Provenance history of detrital diamond deposits, West Coast of Namaqualand, South Africa

David Phillips; Jeffrey W Harris; Michiel CJ de Wit; Erin L Matchan

Journal article

Provenance history of detrital diamond deposits, West Coast of Namaqualand, South Africa

David Phillips, Jeffrey W Harris, Michiel CJ de Wit, Erin L Matchan

Mineralogy and Petrology | SPRINGER WIEN | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1007/s00710-018-0568-9

University of Melbourne Researchers

Erin Matchan Author Earth Sciences

David Phillips Author Earth Sciences

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Diamonds - Time Capsules Of Ancient Mantle Volatiles And The Key To Dynamic Earth Evolution

This project aims to reconcile the radically different views on the structure of the Earth’s mantle, based on geochemical (mostly noble gas)..

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Funding Acknowledgements

We are indebted to the De Beers Group for donation of the Namaqualand diamonds, logistical and financial support, and permission to publish. We are especially indebted to Verlece Anderson, Gillian Parker and Edna van Blerk, of Harry Oppenheimer House in Kimberley, for selection of clinopyroxene-bearing diamonds. We thank Stan Szczepanski for technical assistance in the University of Melbourne <SUP>40</SUP>Ar/<SUP>39</SUP>Ar analyses. We acknowledge the constructive comments by the two reviewers (Steven Shirey and Ray Burgess) of the manuscript, and the editorial handling of Thomas Stachel.