Diamond nucleation and growth in sulfide-carbon melts: An experimental study at 6.0-7.1 GPa

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-355

  Shushkanova, Anastasia V ^a   Litvin, Yuriy A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Diamond genesis; Diamond growth; High pressure experiment; Nucleation; Sulfide solvent

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GROWTH RATE; IRON ORES; NUCLEATION; SOLVENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DIAMOND FORMATION; DIAMOND GENESIS; DIAMOND GROWTH; DIAMOND NUCLEATION; HIGH-PRESSURE EXPERIMENT; MASS CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS; SPONTANEOUS NUCLEATION;

DIAMONDS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; NUCLEATION; PYRRHOTITE;

EID: 47249122555     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1819     Document Type: Article

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