Carbonatitic mineralogy of natural diamond-forming fluids

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 126-137

  Kopylova, M ^a   Navon, O ^b   Dubrovinsky, L ^c   Khachatryan, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d RUSSIAN STATE GEOLOGICAL PROSPECTING UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

carbonatite; diamond; fluid inclusion; mineralogy; vibrational spectroscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBONATES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CARBONATE IONS; CARBONATE MATERIALS; CARBONATITE; CARBONATITES; CHEMICAL TREND; CLOSED SYSTEMS; CRYSTALLINE COMPONENTS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; DIAMOND STABILITY; ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; FTIR; HIGH SALINITY; INCLUSIONS IN DIAMOND; LOW TEMPERATURES; MINERAL PHASIS; NATURAL DIAMONDS; RAMAN PEAK; SOLIDS VOLUME;

CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; DIFFRACTION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FLUIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; INCLUSIONS; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROCARBON; MINERALOGY; ORE-FORMING FLUID; SOLID SOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

MICAS;

EID: 75949116415     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.056     Document Type: Article

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