TITLE:
Concerning Diamond and Gold-Bearing Astropipes of Mongolia
AUTHORS:
Dorj Dorjnamjaa, D. M. Voinkov, L. S. Kondratov, D. Selenge, G. Altanshagai, B. Enkhbaatar
KEYWORDS:
Astropipe, Diamond, Impact Crater, Spherules Meteoritic Iron, Shatter Cones, Pyrope
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Vol.1 No.2,
July
1,
2011
ABSTRACT: In this paper we present summation of thirteen year’s investigation of the all diamond-bearing structures of Mongolia. Four gold and diamond-bearing astropipe structures of exemplified by the Agit Khangay, Khuree Mandal, Bayan Khuree and Tsenkher astropipes of Mongolia. Detailed geological and gas-geochemical investigation of the diamond and gold-astropipe structures show that diamond genesis is an expression of collision of the lithospheric mantle with the explosion process initiated in an impact collapse meteor crater.