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Bibliography


Diamonds and Diamond Exploration

  • Atkinson W J, Hughes F E and Smith C B.  1984. A Review of the Kimberlitic Rocks of Western Australia. In: Kimberlites I: Kimberlites and Related Rocks, (ed. J Kornprobst), pp. 195-224. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
  • Atkinson WJ, Smith C B and Boxer G L.  1984. The Discovery and Evaluation of the Ellendale and Argyle Lamproite Diamond Deposits, Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Proceedings of SME-AIME Meeting, Denver, Colorado (Preprint No. 84-384).
  • Atkinson W J, Smith C B, Danchin R V and Janse A J A. 1990.  Diamond Deposits of Australia. In:Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea (ed. F E Hughes), The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, pp. 69-76. 
  • Bergman S C. 1987. Lamproites and Other Potassium-Rich Igneous Rocks: A Review of Their Occurrence, Mineralogy and Geochemistry.  In: Alkaline Igneous Rocks (eds. J G Fitton and B G J Upton), Geological Society (London), Special Publication No. 30, pp. 103-190.
  • Biggs E R and Garlick H J. 1987. Bow River Project, Independant Geologists' Report in prospectus for Freeport-McMoRan Australia Limited.
  • Boxer G L, Lorenz V and Smith C B. 1989.  Geology and Volcanology of the Argyle AK1 Lamproite Diatreme.In: Kimberlites and Related Rocks: Vol. 1 - Their Composition, Occurrence, Origin and Emplacement. Geological Society of Australia, Special Publication No. 14, pp. 140-152. Blackwell, Melbourne.
  • Boxer G L and Deakin A S. 1990. Argyle Alluvial Diamond Deposits, in Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea (Ed. F E Hughes), pp. 1655-1658, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Monograph No. 14.
  • Boxer G L. 2002.  Origin and Significance of the Quartz Sand in the Sandy Tuffs of the Diamondiferous Olivine Lamproite Diatreme of the Argyle Mine, Western Australia. LAVA News, vol. 6, pp. 6-11.(Geological Society of Australia Specialist Group - Learned Australasian Volcanology Association)
  • Cas R A F and Wright J V. 1987.Volcanic Successions – Modern and Ancient. Allen & Unwin, London.
  • Dawson J B and Stephens W E. 1975. Statistical classification of garnets from kimberlites and associated xenoliths. Journal of Geology, vol. 83, pp. 589-607.
  • Deakin A S and Boxer G L. 1989.  Argyle AK1 Diamond Size Distribution: The Use of Fine Diamonds to Predict the Occurrence of Commercial Sized Diamonds. In: Kimberlites and Related Rocks :Vol 2 Their Mantle/Crust Setting, Diamonds and Diamond Exploration. Geological Society of Australia, Special Publication No. 14, pp. 1117-1122. Blackwell, Melbourne
  • Deakin A S, Boxer G L, Meakins A E, Haebig A E and Lew J H. 1989. Geology of the Argyle Alluvial Diamond Deposits. In: Kimberlites and Related Rocks: Vol 2 Their Mantle/Crust Setting, Diamonds and Diamond Exploration. Geological Society of Australia, Special Publication No. 14, pp. 1108-1116. Blackwell, Melbourne
  • Farquharson R A. 1920. Petrological Work, Western Australia Geological Survey, Annual Report 1919, pp. 41-45.
  • Fazakerley V W. 1990. Bow River Alluvial Diamond Deposit. In: Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea, (ed. F E Hughes), pp. 1659-1664. The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Monograph No. 14.
  • Fipke C E, Gurney J J and Moore R O. 1995. Diamond exploration techniques emphasizing indicator mineral geochemistry and Canadian examples. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 423.
  • Fisher R V and Schminke H –U.1984.Pyroclastic Rocks. Springer-Verlag.
  • Griffin W L and Ryan C G. 1995. Trace elements in indicator minerals: area selection and target evaluation in diamond exploration. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, vol. 53, pp. 311-337.
  • Gurney J J. 1984. A correlation between garnets and diamonds in kimberlites, in Kimberlite Occurrence and Origin: A Basis for Conceptual Models in Exploration. Eds: J E Glover and P G Harris, Geological Department and University Extension, University of Western Australia, Publication No. 8, pp. 143-166.
  • Hall A E and Smith C B. 1984. Lamproite Diamonds: Are They Different?  In: Kimberlite Occurrence and Origin: A Basis for Conceptual Models in Exploration, (eds. J E Glover and P G Harris) Geology Department and University Extension, University of Western Australia, Publication No. 8, pp. 167-212.
  • Hamilton J and Lewis M.2002. Canadian Junior Diamond Review. Dundee Securities Corporation, Investment Research, April 2002.
  • Jaques A L, Lewis J D and Smith C B. 1986. The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Bulletin 132, Perth.
  • Jaques AL, Haggerty S E, Lucas H and Boxer G L. 1989. Mineralogy and Petrology of the Argyle (AK1) Lamproite Pipe, Western Australia. In: Kimberlites and Related Rocks: Vol. 1 - Their Composition, Occurrence, Origin and Emplacement. Geological Society of Australia, Special Publication No. 14, pp. 153-169. Blackwell, Melbourne.
  • Kumar A and Gopalan K. 1992.  Precise Rb-Sr ages of South Indian Kimberlites and Central Indian Kimberlites. Technical Papers, International Roundtable Conference on Diamond Exploration and Mining, New Dehli, November 1992.
  • Lorenz, V. 1985. Maars and diatremes of Phreatomagmatic origin, a review. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa vol. 88, pp 459-470.
  • Lowe D R. 1975. Water Escape Structures in Coarse-Grained Sediments. Sedimentology, vol. 22, pp. 157-204.
  • Prider R T. 1960. The Leucite Lamproites of the Fitzroy Basin, Western Australia. Geological Society of Australia Journal, vol 6, pp. 71-118.
  • Smith C B and Lorenz V.  1989. Volcanology of the Ellendale Lamproite Pipes, Western Australia. In: Kimberlites and Related Rocks: Vol. 1 - Their Composition, Occurrence, Origin and Emplacement. Blackwell, Melbourne.
  • Smith C B, Atkinson W J and Tyler E W J.  1990.  Diamond Exploration in Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia.  In: Geological Aspects of the Discovery of Some Important Mineral Deposits in Australia, eds. K R Glasson and J H Rattigan. The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Monograph Series, No. 17, pp. 429-453.
  • Wade A and Prider R T. 1940. The Leucite-Bearing Rocks of the West Kimberley area, Western Australia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (London), vol. 96, pp. 39-98.
  • Wohletz K H. 1983. Mechanisms of Hydrovolcanic Pyroclast Formation: Grainsize, scanning electron microscopy, and experimental studies.  In: M F Sheridan and F Barberi (eds), Explosive Volcanism, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 17, pp. 31-63.
  • Wortman J. 2002. Junior Diamond Companies - Diamonds are an Investor's best Friend. Griffiths McBurney Partners, research report, march 15, 2002.
  • Wyatt B. 2001. Diamond Indicator Minerals, in Field Geologists' Manual. Ed: D A Berkman, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Monograph No. 9, Melbourne.