Experimental evidence for liquid immiscibility in the model system CaCO3-pyrope-pyrrhotite at 7.0 GPa: The role of carbonatite and sulfide melts in diamond genesis

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 991-1005

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

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Diamond genesis; Experiment; Liquid immiscibility; Pressure; Sulfide; Syngenetic inclusion

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; DIAMONDS; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; GARNETS; INCLUSIONS; IRON ORES; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MELTING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SILICATES; SILICON; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFIDE MINERALS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

CARBONATITE; DIAMOND GENESIS; LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY; SULFIDE; SYNGENETIC INCLUSION;

DIAMOND DEPOSITS;

CARBONATITE; DIAMOND; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; IMMISCIBILITY; MELTING; PYROPE; PYRRHOTITE; SULFIDE;

EID: 56649086563     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.4.991     Document Type: Article

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