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Nanosculptures on round surfaces of natural diamonds

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The results of a study using scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy comprising the micromorphology of the ditrigonal and trigonal layers on surfaces near the edges of octahedral diamond crystals from the Udachnaya-Eastern kimberlite pipe in Yakutia are presented. The studied surface sculptures are elongated parallel to the direction 〈111〉 and have similar morphological features, characterized by a wavy profile across the lamination, the absence of flat areas at the micro- and nanolevel. It is proposed that both sculpture types were formed as a result of dissolution under natural conditions. This suggestion is corroborated by the revelation of negative trigons on the octahedral facets of the studied diamonds.

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  1. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    A. A. Chepurov, V. M. Sonin & A. I. Chepurov

  2. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    S. S. Kosolobov, D. V. Shcheglov & A. V. Latyshev

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Chepurov, S.S. Kosolobov, D.V. Shcheglov, V.M. Sonin, A.I. Chepurov, A.V. Latyshev, 2017, published in Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii, 2017, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 251–260.

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Chepurov, A.A., Kosolobov, S.S., Shcheglov, D.V. et al. Nanosculptures on round surfaces of natural diamonds. Geol. Ore Deposits 59, 256–264 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701517030023

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