Sulfide inclusions in diamonds: not monosulfide solid solution

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1201-1211

  Taylor, L A ^a   Liu, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

diamonds; exsolution kinetics; Fe Ni S system; monosulfide solid solution; pentlandite; sulfide inclusions

Indexed keywords

CHALCOPYRITE; DIAMOND; EXSOLUTION; INCLUSION; IRON; NICKEL; PENTLANDITE; REACTION KINETICS; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SOLID SOLUTION; SULFIDE;

EID: 70449906331     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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