Diamond genesis in a multiply-constrained model Article

Haggerty, SE. (1986). Diamond genesis in a multiply-constrained model . NATURE, 320(6057), 34-38. 10.1038/320034a0

cited authors

  • Haggerty, SE

authors

abstract

  • Thermal cracking of primordial carbon gas species in depleted and reduced Archaean subcratonic lithosphere is proposed for the nucleation of micro- and ultramafic macrodiamonds. Growth was mainly by solid-state diffusion, although crystallization of the eclogitic diamond suite was from sulphide-immiscible melts. Lateral and vertical heterogeneities and the geometry of the lithosphere can account for a variety of second-order variables such as diamond type, colour, crystal morphology and dissolution characteristics. © 1986 Nature Publishing Group.

publication date

  • December 1, 1986

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start page

  • 34

end page

  • 38

volume

  • 320

issue

  • 6057