Morphological Features of Diamond Crystals Resulting from Dissolution in a Fe–Ni–S Melt under High Pressure


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The primary results are presented on the dissolution of plane-faced diamond crystals of octahedral habit in a Fe–Ni–S melt under 3.5 GPa and 1400°C. It was found that the dissolution resulted in the transformation of plane-faced into curve-faced individuals of morphological features characteristic for kimberlite diamonds. It was concluded that the diamond forms as such might have formed in reduced domains of the Earth’s mantle before becoming involved in the kimberlite magma.

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I. Gryaznov

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: ezhimulev@igm.nsc.ru
Rússia, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

E. Zhimulev

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: ezhimulev@igm.nsc.ru
Rússia, Novosibirsk, 630090

V. Sonin

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: ezhimulev@igm.nsc.ru
Rússia, Novosibirsk, 630090

E. Lindenblot

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: ezhimulev@igm.nsc.ru
Rússia, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

A. Chepurov

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: ezhimulev@igm.nsc.ru
Rússia, Novosibirsk, 630090

N. Sobolev

Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: ezhimulev@igm.nsc.ru
Rússia, Novosibirsk, 630090; Novosibirsk, 630090

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