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Australasia

Boxer G L, Deakin A S 1990 - Argyle alluvial Diamond deposits; in Hughes F E (Ed.), 1990 Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne Mono 14, v2 pp 1655-1658

Boxer G L, Jaques A L 1990 - Argyle (AK1) Diamond deposit; in Hughes F E (Ed.), 1990 Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne Mono 14, v1 pp 697-706

Boxer G L, Lorenz V and Smith C B 1989 - The geology and volcanology of the Argyle (AK1) lamproite diatreme, Western Australia; in Kimberlites and related rocks, Volume 1, Their origin, Occurrence and emplacement Proc. 4th International Kimberlite Conference, Perth, WA, 1986 Geol. Soc. Aust, Spec. Publ. 14, Blackwell, Melbourne pp 140-152

Davies R M, Griffin W L, O Reilly S Y, Andrew A S 2003 - Unusual mineral inclusions and carbon isotopes of alluvial diamonds from Bingara, eastern Australia ; in Lithos v69 pp 51-66

Fazakerley V W 1990 - Bow River alluvial Diamond deposit; in Hughes F E (Ed.), 1990 Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne Mono 14, v2 pp 1659-1664

Hughes F E, Smith C B 1990 - Ellendale Diamond deposits; in Hughes F E (Ed.), 1990 Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne Mono 14, v2 pp 1115-1122

Jaques A L, Haggerty S E, Lucas H and Boxer G L 1989 - Mineralogy and petrology of the Argyle (AK1) lamproite pipe, Western Australia; in Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Volume 1, Their origin, Occurrence and Emplacement Proc. 4th International Kimberlite Conference, Perth, WA, 1986 Geol. Soc. Aust, Spec. Publ. 14, Blackwell, Melbourne pp153-169

Jaques A L, Sun S-S and Chappell B W 1989 - Geochemistry of the Argyle (AK1) lamproite pipe, Western Australia; in Kimberlites and related rocks, Volume 1, Their origin, Occurrence and emplacement Proc. 4th International Kimberlite Conference, Perth, WA, 1986 Geol. Soc. Aust, Spec. Publ. 14, Blackwell, Melbourne pp 170-188

Lee D C, Milledge H J, Reddicliffe T H and Scott Smith B H 1997 - The Merlin kimberlites, Northern Territory, Australia; in Proc. 6th International Kimberlite Conference, Volume 1 - Kimberlites, related rocks and mantle xenoliths Russian Geology and Geophysics, Spec. Issue, Alberton Press, New York v38, no. 1 pp 82-96

Lee D C, Reddicliffe T H, Scott Smith B H, Taylor W R and Ward L M 1998 - Merlin diamondiferous kimberlite pipes; in Berkman D A, Mackenzie D H (Ed.s), 1998 Geology of Australian & Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits The AusIMM, Melbourne Mono 22 pp 461-464

McConochie D M and Smith C B 1989 - Iron-oxides as palaeotemperature indicators in Ellendale lamproite intrusions; in Kimberlites and related rocks, Volume 1, Their origin, Occurrence and emplacement Proc. 4th International Kimberlite Conference, Perth, WA, 1986 Geol. Soc. Aust, Spec. Publ. 14, Blackwell, Melbourne pp 520-527

Skinner E M H, Smith C B, Bristow J W, Scott Smith B H and Dawson J B, 1985 - Proterozoic kimberlites and lamproites and a preliminary age for the Argyle lamproite pipe, Western Australia ; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v88 pp 335-340

Smith C B and Lorenz V 1989 - Volcanology of the Ellendale lamproite pipes, Western Australia; in Kimberlites and related rocks, Volume 1, Their origin, Occurrence and emplacement Proc. 4th International Kimberlite Conference, Perth, WA, 1986 Geol. Soc. Aust, Spec. Publ. 14, Blackwell, Melbourne pp 505-519

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North America

Armstrong R A and Moore R O, 1998 - Rb-Sr ages on kimberlites from the Lac de Gras area, Northwest Territories, Canada ; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v101 pp 155-158

Donnelly C L, Stachel T, Creighton S, Muehlenbachs K and Whiteford S, 2007 - Diamonds and their mineral inclusions from the A154 South pipe, Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest territories, Canada; in Lithos v98 pp 160-176

Fedortchouk Y and Canil D 2004 - Intensive Variables in Kimberlite Magmas, Lac de Gras, Canada and Implications for Diamond Survival ; in J. of Petrology v45 pp 1725-1745

Fedortchouk Y , Canil D and Carlson J A 2005 - Dissolution forms in Lac de Gras diamonds and their relationship to the temperature and redox state of kimberlite magma; in Contrib. to Mineralogy & Petrology v150 pp 54-69

Gurney J J, Hildebrand P R, Carlson J A, Fedortchouk Y and Dyc D R 2004 - The morphological characteristics of diamonds from the Ekati property, Northwest Territories, Canada; in Lithos v77 pp 21-38

Heaman L M, Kjarsgaard B A, Creaser R A 2003 - The timing of kimberlite magmatism in North America: implications for global kimberlite genesis and diamond exploration ; in Lithos v71 pp 153-184

Klein-BenDavid O, Izraeli E S, Hauri E and Navon O, 2007 - Fluid inclusions in diamonds from the Diavik mine, Canada and the evolution of diamond-forming fluids; in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta v71 pp 723-744

Lockhart G, Grutter H and Carlson J 2004 - Temporal, geomagnetic and related attributes of kimberlite magmatism at Ekati, Northwest Territories, Canada; in Lithos v77 pp 665-682

Menzies A, Westerlund K, Grutter H, Gurney J, Carlson J, Agnes Fung and Nowicki T 2004 - Peridotitic mantle xenoliths from kimberlites on the Ekati Diamond Mine property, N.W.T., Canada: major element compositions and implications for the lithosphere beneath the central Slave craton; in Lithos v77 pp 395-412

Westerlund K J, Shirey S B, Richardson S H, Carlson R W, Gurney J J and Harris J W, 2006 - A subduction wedge origin for Paleoarchean peridotitic diamonds and harzburgites from the Panda kimberlite, Slave craton: evidence from Re-Os isotope systematics ; in Contrib. to Mineralogy & Petrology v152 pp 275-294

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South America

Cheilletz A, Feraud G, Giuliani G, Rodriguez C T 1994 - Time-pressure and temperature constraints on the formation of Colombian Emeralds: An 40 Ar / 39 Ar laser microprobe and fluid inclusion study; in Econ. Geol. v 89 pp 361-380

Giuliani G, France-Lanord C, Cheilletz A, Coget P, Branquet Y, Laumomnier B 2000 - Sulfate reduction by organic matter in Colombian Emerald deposits: chemical and stable isotope (C, O, H) evidence; in Econ. Geol. v95 pp 1129-1153

Tompkins L A, Gonzaga G M 1989 - Diamonds in Brazil and a proposed model for the origin and distribution of diamonds in the Coromandel region, Minas Gerais, Brazil; in Econ. Geol. v84 pp 591-602

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Africa

Allsopp H L, Smith C B, Seggie A G, Skinner E M H and Colgan E A, 1995 - The emplacement age and geochemical character of the Venetia kimberlite bodies, Limpopo Belt, northern Transvaal; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v98 pp 239-244

Appleyard C M, Viljoen K S and Dobbe R 2004 - A study of eclogitic diamonds and their inclusions from the Finsch kimberlite pipe, South Africa ; in Lithos v77 pp 317-332

Barnett W, Preece C 2002 - Expanding the geological model for Finsch Mine; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v105 pp 381-400

Bartlett P J 1994 - Geology of the Premier diamond pipe; in Anhaeusser C R 1994 Proceedings XVth CMMI Congress, 4-9 September, 1994 SAIMM, Johannesburg v3 pp 201-213

Barton J M and Pretorius W, 1998 - Crustal xenoliths in Venetia kimberlite pipes indicate a decollement at approximately 10 km beneath the central zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v101 pp 323-327

Barton Jr. J M and Gerya T V, 2003 - Mylonitization and decomposition of Garnet: Evidence for rapid deformation and entrainment of Mantle Garnet-Harzburgite by Kimberlite Magma, K1 Pipe, Venetia Mine, South Africa; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v106 pp 231-242

Barton, Jr. J M, Barnett W P, Barton E S, Barnett M, Doorgapershad A, Twiggs C, Klemd R, Martin J, Mellonig L and Zenglein R, 2003 - The geology of the area surrounding the Venetia kimberlite pipes, Limpopo Belt, South Africa: A complex interplay of nappe tectonics and granitoid magmatism ; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v106 pp 109-128

Becker M and le Roex A P, 2006 - Geochemistry of South African On- and Off-craton, Group I and Group II Kimberlites: Petrogenesis and Source Region Evolution ; in J. of Petrology v47 pp 673-703

Burgess R, Kiviets G B and Harris J W 2004 - Ar–Ar age determinations of eclogitic clinopyroxene and garnet inclusions in diamonds from the Venetia and Orapa kimberlites; in Lithos v77 pp 113-124

Clement C R, Harris J W, Robinson D N and Hawthorne J B 1986 - The De Beers kimberlite pipe - A historic South African diamond mine; in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (Eds.), 1986 Mineral Deposits of South Africa Geol. Soc. South Africa, Johannesburg v2 pp 2193-2214

Deines P and Harris J W 2004 - New insights into the occurrence of 13C-depleted carbon in the mantle from two closely associated kimberlites: Letlhakane and Orapa, Botswana; in Lithos v77 pp 125-142

Field M, Gibson J G, Wilkes T A, Gababotse J and Khutjwe P 1997 - The geology of the Orapa A/K1 kimberlite Botswana: Further insight into emplacement of kimberlite pipes; in Proc. 6th International Kimberlite Conference, Volume 1 - Kimberlites, related rocks and mantle xenoliths Russian Geology and Geophysics, Spec. Issue, v38, no. 1 pp 24-39

Gautherona C, Cartignyb P, Moreiraa M, Harrisc J W and Allegre C J. 2005 - Evidence for a mantle component shown by rare gases, C and N isotopes in polycrystalline diamonds from Orapa (Botswana); in Earth and Planetary Science Letters v240 pp 559-572

Gregoire M, Tinguely C, Bell D R and le Roex A P, 2005 - Spinel lherzolite xenoliths from the Premier kimberlite (Kaapvaal craton, South Africa): Nature and evolution of the shallow upper mantle beneath the Bushveld complex; in Lithos v84 pp 185-205

Gurney J J, Harris J W, Rickard R S and Moore R O, 1985 - Inclusions in Premier Mine diamonds ; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v88 pp 301-310

Jacob J, Ward J D, Bluck B J, Scholz R A and Frimmel H E, 2006 - Some observations on diamondiferous bedrock gully trapsites on Late Cainozoic, marine-cut platforms of the Sperrgebiet, Namibia; in Ore Geology Reviews v28 pp 493-506

Jacob R J, Bluck B J, Ward J D 1999 - Tertiary-age diamondiferous fluvial deposits of the Lower Orange River Valley, southwestern Africa; in Econ. Geol. v94 pp 749-758

Klemd R, Martin J, Schmidt A and Barton, Jr. J M, 2003 - P-T path constraints from calc-silicate metapelitic rocks east of the Venetia kimberlite pipes, Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Have these rocks seen granulite-facies conditions? ; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v106 pp 129-148

Kurszlaukis S and Barnett W P, 2003 - Volcanological and structural aspects of the Venetia kimberlite cluster – a case study of South African kimberlite maar-diatreme volcanoes; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v106 pp 165-192

Maier W D, Peltonen P, Juvonen R and Pienaar C, 2005 - Platinum-group elements in peridotite xenoliths and kimberlite from the Premier kimberlite pipe, South Africa ; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v108 pp 413-428

McDonald I and Viljoen K S, 2006 - Platinum-group element geochemistry of mantle eclogites: a reconnaissance study of xenoliths from the Orapa kimberlite, Botswana; in Trans. IMM (incorp. AusIMM Proc.), Section B, Appl. Earth Sc. v115 pp 81-93

Moore J M, Moore A E 2004 - The roles of primary kimberlitic and secondary Dwyka glacial sources in the development of alluvial and marine diamond deposits in Southern Africa; in J. of African Earth Sciences v38 pp 115-134

Nixon P H and Condliffe E 1989 - Tanzania kimberlites: A preliminary heavy mineral study; in Kimberlites and related rocks, Volume 1, Their origin, Occurrence and emplacement Proc. 4th International Kimberlite Conference, Perth, WA, 1986 Geol. Soc. Aust, Spec. Publ. 14, Blackwell, Melbourne pp 407-418

Phillips D, Harris J W and Viljoen K S 2004 - Mineral chemistry and thermobarometry of inclusions from De Beers Pool diamonds, Kimberley, South Africa; in Lithos v77 pp 155-179

Pretorius W and Barton, Jr. J M, 2003 - Measured and calculated compressional wave velocities of crustal and upper mantle rocks in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa – implications for lithospheric structure; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v106 pp 205-212

Pretorius W and Barton, Jr. J M, 2003 - Petrology and geochemistry of crustal and upper mantle xenoliths from the Venetia Diamond Mine - evidence for Archean crustal growth and subduction; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v106 pp 213-230

Richardson S H, Shirey S B and Harris J W 2004 - Episodic diamond genesis at Jwaneng, Botswana, and implications for Kaapvaal craton evolution; in Lithos v77 pp 143-154

Skinner C P, 1989 - The petrology of peridotite xenoliths from the Finsch Kimberlite, South Africa ; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v92 pp 197-206

Smith C B, Pearson D G, Bulanova G P, Beard A D, Carlson R W, Wittig N, Sims K, Chimuka L and Muchemwa E, 2009 - Extremely depleted lithospheric mantle and diamonds beneath the southern Zimbabwe Craton; in Lithos v.112 pp. 1120–1132

Spaggiari R I, Bluck B J and Ward J D 2006 - Characteristics of diamondiferous Plio-Pleistocene littoral deposits within the palaeo-Orange River mouth, Namibia ; in Ore Geology Reviews v28 pp 475-492

Stachel T, Viljoen KÊS, McDade P,ÊHarris J W 2004 - Diamondiferous lithospheric roots along the western margin of the Kalahari Craton - the peridotitic inclusion suite in diamonds from Orapa and Jwaneng; in Contrib. to Mineralogy & Petrology v147 pp 32-47

Sutherland D G 1982 - The transport and sorting of diamonds by fluvial and marine processes; in Econ. Geol. v77 pp 1613-1620

Sutherland D G 1993 - Drainage basin evolution in south-east Guinea and the development of diamondiferous placer deposits; in Econ. Geol. v88 pp 44-54

Van Wyk J P, Pienaar L F 1986 - Diamondiferous gravels of the lower Orange River, Namaqualand; in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (Eds.), 1986 Mineral Deposits of South Africa Geol. Soc. South Africa, Johannesburg v2 pp 2309-2321

Viljoen K S, Dobbe R, Smit B, Thomassot E and Cartigny P 2004 - Petrology and geochemistry of a diamondiferous lherzolite from the Premier diamond mine, South Africa; in Lithos v77 pp 539-552

Wilson M C G, Henry G and Marshall T R, 2006 - A review of the alluvial diamond industry and the gravels of the North West Province, South Africa ; in S. Afr. J. Geol. v109 pp 301-314

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Eurasia

Anand M, Taylor L A, Misra K C, Carlson W D and Sobolev N V 2004 - Nature of diamonds in Yakutian eclogites: views from eclogite tomography and mineral inclusions in diamonds; in Lithos v77 pp 333-348

Gunther M and Jagoutz E 1997 - The meaning of Sm/Nd apparent ages from kimberlite-derived, coarse grained low temperature garnet peridotites from Yakutia; in Proc. 6th International Kimberlite Conference, Volume 1 - Kimberlites, related rocks and mantle xenoliths Russian Geology and Geophysics, Spec. Issue, Alberton Press, New York v38, no. 1 pp 229-239

Kinny P D, Griffin B J, Heaman L M, Brakhfogel F F and Spetsius Z V 1997 - Shrimp U-Pb ages of perovskite from Yakutian kimberlites; in Proc. 6th International Kimberlite Conference, Volume 1 - Kimberlites, related rocks and mantle xenoliths Russian Geology and Geophysics, Spec. Issue, Alberton Press, New York v38, no. 1 pp 97-105

Kostrovitsky S I, Malkovets V G, Verichev E M, Garanin V K and Suvorova L V 2004 - Megacrysts from the Grib kimberlite pipe (Arkhangelsk Province, Russia); in Lithos v77 pp 511-523

Maas R, Kamenetsky M B, Sobolev A V, Kamenetsky V S and Sobolev N V, 2005 - Sr, Nd, and Pb isotope evidence for a mantle origin of alkali chlorides and carbonates in the Udachnaya kimberlite, Siberia; in Geology v33 pp 549–552

Malkovets V, Taylor L, Griffin W , O Reilly S, Pearson N, Pokhilenko N, Verichev E, Golovin N and Litasov K 2003 - Cratonic conditions beneath Arkhangelsk, Russia: garnet peridotites from the Grib kimberlite; in 8th International Kimberlite Conference, Selected Papers Mitchell R H, Grutter H S, Heamann L M, Scott Smith B H and Stachel T 5p

Malkovets V, Taylor L, Griffin W, O Reilly S, Pokhilenko N, Verichev E, Golovin N, Litasov K, Valley J and Spicuzza M, 2003 - Eclogites from the Grib kimberlite pipe, Arkhangelsk, Russia; in Mitchell R H, Grutter H S, Heamann L M, Scott Smith B H and Stachel T 8th International Kimberlite Conference, Selected Papers Elsevier Science 5p.

Moralev V M and Glukhovsky M Z, 2000 - Diamond-bearing kimberlite fields of the Siberian Craton and the Early Precambrian geodynamics ; in Ore Geology Reviews v17 pp 141-153

Roden M F, Patino-Douce A E, Jagoutz E and Lazko E E. 2006 - High pressure petrogenesis of Mg-rich garnet pyroxenites from Mir kimberlite, Russia; in Lithos v90 pp 77-91

Seltmann R, Solovieva R, Shatov V, Pirajnoa F, Naumov E and Cherkasov S, 2010 - Metallogeny of Siberia: tectonic, geologic and metallogenic settings of selected significant deposits; in Australian J. of Earth Sciences v.57 pp. 655-706

Shimizu N, Pokhilenko N P, Boyd F R and Pearson D G 1997 - Geochemical characteristics of mantle xenoliths from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe; in Proc. 6th International Kimberlite Conference, Volume 1 - Kimberlites, related rocks and mantle xenoliths Russian Geology and Geophysics, Spec. Issue, Alberton Press, New York v38, no. 1 pp 205-217

Sobolev N V, Logvinova A M, Zedgenizov D A, Seryotkin Y V, Yefimova E S, Floss C and Taylor L A 2004 - Mineral inclusions in microdiamonds and macrodiamonds from kimberlites of Yakutia: a comparative study; in Lithos v77 pp 225-242

Sobolev V N, Taylor L A, Snyder G A, Sobolev N V, Pokhilenko N P and Kharkiv A D 1997 - A unique metsomatized peridotite xenolith from the Mir kimberlite, Siberian Platform; in Proc. 6th International Kimberlite Conference, Volume 1 - Kimberlites, related rocks and mantle xenoliths Russian Geology and Geophysics, Spec. Issue, Alberton Press, New York v38, no. 1 pp 218-228

Solovjeva L V, Egorov K N, Markova M E, Kharkiv A D, Popolitov K E and Barankevich V G 1997 - Mantle metasomatism and melting in mantle-derived xenoliths from the Udachnaya kimberlite; Their possible relationship with diamond and kimberlite formation; in Proc. 6th International Kimberlite Conference, Volume 1 - Kimberlites, related rocks and mantle xenoliths Russian Geology and Geophysics, Spec. Issue, Alberton Press, New York v38, no. 1 pp 182-204

Spetsius Z V and Griffin W L 1997 - Trace elements in minerals from eclogites from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe; in Proc. 6th International Kimberlite Conference, Volume 1 - Kimberlites, related rocks and mantle xenoliths Russian Geology and Geophysics, Spec. Issue, Alberton Press, New York v38, no. 1 pp 240-246

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South-east Asian Archipelago

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General

Sutherland D G 1982 - The transport and sorting of diamonds by fluvial and marine processes; in Econ. Geol. v77 pp 1613-1620

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