Silicate and oxide inclusion characteristics and infra-red absorption analysis of diamonds from the Klipspringer kimberlites, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 131-146

  Westerlund, K J ^a   Gurney, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; INCLUSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KIMBERLITE; OXIDE; SILICATE;

AFRICA; KLIPSPRINGER MINE; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4444290094     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/107.1-2.131     Document Type: Article

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