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The story of one diamond: the heterogeneous distribution of the optical centres within a diamond crystal from the Ichetju placer, northern Urals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2019

Evgeny Vasilev Open the ORCID record for Evgeny Vasilev [Opens in a new window] ,
Vitaly Petrovsky ,
Alexander Kozlov ,
Anton Antonov ,
Andrey Kudryavtsev  and
Ksenia Orekhova
Evgeny Vasilev*
Affiliation:
Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Vitaly Petrovsky
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology of the Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia
Alexander Kozlov
Affiliation:
Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Anton Antonov
Affiliation:
A.P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Andrey Kudryavtsev
Affiliation:
TESCAN Ltd, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Ksenia Orekhova
Affiliation:
Ioffe Institute, Saint- Petersburg, Russia
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*Author for correspondence: Evgeny Vasilev, Email: simphy12@mail.ru
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Abstract

We have investigated a diamond crystal that consists of several misorientated subgrains. The main feature of the crystal is the dark areas in the cathodoluminescent core that has ‘estuary-like’ boundaries extending along the subgrain interfaces. The core has >3100 ppm of nitrogen, and the share of the B form is >95%; the absorbance of the centre N3VH at 3107 cm–1 reaches 75 cm–1. The N3 centre absorbance, as well as N3 luminescence, is absent in the core. In the outer part of the crystal, bright blue luminescence of the N3 centre is apparent, and the N3 absorbance reaches 5.3 cm–1. These observations could be explained by the conversion of N3 centres to N3VH after attaching a hydrogen atom. After the full conversion of the N3 centres, the diamond becomes darker under CL. We hypothesise the dark core has a specific shape due to the post-growth diffusion of the hydrogen.

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diamondFTIRluminescencehydrogennitrogen
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , August 2019 , pp. 515 - 522
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2019 

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Associate Editor: Sergey V. Krivovichev

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