Nature

Metamorphic Origin of Granite.—Prehistoric “Giants”

I HAVE for some time intended to send you a few notes on two matters, both connected a with geology, though very different in kind. In NATURE, Vol. xxvii. p. 121, there was an interesting paper by Mr.
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Japan's geologic history in question after discovery of metamorphic rock microdiamonds

Researchers have discovered microdiamonds in the Nishisonogi metamorphic rock formation in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Microdiamonds in metamorphic rocks are important minerals because they form in ...
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Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology / Anthony R. Philpotts, Jay J. Ague

Introduction -- Physical properties of magma -- Intrusion of magma -- Forms of igneous bodies -- Cooling of igneous bodies and other diffusion processes -- Classification of igneous rocks -- ...
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On the Origin of the Mineral, Structural, and Chemical Characters of Ophites and Related Rocks 1

THE authors, beginning with (A) “The different kinds of rocks treated of,” in their memoir, divide them into two groups. The first, “Silacid Ophites,” is represented by serpentinite (common at the ...
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Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism : 25 years after the discovery of coesite and diamond / editors, Larissa F. Dobrzhinetskaya ... [et al.]

Frontiers of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism: view from field and laboratory / Larissa F. Dobrzhinetskaya and Shah Wali Faryad -- Part I. Diamonds--new studies -- Diamond--lonsdaleite--graphite ...