Luminescence of diamonds from metamorphic rocks

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-22

  Bruce, Loryn F ^a   Kopylova, Maya G ^a   Longo, Micaela ^a   Ryder, John ^b   Dobrzhinetskaya, Larissa F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Dianor Resources Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; Diamond; Greenschist facies metamorphism; Optical center; Photoluminescence; Ultrahigh pressure terrane

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUEFIED GASES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; OPTICAL LATTICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; DIAMOND LATTICES; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GREENSCHIST; LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL CENTER; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; ZERO PHONON LINES;

DIAMONDS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DIAMOND; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GREENSCHIST FACIES; P-T CONDITIONS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

KAZAKHSTAN; KOKCHETAV;

EID: 79251580652     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3467     Document Type: Article

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