[meteorite-list] Black Diamonds: A interesting PBS NOVA article

From: Paul <bristolia_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:15:49 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <808628.36507.qm_at_web36204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Steve Schoner wrote:

"Here is a very interesting PBS article on carbonados.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/diamond/sky2.html "

Also look at:

Kagi, H. and S. Fukura, 2008, Infrared and Raman spectroscopic
observations of Central African carbonado and implications for
its origin. European Journal of Mineralogy. vol. 20, no. 3,
pp. 387-393, DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1817
http://eurjmin.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/3/387

McCall, G.J.H., 2009, The carbonado diamond conundrum.
Earth-Science Reviews. vol. 93, no. 3-4, pp. 85?91.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.01.002

Yokochi, R., D. Ohnenstetter, and Y. Sano, 2008, Intragrain
Variation in g13C And Nitrogen Concentration Associated
with Textural Heterogeneities of Carbonado. The Canadian
Mineralogist. vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 1283-1296, DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.5.1283
http://canmin.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/46/5/1283

Diamonds, II: Diamond and Carbonado: Crystal Habits and Surface Morphology
http://www.turnstone.ca/diamond2.htm

yours,

Paul H.



      
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