Diamond formation in sulfide pyrrhotite-carbon melts: Experiments at 6.0-7.1 GPa and application to natural conditions

Geochemistry International

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-47

  Shushkanova, A V ^a,b   Litvin, Yu A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEATION; POLYCRYSTALS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

MANTLE ROCKS; MELT-SOLUTIONS; PRIMARY INCLUSIONS; PYRRHOTITE;

DIAMONDS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID INCLUSION; GRAPHITE; MANTLE; MELT; NUCLEATION; PYRRHOTITE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 39049116951     PISSN: 00167029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/s0016702908010035     Document Type: Article

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