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Infra-red Spectra of Diamond Coat

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Natural diamonds are usually considered as having been grown in magma, the constituents of which are not easily determinable. An infra-red examination of a coated natural diamond indicates the presence of varying amounts of carbonate and water in the concentric rings of the coat region, which suggests that the diamond grew in a magma containing carbonate and water.

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    R. M. CHRENKO, R. S. MCDONALD & K. A. DARROW

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CHRENKO, R., MCDONALD, R. & DARROW, K. Infra-red Spectra of Diamond Coat. Nature 213, 474–476 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213474a0

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