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This unique book abound with wonderful illustrations Provides reader with in depth information about the properties and appearances of rough diamonds Of interest no only to geologists but also individuals
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Reviews
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“The focus of the book is exclusively on natural uncut diamonds, their characteristic features, and their mineral and fluid inclusions. How these provide insights into the growth processes of diamonds and the workings of our planet’s interior is clearly developed and explained. The authors achieve their aims in an excellent style. ... The book should also appeal to a wider audience of people outside of the earth sciences who wish to become acquainted with a fascinating detective story that has already placed these small carbon crystals in a unique position as closed-system repositories for evidence of geologic processes that took place billions of years ago.” (John Gurney, Economic Geology, Vol. 106 (8), December 2011)
“The authors are from the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton. … They have done an excellent job in describing the geology and crystallography of natural diamonds. This book is a scholarly work: each statement has a citation to one or more of the 325 research papers alphabetically listed in References. … Exactly a century after Fersmann and Goldschmidt published their book … we now have the pleasure of a highly recommended, colourful and up-to-date successor, also produced in Heidelberg.” (Moreton Moore, Crystallography Reviews, Vol. 18 (4), 2012)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Ralf Tappert is a mineralogist who has studied diamonds and their host rocks from localities worldwide, including Canada, Brazil, South Africa, and Australia. He has worked as a university researcher and consultant, and he has published a number of articles about diamonds in international scientific journals.
Michelle Tappert is a geologist and a writer. In addition to studying the spectroscopy of rocks and minerals as a university researcher, she has worked as a consultant for the mineral exploration industry, searching for diamonds and other commodities.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diamonds in Nature
Book Subtitle: A Guide to Rough Diamonds
Authors: Ralf Tappert, Michelle C. Tappert
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12572-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-12571-3Published: 09 April 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51913-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-12572-0Published: 16 February 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 142
Topics: Mineralogy