   Luth, Robert W ^a   Stachel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Diavik Diamond Mines Inc Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color; Diavik diamond mine; Discriminants; Eclogitic paragenesis; Garnet; Kimberlite pipe; Northwest Territories; Peridotitic paragenesis; Xenocrysts

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

DIAVIK DIAMOND MINE; ECLOGITIC PARAGENESIS; GARNET XENOCRYSTS; PERIDOTITIC PARAGENESIS;

MINERALOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ECLOGITE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GARNET; KIMBERLITE; PARAGENESIS; PERIDOTITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

CANADA; DIAVIK MINE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 36949018414     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.5.1131     Document Type: Article

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