Lake Kumdikol diamond deposit, Lake Kumdikol (Lake Kumdykol'; Ozero Kumdykol'), Prirechnoye, Akmola Province (Aqmola Oblysy; Akmolinskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan

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(Kumdy-Kol)

Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Kumdikol.

References

- De Corte, K., Cartigny, P., Shatsky, V.S., Sobolev, N.V., and Javoy, M. (1998): Evidence of fluid inclusions in metamorphic microdiamonds from the Kokchetav massif, northern Kazakhstan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62(23/24), 3765–3773.
- Erlich, E.I., and Hausel, D.W. (2002): Diamond Deposits: Origin, Exploration and History of Discovery. SME Publishing, Littleton (CO), USA, pp. 179-190.
- Dobrzhinetskaya, L.F., Green, H.W., Bozhilov, K.N., Mitchell, T.E., and Dickerson, R.M. (2003): Crystallization environment of Kazakhstan microdiamond: evidence from nanometric inclusions and mineral associations. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 21, 425-437.
- Nitsenko, P., and Ussoltsev, I.I. (2004): The Kumdy-Kol diamond deposit (north Kazakhstan): The geology and the origin of metamorphic diamond. Earth Science Frontiers 11(2), 333-338 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Pechnikov, V.A. & Kaminsky, F.V. (2011): Structural and microstructural regularities of the distribution of diamond in metamorphic rocks of the Kumdy-Kol and Barchi-Kol deposits, Kokchetav Massif, Northern Kazakhstan. Canadian Mineralogist. 49, 673-690

Mineral List

Actinolite Albite Andalusite 'Apatite' Aragonite Biotite Calcite Clinochlore Clinohumite var: Titanclinohumite 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

Coesite Diamond Diopside Dolomite Forsterite Graphite 'K Feldspar' Kokchetavite (TL) Kumdykolite (TL) Kyanite

Magnesite Magnetite var: Titaniferous Magnetite Majorite Muscovite var: Sericite Phengite Phlogopite Pyrope Quartz Rutile

Sillimanite Spinel Titanite 'Tourmaline' Tremolite Zircon Zoisite

37 entries listed. 28 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).