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Investigation of the geochemistry of kimberlite is hampered by problems inherent in the intrusive styles characteristic of this volatile-rich magma; by the hybrid nature of the rocks formed from magmas which carry a high proportion of crystalline phases at their time of emplacement; and by the high probability of contamination of some facies by crustal materials and/or groundwater.
However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
Ivan Turgenev
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Mitchell, R.H. (1986). Geochemistry of Kimberlites. In: Kimberlites. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0568-0_7
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