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Diamond from Brazil

Brazil
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  • Amapá
    • Pedra Branca do Amapari
      • São Benedito do Cupixi
Scarpelli, W., & Horikava, E. H. (2018). Chromium, iron, gold and manganese in Amapá and northern Pará, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 48, 415-433.
[var. Ballas] Shiryaev, Andrei A., Felix V. Kaminsky, Anton D. Pavlushin, Vasily O. Yapaskurt, Denis A. Zolotov, Alexei A. Averin, Olga M. Zhilicheva, Maximilian S. Nickolsky, and Olga V. Kuznetsova. (2023) "Structural Peculiarities of Natural Ballas—Spheroidal Variety of Polycrystalline Diamond" Crystals 13, no. 4: 624. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13040624
    • Andaraí
      • Igatu
Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
    • Canudos
Sauer, J.R. (1982) Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America, 135 pp. (p. 124).
Overstreet, William C. (1967) The Geologic Occurrence of Monazite. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 530, p. 292.
    • Érico Cardoso
      • Paramirim das Crioulas
Jeannine and Jacques Cassedanne : "Présence d'eskolaite dans les alluvions stannifères de la Chapada Diamantina (Bahia-Brésil), Bull. Mineral., 1980, 103, pp 600-602.
    • Ibitiara
Cassedanne, Jacques P. (1985) Bahianite from Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 16 (2) 111-115
www.lonelyplanet.com (n.d.) http://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/the-northeast/lencois/history
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
    • Três Ranchos
Coldebella, B., Azzone, R. G., Chmyz, L., Ruberti, E., & Svisero, D. P. (2020). Oxygen fugacity of Alto Paranaíba kimberlites and diamond instability: Três Ranchos IV and Limeira I intrusions. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 50.
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
  • Mato Grosso
Fleischer, R. (1998): A rift model for the sedimentary diamond deposits of Brazil. Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
    • Chapada dos Guimarães
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
en.wikipedia.org (n.d.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamantino
Fleischer, R. (1998): A rift model for the sedimentary diamond deposits of Brazil. Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Natural History Museum Vienna collection (catalogued in the 19th century)
    • Itiquira
Placeres diamantíferos do rio Itiquira, MT, Brasil - Santana, Élvio Figueiredo, 2013
De Brito Barreto, Sandra and Bretas Bittar, Sheila Maria. (2010) The gemstone deposits of Brazil: occurrences, production and economic impact. Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex [online]. 2010, vol.62, n.1, pp. 123-140.
Bulanova, Galina P., Walter, Michael J., Smith, Chris B., Kohn, Simon C., Armstrong, Lora S., Blundy, Jon, Gobbo, Luiz (2010) Mineral inclusions in sublithospheric diamonds from Collier 4 kimberlite pipe, Juina, Brazil: subducted protoliths, carbonated melts and primary kimberlite magmatism. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 160 (4) 489-510 doi:10.1007/s00410-010-0490-6
Thomson, A. R., , , Kohn, S. C., Bulanova, G. P., Smith, C. B., Araujo, D., Walter, M. J. (2014) Origin of sub-lithospheric diamonds from the Juina-5 kimberlite (Brazil): constraints from carbon isotopes and inclusion compositions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 168 (6) doi:10.1007/s00410-014-1081-8
    • Juína
Cid, J. P., Nardi, L. V. S., Cid, C. P., Gisbert, P. E., & Balzaretti, N. M. (2014). Acid compositions in a veined-lower mantle, as indicated by inclusions of (K, Na)-Hollandite+ SiO 2 in diamonds. Lithos, 196, 42-53.
Kagi, H. (2020) Deformation Features of Super-Deep Diamonds. Minerals: 10: 18.
Zedgenizov, D.A., Shatskiy, A., Ragozin, A.L., Kagi, H., Shatsky, V.S. (2014): Merwinite in diamond from São Luiz, Brazil: A new mineral of the Ca-rich mantle environment. American Mineralogist: 99: 547-550.
Watt, G. R., Harris, J. W., Harte, B., & Boyd, S. R. (1994). A high-chromium corundum (ruby) inclusion in diamond from the Sao Luiz alluvial mine, Brazil. Mineralogical Magazine, 58(392), 490-493.
Ragozin, A.
Zedgenizov, D.
Shatsky, V.
Kuper, K.
Kaminsky, Felix V., Zedgenizov, Dmitry A., Sevastyanov, Vyacheslav S., Kuznetsova, Olga V. (2023) Distinct Groups of Low- and High-Fe Ferropericlase Inclusions in Super-Deep Diamonds: An Example from the Juina Area, Brazil. Minerals, 13 (9) doi:10.3390/min13091217
Hayman, P. C., Kopylova, M. G., & Kaminsky, F. V. (2005). Lower mantle diamonds from Rio Soriso (Juina area, Mato Grosso, Brazil). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 149(4), 430-445.
Kaminsky, F. V., Wirth, R., & Schreiber, A. (2015). A microinclusion of lower-mantle rock and other mineral and nitrogen lower-mantle inclusions in a diamond. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53(1), 83-104.
Hayman, P., Kopylova, M., and Kaminsky, F. 2005. Lower mantle diamonds from Rio Soriso (Juina area, Mato Grosso, Brazil). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 149(4): 430–445
Fleischer, R. (1998): A rift model for the sedimentary diamond deposits of Brazil. Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): A rift model for the sedimentary diamond deposits of Brazil. Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
      • Santana river
Principais Depósitos Minerais Brasileiros - Gemas e Rochas Ornamentais. DNPM, Vol. 4,161-176.
Min.Rec.: 20(5): 335.
    • Poxoréo
      • Poxoréo
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
    • Rosário Oeste
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): A rift model for the sedimentary diamond deposits of Brazil. Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
O'Neil, Paul (1983) Planet Earth - Gemstones. Time Life Books, Alexandria, VA.
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
    • Claraval
Ref.: Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 833.
    • Corinto
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
      • Coromandel
Fernandes, A. G., Karfunkel, J., Hoover, D. B., Sgarbi, P. B. de A., Sgarbi, G. N. C., Oliveira, G. D., Gomes, J. C. de S. P., and Kambrock, K, 2014, The basal conglomerate of the Capacete Formation (Mata da Corda Group) and its relation to diamond distributions in Coromandel, Minas Gerais state, Brazil: Brazilian Jour. of Geology, v. 44, no. 1, p. 91-103.
[var. Ballas] Shiryaev, Andrei A., Felix V. Kaminsky, Anton D. Pavlushin, Vasily O. Yapaskurt, Denis A. Zolotov, Alexei A. Averin, Olga M. Zhilicheva, Maximilian S. Nickolsky, and Olga V. Kuznetsova. (2023) "Structural Peculiarities of Natural Ballas—Spheroidal Variety of Polycrystalline Diamond" Crystals 13, no. 4: 624. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13040624
Fernandes, A. G., Karfunkel, J., Hoover, D. B., Sgarbi, P. B. de A., Sgarbi, G. N. C., Oliveira, G. D., Gomes, J. C. de S. P., and Kambrock, K, 2014, The basal conglomerate of the Capacete Formation (Mata da Corda Group) and its relation to diamond distributions in Coromandel, Minas Gerais state, Brazil: Brazilian Jour. of Geology, v. 44, no. 1, p. 91-103.
Chaves, M. L. S. C., 2012, Kimberlito Vargem-1 (Coromandel
, MG): bulk sample confirma mineralização diamantifera: Revista Escola Minas, Ouro Preto, v. 65, no. 4, p. 509-511.
    • Coromandel
      • Abadia dos Dourados
Machado, I. F., and Figueirôa, S. F. de M., 2001, 500 years of mining in Brazil: a brief review: Resources Policy, v. 27, p. 9-24.
Machado, I. F., and Figuerôa, S. F. de M., 2001, 500 years of mining in Brazil: a brief review: Resources Policy, v. 27, p. 9-24.
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
        • Romaria
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Sauer, J.R. (1982) Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America, 135 pp. (p. 124).
White, J.S. (?) (1980) Interview: Allan Caplan, in November - December 1980. The Mineralogical Record, 11 (6) Tucson. 351-360
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998) A rift model for the sedimentary diamond deposits of Brazil. Mineralium Deposita, 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Sauer, J.R. (1982) Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America, 135 pp. (pp. 18, 124).
      • Extração district
Fleischer, R. (1998):Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998) A rift model for the sedimentary diamond deposits of Brazil. Mineralium Deposita, 33, 238-254.
White, J.S. (?) (1980) Interview: Allan Caplan, in November - December 1980. The Mineralogical Record, 11 (6) Tucson. 351-360
      • Guinda district
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
      • Inhaí
Diamantes do médio rio Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais: qualificação gemológica e análise granulométrica - REM: R. Esc. Minas, Ouro Preto, 57(4): 267-275, out. dez. 2004
Fleischer, R. (1998) Mineralium Deposita, 33, 238-254.
      • São João da Chapada
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
        • Quartéis do Indaiá
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
      • Sopa
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Cattelle, W. R. (1911) The Diamond. John Lane Company, New York 448pp
    • Monte Carmelo
Minerals of Brazil:I:19.
    • Presidente Kubitschek
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
    • Santo Antônio do Itambé
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 839.
Hussak and Prior (1900) Mineralogical Magazine: 12: 244.
    • São Gonçalo do Abaeté
Cattelle, W. R. (1911) The Diamond. John Lane Company, New York 448pp
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
    • Serro
      • Milho Verde
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
    • Vargem Bonita
Reynaldo Contreira collection
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
    • Monte Alegre do Piauí
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
  • Roraima
    • Pacaraima
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
    • Uiramutã
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Fleischer, R. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 238-254.
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
 
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