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Upper-Mantle Diamond-Parental Systems in Physico-Chemical Experiment

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Genesis of Diamonds and Associated Phases

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The criterion of syngenesis of diamonds and primary mineral inclusions presents an effective instrument in determination of chemical composition of the growth melts of diamonds and genetically associated phases. Its role is sufficiently helpful at planning the experimental investigations on melting phase relations of the diamond-produced systems. Physico-chemical experiments are currently directed towards the construction of syngenesis diagrams for diamonds and associated phases of peridotitic and eclogitic parageneses.

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Litvin, Y.A. (2017). Upper-Mantle Diamond-Parental Systems in Physico-Chemical Experiment. In: Genesis of Diamonds and Associated Phases. Springer Mineralogy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54543-1_4

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