Diamonds from the Coromandel Area, West Minas Gerais State, Brazil: an update and new data on surface sources and origin

Important diamond deposits southeast of Coromandel and the local geology have been studied in an attempt to understand what surface source provided the stones. River gravels of Pleistocene to Recent age from this region have supplied most of Brazil's large diamonds over 100 ct. The upper cretac...

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Main Authors: Joachim Karfunkel, Donald Hoover, Augusto Fonseca Fernandes, Geraldo Norberto Chaves Sgarbi, Klaus Kambrock, Gustavo Diniz Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Geology
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