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Argyle Diamond Mine, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
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Type:Sand
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Mineral Data:Click here to view Sand data
Locality Data:Click here to view Argyle Diamond Mine, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1027907
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1027907:0
GUID (UUID V4):1d1a0acb-efd0-4e1d-93af-cec6e41ad50a
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26 Discovery and Mining of the Argyle Diamond Deposit, Australia James E. Shigley, John Chapman, and...about the development of Australia’s first major diamond mine, the world’s largest source of diamonds by volume...Beryl-and-glass triplet imitating emerald • Diamond with hidden cloud • Diamond with pseudodichroism • Surface features...features of synthetic diamond • Musgravite • Fivestrand natural pastel pearl necklace • Dyed quartzite...Tucson 2000: GIA’s diamond cut research • California cultured abalone pearls • Benitoite mine sold • Emeralds
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480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Nelson Canada 1120 Birchmount Road Scarborough...Formed from Surface Water: 19 The Opals of Australia PART II Gemstones of Igneous-Hydrothermal Origin...Peridot Deposits 9. Diamond Pipes: 129 The Diamond Deposits of Argvle, Western Australia Index 141 FOREWORD...placers in valley floors, river gravels, or the sand of oceanic shelvespresents an eloquent chronicle...surlace waters, focusing on the opal deposits of Australia. Part II of this book is devoted to those gem
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480 La Trobe Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Nelson Canada 1120 Birchmount Road Scarborough...Formed from Surface Water: 19 The Opals of Australia PART II Gemstones of Igneous-Hydrothermal Origin...Peridot Deposits 9. Diamond Pipes: 129 The Diamond Deposits of Argvle, Western Australia Index 141 FOREWORD...placers in valley floors, river gravels, or the sand of oceanic shelvespresents an eloquent chronicle...surlace waters, focusing on the opal deposits of Australia. Part II of this book is devoted to those gem
Report (edition)
maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Department of Mines and Petroleum 100 Plain Street East Perth WA 6004 Phone: (08) 9222 3459 Fax: (08) 9222...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response
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Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin
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potential for big nugget finds GOLDFIELD$ OF THE EAST KIMBERLEY Brimful of ghostowns and gold WHAT'S ON Shows...& power cable. Proudly distributed throughout Australia TM by Macson Trading Company Pty Ltd Tel {0~)...with a 2-ounce nugget being found by a friend of mine. I would find smooth nuggets It's not uncommon...(which I am sure someone dropped) but a friend of mine, somewhere on one of these slopes, found a patch...Halls Creek - gold has been he East Kimberly Gold.fields in Western Australia are well worth a dry-season
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the southern diatreme within the Argyle lamproite pipe, Western Australia Murray J. Rayner 1 & Stephen W...Jaques 5 & Grant L. Boxer 6 & Chris B. Smith 7 & Kimberley Webb 2,8 Received: 29 November 2017 / Accepted:...the richly diamondiferous ~1.2 Ga Argyle lamproite in Western Australia has prompted a re-evaluation of...of the geology of the pipe. Argyle is considered to be a composite pipe that formed by the coalescence...volcaniclastic lamproite lithofacies with differing diamond grades. The new data suggest that the centre of
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Diamonds Thomas Moore 5755 East River Road, #1317 Tucson, AZ 85750 Natural diamond crystals are among the...for world diamonds, and by the Russian Diamond Fund. Diamond can hardly be said to be a rare mineral...January–February, 2004 species. One of the early diamond specialists was the British collector Sir Abraham...Hume (1749–1838), whose fine collection of 107 diamond crystals was cataloged by Count de Bournon in 1815...dealer Henry Heuland), possessed 109 examples of diamond. Armand Levy, who prepared Turner’s published collection
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House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 DANUM HOUSE LIBRARY DARWIN CONFERENCE...Newcastle, 1972 . Western Australia, 1973 . Southern and Central Queensland, 1974 . South Australia, 1975 . Illawarra.... North Queensland, 1978 — WBND ON OAR . Western Australia, 1979 . New Zealand, 1980 . Sydney, 1981 ...House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE...printed in Australia by Brown Prior Anderson Pty Ltd 5 Evans Street Burwood Victoria Australia 3125 Con
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Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu DIAMOND Dutoitspan Mine, Kimberley Northern Cape Province, South Africa...barefooted traveler. Gardner F. Williams in The Diamond Mines of South Africa (1904, p. 115) T he valley...diamonds. As a child, this tale was a favorite of mine, especially as I imagined the birds to be pteranodons...Ralston (of Comstock Lode fame) was excited by a new diamond find somewhere in “a remote section of the United...were close-mouthed about the location of this diamond find but eventually agreed to conduct two people
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African-based De Beers, the operators of the infamous diamond cartel. They are secretive, discreet and very,...a titanic empire. And yet it did — sparking a diamond rush into a territory over which the cartel had-no...Here is the full story of an event to topple the diamond kings. Through it is woven the history of the world’s...them, the characters who comprise the eauertal diamond prospectors and, above all, of the shadowy hand...forever. £15.99 GBP county Library Service Diamond The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair Matthew
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of Kalimantan diamonds by zircon provenance and diamond morphology studies Nico Kueter, Joko Soesilo, Yana...of Kalimantan diamonds by zircon provenance and diamond morphology studies, LITHOS (2016), doi: 10.1016/j...of Kalimantan diamonds by zircon provenance and diamond morphology studies IP T Authors: Nico Kueter1*...largest known deposit of these so-called “headless” diamond deposits. Proposals for the origin of Kalimantan...formations within the Alino Group, including the diamond-bearing CampanianMaastrichtian Manunggul Formation
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EDITORIAL _____________ 201 Shifting Tides in the Diamond Industry William E. Boyajian FEATURE ARTICLES...Political and Economic Forces Shaping Today’s Diamond Industry Russell Shor Chronicles the key developments...events that have radically transformed the global diamond industry in recent years. 234 pg. 222 Experimental...Rhodonite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia Paul W. Millsteed, Terrence P. Mernagh, Vincent...alexandrite with needles and crystals • Dyed rough diamond • Strongly colored natural type IIb blue diamonds
Report (issue)
to help those prospectors identify diamonds. Diamond recognition To search for placer diamonds, the... the environment for diamonds is so rare that diamond is one of the more valuable commodities on earth...high-quality faceted diamond gemstone when based on comparable weight Diamond habit Diamonds are isometric...of the more common habits for diamond is an octahedron (8-sided diamond formed by two pyramids attached...(Figure 1a). Twinned diamond crystals often occur as a flattened triangular-shaped diamond known as a macle
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SUMMER 2007 SUMMER 2007 PAGES 95–196 Global Rough Diamond Production VOLUME 43 NO. 2 Durability Testing..._____________ FEATURE ARTICLES _____________ Global Rough Diamond Production since 1870 A. J. A. (Bram) Janse Reports...weight and value) for the world’s most significant diamond sources, through 2005. 120 Durability Testing..._ 153 Lab Notes Diamond with bimineralic inclusions • HPHT-treated type Ia diamond with a green component...defect • Diamond with intense “rainbow graining” • Natural color hydrogen-rich blue-gray diamond • Type
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Top 6 7 1 Top Bottom Bottom 3 4 5 1 DIAMOND DEPOSITS Origin, Exploration, and History of Discovery...SME diamond_title2 9/3/02 9:29 AM Page 1 DIAMOND DEPOSITS Origin, Exploration, and History of Discovery...CHAPTER 1 HISTORY OF DIAMOND DISCOVERIES 1 Introduction 3 History of Diamond Discoveries References...References 29 CHAPTER 2 DIAMOND MORPHOLOGY 3 3 33 General Properties and Internal Structure Crystal Habit...Habit 37 Varieties of Diamond 38 Dissolution Phenomena 44 References 46 CHAPTER 3 AGE AND ORIGIN OF DIAMONDS:
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has created an opportunity for Miiiiiig not only mine operators to revamp how they operate, but also for...ISwes 8 'Jf!81 SALES MANAGER JONATHAN DUCKETT Australia {stJrtace mail) $120.00 (Incl GST) OYerseas AS149...303. 1·9 Chand09 Sueet saint Leonards NSW 2065, Australia www.prlmecteatn.e.com.au 0 Copyright Pltne Cte&We...ENVIRONMENT What's next fo r mining? Restoring mine land to former glory A series of feattues on the...Pumping with precision Monash University unlocks mine rehabilitation opportunities 20 66 Golden partnerships
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MERCIAN Geologist VOLUME 18 PART 1 AUGUST 2012 East Midlands Geological Society Contents President...characterisation of airborne inorganic particulate matter in western Derby Colin A Baker The Holocene 8200 BP event:...from the Late Triassic Arden Sandstone Formation, Western Park, Leicester 55 Albert Horton The occurrence...Mercia Mudstone at the opencast pit of Bantycock Mine, at Balderton, south of Newark. Photos by David...is printed by John Browns, and published by the East Midlands Geological Society. No part of this publication
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+ 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...the remnant ovoid Pleistocene Luise Volcano on the east coast of Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 4. Industrial
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Chattanooga, Tennessee A. J. A. (Bram) Janse Perth, Australia Michael S. Krzemnicki Basel, Switzerland Christopher...__________________ 166 An Era of Sweeping Change in Diamond and Colored Stone Production and Markets Russell...Dirlam A summary of the decade’s most important diamond, colored stone, and pearl sources. Includes a wall...decade of the 2000s saw dramatic changes in the diamond and colored stone industries, as established conventions...moving products from mine to consumer. The main cover image was taken at the AnahÌ mine in Bolivia, a major
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Cyprus Rio Tinto Sells AU$1M Gold Coin Set With Red Diamond Gemology 26 10 13 16 22 26 33 34 Mediterranean...Heng Ngai Jewelry Centre, No. 4 Hok Yuen Street East, Hung Hom, Hong Kong Telephone: (852) 2365 9318...Jewelry Blockbuster? W ith the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc becoming increasingly...will be extended to China, India, Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand under the planned Regional Economic...beryl at Kagem for the financial at the Montepuez mine in Mozambique Gemfields had two rough ruby and
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pg. 46 The Rise to pProminence of the Modern Diamond Cutting Industry in India Menahem Sevdermish, Alan...near-monopoly of the cut diamond industry, and reviews India’s impact on the worldwide diamond trade. The availability...manufacturing sector in India. However, the Indian diamond jewelery–making tradition has been around much...the cover. The necklace contains 31 table-cut diamond panels, with enamels and freshwater pearls. The...freshwater pearls. The bracelet contains table-cut diamond flowerheads with triple-stone intersections. Photo
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15 - 31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria 3053 Australia © The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy...Visual Image Processing Pty Ltd PO Box 3180 Doncaster East VIC 3109 Foreword Modern civilisation depends...growth. It ponders why some countries, such as Australia, Canada and Chile, seem to have used their mineral...latter receive much of the attention. The focus on Australia is also a plus, given the importance of that country...for Australia. Philip Maxwell and his colleagues in the Mineral Economics Program at the Western Australian
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MONOGRAPH 17 of Somepats oe ilar ce| + in Australia mail iii DOOO38J0754 oA., eet OF ROME prhge...IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Cover Picture—The Argyle Diamond mine Photo by courtesy of Ashton...DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA Editors K. R. GLASSON J. H. RATTIGAN INCORPORATED...House, 191 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3052 1990 © Copyright By THE AUSTRALASIAN ...any of its publications | National Library of Australia Card No. ISBN 6 949106 57 7 Typeset by Abb-typesetting
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Emeritus Professor of Geology University of Western Australia in recognition of his pioneering studies of...stem from the recognition of diamond-bearing lamproites in Western Australia and the reclassification of...of several anomalous diamond-bearing kimberlites as lamproites. Consequently lamproites, previously of...igneous petrology, have become prime targets for diamond exploration on a worldwide basis. Contemporaneously...for geologists concerned with exploration for diamond, and petrologists and geochemists interested in
 
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