MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica, Journal of Volcanology and Seismology, 6(8), p. 323-339
DOI: 10.1134/s0742046314060049
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This paper discusses results from mineralogic, petrographic, and petrochemical studies of diamond-bearing volcanic rocks that were erupted by the 2012-2013 Tolbachik Fissure Eruption. This is the first time that the reader can find an integrated description of crystal-morphologic, spectroscopic, thermal, and isotopic-geochemical properties of diamonds extracted from fresh basaltoids. We examined the micromineralizations that are accessory to the diamonds and provide a rationale for why the type (previously unknown) of non-kimberlite diamond findings should exist in nature.