A study of the diamonds, diamond inclusion minerals and other mantle minerals from the Swartruggens Kimberlite, South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorGurney, John Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMcKenna, Neilen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-14T03:53:27Z
dc.date.available2014-11-14T03:53:27Z
dc.date.issued2001en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWhile a clear and unequivocal model for the formation of diamonds is still lacking, the past few decades have seen a 'revolution' in the scientist's perception of mantle processes, particularly that regarding diamond formation. Kramers (1977) fIrst clearly recognised the ancient origin of diamonds from his studies of composited sulphide inclusions. However, it was not until mid-Archean ages were obtained from syngenetic garnet inclusions in diamond by Richardson et al. (1984), that it became generally accepted that most diamonds were in fact very much older than their kimberlitic hosts, and could therefore not have been precipitated from the kimberlite magma.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMcKenna, N. (2001). <i>A study of the diamonds, diamond inclusion minerals and other mantle minerals from the Swartruggens Kimberlite, South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9596en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMcKenna, Neil. <i>"A study of the diamonds, diamond inclusion minerals and other mantle minerals from the Swartruggens Kimberlite, South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9596en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMcKenna, N. 2001. A study of the diamonds, diamond inclusion minerals and other mantle minerals from the Swartruggens Kimberlite, South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - McKenna, Neil AB - While a clear and unequivocal model for the formation of diamonds is still lacking, the past few decades have seen a 'revolution' in the scientist's perception of mantle processes, particularly that regarding diamond formation. Kramers (1977) fIrst clearly recognised the ancient origin of diamonds from his studies of composited sulphide inclusions. However, it was not until mid-Archean ages were obtained from syngenetic garnet inclusions in diamond by Richardson et al. (1984), that it became generally accepted that most diamonds were in fact very much older than their kimberlitic hosts, and could therefore not have been precipitated from the kimberlite magma. DA - 2001 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2001 T1 - A study of the diamonds, diamond inclusion minerals and other mantle minerals from the Swartruggens Kimberlite, South Africa TI - A study of the diamonds, diamond inclusion minerals and other mantle minerals from the Swartruggens Kimberlite, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9596 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9596
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMcKenna N. A study of the diamonds, diamond inclusion minerals and other mantle minerals from the Swartruggens Kimberlite, South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences, 2001 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9596en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherGeological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.titleA study of the diamonds, diamond inclusion minerals and other mantle minerals from the Swartruggens Kimberlite, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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