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Prairie Creek Lamproite Tuff |
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Crater of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA
Example of the Prairie Creek Lamproite Tuff facies collected from the southern most known pipe, Crater of Diamonds, Pike County Arkansas. The Prairie Creek Lamproite is Early Cretaceous in age and is diamond bearing. |
| © J. Nemitz | Photo ID: 233060 View Count: 15 |
Prairie Creek Lamproite Tuff Breccia |
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Crater of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA
Example of the Prairie Creek Lamproite Tuff Breccia facies collected from the most southern known pipe, Crater of Diamonds, Pike County, Arkansas. The Prairie Creek Lamproite is Cretaceous in age and is diamond bearing. |
| © J. Nemitz | Photo ID: 233061 View Count: 18 |
Prairie Creek Lamproite |
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Crater of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas Diamond Corp. Mine; Mauney Mine; Ozark Mine; Prairie Creek Lamproite), Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA
Example of the Prairie Creek Lamproite collected from the southern-most known pipe at the Crater of Diamonds, Pike County, Arkansas. This sample (5.4cm by 4.9cm) is composed of lighter colored grains of altered (weathered) olivine in a dark brown-gray groundmass. The Prairie Creek Lamproite is Cretaceous in age and is the main diamond ore at the ... |
| © J. Nemitz | Photo ID: 233062 View Count: 23 |
