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Magnesian olivine (forsterite) containing about 10% of the fayalite molecule is the main mineral component of a kimberlite magma. We have examined the thermodynamic stability of diamond in relation to natural olivine at very high P and T., i.e., when diamond is stable and can be made in a reducing medium in the usual way.
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S. I. Subbotin, G. L. Naumchik, and I. Sh. Rakhimova, The Earth’s Mantle and Tecto-genesis [in Russian], Naukova Dumka, Kiev (1968).
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Petrov, V.S. (1975). Equilibrium in the Olivine—Diamond System. In: Sheftal’, N.N., Givargizov, E.I. (eds) РОСТ КРИСТАЛЛОВ/Rost Kristallov/Growth of Crystals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1689-3_16
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