Crystallographic methods for non-destructive characterization of mineral inclusions in diamonds

RJ Angel, M Alvaro, F Nestola - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The mineralogy and chemical compositions of inclusions in diamonds are the primary
source of information about the environment in which diamonds grow and help constrain the …

Tracking structural phase transitions via single crystal x-ray diffraction at extreme conditions: advantages of extremely brilliant source

T Poręba, D Comboni, M Mezouar… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Highly brilliant synchrotron source is indispensable to track pressure-induced phenomena in
confined crystalline samples in megabar range. In this article, a number of experimental …

Depth of formation of CaSiO3-walstromite included in super-deep diamonds

C Anzolini, RJ Angel, M Merlini, M Derzsi, K Tokár… - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract “Super-deep” diamonds are thought to crystallize between 300 and 800 km depth
because some of the inclusions trapped within them are considered to be the products of …

[HTML][HTML] Elastic geobarometry for anisotropic inclusions in cubic hosts

ML Mazzucchelli, A Reali, S Morganti, RJ Angel… - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
Mineral inclusions entrapped in other minerals may record the local stresses at the moment
of their entrapment in the deep Earth. When rocks are exhumed to the surface of the Earth …

Crystallographic orientations of magnesiochromite inclusions in diamonds: what do they tell us?

P Nimis, RJ Angel, M Alvaro, F Nestola… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2019 - Springer
We have studied by X-ray diffractometry the crystallographic orientation relationships
(CORs) between magnesiochromite (mchr) inclusions and their diamond hosts in gem …

Fragmenting the Kagomé Lattice: Pressure-Tuned Anisotropy of Cu2+ Triangles in a Novel Atacamite Relative CaCu(OH)3Cl

SD Ambos, NS Manganaro, M DeCapua… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The atacamite family of copper halide minerals contains several prominent quantum spin
liquid candidate materials, chiefly herbertsmithite. Unfortunately, an intrinsic chemical …

A numerical application of the Eshelby theory for geobarometry of non-ideal host-inclusion systems

S Morganti, ML Mazzucchelli, M Alvaro, A Reali - Meccanica, 2020 - Springer
In the complex geodynamic processes occurring at convergent plate margins, rocks can be
subducted at depth into the Earth experiencing metamorphism. A mineral inhomogeneity …

Source assemblage types for cratonic diamonds from X-ray synchrotron diffraction

F Nestola, M Alvaro, MN Casati, H Wilhelm, AK Kleppe… - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
Three single crystals of clinopyroxene trapped within three different gem-quality diamonds
from the Udachnaya kimberlite (Siberia, Russia) were analysed in situ by single-crystal …

Multi-analytical characterization of Fe-rich magnetic inclusions in diamonds

M Piazzi, M Morana, M Coïsson, F Marone… - Diamond and Related …, 2019 - Elsevier
Magnetic mineral inclusions, as iron oxides or sulfides, occur quite rarely in natural
diamonds. Nonetheless, they represent a key tool not only to unveil the conditions of …