This book presents an overview of recent advances in our understanding of the genesis of
diamonds and the associated phases. It is divided into three main parts starting with an
introduction to the analysis of diamond inclusions to infer the formation processes. In turn
the second part of the book presents high-pressure experimental studies in mantle
diamond-parental mineral systems with representative multicomponent boundary compositions. The
experimental syngenesis phase diagrams provided reveal the physicochemical mechanisms of
diamond nucleation and substantiate the mantle-carbonatite concept of the genesis of diamonds
and associated phases. Lastly the book describes the genetic classification of diamond-hosted
mineral inclusions and experimentally determined RE mineral-parental melt partition
coefficients. The physicochemical experimental evidence presented shows the driving forces
behind the fractional evolution of the mantle magmas and diamond-parental melts.Given the depth
and breadth of its coverage the book offers researchers essential new insights into the ways
diamonds and associated minerals and rocks are naturally created.
