Raman spectroscopic and microscopic criteria for the distinction of microdiamonds in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from diamonds in sample preparation materials

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 546-556

  Perraki, Maria ^a   Korsakov, Andrey V ^b   Smith, David C ^c   Mposkos, Evripidis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Diamond; Erzgebirge; Kokchetav; Raman; Rhodope Metamorphic Province; Uhp metamorphism

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND CUTTING TOOLS; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; POLISHING; SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS;

ERZGEBIRGE; KOKCHETAV; RAMAN; RHODOPE; UHP METAMORPHISM;

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS IN SOLIDS;

DATA SET; DIAMOND; INCLUSION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MICROSCOPY; PETROGRAPHY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; TERRAIN; TERRANE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; KAZAKHSTAN; KOKCHETAV MASSIF; RHODOPE MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WEST ASIA;

EID: 67650297211     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.2973     Document Type: Article

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