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Showing posts with label Diamonds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diamonds. Show all posts

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Diamonds Found in Ureilites Formed During Gigantic Planetary Collisions 30SEP2020

 Diamonds Found in Ureilites Formed During Gigantic Planetary Collisions

Largest Extraterrestrial Diamonds Ever Discovered:
Cosmic Diamonds Formed During Gigantic Planetary Collisions
Goethe University, Frankfurt, September 29, 2020

The paper is:

Nestola, F., Goodrich, C.A., Morana, M. Barbaro, A.,
Jakubek, R.S., Christ, O., Brenker, F.E., Domeneghetti,
M.C., Dalconi, M.C., Alvaro, M., Fioretti, A.M., Litasov,
K.D., Fries, M.D., Leoni, M., Casati, N.P.M., Jenniskens,
P., and Shaddad, M.H., 2020. Impact shock origin of
diamonds in ureilite meteorites. PNS, Sept 19, 2020.

Yorus,

Paul H.

Monday, 23 April 2018

Diamonds from Meteorite Might Have Formed Inside a Long-lost Planet

Diamonds from Meteorite Might Have Formed Inside a Long-lost Planet

These diamonds from space formed inside a long-lost planet,
scientists say. By Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, April 17, 2018

The open access paper is:

Farhang Nabiei, James Badro, Teresa Dennenwaldt, Emad Oveisi,
Marco Cantoni, Cécile Hébert, Ahmed El Goresy, Jean-Alix Barrat,
and Philippe Gillet, 2018, A large planetary body inferred from
diamond inclusions in a ureilite meteorite Nature Communications
volume 9, Article number: 1327 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03808-6

Supplementary Information at:

The reviewer's comments from peer-review are included.
It is chance to see how scientists conduct peer-review.

Reviewers comments at:

Yours,

Paul H.

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Asteroid Impacts on Earth Make Structurally Bizarre Diamonds

Asteroid Impacts on Earth Make Structurally Bizarre Diamonds

Asteroid impacts on Earth make structurally
bizarre diamonds, Arizona State University,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141124125607.htm
https://asunews.asu.edu/20141120-lonsdaleite

The paper is:

Nemeth, P., L. A. J. Garvie, T. Aoki, N.
Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, and P. R.
Buseck, 2014, Lonsdaleite is faulted and
twinned cubic diamond and does not
exist as a discrete material. Nature
Communications. vol. 5, article no. 5447
Published online, November 20, 2104
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/141120/ncomms6447/full/ncomms6447.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Monday, 17 November 2014

Diamonds Found in Sutter’s Mill Meteorite

Diamonds Found in Sutter’s Mill Meteorite

Diamonds found in meteorite that fell in Sierra
Gold Country (California) SFGate,Nov. 10, 2014
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Diamonds-found-in-meteorite-that-fell-in-Sierra-5884457.php

Diamonds Found In El Dorado County Meteorite
CBS, Scaremento, California, Nov. 14, 2014
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/11/14/diamonds-found-in-el-dorado-county-meteorite/

Yours,

Paul H.

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Trillions of carats' of industrial diamonds found in impact crater

Trillions of carats' of industrial diamonds found in impact crater

Russia reveals shiny state secret: It's awash in
diamonds, Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 17, 2012‎
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0917/Russia-reveals-shiny-state-secret-It-s-awash-in-diamonds

Trillions of carats' of diamonds found under
Russian asteroid crater, Wired, Sept. 17, 2012
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/18/russian-diamond-smorgasbord

Russia boasts of huge diamond field
Business Week, September 17, 2012
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-09-17/russia-boasts-of-huge-diamond-field

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