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Analyses are reported for garnet and pyroxene from 17 eclogites that contain diamond. The garnets contain small but significant contents of Na, Ti and P and the pyroxenes contain traces of K. The diamond-bearing eclogites do not constitute a unique compositional group but show a range of mineral compositions consistent with a very high P-T environment.
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Reid, A.M., Brown, R.W., Dawson, J.B. et al. Garnet and pyroxene compositions in some diamondiferous eclogites. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 58, 203–220 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00382185
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