Discrimination of diamond resource and non-resource domains in the Victor North pyroclastic kimberlite, Canada

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 128-138

  van Straaten, Bram I ^a   Kopylova, Maya G ^a   Russell, J K ^a   Webb, Kimberley J ^b   Scott Smith, Barbara H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b De Beers Canada Inc   (Canada)

^c Scott Smith Petrology Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

diamond deposits; fugacity; kimberlite; petrography; pyroclastics; spinel group

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ILMENITE; PETROGRAPHY; TEXTURES; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; FUGACITY; KIMBERLITE;

DIAMOND MINES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; DOLOMITE; FUGACITY; ILMENITE; KIMBERLITE; MAGMA; PETROGRAPHY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SPINEL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 44749094599     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.12.033     Document Type: Article

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