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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cullinan Mine, Cullinan, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:310665
Long-form Identifier:1:3:310665:5
GUID (UUID V4):675a0841-612a-4c73-8d40-47912c3ddb82
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
56.3km (35.0 miles) ā“˜Benoni meteorite, Benoni, City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
References
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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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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 Ā± 15 km. Studies
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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...garnet, omphacite, kyanite and coesite comprise 33% of Type II diamonds. The sublithospheric mafic paragenesis
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we see it consists of rocks, soil and water, and is covered with a large variety of plants. To the unpracticed...bit of stone, and the most valuable of stones may appear to be worthless. From the cold point of view...view of the scientist, diamonds may be merely lumps of carbonā€”pure carbonā€”the same substance found in graphite...graphite or coal. But these lumps of carbon are still much esteemed by lovers and women, and by some who...distinction would vanish, and romance would almost fade out of life. The diamond is unique among stones in that
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00 Discovery and Recovery of a Trophy ā€œFloat Copperā€ in Keweenaw County of the Michigan Copper Country...and rock from the outcrops was carried at the base of the glacier and the grinding action had smoothed...recede, its load of material was transported by glacial outwash or dropped in place. patina of green copper...coating the chunks. Usually there was a thin rind of cuprite coating the copper. These were in demand...collectors and were quickly sold to them. A huge amount of float copper has been recovered in the Keweenaw starting
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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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