Unique chemistry of a diamond-bearing pebble from the Libyan Desert Glass strewnfield, SW Egypt: Evidence for a shocked comet fragment

Autor: J.E. Westraadt, M.D.S. Lekgoathi, Patience Segonyane, Marco A.G. Andreoli, Vittoria Pischedda, Tshepo Ntsoane, David L. Block, Charles S. Montross, Maria Atanasova, Chris Franklyn, K. S. Viljoen, G.A. Belyanin, Chris Harris, Jan Kramers

Publikováno v: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Elsevier, 2013, 382, pp.21-31. ⟨10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.003⟩

We have studied a small, very unusual stone, here named “Hypatia”, found in the area of southwest Egypt where an extreme surface heating event produced the Libyan Desert Glass 28.5 million years ago. It is angular, black, shiny, extremely hard an

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.003