Non-cratonic Diamonds from UHP Metamorphic Terranes, Ophiolites and Volcanic Sources

High-temperature overprint in (U)HPM rocks exhumed from subduction zones; A product of isothermal decompression or a consequence of slab break-off (slab rollback)?

(2020) S.W. Faryad et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

X-ray Laue Microdiffraction and Raman Spectroscopic Investigation of Natural Silicon and Moissanite

(2020) Camelia Veronica Stan et al.   Minerals

The transformation of diamond to graphite: Experiments reveal the presence of an intermediate linear carbon phase

(2020) E. O'Bannon et al.   DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS

Ophiolite hosted chromitite formed by supra-subduction zone peridotite –plume interaction

(2020) Júlia Farré-de-Pablo et al.   Geoscience Frontiers

Microdiamond in a low-grade metapelite from a Cretaceous subduction complex, western Kyushu, Japan

(2020) Tadao Nishiyama et al.   Scientific Reports

Impact shock origin of diamonds in ureilite meteorites

(2020) Fabrizio Nestola et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Why Tolbachik Diamonds Cannot be Natural

(2020) Konstantin D. Litasov et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Ultra-reduced phases in ophiolites cannot come from Earth’s mantle

(2020) Chris Ballhaus et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Carbon and nitrogen isotopes and mineral inclusions in diamonds from chromitites of the Mirdita ophiolite (Albania) demonstrate recycling of oceanic crust into the mantle

(2019) Weiwei Wu et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Diamond and coesite inclusions in detrital garnet of the Saxonian Erzgebirge, Germany

(2019) Jan Schönig et al.   GEOLOGY

Comparison of enigmatic diamonds from the Tolbachik arc volcano (Kamchatka) and Tibetan ophiolites: Assessing the role of contamination by synthetic materials

(2019) K.D. Litasov et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Cuboctahedral type Ib diamonds in ophiolitic chromitites and peridotites: the evidence for anthropogenic contamination

(2019) Konstantin D. Litasov et al.   HIGH PRESSURE RESEARCH

Ophiolite-Hosted Diamond: A New Window for Probing Carbon Cycling in the Deep Mantle

(2019) Dongyang Lian et al.   Engineering

A shallow origin for diamonds in ophiolitic chromitites: REPLY

(2019) Júlia Farré-de-Pablo et al.   GEOLOGY

A shallow origin for diamonds in ophiolitic chromitites: COMMENT

(2019) Jingsui Yang et al.   GEOLOGY

A shallow origin for diamonds in ophiolitic chromitites: COMMENT

(2019) Hans-Joachim Massonne   GEOLOGY

Comment on “Comparison of enigmatic diamonds from the tolbachik arc volcano (Kamchatka) and Tibetan ophiolites: Assessing the role of contamination by synthetic materials” by

(2019) Jingsui Yang et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Reply to the comment on “comparison of enigmatic diamonds from the Tolbachik arc volcano (Kamchatka) and Tibetan ophiolites: Assessing the role of contamination by synthetic materials” by Litasov et al. (2019) (Gondwana research, 75, 16–27) by Yang et al.

(2019) K.D. Litasov et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Diamond growth from organic compounds in hydrous fluids deep within the Earth

(2019) Maria Luce Frezzotti   Nature Communications

Enigmatic diamonds from the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka

(2019) Erik M. Galimov et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Evidence of former stishovite in UHP eclogite from the South Altyn Tagh, western China

(2018) Liang Liu et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Diamonds and other unusual minerals from peridotites of the Myitkyina ophiolite, Myanmar

(2018) Yanhong Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Peridotites and Chromitites in the Aladag Ophiolite (S. Turkey): Melt Evolution of the Cretaceous Neotethyan mantle

(2018) Dongyang Lian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Noble gas geochemistry of fluid inclusions in South African diamonds: implications for the origin of diamond-forming fluids

(2018) Suzette Timmerman et al.   MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Formation of unusual yellow Orapa diamonds

(2018) Suzette Timmerman et al.   MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Ophiolites, diamonds, and ultrahigh-pressure minerals: New discoveries and concepts on upper mantle petrogenesis

(2018) Yildirim Dilek et al.   Lithosphere

Carbon and nitrogen isotope, and mineral inclusion studies on the diamonds from the Pozanti–Karsanti chromitite, Turkey

(2018) Dongyang Lian et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

A shallow origin for diamonds in ophiolitic chromitites

(2018) Júlia Farré-de-Pablo et al.   GEOLOGY

Microdiamond on Åreskutan confirms regional UHP metamorphism in the Seve Nappe Complex of the Scandinavian Caledonides

(2017) I. Klonowska et al.   JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy data and carbon isotope characteristics of the ophiolite-hosted diamonds from the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet, and Ray-Iz ophiolite, Polar Urals

(2017) Xiangzhen Xu et al.   Lithosphere

Nano- and micron-sized diamond genesis in nature: An overview

(2017) S.K. Simakov   Geoscience Frontiers

Diamonds in the products of the 2012–2013 Tolbachik eruption (Kamchatka) and mechanism of their formation

(2016) E. M. Galimov et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

Mantle Recycling: Transition Zone Metamorphism of Tibetan Ophiolitic Peridotites and its Tectonic Implications

(2016) W. L. Griffin et al.   JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY

Diamonds from Dachine, French Guiana: A unique record of early Proterozoic subduction

(2016) Chris B. Smith et al.   LITHOS

Global variations in abyssal peridotite compositions

(2016) Jessica M. Warren   LITHOS

Raman study of diamond-based abrasives, and possible artefacts in detecting UHP microdiamond

(2016) Lutz Nasdala et al.   LITHOS

Type Ib diamond formation and preservation in the West African lithospheric mantle: Re–Os age constraints from sulphide inclusions in Zimmi diamonds

(2016) Karen V. Smit et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

The Discovery of Diamonds in Chromitite of the Hegenshan Ophiolite, Inner Mongolia

(2015) Zhu HUANG et al.   ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION

Carbon isotope fractionation during experimental crystallisation of diamond from carbonate fluid at mantle conditions

(2015) Vadim Reutsky et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Extent of stacking disorder in diamond

(2015) Christoph G. Salzmann et al.   DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS

Different sizes of diamond formation in natural processes

(2015) S. K. Simakov   DOKLADY EARTH SCIENCES

Diamonds in ophiolites: Contamination or a new diamond growth environment?

(2015) D. Howell et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Diamond-bearing Ophiolites and Their Geological Occurrence

(2015) Jingsui Yang   EPISODES

Tibetan chromitites: Excavating the slab graveyard

(2015) Nicole M. McGowan et al.   GEOLOGY

The origin and significance of crustal minerals in ophiolitic chromitites and peridotites

(2015) Paul T. Robinson et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Diamonds, native elements and metal alloys from chromitites of the Ray-Iz ophiolite of the Polar Urals

(2015) Jingsui Yang et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Diamond in metasedimentary crustal rocks from Pohorje, Eastern Alps: a window to deep continental subduction

(2015) M. Janák et al.   JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

Petrology and geochemistry of high Cr# podiform chromitites of Bulqiza, Eastern Mirdita Ophiolite (EMO), Albania

(2015) Fahui Xiong et al.   ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS

Natural occurrence of pure nano-polycrystalline diamond from impact crater

(2015) Hiroaki Ohfuji et al.   Scientific Reports

Diamonds and accessory minerals in products of the 2012–2013 Tolbachik Fissure Eruption

(2015) G. A. Karpov et al.   Journal of Volcanology and Seismology

A new UHP metamorphic complex in the  1.8 Ga Nagssugtoqidian Orogen of West Greenland

(2014) W. E. Glassley et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Qingsongite, natural cubic boron nitride: The first boron mineral from the Earth's mantle

(2014) L. F. Dobrzhinetskaya et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Diamond Formation: A Stable Isotope Perspective

(2014) Pierre Cartigny et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Diamonds in lavas of the Tolbachik fissure eruption in Kamchatka

(2014) E. I. Gordeev et al.   DOKLADY EARTH SCIENCES

New insight into polycrystalline diamond genesis from modern nanoanalytical techniques

(2014) Dorrit E. Jacob et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Diamonds in Ophiolites

(2014) J.-S. Yang et al.   Elements

Why are the δ13Corgvalues in Phanerozoic black shales more negative than in modern marine organic matter?

(2014) Philip A. Meyers   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Diamond formation by carbon saturation in C–O–H fluids during cold subduction of oceanic lithosphere

(2014) Maria-Luce Frezzotti et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Microdiamond discovered in the Seve Nappe (Scandinavian Caledonides) and its exhumation by the “vacuum-cleaner” mechanism

(2014) Jarosław Majka et al.   GEOLOGY

Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination of asthenospheric melts in suprasubduction zone environments

(2014) Mei-Fu Zhou et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Garnet variety and zircon ages in UHP meta-sedimentary rocks from the Jubrique zone (Alpujárride Complex, Betic Cordillera, Spain): evidence for a pre-Alpine emplacement of the Ronda peridotite

(2014) María D. Ruiz Cruz et al.   INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW

Recycling of crustal materials through study of ultrahigh-pressure minerals in collisional orogens, ophiolites, and mantle xenoliths: A review

(2014) Juhn G. Liou et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Raman identification of lonsdaleite in Popigai impactites

(2014) S. V. Goryainov et al.   JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Deep subduction of continental crust in accretionary orogen: Evidence from U–Pb dating on diamond-bearing zircons from the Qinling orogen, central China

(2014) Hao Wang et al.   LITHOS

First finding of microdiamond, coesite and other UHP phases in felsic granulites in the Moldanubian Zone: Implications for deep subduction and a revised geodynamic model for Variscan Orogeny in the Bohemian Massif

(2014) Maria Perraki et al.   LITHOS

Radiation damage to Kokchetav UHPM diamonds in zircon: Variations in Raman, photoluminescence, and cathodoluminescence spectra

(2014) Rentaro Shimizu et al.   LITHOS

Important role for organic carbon in subduction-zone fluids in the deep carbon cycle

(2014) Dimitri A. Sverjensky et al.   Nature Geoscience

Metamorphic diamonds in a garnet megacryst from the Edough Massif (northeastern Algeria). Recognition and geodynamic consequences

(2014) Renaud Caby et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Lonsdaleite is faulted and twinned cubic diamond and does not exist as a discrete material

(2014) Péter Németh et al.   Nature Communications

Transformation of graphite to lonsdaleite and diamond in the Goalpara ureilite directly observed by TEM

(2013) Y. Nakamuta et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

The Betic-Rif Arc and Its Orogenic Hinterland: A Review

(2013) John P. Platt et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

The origin of color in natural C center bearing diamonds

(2013) Thomas Hainschwang et al.   DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS

Conversion of low-pressure chromitites to ultrahigh-pressure chromitites by deep recycling: A good inference

(2013) Shoji Arai   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Diamonds in Earthʼs oldest zircons from Jack Hills conglomerate, Australia, are contamination

(2013) Larissa Dobrzhinetskaya et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

An overview of noble gas (He, Ne, Ar, Xe) contents and isotope signals in terrestrial diamond

(2013) S. Basu et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Continental Crust at Mantle Depths: Key Minerals and Microstructures

(2013) H.-P. Schertl et al.   Elements

Multiple growth events, processes and fluid sources involved in diamond genesis: A micro-analytical study of sulphide-bearing diamonds from Finsch mine, RSA

(2013) M. Palot et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

A plate tectonics oddity: Caterpillar-walk exhumation of subducted continental crust

(2013) C. Tirel et al.   GEOLOGY

Discovery of diamond in the Tromsø Nappe, Scandinavian Caledonides (N. Norway)

(2013) M. Janák et al.   JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

Coesite and diamond inclusions, exsolution microstructures and chemical patterns in ultrahigh pressure garnet from Ceuta (Northern Rif, Spain)

(2013) M.D. Ruiz-Cruz et al.   LITHOS

New evidence of meteoritic origin of the Tunguska cosmic body

(2013) Victor Kvasnytsya et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Mantle-slab interaction and redox mechanism of diamond formation

(2013) Y. N. Palyanov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diamonds and the Geology of Mantle Carbon

(2013) S. B. Shirey et al.   Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry

Radio-colouration of diamond: a spectroscopic study

(2012) Lutz Nasdala et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Metamorphic replacement of mineral inclusions in detrital zircon from Jack Hills, Australia: Implications for the Hadean Earth: COMMENT

(2012) Michelle Hopkins et al.   GEOLOGY

Metamorphic replacement of mineral inclusions in detrital zircon from Jack Hills, Australia: Implications for the Hadean Earth: REPLY

(2012) Birger Rasmussen et al.   GEOLOGY

Carbon isotope heterogeneity in metamorphic diamond from the Kokchetav UHP dolomite marble, northern Kazakhstan

(2012) Kyoko Imamura et al.   INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW

The Kokchetav Massif, Kazakhstan: “Type locality” of diamond-bearing UHP metamorphic rocks

(2012) H.-P. Schertl et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

First find of polycrystalline diamond in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terrane of Erzgebirge, Germany

(2012) L. F. DOBRZHINETSKAYA et al.   JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

Diamond and coesite in ultrahigh-pressure–ultrahigh-temperature granulites from Ceuta, Northern Rif, northwest Africa

(2012) M. D. Ruiz-Cruz et al.   MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE

Early differentiation and volatile accretion recorded in deep-mantle neon and xenon

(2012) Sujoy Mukhopadhyay   NATURE

Melting of metasedimentary rocks at ultrahigh pressure—Insights from experiments and thermodynamic calculations

(2012) Hans-Joachim Massonne et al.   Lithosphere

STRUCTURAL AND MICROSTRUCTURAL REGULARITIES OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIAMOND IN METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE KUMDY-KOL AND BARCHI-KOL DEPOSITS, KOKCHETAV MASSIF, NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN

(2011) V. A. Pechnikov et al.   CANADIAN MINERALOGIST

The high PT stability of apatite and Cl partitioning between apatite and hydrous potassic phases in peridotite: an experimental study to 19 GPa with implications for the transport of P, Cl and K in the upper mantle

(2011) Jürgen Konzett et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

First-principles, UV Raman, X-ray diffraction and TEM study of the structure and lattice dynamics of the diamond–lonsdaleite system

(2011) V.N. Denisov et al.   DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS

Natural monocrystalline lonsdaleite

(2011) T. G. Shumilova et al.   DOKLADY EARTH SCIENCES

Deep-mantle-derived noble gases in metamorphic diamonds from the Kokchetav massif, Kazakhstan

(2011) H. Sumino et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Nano-inclusion suite and high resolution micro-computed-tomography of polycrystalline diamond (framesite) from Orapa, Botswana

(2011) D.E. Jacob et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Melting textures and microdiamonds preserved in graphite pseudomorphs from the Beni Bousera peridotite massif, Morocco

(2011) Fatima EL Atrassi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MINERALOGY

Nitrogen isotopes in ophiolitic metagabbros: A re-evaluation of modern nitrogen fluxes in subduction zones and implication for the early Earth atmosphere

(2011) Vincent Busigny et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Diamond growth from oxidized carbon sources beneath the Northern Slave Craton, Canada: A δ13C–N study of eclogite-hosted diamonds from the Jericho kimberlite

(2011) Katie A. Smart et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Ophiolite genesis and global tectonics: Geochemical and tectonic fingerprinting of ancient oceanic lithosphere

(2011) Y. Dilek et al.   GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN

Metamorphic replacement of mineral inclusions in detrital zircon from Jack Hills, Australia: Implications for the Hadean Earth

(2011) Birger Rasmussen et al.   GEOLOGY

Microdiamonds — Frontier of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism: A review

(2011) Larissa F. Dobrzhinetskaya   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Carbonate dissolution during subduction revealed by diamond-bearing rocks from the Alps

(2011) M. L. Frezzotti et al.   Nature Geoscience

Lonsdaleite in diamond-bearing metamorphic rocks of the Kokchetav massif

(2010) V. T. Dubinchuk et al.   DOKLADY EARTH SCIENCES

Constraints on Hadean geodynamics from mineral inclusions in >4Ga zircons

(2010) Michelle D. Hopkins et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

(Ultra-) High-pressure metamorphism and orogenesis: An Alpine perspective

(2010) Marco Beltrando et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

When and why the continental crust is subducted: Examples of Hindu Kush and Burma

(2010) Tetsuzo Seno et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Crustal signature of δ 13C and nitrogen content in microdiamonds from Erzgebirge, Germany: Ion microprobe studies

(2010) Larissa F. Dobrzhinetskaya et al.   Journal of Earth Science

The Alpe Arami story: Triumph of data over prejudice

(2010) Harry W. Green et al.   Journal of Earth Science

Metastable nanosized diamond formation from a C-H-O fluid system

(2010) S.K. Simakov   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Evidence for the survival of the oldest terrestrial mantle reservoir

(2010) Matthew G. Jackson et al.   NATURE

In situ U–Th–Pb geochronology of monazite and xenotime from the Jack Hills belt: Implications for the age of deposition and metamorphism of Hadean zircons

(2010) Birger Rasmussen et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Carbon isotope compositions of terrestrial C3 plants as indicators of (paleo)ecology and (paleo)climate

(2010) M. J. Kohn   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

First record of K-cymrite in North Qaidam UHP eclogite, Western China

(2009) R. Y. Zhang et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Raman spectroscopic and microscopic criteria for the distinction of microdiamonds in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from diamonds in sample preparation materials

(2009) M. Perraki et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Diamonds and eclogites of the Jericho kimberlite (Northern Canada)

(2009) Andrea De Stefano et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Primitive neon from the center of the Galápagos hotspot

(2009) Mark D. Kurz et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Unusual mantle mineral group from chromitite orebody Cr-11 in Luobusa ophiolite of Yarlung-Zangbo suture zone, Tibet

(2009) Xiangzhen Xu et al.   Journal of Earth Science

Decrepitated UHP fluid inclusions: about diverse phase assemblages and extreme decompression rates (Erzgebirge, Germany)

(2009) B. STÖCKHERT et al.   JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

The High P–T Stability of Hydroxyl-apatite in Natural and Simplified MORB—an Experimental Study to 15 GPa with Implications for Transport and Storage of Phosphorus and Halogens in Subduction Zones

(2009) Jürgen Konzett et al.   JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY

High-pressure highly reduced nitrides and oxides from chromitite of a Tibetan ophiolite

(2009) L. F. Dobrzhinetskaya et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

New FTIR spectroscopy data on the composition of the medium of diamond crystallization in metamorphic rocks of the Kokchetav Massif

(2009) E.S. Sitnikova et al.   Russian Geology and Geophysics

Diamond Nanoparticles: Jewels for Chemistry and Physics

(2008) Anke Krueger   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High- and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism: Past results and future prospects

(2008) W.G. Ernst et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Formation of diamond and diamond-type phases from the carbon-bearing fluid at PT parameters corresponding to processes in the Earth’s crust

(2008) S. K. Simakov et al.   DOKLADY EARTH SCIENCES

Exhumation of high-pressure rocks driven by slab rollback

(2008) Jean-Pierre Brun et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The evolution of He Isotopes in the convecting mantle and the preservation of high 3He/4He ratios

(2008) Don Porcelli et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Diamond potential of metamorphic rocks in the Kokchetav Massif, northern Kazakhstan

(2008) Victor A. Pechnikov et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MINERALOGY

Ultrahigh-pressure minerals and metamorphic terranes – The view from China

(2008) J.G. Liou et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Low heat flow inferred from >4 Gyr zircons suggests Hadean plate boundary interactions

(2008) Michelle Hopkins et al.   NATURE

A light carbon reservoir recorded in zircon-hosted diamond from the Jack Hills

(2008) Alexander A. Nemchin et al.   NATURE

Tethyan and Indian subduction viewed from the Himalayan high- to ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks

(2008) S. Guillot et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Raman confirmation of microdiamond in the Svartberget Fe-Ti type garnet peridotite, Western Gneiss Region, Western Norway

(2008) J. C. Vrijmoed et al.   TERRA NOVA