The Most Ancient Diamond Crystals of the Siberian Platform
- Authors: Afanasiev V.P.1, Pokhilenko N.P.1, Egorova E.O.1, Lindenblot E.S.1
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Affiliations:
- Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 489, No 2 (2019)
- Pages: 1409-1412
- Section: Geology
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1028-334X/article/view/195689
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X1912016X
- ID: 195689
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Abstract
Based on a study of diamond grains from placers of the northeastern Siberian Platform, it is shown that certain types of diamonds (rounded dodecahedroids, diamonds of the II and V‒VII varieties, according to the classification by Yu.L. Orlov) could have originated from Precambrian sources. “Ancient” diamonds also differ in terms of their sedimentological history: those of varieties V‒VII, despite the maximum abrasion resistance, have the maximum degree of rounding, reflecting their more long-term sedimentological history, and, therefore, their ore bodies were likely the most ancient.
About the authors
V. P. Afanasiev
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: avp-diamond@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090
N. P. Pokhilenko
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: avp-diamond@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090
E. O. Egorova
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: avp-diamond@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090
E. S. Lindenblot
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: avp-diamond@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090