Corundum inclusions in diamonds - discriminatory criteria and a corundum compositional dataset

Hutchison, Mark; Nixon, Peter H.; Harley, Simon

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Corundum inclusions in diamonds - discriminatory criteria and a corundum compositional dataset

Date

2004

Authors

Hutchison, Mark

Nixon, Peter H.

Harley, Simon

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Mineral inclusions of corundum are reported from diamonds from alluvial deposits of tributaries of the Rio Aripuanã, Juina, Brazil. We present the first recorded occurrence of sapphire as an inclusion in diamond and expand on the database of ruby and whi