Research Article| January 01, 2013 Diamonds and the Geology of Mantle Carbon Steven B. Shirey; Steven B. Shirey Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, U.S.A., shirey@dtm.ciw.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Pierre Cartigny; Pierre Cartigny Laboratoire de Géochimie des Isotopes Stables de l’Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, UMR 7154, Université Paris Denis-Diderot, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Office n°511, 1 rue Jussieu,75005 Paris, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Daniel J. Frost; Daniel J. Frost Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Shantanu Keshav; Shantanu Keshav Geosciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier 2, CNRS & UMR 5243, Montpellier, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Fabrizio Nestola; Fabrizio Nestola Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, Via Gradenigo 6, 1-35131 Padova, Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Paolo Nimis; Paolo Nimis Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, Via Gradenigo 6, 1-35131 Padova, Italy Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar D. Graham Pearson; D. Graham Pearson Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Nikolai V. Sobolev; Nikolai V. Sobolev V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk 90, Russia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Michael J. Walter Michael J. Walter School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Steven B. Shirey Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, U.S.A., shirey@dtm.ciw.edu Pierre Cartigny Laboratoire de Géochimie des Isotopes Stables de l’Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, UMR 7154, Université Paris Denis-Diderot, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Office n°511, 1 rue Jussieu,75005 Paris, France Daniel J. Frost Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany Shantanu Keshav Geosciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier 2, CNRS & UMR 5243, Montpellier, France Fabrizio Nestola Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, Via Gradenigo 6, 1-35131 Padova, Italy Paolo Nimis Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, Via Gradenigo 6, 1-35131 Padova, Italy D. Graham Pearson Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 Nikolai V. Sobolev V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk 90, Russia Michael J. Walter School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 © 2013 Mineralogical Society of America Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2013) 75 (1): 355–421. https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2013.75.12 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Steven B. Shirey, Pierre Cartigny, Daniel J. Frost, Shantanu Keshav, Fabrizio Nestola, Paolo Nimis, D. Graham Pearson, Nikolai V. Sobolev, Michael J. Walter; Diamonds and the Geology of Mantle Carbon. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 2013;; 75 (1): 355–421. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2013.75.12 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyReviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Search Advanced Search Earth’s carbon, derived from planetesimals in the 1 AU region during accretion of the Solar System, still retains similarities to carbon found in meteorites (Marty et al. 2013) even after 4.57 billion years of geological processing. The range in isotopic composition of carbon on Earth versus meteorites is nearly identical and, for both, diamond is a common, if volumetrically minor, carbon mineral (Haggerty 1999). Diamond is one of the three native carbon minerals on Earth (the other two being graphite and lonsdaleite). It can crystallize throughout the mantle below about 150 km and can occur metastably... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.