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A high-chromium corundum (ruby) inclusion in diamond from the São Luiz alluvial mine, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

G. R. Watt ,
J. W. Harris ,
B. Harte  and
S. R. Boyd
G. R. Watt
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, UK
J. W. Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Applied Geology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
B. Harte
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, UK
S. R. Boyd
Affiliation:
Institute de Physique du Globe, 4, Place Jussieu, University of Paris VI, Paris, France
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Keywords

inclusioncorundumdiamondchromiumBrazil
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 58 , Issue 392 , September 1994 , pp. 490 - 493
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1994

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