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Santosh, in Mineral Systems, Earth Evolution, and Global Metallogeny, 2024 9.5.4 Lamproite-associated diamonds The great majority of diamond deposits are associated with kimberlites that intruded into Archean cratons, as discussed in Section 3.5.2, and shown in Fig. 3.14. However, anomalous ...