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D1207-06

Melton, G.L., McNeill, J., Stachel, T., Pearson, D.G., Harris, J.W.

“Trace elements in gem diamond from Akwatia, Ghana and DeBeers Pool, South Africa.”

Chemical Geology,

D1207-11

Miller, C.E., Kopylova, M.G., Ryder, J.

“Vanished diamondiferous cratonic root beneath the southern Superior Province: evidence from diamond inclusions in the Wawa metaconglomerate.”

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology,

D1207-41

Donahue, P.H., Simonetti, A., Neal, C.R.

“Chemical characteristics of natural ilmenite: a possible new reference material.”

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research,

D1207-53

Howarth, G.H., Skinner, E.M.W.

“The geology and emplacement of the volcaniclastic infill at the Voorspoed Group II kimberlite (orangeite) pipe, Kroonstad Cluster, South Africa.”

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research,

D1207-55

Gernon, T., Brown, R.J., Tait, M.A., Hincks, T.K.,

“The origin of pellatal lapilli in explosive kimberlite eruptions.”

Nature Communcations,

Selected abstracts from Goldschmidt Conference held June 2012 in Montreal

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NEW SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE (by Source) REF # AUTHOR YEAR TITLE SOURCE REGION/LOCATION KEYWORDS

Page 1 (Scientific by Source) © Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service and The University of British Columbia. Printed in Canada.

1 D1207-01 Bailey, B.L.,

Smith, L.J.D., Blowes, D.W. Ptacek, C.J., Smith, L., Sego, D.C.

2012 The Diavik waste rock project: persistence of contaminants from blasting agents in waste rock effluent.

Applied Geochemistry, in press available

Canada, Northwest Territories

Deposit - Diavik mining

2 D1207-02 Brown, R.J.,

Buisman, M.I., Fontana, G., Field, M., Mac Niocaill, C., Sparks, R.S.J., Stuart, F.M.

2012 Eruption of kimberlite magmas: physical volcanology, geomorphology and age of the youngest kimberlitic volcanoes known on Earth ( the Upper Pleistocene/Holocene Igwisi Hills volcanoes, Tanzania).

Bulletin Volcanology, in press available

Africa, Tanzania

Deposit - Igwisi

3 D1207-03 Gravelle, J. 2012 Examining flow through

shares in the mining sector.

Canadian Mining Journal, June/July p. 34.

Canada

Flow thru

4 D1207-04 Scales, M. 2012 Driven diamonds…

Shore Gold set to build first diamond mine in Saskatchewan.

Canadian Mining Journal, June/July pp. 20-23.

Canada, Sasaktchewan

Deposit - Star

5 D1207-05 Maier, A.C.,

Cates, N.L., Trail, D., Mojzsis, S.J.

2012 Geology, age and field relations of Hadean zircon bearing supracrustal rocks from Quad Creek, eastern Beartooth Mountains ( Montana and Wyoming) USA.

Chemical Geology, Vol. 312-313, pp. 47-57.

USA, Montana, Wyoming

Wyoming Craton, geochronology

6 D1207-06 Melton, G.L.,

McNeill, J., Stachel, T., Pearson, D.G., Harris, J.W.

2012 Trace elements in gem diamond from Akwatia, Ghana and DeBeers Pool, South Africa.


Africa, South Africa, Ghana

Deposits - Akwatia, DeBeers Pool - Inclusions

7 D1207-07 Nelson, W.R.,

Furman, T., Van Keken, P.E., Shirey, S.B., Hanan, B.B.

2012 Os Hf isotopic insight into mantle plume dynamics beneath the East African Rift system.

Chemical Geology, Vol. 320-321 pp. 66-79.

Africa, Kenya

Picrites

8 D1207-08 Martin, L.H.J.,

Schmidt, M.W., Mattsson, H.B., Ulmer, P., Hametner, K., Gunther, D.

2012 Element partitioning between immiscible carbonatite-kamafugite melts with application to the Italian ultrapotassic suite.


Europe, Italy

Carbonatite

9 D1207-09 Escudero, A., 2012 Microstructure, Chemie der Erde, Vol. Europe, UHP




Miyajima, N., Langenhorst, F.

composition and P-T conditions of rutile from diamondiferous gneiss of the Saxonian Erzgebirge Germany.

72, 1, pp. 25-30. Germany

1 D1207-10 Goncharov,

A.G., Ionov

2012 Redox state of deep off-craton lithospheric mantle: new data from garnet and spinel peridotites from Vitim, southern Siberia.

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, in press available 18p.

Russia, Siberia

Metasomatism

2 D1207-11 Miller, C.E.,

Kopylova, M.G., Ryder, J.

2012 Vanished diamondiferous cratonic root beneath the southern Superior Province: evidence from diamond inclusions in the Wawa metaconglomerate.


Canada, Ontario

Deposit - Wawa

3 D1207-12 Guzmics, T.,

Mitchell, R.H., Szabo, C., Berkesi, M., Milke, R., Ratter, K.

2012 Liquid immiscibility between silicate, carbonate and sulfide melts in melt inclusions hosted in co-precipitated minerals from Kerimasi volcano (Tanzania): evolution of carbonated nephelinitic magma.

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 164, pp. 101-122.

Africa, Tanzania

Carbonatite

4 D1207-13 Egorov, K.N.,

Soloveva, L.V., Koshkarev, D.A.

2012 Rare element composition of pyropes and lamproites and ancient dispersion haloes of the southwestern Siberian platform.

Doklady Earth Sciences, Vol. 443, 2, pp. 496-501.

Russia, Siberia

Ingashin field

5 D1207-14 Zhatnuev, N.S. 2012 Transmantle fluid flow

and plume genesis. Doklady Earth Sciences, Vol. 444, 1, pp. 543-548.

Mantle

Hot spots

6 D1207-15 Bobrov, A.V.,

Sirotkina, E.A., Garanin, V.K., Bovkun, A.V., Korost, D.V., Shkurski, B.B.

2012 Majoritic garnets with exsolution textures from the Mir kimberlitic pipe ( Yakutia)


Russia, Yakutia

Deposit - Mir

7 D1207-16 Kostrovitskii,

S.I., Soloveva, L.V., Gornova, M.A., Alymova, N.V., Yakolev, D.A., Ignative, A.V., Velivetskaya,

2012 Oxygen isotope composition in minerals of mantle parageneses from Yakutian kimberlites.


Russia, Yakutia

Deposit - Udachnaya, Komsomolskaya




T.A., Suvorova, L.F.

1 D1207-17 Skublov, S.G.,

Nikitina, L.P., Marin, Yu.B., Levskii, L.K., Guseva, N.S.

2012 U Pb age and geochemistry of zircons from xenoliths of the V. Grib kimberlitic pipe, Arkhangelsk diamond province.


Russia, Archangel

Deposit - Grib

2 D1207-18 Boffa Ballaran,

T., Kurosov, A., Glazyrin, K., Frost, D.J., Merlini, M., Hanfland, M., Caracas, R.

2012 Effect of chemistry on the compressibility of silicate perovskite in the lower mantle.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 333-334, pp. 181-190.

Mantle

Perovskite

3 D1207-19 Deguen, R. 2012 Structure and dynamics

of Earth's inner core. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 333-334, pp. 211-225.

Mantle

Geodynamics

4 D1207-20 Merlini, M.,

Hanfland, M., Crichton, W.A.

2012 CaCO3-III and CaCO3-VI, high pressure polymorphs of calcite: possible host structures for carbon in the Earth's mantle.


Mantle

Carbon

5 D1207-21 Chu, X.,

Korenaga, J. 2012 Olivine rheology, shear

stress and grain growth in the lithospheric mantle: geological constraints from the Kaapvaal craton.


Africa, South Africa

Mineralogy

6 D1207-22 G & G 2012 Gemesis CVD grown

synthetic diamonds characterized.

Gems & Gemology Lab notes, 1p.

Technology

Synthetic diamonds

7 D1207-23 G & G 2012 Large artifically

irradiated yellow diamond.


Technology

Diamonds - irradition

8 D1207-24 Levander, A.,

Miller, M.S. 2012 Evolutionary aspects of

lithosphere discontinuity structure in the Western USA.

Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Vol. 10, in press

USA

Tomography

9 D1207-25 Wolbern, I.,

Rumpker, G., Link, K., Sodoudi, F.

2012 Melt infiltration of the lower lithosphere beneath the Tanzania craton and the Albertine rift inferred from S receiver functions.


Africa, Tanzania

Tomography

10 D1207-26 Duretz, T.,

Schmalholz, 2012 Dynamics of slab

detachment. Geochemistry Geophysics

Mantle

Breakoff, heating




S.M., Gerya, T.V.

Geosystems, Vol. 13, 3, 17p.

1 D1207-27 Weatherly, S.M.,

Katz, R.F. 2012 Melting and chanellized

magmatic flow in chemically heterogeneous, upwelling mantle.

Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Vol. 13, 3, 23p.

Mantle

Magmatism

2 D1207-28 Morra, G.,

Quevedo, L., Muller, R.D.

2012 Spherical dynamic models of top down tectonics.


Mantle

Tectonics, subduction

3 D1207-29 Lapin, A.V.,

Gusev, G.S. 2012 Kimberlitic and non-

kimberlitic diamond potential of igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Geokart GEOS, Moscow, 448p. In RUSSIAN

Mantle

Diamond genesis

4 D1207-30 Guneralp, I.,

Abad, J.D., Zolezzi, G., Hooke, J.,

2012 Advances and challenges in meandering channels research.

Geomorphology, Vol. 163-164, pp. 1-9.

Technology

Meandering channels - issue (not specific to diamonds)

5 D1207-31 Bastow, I.D. 2012 Relative arrival time

upper mantle tomography and the elusive background mean.

Geophysical Journal International, in press available

Mantle

Tomography

6 D1207-32 Glisovic, P.,

Forte, A.M., Moucha, R.

2012 Time dependent convection models of mantle thermal structure constrained by seismic tomography and geodynamics: implications for mantle plume dynamics and CMB heat flow.


Mantle

Geothermometry

7 D1207-33 Zhao, S.,

Lambeck, K., Lidberg, M.

2012 Lithosphere thickness and mantle viscosity inverted from GPS - derived deformation rates in Fennoscandia.

Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 190, 1, pp. 278-292.

Europe, Finland, Sweden

Geophysics - seismics

8 D1207-34 Metsue, A.,

Tsuchiya, T. 2012 Thermodynamic

properties of perovskite at the lower mantle pressures and temperatures: an internally consistent LSDA study.


Mantle

Perovskite

9 D1207-35 Suckro, S.K.,

Gohl, K., Funck, T., Heyde, I., Ehrardt, A.,

2012 The crustal structure of southern Baffin Bay: implications from a seismic refraction


Canada, Baffin Island, Greenland





Schreckenberger, B., Gerlings, J., Damm, V., Jokat, W.

experiment.

1 D1207-36 Koelemeijer,

P.J., Deuss, A., Trampert, J.

2012 Normal mode sensitivity to Earth's D layer and topography on the core-mantle boundary: what we can and cannot see.


Mantle

D layer

2 D1207-37 Rickers, F.,

Fichtner, A., Trampert, J.

2012 Imaging mantle plumes with instantaneous phase measurements of diffracted waves.


Mantle


3 D1207-38 Koch, F.W.,

Wiens, D.A., Nyblade, A.A., Nyblade, P.J.

2012 Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the Cameroon Volcanic Line and Congo Craton from shear wave splitting measurements.


Africa, Cameroon


4 D1207-39 Ruigrok, E.,

Mikesell, T.D., Van Wyjk, K.

2012 Scanning for velocity anomalies in the crust and mantle with diffractions from the core mantle boundary.

Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 39, L10301 5p.

Mantle


5 D1207-40 Zhao, S., Jin, Z.,

Zhang, J., Xu, H., Xia, G., Green, H.W. II

2012 Does subducting lithosphere weaken as it enters the lower mantle?


Mantle

Subduction

6 D1207-41 Donahue, P.H.,

Simonetti, A., Neal, C.R.

2012 Chemical characteristics of natural ilmenite: a possible new reference material.

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, Vol. 36, 1, pp. 61-73.

Asia, Solomon Islands

Malaita alnoite pipes

7 D1207-42 Liu, F., Gerdes,

A., Liu, P. 2012 U-Pb trace element and

Lu-Hf properties of unique dissolution reprecipitation zircon from UHP eclogite in sw Sulu terrane, eastern China.

Gondwana Research, Vol. 22, 1, July pp. 169-183.

China

UHP

8 D1207-43 Zhang, P=F.,

Tang, Y-J., Hu, Y., Zhang, H-F., Su, B-X., Xiao, Y., Santosh, M.

2012 Review of melting experiments on carbonated eclogite and peridotite: insights into mantle metasomatism.

International Geology Review, In press available

Mantle

Metasmatism

9 D1207-44 Halama, R.,

Bebout, G.E., John, T., Scamberlluri, M.

2012 Nitrogen recycling in subducted mantle rocks and implications for the global nitrogen cycle.

International Journal of Earth Sciences, in press available 19p.

Mantle

Subduction




1 D1207-45 Murgulov, V.,

Griffin, W.L., O'Reilly, S.Y.

2012 Temporal correlation of magmatic tectonic events in the lower and upper crust in north east Australia.

International Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 101, 5, pp. 1091-1109.

Australia

Magmatism

2 D1207-46 Bagherbandi,

M., Sjoberg, L.E.

2012 Modelling the density contrast and depth of the Moho discontinuity seismic and gravimetric isostatic methods with an application to A1

Journal of African Earth Sciences, Vol. 68, pp. 111-120.

Mantle

Crustal depth

3 D1207-47 Buffett, B.A.,

Becker, T.W. 2012 Bending stress and

dissipation in subducted lithosphere.

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117, B5, B05413

Mantle

Subduction

4 D1207-48 Tange, Y.,

Kuwayma, Y., Irifune, T., Funakoshi, K-I., Ohishi, Y.

2012 P-V-T equation of state of MgSiO3 perovskite based on the MgO pressure scale: a comprehensive reference for mineralogy of the lower mantle.


Mantle

Perovskite

5 D1207-49 Hacker, B.R.,

Abers, G.A. 2012 Subduction factory 5:

Unusually low Poisson's ratios in subduction zones from elastic anisotropy of peridotite.

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117, B6, B06308.

Mantle

Subduction

6 D1207-50 Mosca, I.,

Cobden, L., Deuss, A., Ritsema, J., Trampert, J.

2012 Seismic and mineralogical structures of the lower mantle from probabilistic tomography.

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117, B6,B06304

Mantle


7 D1207-51 Beyer, E.E.,

Brueckner, H.K., Griffin, W.L., O'Reilly, S.Y.

2012 Laurentian provenance of Archean mantle fragments in the Proterozoic Baltic crust of the Norwegian Caledonides.

Journal of Petrology, Vol. 53, 7, pp. 1357-1383.

Europe, Norway

Geochronology

8 D1207-52 Spivak, A.V.,

Litvin, Yu.A., Ovsyannikov, S.V., Dubrovinskaia, N.A., Dubrovinsky, L.S.

2012 Stability and breakdown of Ca13CO3 melt associated with formation of 13 C diamond in static high pressure experiments up to 43 Gpa and 3900K.

Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 191, pp. 102-106.

Technology

Diamond - genesis

9 D1207-53 Howarth, G.H.,

Skinner, E.M.W. 2012 The geology and

emplacement of the volcaniclastic infill at the

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 231-232.


Deposit - Voorspoed




Voorspoed Group II kimberlite (orangeite) pipe, Kroonstad Cluster, South Africa.

pp. 24-38.

1 D1207-54 Malaspina, N.,

Langenhorst, F., Fumagalli, P., Tumiati, S., Poli, S.

2012 Fe 3 + distribution between garnet and pyroxenes in mantle wedge carbonate bearing garnet peridotites ( Sulu China) and implications for their oxidation state.

Lithos, Vol. 146-147, pp. 11-17.

China

UHP

2 D1207-55 Gernon, T.,

Brown, R.J., Tait, M.A., Hincks, T.K.,

2012 The origin of pellatal lapilli in explosive kimberlite eruptions.

Nature Communcations, May 7p.

Africa, South Africa, Lesotho

Deposit - Venetia, Letseng-la-Terae

3 D1207-56 Mitchell, N. 2012 Hot, cracking rocks

deep down. Nature Geoscience, Vol. 5, July, pp. 444-445.

Mantle

Volcanism

4 D1207-57 Zhu, H.,

Bozdag, E., Peter, D., Tromp, J.

2012 Structure of the European upper mantle revealed by adjoint tomography.

Nature Geoscience, Vol. 5, July, pp. 493-497.

Europe

Hotspot

5 D1207-58 Kargin, A.V.,

Golubeva, Yu.Yu., Kononova, V.A.

2011 Kimberlites of the Daldyn Alakit region, Yakutia: spatial distribution of the rocks with different chemical characteristics.

Petrology, Vol. 19, 5, pp. 496-520.

Russia

Deposit - Daldyn-Alakit

6 D1207-59 Khachatryan,

G.K., 2012 Classification of

diamonds from kimberlites and lamproites according to distribution of the nitrogen centers in crystals.

Russian journal, in Russian

Global

IR spectroscopy

7 D1207-60 Meteorite 2012 http://www.petrologyslid

es.com/petrog2.shtm

Thin sections for sale, ? Technology

Slides

8 D1207-61 Petrovsky, V.A.,

Sukharev, A.R., Filoneneko, V.P.

2011 Crystallogenesis in heterogeneous environments.

UD Ras Ekaterinburg,, 274p. In RUSSIAN

Technology

Mineral chemistry

9 D1207-62 Boulard, E.,

Mao, W. 2012 Mg, Fe rich carbonates

stability at lower mantle conditions.

www.goldschmidt2012.ca, abstract 1p.

Mantle

Perovskite

10 D1207-63 Campbell, I.,

Gill, J., Iizuka, T., Allen, C.

2012 What detrital zircons tell us about growth of the continental crust.


Mantle

Geochronology

11




D1207-64 Cartigny, P., Palot, M., Clog, M., Labidi, J., Thomassot, E., Aubaud, C., Busigny, V., Harris, J.W.

2012 On overview of the deep carbon cycle and its isotope heterogeneity.


Mantle

Carbon cycle

1 D1207-65 McInnis, B.,

Evans, N., Jourdan, F., McDonald, B., Gorterm J., Mayers, C., Wilde, S.

2012 A Tertiary record of Australian plate motion from ages of diamondiferous alkalic intrusions.


Australia

Geochronology - Fohn

2 D1207-66 Millonig, L.J.,

Gerdes, A., Groat, L.A.

2012 U Th Pb geochronology of meta-carbonatites and meta-alkaline rocks.


Canada, British Columbia

Magmatism

3 D1207-67 Muntener, O. 2012 Subduction ( and other)

components in the mantle as recorded by exposed peridotites.


Mantle

Subduction

4 D1207-68 Polyakov, V.B.,

Horita, J., 2012 Theoretical carbon

isotope fractionation under deep earth conditions.


Mantle

Carbon

5 D1207-69 Tappe, S.,

Smart, K.A., Stracke, A., Romer, R.L., Steenfelt, A., Muehlenbachs, K.

2012 Carbon fluxes beneath cratons: insights from West Greenland kimberlites and carbonatites.


Europe, Greenland

Melting

6 D1207-70 Thomson, A.R.,

Walter, M.J., Kohn, S.C., Russell, B.C., Bulanova, G.P., Araujo, D., Smith, C.B.

2012 Evidence for the role of carbonate melts in the origin of superdeep diamond inclusions from the Juina-5 kimberlite, Brazil.


South America, Brazil

Deposit - Juina-5

7 D1207-71 Tichomirowa,

M., Whitehouse, M., Gerdes, A., Gotze, J.

2012 Carbonatite metasomatism: evidence from geochemistry and isotope composition ( U-Pb, Hf, O) on zircons from two Precambrian carbonatites of the Kola alkaline province.


Russia, Kola, Arkangelsk

Carbonatite

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NEW SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE (by Region) REF # AUTHOR YEAR TITLE SOURCE REGION/LOCATION KEYWORDS

Page 1 (by Region) © Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service and The University of British Columbia. Printed in Canada.

1 D1207-38 Koch, F.W.,

Wiens, D.A., Nyblade, A.A., Nyblade, P.J.

2012 Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the Cameroon Volcanic Line and Congo Craton from shear wave splitting measurements.


Africa, Cameroon


2 D1207-07 Nelson, W.R.,

Furman, T., Van Keken, P.E., Shirey, S.B., Hanan, B.B.

2012 Os Hf isotopic insight into mantle plume dynamics beneath the East African Rift system.


Africa, Kenya

Picrites

3 D1207-21 Chu, X.,

Korenaga, J. 2012 Olivine rheology, shear

stress and grain growth in the lithospheric mantle: geological constraints from the Kaapvaal craton.



Mineralogy

4 D1207-53 Howarth, G.H.,

Skinner, E.M.W. 2012 The geology and

emplacement of the volcaniclastic infill at the Voorspoed Group II kimberlite (orangeite) pipe, Kroonstad Cluster, South Africa.

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 231-232. pp. 24-38.


Deposit - Voorspoed

5 D1207-06 Melton, G.L.,

McNeill, J., Stachel, T., Pearson, D.G., Harris, J.W.

2012 Trace elements in gem diamond from Akwatia, Ghana and DeBeers Pool, South Africa.


Africa, South Africa, Ghana

Deposits - Akwatia, DeBeers Pool - Inclusions

6 D1207-55 Gernon, T.,

Brown, R.J., Tait, M.A., Hincks, T.K.,

2012 The origin of pellatal lapilli in explosive kimberlite eruptions.

Nature Communcations, May 7p.

Africa, South Africa, Lesotho

Deposit - Venetia, Letseng-la-Terae

7 D1207-02 Brown, R.J.,

Buisman, M.I., Fontana, G., Field, M., Mac Niocaill, C., Sparks, R.S.J., Stuart, F.M.

2012 Eruption of kimberlite magmas: physical volcanology, geomorphology and age of the youngest kimberlitic volcanoes known on Earth ( the Upper Pleistocene/Holocene Igwisi Hills volcanoes, Tanzania).

Bulletin Volcanology, in press available

Africa, Tanzania

Deposit - Igwisi

8 D1207-12 Guzmics, T.,

Mitchell, R.H., Szabo, C., Berkesi, M., Milke, R., Ratter, K.

2012 Liquid immiscibility between silicate, carbonate and sulfide melts in melt inclusions hosted in co-precipitated minerals from Kerimasi volcano

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 164, pp. 101-122.

Africa, Tanzania

Carbonatite




(Tanzania): evolution of carbonated nephelinitic magma.

1 D1207-25 Wolbern, I.,

Rumpker, G., Link, K., Sodoudi, F.

2012 Melt infiltration of the lower lithosphere beneath the Tanzania craton and the Albertine rift inferred from S receiver functions.


Africa, Tanzania

Tomography

2 D1207-41 Donahue, P.H.,

Simonetti, A., Neal, C.R.

2012 Chemical characteristics of natural ilmenite: a possible new reference material.

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, Vol. 36, 1, pp. 61-73.

Asia, Solomon Islands

Malaita alnoite pipes

3 D1207-65 McInnis, B.,

Evans, N., Jourdan, F., McDonald, B., Gorterm J., Mayers, C., Wilde, S.

2012 A Tertiary record of Australian plate motion from ages of diamondiferous alkalic intrusions.


Australia

Geochronology - Fohn

4 D1207-45 Murgulov, V.,

Griffin, W.L., O'Reilly, S.Y.

2012 Temporal correlation of magmatic tectonic events in the lower and upper crust in north east Australia.

International Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 101, 5, pp. 1091-1109.

Australia

Magmatism

5 D1207-03 Gravelle, J. 2012 Examining flow through

shares in the mining sector.

Canadian Mining Journal, June/July p. 34.

Canada

Flow thru

6 D1207-35 Suckro, S.K.,

Gohl, K., Funck, T., Heyde, I., Ehrardt, A., Schreckenberger, B., Gerlings, J., Damm, V., Jokat, W.

2012 The crustal structure of southern Baffin Bay: implications from a seismic refraction experiment.


Canada, Baffin Island, Greenland


7 D1207-66 Millonig, L.J.,

Gerdes, A., Groat, L.A.

2012 U Th Pb geochronology of meta-carbonatites and meta-alkaline rocks.


Canada, British Columbia

Magmatism

8 D1207-01 Bailey, B.L.,

Smith, L.J.D., Blowes, D.W. Ptacek, C.J., Smith, L., Sego, D.C.

2012 The Diavik waste rock project: persistence of contaminants from blasting agents in waste rock effluent.

Applied Geochemistry, in press available


Deposit - Diavik mining

9 D1207-11 Miller, C.E.,

Kopylova, M.G., 2012 Vanished

diamondiferous cratonic Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology,

Canada, Ontario

Deposit - Wawa




Ryder, J. root beneath the southern Superior Province: evidence from diamond inclusions in the Wawa metaconglomerate.

in press available 18p.

1 D1207-04 Scales, M. 2012 Driven diamonds…

Shore Gold set to build first diamond mine in Saskatchewan.

Canadian Mining Journal, June/July pp. 20-23.

Canada, Sasaktchewan

Deposit - Star

2 D1207-42 Liu, F., Gerdes,

A., Liu, P. 2012 U-Pb trace element and

Lu-Hf properties of unique dissolution reprecipitation zircon from UHP eclogite in sw Sulu terrane, eastern China.

Gondwana Research, Vol. 22, 1, July pp. 169-183.

China

UHP

3 D1207-54 Malaspina, N.,

Langenhorst, F., Fumagalli, P., Tumiati, S., Poli, S.

2012 Fe 3 + distribution between garnet and pyroxenes in mantle wedge carbonate bearing garnet peridotites ( Sulu China) and implications for their oxidation state.

Lithos, Vol. 146-147, pp. 11-17.

China

UHP

4 D1207-57 Zhu, H.,

Bozdag, E., Peter, D., Tromp, J.

2012 Structure of the European upper mantle revealed by adjoint tomography.

Nature Geoscience, Vol. 5, July, pp. 493-497.

Europe

Hotspot

5 D1207-33 Zhao, S.,

Lambeck, K., Lidberg, M.

2012 Lithosphere thickness and mantle viscosity inverted from GPS - derived deformation rates in Fennoscandia.


Europe, Finland, Sweden


6 D1207-09 Escudero, A.,

Miyajima, N., Langenhorst, F.

2012 Microstructure, composition and P-T conditions of rutile from diamondiferous gneiss of the Saxonian Erzgebirge Germany.

Chemie der Erde, Vol. 72, 1, pp. 25-30.

Europe, Germany

UHP

7 D1207-69 Tappe, S.,

Smart, K.A., Stracke, A., Romer, R.L., Steenfelt, A., Muehlenbachs, K.

2012 Carbon fluxes beneath cratons: insights from West Greenland kimberlites and carbonatites.


Europe, Greenland

Melting

8 D1207-08 Martin, L.H.J.,

Schmidt, M.W., Mattsson, H.B.,

2012 Element partitioning between immiscible carbonatite-kamafugite


Europe, Italy

Carbonatite




Ulmer, P., Hametner, K., Gunther, D.

melts with application to the Italian ultrapotassic suite.

1 D1207-51 Beyer, E.E.,

Brueckner, H.K., Griffin, W.L., O'Reilly, S.Y.

2012 Laurentian provenance of Archean mantle fragments in the Proterozoic Baltic crust of the Norwegian Caledonides.

Journal of Petrology, Vol. 53, 7, pp. 1357-1383.

Europe, Norway

Geochronology

2 D1207-59 Khachatryan,

G.K., 2012 Classification of

diamonds from kimberlites and lamproites according to distribution of the nitrogen centers in crystals.

Russian journal, in Russian

Global

IR spectroscopy

3 D1207-46 Bagherbandi,

M., Sjoberg, L.E.

2012 Modelling the density contrast and depth of the Moho discontinuity seismic and gravimetric isostatic methods with an application to A1

Journal of African Earth Sciences, Vol. 68, pp. 111-120.

Mantle

Crustal depth

4 D1207-31 Bastow, I.D. 2012 Relative arrival time

upper mantle tomography and the elusive background mean.


Mantle

Tomography

5 D1207-18 Boffa Ballaran,

T., Kurosov, A., Glazyrin, K., Frost, D.J., Merlini, M., Hanfland, M., Caracas, R.

2012 Effect of chemistry on the compressibility of silicate perovskite in the lower mantle.


Mantle

Perovskite

6 D1207-62 Boulard, E.,

Mao, W. 2012 Mg, Fe rich carbonates

stability at lower mantle conditions.


Mantle

Perovskite

7 D1207-47 Buffett, B.A.,

Becker, T.W. 2012 Bending stress and

dissipation in subducted lithosphere.


Mantle

Subduction

8 D1207-63 Campbell, I.,

Gill, J., Iizuka, T., Allen, C.

2012 What detrital zircons tell us about growth of the continental crust.


Mantle

Geochronology

9 D1207-64 Cartigny, P.,

Palot, M., Clog, M., Labidi, J., Thomassot, E., Aubaud, C., Busigny, V.,

2012 On overview of the deep carbon cycle and its isotope heterogeneity.


Mantle

Carbon cycle




Harris, J.W.

1 D1207-19 Deguen, R. 2012 Structure and dynamics

of Earth's inner core. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 333-334, pp. 211-225.

Mantle

Geodynamics

2 D1207-26 Duretz, T.,

Schmalholz, S.M., Gerya, T.V.

2012 Dynamics of slab detachment.


Mantle

Breakoff, heating

3 D1207-32 Glisovic, P.,

Forte, A.M., Moucha, R.

2012 Time dependent convection models of mantle thermal structure constrained by seismic tomography and geodynamics: implications for mantle plume dynamics and CMB heat flow.


Mantle

Geothermometry

4 D1207-49 Hacker, B.R.,

Abers, G.A. 2012 Subduction factory 5:

Unusually low Poisson's ratios in subduction zones from elastic anisotropy of peridotite.

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117, B6, B06308.

Mantle

Subduction

5 D1207-44 Halama, R.,

Bebout, G.E., John, T., Scamberlluri, M.

2012 Nitrogen recycling in subducted mantle rocks and implications for the global nitrogen cycle.

International Journal of Earth Sciences, in press available 19p.

Mantle

Subduction

6 D1207-36 Koelemeijer,

P.J., Deuss, A., Trampert, J.

2012 Normal mode sensitivity to Earth's D layer and topography on the core-mantle boundary: what we can and cannot see.


Mantle

D layer

7 D1207-29 Lapin, A.V.,

Gusev, G.S. 2012 Kimberlitic and non-

kimberlitic diamond potential of igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Geokart GEOS, Moscow, 448p. In RUSSIAN

Mantle

Diamond genesis

8 D1207-20 Merlini, M.,

Hanfland, M., Crichton, W.A.

2012 CaCO3-III and CaCO3-VI, high pressure polymorphs of calcite: possible host structures for carbon in the Earth's mantle.


Mantle

Carbon

9 D1207-34 Metsue, A.,

Tsuchiya, T. 2012 Thermodynamic

properties of perovskite at the lower mantle pressures and temperatures: an internally consistent LSDA study.


Mantle

Perovskite




1 D1207-56 Mitchell, N. 2012 Hot, cracking rocks

deep down. Nature Geoscience, Vol. 5, July, pp. 444-445.

Mantle

Volcanism

2 D1207-28 Morra, G.,

Quevedo, L., Muller, R.D.

2012 Spherical dynamic models of top down tectonics.


Mantle

Tectonics, subduction

3 D1207-50 Mosca, I.,

Cobden, L., Deuss, A., Ritsema, J., Trampert, J.

2012 Seismic and mineralogical structures of the lower mantle from probabilistic tomography.

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117, B6,B06304

Mantle


4 D1207-67 Muntener, O. 2012 Subduction ( and other)

components in the mantle as recorded by exposed peridotites.


Mantle

Subduction

5 D1207-68 Polyakov, V.B.,

Horita, J., 2012 Theoretical carbon

isotope fractionation under deep earth conditions.


Mantle

Carbon

6 D1207-37 Rickers, F.,

Fichtner, A., Trampert, J.

2012 Imaging mantle plumes with instantaneous phase measurements of diffracted waves.


Mantle


7 D1207-39 Ruigrok, E.,

Mikesell, T.D., Van Wyjk, K.

2012 Scanning for velocity anomalies in the crust and mantle with diffractions from the core mantle boundary.


Mantle


8 D1207-48 Tange, Y.,

Kuwayma, Y., Irifune, T., Funakoshi, K-I., Ohishi, Y.

2012 P-V-T equation of state of MgSiO3 perovskite based on the MgO pressure scale: a comprehensive reference for mineralogy of the lower mantle.


Mantle

Perovskite

9 D1207-27 Weatherly, S.M.,

Katz, R.F. 2012 Melting and chanellized

magmatic flow in chemically heterogeneous, upwelling mantle.


Mantle

Magmatism

10 D1207-43 Zhang, P=F.,

Tang, Y-J., Hu, Y., Zhang, H-F., Su, B-X., Xiao, Y., Santosh, M.

2012 Review of melting experiments on carbonated eclogite and peridotite: insights into mantle metasomatism.

International Geology Review, In press available

Mantle

Metasmatism

11




D1207-40 Zhao, S., Jin, Z., Zhang, J., Xu, H., Xia, G., Green, H.W. II

2012 Does subducting lithosphere weaken as it enters the lower mantle?


Mantle

Subduction

1 D1207-14 Zhatnuev, N.S. 2012 Transmantle fluid flow

and plume genesis. Doklady Earth Sciences, Vol. 444, 1, pp. 543-548.

Mantle

Hot spots

2 D1207-58 Kargin, A.V.,

Golubeva, Yu.Yu., Kononova, V.A.

2011 Kimberlites of the Daldyn Alakit region, Yakutia: spatial distribution of the rocks with different chemical characteristics.

Petrology, Vol. 19, 5, pp. 496-520.

Russia

Deposit - Daldyn-Alakit

3 D1207-17 Skublov, S.G.,

Nikitina, L.P., Marin, Yu.B., Levskii, L.K., Guseva, N.S.

2012 U Pb age and geochemistry of zircons from xenoliths of the V. Grib kimberlitic pipe, Arkhangelsk diamond province.


Russia, Archangel

Deposit - Grib

4 D1207-71 Tichomirowa,

M., Whitehouse, M., Gerdes, A., Gotze, J.

2012 Carbonatite metasomatism: evidence from geochemistry and isotope composition ( U-Pb, Hf, O) on zircons from two Precambrian carbonatites of the Kola alkaline province.


Russia, Kola, Arkangelsk

Carbonatite

5 D1207-13 Egorov, K.N.,

Soloveva, L.V., Koshkarev, D.A.

2012 Rare element composition of pyropes and lamproites and ancient dispersion haloes of the southwestern Siberian platform.


Russia, Siberia

Ingashin field

6 D1207-10 Goncharov,

A.G., Ionov

2012 Redox state of deep off-craton lithospheric mantle: new data from garnet and spinel peridotites from Vitim, southern Siberia.


Russia, Siberia

Metasomatism

7 D1207-15 Bobrov, A.V.,

Sirotkina, E.A., Garanin, V.K., Bovkun, A.V., Korost, D.V., Shkurski, B.B.

2012 Majoritic garnets with exsolution textures from the Mir kimberlitic pipe ( Yakutia)


Russia, Yakutia

Deposit - Mir

8 D1207-16 Kostrovitskii,

S.I., Soloveva, L.V., Gornova, M.A., Alymova,

2012 Oxygen isotope composition in minerals of mantle parageneses from Yakutian


Russia, Yakutia

Deposit - Udachnaya, Komsomolskaya




N.V., Yakolev, D.A., Ignative, A.V., Velivetskaya, T.A., Suvorova, L.F.

kimberlites.

1 D1207-70 Thomson, A.R.,

Walter, M.J., Kohn, S.C., Russell, B.C., Bulanova, G.P., Araujo, D., Smith, C.B.

2012 Evidence for the role of carbonate melts in the origin of superdeep diamond inclusions from the Juina-5 kimberlite, Brazil.


South America, Brazil

Deposit - Juina-5

2 D1207-22 G & G 2012 Gemesis CVD grown

synthetic diamonds characterized.


Technology

Synthetic diamonds

3 D1207-23 G & G 2012 Large artifically

irradiated yellow diamond.


Technology

Diamonds - irradition

4 D1207-30 Guneralp, I.,

Abad, J.D., Zolezzi, G., Hooke, J.,

2012 Advances and challenges in meandering channels research.

Geomorphology, Vol. 163-164, pp. 1-9.

Technology

Meandering channels - issue (not specific to diamonds)

5 D1207-60 Meteorite 2012 http://www.petrologyslid

es.com/petrog2.shtm

Thin sections for sale, ? Technology

Slides

6 D1207-61 Petrovsky, V.A.,

Sukharev, A.R., Filoneneko, V.P.

2011 Crystallogenesis in heterogeneous environments.

UD Ras Ekaterinburg,, 274p. In RUSSIAN

Technology

Mineral chemistry

7 D1207-52 Spivak, A.V.,

Litvin, Yu.A., Ovsyannikov, S.V., Dubrovinskaia, N.A., Dubrovinsky, L.S.

2012 Stability and breakdown of Ca13CO3 melt associated with formation of 13 C diamond in static high pressure experiments up to 43 Gpa and 3900K.

Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 191, pp. 102-106.

Technology

Diamond - genesis

8 D1207-24 Levander, A.,

Miller, M.S. 2012 Evolutionary aspects of

lithosphere discontinuity structure in the Western USA.


USA

Tomography

9 D1207-05 Maier, A.C.,

Cates, N.L., Trail, D., Mojzsis, S.J.

2012 Geology, age and field relations of Hadean zircon bearing supracrustal rocks from Quad Creek, eastern Beartooth Mountains ( Montana and Wyoming) USA.


USA, Montana, Wyoming

Wyoming Craton, geochronology

Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service Diamonds Newsletter - July 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS (by Source) REF # AUTHOR YEAR TITLE SOURCE REGION/LOCATION KEYWORDS

Page 1 (Industry News) © Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service and The University of British Columbia. Printed in Canada.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. 1 Joseph Addison 2

3 4 D1207-72 AllAfrica.com

2012 De Beers rethinks role in value chain.

Allafrica.com, June 1, 1p. Global

News item - De Beers

5 D1207-73 AllAfrica.com

2012 State diamond trader has lost its shine.

Allafrica.com, June 11, 1/2p.


News item - State diamond trader

6 D1207-74 AllAfrica.com

2012 Zimbabwe: Gov't admits no money coming from army controlled diamond firm. Chiadzwa

Allafrica.com, June 22, 1/2p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - ZMDC

7 D1207-75 Alrosa

2012 Alrosa FY 2011 IFRS results - conference call summary.

Alrosa, May 17, 6p. Russia

News item - Alrosa

8 D1207-76 Bloomberg

2012 Rapaport Group plans diamond bourse for banks, brokers.

Bloomberg.com, June 6, 1p.

Global

News item - RapX

9 D1207-77 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 DiamondCorp reports better than expected recoveries at Lace.

Creamers Mining Weekly,, June 12, 1/2p.


News item - DiamondCorp

10 D1207-78 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Fatalities, adverse ground conditions delay Ghaghoo production.

Creamers Mining Weekly,, June 18, 1p.

Africa, Botswana

News item - Gem


Mining Weekly

2012 Diamcor switches on SA processing plant, eyes initial production. Krone-Endora



News item - Diamcor


Mining Weekly

2012 Rockwell reports 74% increase in Q1 carat production.



News item - Rockwell


Mining Weekly

2012 ANC Mining policy should focus on 'capturing rents' not nationalization.



News item - legal


Mining Weekly

2012 Private sector must be given maximum freedom - Botswana Minister.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal


Mining Weekly

2012 Rough diamond prices to remain under pressure in the near


Global

News item - economics




term.

1 D1207-84 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Rockwell reports Q 1 gem sales of $ 5.9 m.




2 D1207-85 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 35 ct stone on display to mark Queen's diamond jubilee (Rockwell's Saxendrift mine originally 179.60 cts)

Creamers Mining Weekly,, June 4, 1/4p.



3 D1207-86 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Cote d'Ivoire wants blood diamond ban lifted.


Africa, Ivory Coast

News item - KP

4 D1207-87 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 South African diamond beneficiation profitable - Trans Hex



News item - Trans Hex

5 D1207-88 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Trans Hex has thrown off Angolan yoke. Luarica and Fucauma


Africa, Angola


6 D1207-89 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 First diamonds from new processing plant. Octea's Koidu.


Africa, Sierra Leone

News item - Octea

7 D1207-90 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 Alluvial diamond mining not as risky as industry believes.




8 D1207-91 Creamers

Mining Weekly

2012 De Beers CEO yearning for big new discovery.


Global


9 D1207-92 Diamcor Mining

Inc.

2012 Diamcor begins commissioning processing plant at Krone-Endora at Venetia project.

Diamcor Mining Inc., June 20,3p.


News item - press release

10 D1207-93 Diamond Frank

Inc.

2012 Completes the drilling campaign on the Commondant project.

Diamond Frank Inc., June 8, 1/2p.

Canada, Quebec


11 D1207-94 Diamonds.net

2012 Lace mine production expected to top 500k cts by 2025 First revenues from the mine are expected by 1 Q 2014.

Diamonds.net, June 1, 1/4p.


News item - DiamondCorp





2012 Moscow weighs selling off shares in Alrosa and other firms.


Russia

News item - Alrosa


2012 Trans Hex's FY revenue +15%, profit jumps to $ 25 m.


Africa, South Africa. Angola



2012 Rough prices to remain flat in 2012 says BMO.

Diamonds.net, June 11, 1p.

Global

News item - prices


2012 LLD vows to reach supply deal with NDTC.


Africa, Namibia

News item - Leviev


2012 Zimbabwe adopts diamond policy. New policy regulates the diamond mining sector.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

6 D1207-100

Diamonds.net

2012 Botswana's decision - DTC


Africa, Botswana

News item - DTC

7 D1207-101

Diamonds.net

2012 Mugabe says no new mining licenses for foreign firms.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

8 D1207-102

Diamonds.net

2012 Three diamond producing nations make most failed country list.


Africa, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo

News item - legal

9 D1207-103

Diamonds.net

2012 Zimbabwe minister confirms military ownership in Anjin.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Chiadzwa

10 D1207-104

Diamonds.net

2012 Rio Tinto appoints Truter to oversee Argyle mine.


Australia

News item - Argyle

11 D1207-105

Diamonds.net

2012 Diamond Development iniative seeks comment on certification of diamonds.


Global

News item - DDI

12 D1207-106

Diamonds.net

2012 Alrosa diamond sales +27% in 1 Q


Russia

News item - Alrosa

13 D1207-107

Diamonds.net

2012 Stellar's Droujba sample returns high


Africa, Guinea

News item - Stellar




grades.

1 D1207-108

Diamonds.net

2012 Rockwell's 1 Q carat recovery jumps 105%.




2 D1207-109

Diamonds.net

2012 Surat dealer defaults on payments to manufacturers.


India

News item - Surat

3 D1207-110

Diamonds.net

2012 Diamond smuggling, illegal activity plague Zimbabwe.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

4 D1207-111

Diamonds.net

2012 Conflict diamonds' entry to India raises money laundering fears.


India

News item - legal

5 D1207-112

Diamonds.net

2012 Chow Tai Fook's FY sales + 61%. Profit + 79% to $ 847 M.


China

News item - Chow Tai Fook

6 D1207-113

Diamonds.net

2012 Global witness ties diamond business with funding Mugabe's military.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - CIO, Sino Development

7 D1207-114

Kilalea, D.

2012 Diamond supply sector: it's tough out there.


Global

News item - De Beers, DTC

8 D1207-115

Diamonds.net

2012 Western envoys tours Zimbabwe diamond fields - Marange.


Africa, Zimbabawe

News item - Anjin

9 D1207-116

Diamonds.net

2012 Namakwa's offering to raise $ 55m.


Africa, Lesotho

News item - Namakwa

10 D1207-117

Diamonds.net

2012 DTC to allow deferments as rough market chokes. Sightholders may reschedule up to 50 % of the total value of the July sight-in-plan-target.


Global

News item - DTC

11 D1207-118

Diamonds.net

2012 GIA addresses synthetic diamond concerns.


Global

News item - synthetics

12 D1207-119

Diamonds.net

2012 Gaydamak loses case against Leviev.


Africa, Angola

News item - Leviev

13




D1207-120

Diamonds.net

2012 Mavhinga declares diplomats were misled on Marange tour. ( revenue generated)


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

1 D1207-121

Diamonds.net

2012 Zimbabwe's diamond revenue simply vanishes. Transparency has been lacking in the Marange for some 20 years.


Africa, Zimbabwe


2 D1207-122

Diamonds.net

2012 Supply verus profit. Diamonds.net, June 29, 2p.

Global

News item - De Beers, Alrosa

3 D1207-123

Diamonds.net

2012 US allows Zimbabwe officials in for KP meeting.


Africa, Zimbabwe, USA

News item - KP

4 D1207-124

Diamonds.net

2012 Namakwa recovers rare pink diamond. 11.36 ct from alluvials



News item - Namakwa

5 D1207-125

Diamonds.net

2012 Izhakoff: Kimberley Process is a means to sustainable development.


Global

News item - KP

6 D1207-126

Diamonds.net

2012 DDC warns of impact from synthetics being sold as natural diamonds.


Global

News item - synthetics

7 D1207-127

Diamonds.net

2012 Harry Winston's 1 Q revenue +34%, profit jumps to $ 12 m. Rough diamond sales +44%


Global

News item - Harry Winston

8 D1207-128

Diamonds.net

2012 South Africa's diamond industry no longer sparkling.




9 D1207-129

Diamonds.net

2012 Graff Diamonds pulls its IPO in Hong Kong.

Diamonds.net, May 31, 1p.

Global

News item - Graff

10 D1207-130

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.

2012 Diavik mine rescue team wins underground competition.

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., June 25, 1p.



11 D1207-131

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.

2012 Diavik donates to kimberlite career and

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., June 8, 1p.

Canada,





technical centre. Northwest Territories

1 D1207-132

Diamond Intelligence Briefs

2012 Leading the industry to the crash of 2012. Discussion Chaim Even-Zohar and Pranay Narveker.

DIB, June 21, 6p. Global

News item - DTC

2 D1207-133

Dios Exploration

2012 Drilling by DIOS of the Falardeau alkaline complex, QC.

Dios Exploration, June 28, 1p.

Canada, Quebec


3 D1207-134

Gold and Gemstone Mining Inc.

2012 Adds further concessions to its growing portfolio of alluvial diamond and gold concessions in Sierra Leone.

Gem and Gemstone Mining Inc., June 4, 2p.



4 D1207-135

Gem Diamond Limited

2012 Fatalities at the Ghaghoo mine project.

Gem Diamond Limited, June 18, 1p.

Africa, Botswana


5 D1207-136

Gold and Gemstone Mining Inc.

2012 To commence alluvial mining operations in the Nimikoro diamond and gold mining concession, Kono district, Sierra Leone.

Gold and Gemstone Mining Inc., June 5, 1p.



6 D1207-137

Goodrich Resources Ltd.

2012 Yarrowitch project… Frenchman's mine.

Goodrich Resources Ltd., May 29, 1/2p.

Australia


7 D1207-138

Harry Winston Diamond Corporation

2012 Reports fiscal 2013 first quarter results.

Harry Winston Diamond Corporation, June 6, 1p.

Global


8 D1207-139

Idex Online

2012 Extra, Extra: the Kimberley Process is dead.

Idex Online, June 14, 1p. Global

News item - KP

9 D1207-140

Idex Online

2012 Alrosa prices up 5% in Q1.

Idex Online, June 21, 1/4p.

Russia

News item - Alrosa

10 D1207-141

Idex Online

2012 Time for marketing ( and the latest on the undisclosed goods).



11 D1207-142

Idex Online

2012 Idex online rough diamond market report: stuck in a rut.



12




D1207-143

Idex Online

2012 How I'm not moderating the panel of a lifetime. Asia Diamond Trading & Investment Summit


News item - non-conference

1 D1207-144

Idex Online

2012 35.60 ct pink part of Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee.


News item - diamond notable

2 D1207-145

Idex Online

2012 Fair warning… business Idex Online, June 7, 2p. Global


3 D1207-146

Helmer, J.

2012 How to poke a pig in a poke - Alrosa plans 18% increase in diamond output, 61% increase in reserves - offers Vagit Alekperov a takeover of his diamond asset at no money. Lukoil Verkhotina/Grib

johnhelmer.net, June 21, 3p.

Russia

News item - Alrosa, Lukoil

4 D1207-147

London Mining Journal

2012 Canadians dual-list HKSE

London Mining Journal, June 8, 1p.

Global

News item - TSX

5 D1207-148

Lucara Diamond Corporation

2012 Lucara completes first sale of Karowe diamonds.

Lucara Diamond Corporation, June 11, 1p.

Africa, Botswana


6 D1207-149

M&G Centre

2012 Axe hangs over Shanangu's stalled Swaziland deals.

M&G centre, May 31, 2p. Africa, Swaziland

News item - Roux

7 D1207-150

Metalex Ventures Ltd.

2012 U2 diamond project update; Wawa diamond project. IR

Metalex Ventures Ltd., June 28, 1p.

Canada, Ontario


8 D1207-151

Mineweb.com

2012 Gemfields hopes to pull a "De Beers" in the Colombian emerald market.

Mineweb.com, June 14, 1/4p.

South America, Colombia

News item - Gemfields

9 D1207-152

Mineweb.com

2012 Diamond price volatility not forever - Gem Diamonds.

Mineweb.com, June 21, 1p.

Global

News item - Gem

10 D1207-153

Mining.com

2012 Russia could sell all of Alrosa.

Mining.com, June 12, 1/2p.

Russia

News item - Alrosa

11 D1207-154

Mining.com

2012 No one buys Congo's mining assets on the cheap: government.

Mining.com, June 18, 1p. Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo

News item - legal




1 D1207-155

Mining.com

2012 Diamonds looking good long because of Western style weddings in China and India.


China, India


2 D1207-156

Mining.com

2012 Chinese diamond mogul funding Mugabe's military: report.

Mining.com, June 26, 1p. Africa, Zimbabwe, China

News item - CIO, Sino Development

3 D1207-157

Mining.com

2012 Diamonds are now your laundry's best friend/ nanodiamonds - more effective.


Technology

News item - nanodiamonds

4 D1207-158

Mining.com

2012 Significant findings of high grade diamonds found in the kimberlite dykes less than 2 miles east of Oraco Resources, Nimini Hills site.

Mining.com, June 5, 1p. Africa, Sierra Leone

News item - Stellar, Koidu

5 D1207-159

Mining.com

2012 Candle light comes from millions of tiny burning diamonds.


Technology

News item - nanoparticles

6 D1207-160

Miningmx.com

2012 Diamonds are still forever. Graff Diamonds market intelligence.

Miningmx.com, June 18, 1p.

Global

News item - Graff

7 D1207-161

Miningmx.com

2012 Trans Hex in another Angolan deadlock. Somiluana mine

Miningmx.com, June 5, 1p.

Africa, Angola


8 D1207-162

Mountain Province Diamonds

2012 Receives conditional exchange approval for Kennady Diamonds listing.

Mountain Province Diamonds, June 11, 1p.



9 D1207-163


2012 Announces successful permitting of Kennady North diamond project.




10 D1207-164


2012 Mountain Province announces key dates for the plan of arrangement with Kennady Diamonds Inc.




11 D1207-165

National Post

2012 Stornoway mine could have long life. Renard

National Post, June 1, 2p.

Canada, Quebec

News item - Storoway

12




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National Post

2012 Harry Winston Diamonds seeks Rio Tinto's joint-venture share. Diavik

National Post, June 19, 1/2p.


News item - Harry Winston

1 D1207-167

National Post

2012 Shore Gold shareholders upset with lack of communication.

National Post, June 20, 1p.

Canada, Saskatchewan

News item - Shore Gold

2 D1207-168

Mbingo, B.

2012 Dvokolwako diamond mine opens in August.

News article, June 14, 1p.

Africa, Swaziland

News item - Roux Shabangu

3 D1207-169

Northern Services on line

2012 Northwest Territory Metis Nation feels ignored by De Beers Canada. Gahcho Kue

Northern-news-service.com, June 22, 1p.



4 D1207-170

Paragon Diamonds Limited

2012 Annual results and brief overview of Lesotho operations - Lemphane, Motete.

Paragon Diamonds Limited, June 1, 1p.

Africa, Lesotho


5 D1207-171

Paragon Diamonds Limited

2012 Licence extension awarded… Lemphane.

Paragon Diamonds Limited, June 6, 3p.

Africa, Lesotho


6 D1207-172

Polishedprices.com

2012 Slide in Botswana's April diamond exports.

Polishedprices.com, June 10, 1/8p.

Africa, Botswana


7 D1207-173

Polishedprices.com

2012 Play for Ekati raises doubts in Moscow.


Canada, Northwest Territories, Russia

News item - BHP, Alrosa

8 D1207-174

Polishedprices.com

2012 DTC move to Botswana takes shape.


Africa, Botswana

News item - DTC

9 D1207-175

Polishedprices.com

2012 Diamonds under pressure, long term outlook positive.

Polishedprices.com, June 28, 1p.

Global

News item - prices

10 D1207-176

Kilalea, D.

2012 RBC Fifth annual diamond conference - near term jitters ahead of medium term glitter.

RBC Equity Research, June 12, 15.

Global

News item - Petra, Lucara, Harry Winston, Gem, Stornoway, Mountain Province, Firestone

11 D1207-177

Reuters

2012 De Beers won't bid for BHP's stake in Ekati: sources.

Reuters, June 16, 1p. Canada, Northwest





Territories

1 D1207-178

Reuters

2012 Company says it found positive signs for diamonds… Shefa Yamin.

Reuters, May 30, 2p. Europe, Israel

News item - Shefa Yamin

2 D1207-179

Rockwell Diamonds Inc.

2012 Rockwell provides production update for first quarter of fiscal 2012 ending May 31, 2012. Saxebdrift, Tirisano, Klipdam

Rockwell Diamonds Inc., June 25, 2p.



3 D1207-180

Rockwell Diamonds Inc.

2012 Rockwell provides feedback from first quarter diamond sales.

Rockwell Diamonds Inc., June 27, 2p.



4 D1207-181

Scio Diamond Technology Corporation

2012 Scio diamonds - cvd single crystal diamond first production results.

Scio Diamond Technology Corporation, June 14, 1p.

Global


5 D1207-182

Shear Diamonds Ltd.

2012 Processing and operations update. Jericho

Shear Diamonds Ltd., June 21, 1p.

Canada, Nunavut


6 D1207-183

Shear Diamonds Ltd.

2012 Shear is providing a processing and operations update with respect to the high grade concentrate stockpiles at its Jericho diamond mine.

Shear Diamonds Ltd., June 8, 1p.

Canada, Nunavut


7 D1207-184

Stellar Diamonds plc.

2012 Further encouraging diamond grades from bulk sampling of the Droujba kimberlite pipe in Guinea.

Stellar Diamonds plc., June 25, 3p.

Africa, Guinea


8 D1207-185

Stornoway Diamond Corporation

2012 Stornoway reports initial 26.1 million carat mineral resources estimate for the Qilalugaq project, Nunavut

Stornoway Diamond Corporation, June 12, 3p.

Canada, Nunavut


9 D1207-186

Stornoway Diamond Corporation

2012 Stornoway announces the successful completion of Federal public consultants for Renard in Mistissini and Chibougamau.

Stornoway Diamond Corporation, June 8, 1p.

Canada, Quebec


10




D1207-187

Sweetwater Resources Inc.

2012 Announces a new director - gemological consultant.

Sweetwater Resources Inc., June 21, 1p.

USA


1 D1207-188

Thabex Limited

2012 Update to shareholders… not successful in underwriting.

Thabex Limited, May 28, 1p.

Africa, Lesotho


2 D1207-189

Tsodilo Resources Ltd.

2012 Exploration program presentation ( mentions diamonds ) at Botswana Resource Sector Conference.

Tsodilo Resources Ltd., June 21, 1p.

Africa, Botswana


3 D1207-190

The Citizen,

2012 De Beers says decision on Venetia imminent .. ( to underground)

www.citizen.co.za, May 31, 1p.



4 D1207-191

The Israeli Diamond Industry

2012 Zimbabwe bouyant after KP redefinition halted ( not to include human rights violations)

www.israelidiamond.co.il, June 11, 1/4p.

Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - KP

5 D1207-192


2012 Russia to sell off diamond giant Alrosa.


Russia

News item - Alrosa

6 D1207-193


2012 Fancy colored diamonds touted as investments.


Global

News item - coloured diamonds

7 D1207-194


2012 Zimbabwe ministers squabble over diamond taxes


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

8 D1207-195


2012 Tech firm to launch synthetic diamond testing pen.


Technology

News item - DiamaPen

9 D1207-196


2012 Scio says CVD diamond tests successful.


Technology

News item - CVD

10 D1207-197


2012 Zimbabwe opens Marange diamond fields for visits.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - Marange

11 D1207-198


2012 Zimbabwe confirms army owns diamond mine.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal




1 D1207-199


2012 Snap Lake diamond mine team tops at rescue.




2 D1207-200


2012 New technology launched for sawing Polaris diamonds. OGI Systems Group.


Technology

News item - Sawcut

3 D1207-201


2012 Lukoil to develop northwestern Russian diamonds. Grib


Russia, Arkangelsk

News item - Lukoil

4 D1207-202


2012 Critics pan new Zimbabwe diamond policy.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

5 D1207-203


2012 Jericho diamond mine processing 80 tons daily.


Canada, Nunavut

News item - Shear

6 D1207-204


2012 Delisted Zimbabwe cutters stuck with diamonds.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

7 D1207-205


2012 Zimbabwe will host international talks on diamonds. July 12-13 Victoria Falls.


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - WDC

8 D1207-206


2012 DMIA to fight non-disclosure of synthetic diamonds.

www.israelidiamond.co.il, May 31, 1/2p.

Global

News item - DMIA

9 D1207-207


2012 Zimbabwean minister says fellows looting diamonds. Marange


Africa, Zimbabwe

News item - legal

10 D1207-208


2012 Diamond tech company looks to expand in U.S.


USA

News item - Sarin

11 D1207-209

Macauhub,

2012 Mining company Sociedade Mineira de Catoca authorized to prospect for diamonds in Kwanza Sul, Angola.

www.macauhub.com, June 18, 1/2p.

Africa, Angola

News item - Catoca

12




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Polishedprices.com

2012 Alrosa sets strategic targets, eyes takeover of Grib pipe.

www.polishedprices.com, June 22, 1p.

Russia

News item - Alrosa, Lukoil

1 D1207-211

Polishedprices.com

2012 Alrosa reports sharp drop in Q1 output.

www.polishedprices.com, June 7, 1/2p.

Russia

News item - Alrosa

2 D1207-212

Rough-polished.com

2012 LUKOIL is open for discussion concerning sale of its diamond asset - Alekperov.

www.rough-polished.com, June 22, 1/4p.

Russia

News item - Lukoil

3 D1207-213

Rough-polished.com

2012 Diamonds for a strategic investor.

www.rough-polished.com, June 9, 1p.

Russia

News item - Alrosa

4

Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service Conference Calendar 2012 and beyond

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The following list is a ‘heads-up’ for conferences, workshops and events relevant to the mineral exploration industry coming up in 2012 and beyond.

2012

July

Jul 15-20 2012

Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits Gordon Research Conference

Andover, United States

email: [email protected]

Jul 16-19 2012

Africa Mining Congress Johannesburg, South Africa

http://www.terrapinn.com/2012/africa-mining-congress/index.stm

Jul 16-19 2012

The Mine Managers Show Africa Vereeniging, South Africa

http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/mine-managers-show-africa/index.stm

Jul 17-19 2012

Exploration and Mapping in Mining Perth, Australia http://www.explorationinmining.com

Jul 22-27 2012

4th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment Cairns, Australia

http://www.As2012.com.au

Jul 23-24 2012

Myanmar Mining Summit 2012 Yangon, Myanmar

http://www.cmtevents.com/aboutevent.aspx?ev=120737

Jul 23-24 2012

Mine Site Automation and Communication Johannesburg, South Africa

http://www.mineautomationafrica.com

Jul 23-25 2012

Water Management in Mining Summit Denver, Colorado

http://watermanagementinmining.com

Jul 31 – Aug 1 2012

Water Management in Mining 2012 Brisbane, Australia

http://www.watermgmtmining.com.au

August

Aug 5-10 2012

34th International Geological Congress Brisbane,

Australia http://www.34igc.org

Aug 6-8 2012

Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum Kalgoorlie, Australia

http://www.diggersndealers.com.au

Aug 8 2012 2012 SkillsDMC National Conference Sydney, Australia

http://www.skillsdmcconference.com.au

Aug 25-26 2012

LatAm Mine Water Conference 2012 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

http://fleminggulf.com/mining/latam-mine-water-conference!e120

Aug 27-30 2012

Senior Exploration Management Course Littleton, United States

http://www.segweb.org/Apps/login.aspx?page=/custom/eventsredirect.aspx?eventcode=12RSEGWMS

Aug 30 – Sep 1 2012

Mining Exploration Convention & Trade Show Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI)

Bangalore, India

http://www.fedmin.com/online/general.php?eventid=21

September Sep 3-4 2012

2nd

Annual Drill and Blast Asia 2012 Jakarta, Indonesia

http://drillandblastasia.com

Sep 4-5 2012 NEW

Mine Site Security 2012 Perth, WA, Australia

http://www.mine-site-security.com.au/Event.aspx?id=748312&mac=21506.001FL

Sep 10-12 2012

ENERMIN 2012 - 2nd International Seminar on Energy Management in the Mining Industry

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

www.enermin2012.com

Sep 11-12 2012

Madini Africa - Investment in Mineral Beneficiation Johannesburg, South Africa

http://www.madiniafrica.com

Sep 12-13 2012 NEW

Infocast's Water Management for Mining Denver, Colorado

http://www.infocastinc.com/mining





http://www.explorationinmining.com/

http://www.as2012.com.au/



http://www.mineautomationafrica.com/

http://watermanagementinmining.com/

http://www.watermgmtmining.com.au/

http://www.34igc.org/

http://www.diggersndealers.com.au/

http://www.skillsdmcconference.com.au/

http://fleminggulf.com/mining/latam-mine-water-conference%21e120

http://fleminggulf.com/mining/latam-mine-water-conference%21e120



http://drillandblastasia.com/




http://www.enermin2012.com/

http://www.madiniafrica.com/

http://www.infocastinc.com/mining


Sep 17-19 2012 NEW

Underground Coal Operations Brisbane, QLD, Australia

http://www.undergroundcoal.com

Sep 19-22 2012

XXXI Curso Latinoamericano de Metalogenia Lima, Peru www.lima2012.com

Sep 23-26 2012

SEG 2012 Conference Lima, Peru

http://www.segweb.org/activities/PeruConferenceFlyer_9-20.pdf

Sep 24-26 2012

MINExpo 2012 INTERNATIONAL Las Vegas, NV www.minexpo.com

Sep 25-27 2012 NEW

Mine Project Feasibility 2012 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

http://www.mineprojectfeasibility.com

Sep 26-28 2012

Structural Geology and Resources Kalgoorlie, Australia

www.aig.org.au

Sep 29 – Oct 4 2012

International Mine Water Association (IMWA) Bunbury, Australia

http://www.imwa2012.info

Sep 30 2012

COM 2012 Niagara Falls, Ontario

http://www.cim.org/com2012

Sep 30-Oct 5 2012

46th Brazilian Geological Congress Sao Paulo, Brazil

46cbg.com.br

October

Oct 1-4 2012 NEW

20th Bolivian Geological Congress ("Golden Jubilee") La Paz, Bolivia www.cgb.org.bo

Oct 10-12 2012

International Mineral Processing Symposium 2012 Bodrum, Turkey http://imps2012.org

Oct 16-18 2012

iPAD DRC 2012 Kinshasa, Zaire http://www.drc.ipad-africa.com

Oct 17-19 2012 NEW

3rd International Congress on Automation in the Mining Industry, AUTOMINING 2012

Viña del Mar, Chile

http://www.automining2012.com

Oct 18 2012 World Gold Mining Forum Toronto, Canada

http://www.worldgoldminingforum.com

Oct 23-25 2012

Katanga Mining Briefing Lubumbashi, Zaire

http://www.drc.ipad-africa.com

Oct 26 2012 2nd

World Iron Ore Forum Toronto, Canada

http://www.worldironoreforum.com/toronto

November Nov 4-7 2012 NEW

2012 GSA Annual Meeting and Exposition Charlotte, USA www.geosociety.org/meetings/2012/

Nov 7-9 2012

2nd International Seminar on Human Capital Management in Mining, HRMINING 2012

Santiago, Chile http://www.hrmining2012.com

Nov 7-9 2012

Process Mineralogy ‘12 Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.min-eng.com/processmineralogy12/index.html

Nov 9 2012 NEW

World Gold Mining Forum Toronto, Canada

http://www.worldgoldminingforum.com

Nov 12-13 2012

Precious Metals ‘12 Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.min-eng.com/preciousmetals12/index.html

Nov 12-14 2012 NEW

Australian Resources Conference 2012 Perth, Australia http://www.arc2012.com.au

Nov 14-15 2012

Processing of Nickel Ores and Concentrates '12 Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.min-eng.com/nickelprocessing12/index.html

Nov 28-30 2012

Twenty First International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection

Delhi, India http://www.mpes-cami-swemp.com/2012_brochure.html

December

Dec 4 – 5 2012

Mines and Money London London, UK http://minesandmoney.com

Dec 5-7 2012 NEW

2nd International Conference in Geometallurgy, GEOMET 2012 Santiago, Chile http://www.geomet2012.com

Dec 10-12 2012

Ninth International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Mineral & Process Industries

Melbourne, Australia

http://www.cfd.com.au/cfdconf/

http://www.undergroundcoal.com/

http://www.lima2012.com/

http://www.minexpo.com/

http://www.mineprojectfeasibility.com/

http://www.aig.org.au/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=94:structural-geology-and-resources-2012&Itemid=145

http://www.imwa2012.info/

http://www.cim.org/com2012

http://www.46cbg.com.br/

http://www.cgb.org.bo/

http://imps2012.org/

http://www.drc.ipad-africa.com/

http://www.automining2012.com/

http://www.worldgoldminingforum.com/

http://www.drc.ipad-africa.com/

http://www.worldironoreforum.com/toronto

http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2012/

http://www.hrmining2012.com/



http://www.worldgoldminingforum.com/



http://www.arc2012.com.au/



http://www.mpes-cami-swemp.com/2012_brochure.html

http://www.mpes-cami-swemp.com/2012_brochure.html

http://minesandmoney.com/

http://www.geomet2012.com/

http://www.cfd.com.au/cfdconf/


2013 January

Jan 2-4 2013 36th Annual Winter Meeting of the MDSG Leicester, UK www.le.ac.uk/gl/mdsg2013

Jan 28-31 2013

Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference Vancouver , BC http://www.amebc.ca/Home.aspx

March

Mar 3 - 6 2013

PDAC 2013 Toronto, Canada

http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/conv/index.aspx

Mar 12-13 2013 NEW

Asia Mining Congress 2013 Singapore http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/asia-mining/

May

May 22- 24 2013

Winnipeg 2013: Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada

Winnipeg, MB www.gacmacwinnipeg2013.ca

September

Sep 24-27 2013

Whistler 2013: Geoscience for Discovery Whistler, Canada

www.seg2013.org

http://www.le.ac.uk/gl/mdsg2013

http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/asia-mining/

http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/asia-mining/

http://www.gacmacwinnipeg2013.ca/

http://www.seg2013.org/

Documents

Diamonds, Kimberlites, and Related Geology July 2012 · Geophysics Geosystems, Vol. 10, in press USA Tomography 9 D1207-25 Wolbern, I., Rumpker, G., Link, K., Sodoudi, F. 2012 Melt