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Xu, Shutong, Liu, Yican, Chen, Guanbao, Ji, Shouyuan, Ni, Pei, Xiao, Wanshen (2005) Microdiamonds, their classification and tectonic implications for the host eclogites from the Dabie and Su-Lu regions in central eastern China. Mineralogical Magazine, 69 (4) 509-520 doi:10.1180/0026461056940267

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TitleMicrodiamonds, their classification and tectonic implications for the host eclogites from the Dabie and Su-Lu regions in central eastern China
JournalMineralogical Magazine
AuthorsXu, ShutongAuthor
Liu, YicanAuthor
Chen, GuanbaoAuthor
Ji, ShouyuanAuthor
Ni, PeiAuthor
Xiao, WanshenAuthor
Year2005 (August)Volume69
Issue4
PublisherMineralogical Society
DOIdoi:10.1180/0026461056940267Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceXu, Shutong, Liu, Yican, Chen, Guanbao, Ji, Shouyuan, Ni, Pei, Xiao, Wanshen (2005) Microdiamonds, their classification and tectonic implications for the host eclogites from the Dabie and Su-Lu regions in central eastern China. Mineralogical Magazine, 69 (4) 509-520 doi:10.1180/0026461056940267
Plain TextXu, Shutong, Liu, Yican, Chen, Guanbao, Ji, Shouyuan, Ni, Pei, Xiao, Wanshen (2005) Microdiamonds, their classification and tectonic implications for the host eclogites from the Dabie and Su-Lu regions in central eastern China. Mineralogical Magazine, 69 (4) 509-520 doi:10.1180/0026461056940267
Abstract/NotesAbstractWe have found >10 in situ microdiamonds in thin sections of eclogites from the Dabie and Su-Lu regions of central eastern China since the first occurrence of microdiamond in eclogites from the Dabie Mountains (DMT) reported in 1992. The microdiamonds are found not only in the central part but also in the northern part of the DMT. Several free crystals have been recovered from the crushed eclogites from the central DMT. Most in situ microdiamonds are inclusions in garnets but a few larger ones are intergranular. Most of the diamondiferous eclogites in the central part of the DMT are associated with coesite. Most importantly, the observation of microdiamonds in northern Dabie lead us to question the supposition that this is a low-P metamorphic terrane. All the diamondiferous eclogites from both the north and central DMT are of continental affinity as demonstrated by their negative εNd values. Therefore, both the north and central eclogite belts in the DMT are considered to be from the deep subducted terrane. Five in situ microdiamonds and two free crystals are first reported in this paper. The dimensions of the in situ microdiamonds are 30–180 µm and the free crystals are up to 400–700 mm across. All the microdiamonds are confirmed as such by Raman spectroscopy. The results of an infrared spectroscopic investigation on two larger free crystals and two in situ microdiamonds show that all the microdiamonds from both the Dabie and Su-Lu regions are mixed types IaA and IaB diamonds and there is no indication of any synthetic microdiamonds in our samples because such synthetic microdiamonds are always rich in type Ib.


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