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Baonza V G, Taravillo M, Arencibia A, Cáceres M, Núñez J (2003) Diamond as pressure sensor in high-pressure Raman spectroscopy using sapphire and other gem anvil cells. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 34, 264-270
Barron L M (2005) A linear model and topology for the host-inclusion mineral system involving diamond. The Canadian Mineralogist 43, 203-224
Bassoo R, Befus K S, Liang P, Forman S L, Sharman G (2021) Deciphering the enigmatic origin of Guyana’s diamonds. American Mineralogist 106, 54-68
Cruft E F, Shaw D M (1962) A diamond drill for coring mineral samples in the laboratory. The Canadian Mineralogist 7, 329-331
Day M C, Pamato M G, Novella D, Nestola F (2023) Imperfections in natural diamond: the key to understanding diamond genesis and the mantle. La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento 46, issue 7, 1-91
Degtyareva O (2010) Crystal structure of simple metals at high pressures. High Pressure Research 30, 343-371
Fayos J (1999) Possible 3D carbon structures as progressive intermediates in graphite to diamond phase transition. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 148, 278-285
Hazen R M, Morrison S M (2020) An evolutionary system of mineralogy. Part I: Stellar mineralogy (>13 to 4.6 Ga). American Mineralogist 105, 627-651
Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann. Bergmannisches Journal 1, 369-398
Hom T, Kiszenick W, Post B (1975) Accurate lattice constants from multiple reflection mesurements II. lattice constants of germanium, silicon and diamond. Journal of Applied Crystallography 8, 457-458
Howell D, Fisher D, Piazolo S, Griffin W L, Sibley S J (2015) Pink color in type I diamonds: is deformation twinning the cause. American Mineralogist 100, 1518-1527
Hutchison M T, Heaman L M (2008) Chemical and physical characteristics of diamond crystals from Garnet Lake, Sarfartoq, West Greenland: an association with carbonatitic magmatism. The Canadian Mineralogist 46, 1063-1078
Joswig W, Stachel T, Harris J W, Baur W H, Brey G P (1999) New Ca-silicate inclusions in diamonds - tracers from the lower mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 173, 1-6
Kagi H, Fukura S (2008) Infrared and Raman spectroscopic observations of Central African carbonado and implications for its origin. European Journal of Mineralogy 20, 387-393
Kaminsky F V, Khachatryan G K (2001) Characteristics of nitrogen and other impurities in diamond, as revealed by infrared absorption data. The Canadian Mineralogist 39, 1733-1745
Kaminsky F V, Wirth R, Anikin L P, Schreiber A (2019) "Kamchatite" diamond aggregate from northern Kamchatka, Russia: New find of diamond formed by gas phase condensation or chemical vapor deposition. American Mineralogist 104, 140-149
Kaminsky F V, Zakharchenko O D, Griffin W L, Channer D M DeR, Khachatryan-Blinova G K (2000) Diamond from the Guaniamo area, Venezuela. The Canadian Mineralogist 38, 1347-1370
Kaminsky F V, Zakharchenko O D, Khachatryan G K, Griffin W L, Channer D M D (2006) Diamond from the Los Coquitos area, Bolivar State, Venezuela. The Canadian Mineralogist 44, 323-340
Leyden (1815) Largest diamond. Annals of Philosophy 6, 391-392
Litasov K D, Kagi H, Bekker T B, Makino Y, Hirata T, Brazhkin V V (2021) Why Tolbachik diamonds cannot be natural. American Mineralogist 106, 44-53
Lynch R W, Drickamer H G (1966) Effect of high pressure on the lattice parameters of diamond, graphite, and hexagonal boron nitride. Journal of Chemical Physics 44, 181-184
Nasdala L, Brenker F E, Glinnemann J, Hofmeister W, Gasparik T, Harris J W, Stachel T, Reese I (2003) Spectroscopic 2D-tomography: Residual pressure and strain around mineral inclusions in diamonds. European Journal of Mineralogy 15, issue 6, 931-935
Nasdala L, Hofmeister W, Harris J W, Glinnemann J (2005) Growth zoning and strain patterns inside diamond crystals as revealed by Raman maps. American Mineralogist 90, 745-748
Nimis P (2002) The pressures and temperatures of formation of diamond based on thermobarometry of chromian diopside inclusions. The Canadian Mineralogist 40, 871-884
Riley D P (1956) Lattice constant of diamond and the C-C single bond. Nature 153, 587-588
Shepard C U (1846) On three new mineral species from Arkansas, and the discovery of the diamond in North Carolina. American Journal of Science and Arts 52, 249-254
Shkodzinsky V S (2005) Influence of melts viscosity upon crystal morphology of diamonds. Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchetstva 134, issue 5, 51-56
Spackman M A (1991) The electron distribution in diamond: A comparison betwen experiment and theory. Acta Crystallographica A47, 420-427
Stachel T, Harris J W, Brey G P (2000) Kankan Diamonds (Guinea) - Messengers from an enriched layer at the top of the lower mantle. Journal of Conference Abstracts- Goldschmidt 2000 5, issue 2, 950
Straumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond. Journal of the American Chemical Society 73, 5643-5646
Tomkins A G, Wilson N C, MacRae C, Salek A, Field M R, Brand H E A, Langendam A D, Stephen N R, Torpy A, Pintér Z, Jennings L A, McCulloch D G (2022) Sequential lonsdaleite to diamond formation in ureilite meteorites via in situ chemical fluid/vapor deposition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, e2208814119
Tretiakova L (2009) Spectroscopic methods for the identification of natural yellow gem-quality diamonds. European Journal of Mineralogy 21, 43-50
Tschauner O (2019) High-pressure minerals. American Mineralogist 104, 1701-1731
Wang A, Wang W, Zhang A (1991) Microstructural variations of a pyrope inclusion in diamond, as revealed by a micro-Raman spectroscopic study. The Canadian Mineralogist 29, 517-524
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