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<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/002646199548970</article-id>
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<article-title>Extreme Chemical Variation in Complex Diamonds from George Creek, Colorado: A SIMS Study of Carbon Isotope Composition and Nitrogen Abundance</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Fitzsimons</surname>
<given-names>I. C. W.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="FN1">*</xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Harte</surname>
<given-names>B.</given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Chinn</surname>
<given-names>I. L.</given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Gurney</surname>
<given-names>J. J.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Taylor</surname>
<given-names>W. R.</given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="A1"><label>1</label>Department of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Edinburgh, The Grant Institute, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK</aff>
<aff id="A2"><label>2</label>Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa</aff>
<aff id="A3"><label>3</label>Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia</aff>
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<fn fn-type="present-address" id="FN1"><label>*</label><p>Present address: School of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia</p></fn></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1999</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>63</volume>
<issue>6</issue>
<fpage>857</fpage>
<lpage>878</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>5</day>
<month>1</month>
<year>1998</year>
</date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>9</day>
<month>2</month>
<year>1999</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1999, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>Diamonds from George Creek, Colorado, preserve complex intergrowth textures between two major growth generations: homogeneous diamond with yellow-buff cathodoluminescence (CL); and diamond with blue-green CL and local growth zonation. Secondary-ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has revealed large variations in N concentration and C isotope composition within these diamonds. Even within single stones, N contents and &#x03B4;<sup>13</sup>C values can vary from 0 to 750 ppm and 0 to &#x2212;20&#x2030; respectively. These variations are similar to those recorded elsewhere for entire diamond suites. The CL characteristics correlate directly with N: diamond with yellow-buff CL has uniform N contents, whereas the zoned diamond has bright blue CL bands with high N (50&#x2013;750 ppm) and dark blue or green CL bands with low N (0&#x2013;20 ppm). These bands are too narrow (10&#x2013;5 &#x00B5;m) for analysis by IR spectroscopy. &#x03B4;<sup>13</sup>C also varies between the two growth generations in any one diamond plate, and to a lesser extent within these generations, but shows no consistent correlations with either CL or N. The George Creek stones preserve evidence of extreme temporal and/or spatial variations in both &#x03B4;<sup>13</sup>C and N concentrations during the period of diamond growth, but the factors controlling N content during diamond growth did not control &#x03B4;<sup>13</sup>C.</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>carbon isotopes</kwd>
<kwd>cathodoluminescence</kwd>
<kwd>diamond</kwd>
<kwd>nitrogen concentration</kwd>
<kwd>SIMS</kwd>
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