as it does in the form of diamonds that form crystal cages in the extreme heat and pressure. Gu and her colleagues studied just such a gem in detail, finding 12 mineral inclusions and a milky ...

By analyzing mineral inclusions in the diamonds, scientists can take a peek at chemical processes that occur far beneath the crust. The study authors noted that, for a mantle mineral ...

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.

and subsolidus lower-mantle phase relations and crystal chemistry; and the origin and evolution of deep-seated carbonatite magmas and mineral inclusions in diamond.