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OLIVINE-PHYRIC TUFF [1 record]

Record 1 2004-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

The greatest potential for diamondiferous lamproites is in olivine-phyric tuffs in champagne glass- or funnel-shaped vents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Ce sont les tufs à phénocristaux d'olivine dans les cratères en forme de verre à champagne ou d'entonnoir qui sont les roches lamproïtiques qui offrent le potentiel diamantifère le plus élevé.

Spanish

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