Abstract

The first results on the dissolution of flat-faced diamond crystals of octahedral habit in Fe-Ni-S melt at 3,5 GPa and 1400 С are presented. It has been established that as a result of dissolution, flat-faceted diamond crystals are transformed into curve-faced individuals with morphological features similar to kimberlite diamonds. It is concluded that similar forms of natural diamonds could have been formed in reducing domains of the Earths mantle before entering the kimberlite magma.

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