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"Interpreting Diamond Morphology" - Part I

by Valentin Afanasiev, Nikolai Zinchuk,
Valeriy Sonin, Elena Semenets

Rough Diamond Review, June 2004
The term 'typomorphism' is a common term used in the Russian mineralogical school and has been adopted by many geologists. Typomorphism is the ability of a mineral to reflect an environmental condition by its structural, morphological and chemical features. These environmental conditions are those in which the mineral formed and grew during its entire history.

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