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Representative samples of diamonds from five kimberlite pipes (Lomonosovskaya, Archangel’sk, Snegurochka, XXIII Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and Internationalnaya) of the Arkhangelskaya and Yakutian diamond provinces in Russia have been studied. Thirty-three varieties of metal films have been identified as syngenetic associated minerals. The films consist of 15 chemical elements that occur in the form of native metals and their natural alloys. Remnants of metal films were detected within diamond crystals. The metal films coating diamonds are a worldwide phenomenon. To date, these films have been described from Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa. Native metals, their alloys, and intermetallides are actual companion minerals of diamond.
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Original Russian Text © A.B. Makeev, G.Yu. Kriulina, 2012, published in Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 2012, No. 1, pp. 101–114.
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Makeev, A.B., Kriulina, G.Y. Metal films on the surfaces and within diamond crystals from Arkhangelskaya and Yakutian diamond provinces. Geol. Ore Deposits 54, 663–673 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701512080107
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