Enigmatic diamonds from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka

• Published in: American Mineralogist
• Main Authors: Galimov, E., Kaminsky, F., Shilobreeva, S., Sevastyanov, V., Voropaev, S., Khachatryan, G., Wirth, R., Schreiber, A., Saraykin, V., Karpov, G., Anikin, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Tolbachik; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5001701

Approximately 700 diamond crystals were identified in volcanic (mainly pyroclastic) rocks of the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. They were studied with the use of SIMS, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and utilization of electron energy loss spectroscopy and electron diffraction....