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Spinel from
Cullinan Mine, Cullinan, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Spinel
Formula:MgAl2O4
Comments:Chromian variety.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spinel data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cullinan Mine, Cullinan, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:109963
Long-form Identifier:1:3:109963:8
GUID (UUID V4):e04d02ef-1342-4a8f-aa04-189da1df1da9
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within the Premier diatreme root (Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa): New insights to mineralogical-genetic...within the Premier diatreme root (Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa): New insights to mineralogical-genetic...org/10.1016/j.lithos.2019.04.020 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for...version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting...within the Premier diatreme root (Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa): New insights to mineralogical-genetic
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I. Loffler & W. E. Wilson Reconstructing the Cullinan Diamond ........................................(2014) Dave Waisman (2014) Mineralogical Association of Dallas ~ issue was made possible in part by contributions...(2009-2014) the Fellows of the Mineralogical Record RASHLEIGH, P. (1797) Specimens of British Minerals selected...000(?), 46 being the exceedingly rare maximum number of plates). SOWERBY, J. (1804-i809) British Mineralogy...farther back, just for fun? Albert E. Foote was one of America's first major mineral dealers, having established
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uniquely high-temperature character of Cullinan diamonds: A signature of the Bushveld mantle plume? N.M...uniquely high-temperature character of Cullinan diamonds: A signature of the Bushveld mantle plume?. The...doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.02.011 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for...version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting...uniquely high-temperature character of Cullinan diamonds: A signature of the Bushveld mantle plume? By
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ORIGINAL PAPER The origin of Type II diamonds as inferred from Cullinan mineral inclusions Nester Korolev...GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract We studied a suite of Cullinan diamonds (<0.3 ct)...than 90% (n = 68) of Type II diamonds do not luminesce. In contrast, 51.9% (n = 177) of Type I diamonds...luminesce, with blue colors of different intensity. Carbon isotopic compositions of Type I and II diamonds...Cr-pyrope, forsterite, enstatite, clinopyroxene and Cr-spinel formed at 1090–1530 °C and P = 4.6–7.0 GPa. Lithospheric
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PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover...readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting...are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production...Johannesburg, South Africa Corresponding author. of * ro Abstract -p The thermobarometric analysis of inclusions...that these diamonds may originate from a wide range of depths, with a global mode at ~175 ± 15 km. Studies
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Gemology The Cullinan Diamonds Zircon in Heated Sapphire Faceting Rhodonite THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEMOLOGICAL...GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF A MERICA ® Summer 2006 VOLUME 42, NO. 2 EDITORIAL _____________ 95 GIA..._______ FEATURE ARTICLES _____________ Applications of Laser Ablation–Inductively Coupled Plasma– Mass Spectrometry...Abduriyim and Hiroshi Kitawaki Summarizes the principles of this powerful technique and examines its usefulness...treatment and determining locality of origin. pg. 116 120 The Cullinan Diamond Centennial: A History and
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Collection of D iamond C rystals with Notes on the Science, History, and Worldwide Localities of Diamonds...charismatic of mineralogical collectibles, but they are relatively rare in collections because of their high...small size and their limited availability outside of the gem trade. They also represent a rich and extensive...with the possible exception of Antarctica, and have been mined from hundreds of deposits worldwide since...Despite this seeming abundance of diamonds over the centuries, and the presence of at least token crystals in
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T54-64 E1, 75251 Paris, Cedex 05, France Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University,...2A7 c Department of Geographical and Earth Science, Gregory Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ...Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., Southdale, 2135, South Africa Received 2 October 2006; received in revised...Editor: R.W. Carlson Abstract Mineralogical studies of deep-seated xenoliths and mineral inclusions in diamonds...variability is consistent both with the occurrence of reduced (methanebearing) or oxidized (CO2/carbonate-bearing)
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