- they do to
group I
kimberlites. Hence, he
reclassified group II
kimberlites as
orangeites to
prevent confusion. Group-I
kimberlites are of CO2-rich ultramafic...
- are
usually largely composed of one of two
characteristic rock
types —
kimberlite or lamproite.
These rocks reflect the
composition of the volcanoes' deep...
- and Wawa). Thus, the
kimberlites formed independently of the
diamonds and
served only to
transport them to the surface.
Kimberlites are also much younger...
-
Kimberlite tailings are
waste materials left
after the
recovery of
diamond from
diamond source rock. The
material has a
particle size
ranging from 20 mm...
-
about the
composition of the
otherwise inaccessible mantle. Basalts,
kimberlites,
lamproites and lamprophyres,
which have
their source in the
upper mantle...
-
conducted by BHP
Billiton and
Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. By 2012, more than 60
kimberlites had been found,
seven of
which included some gem-quality diamonds. De...
-
Corne kimberlite field is a 104- to 95-million-year-old diamond-bearing
kimberlite field in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada. Its
kimberlite pipes are...
-
spessartine gemstones have been
recovered from the
Sloan diamondiferous kimberlites in Colorado, from the
Bishop Conglomerate and in a
Tertiary age lamprophyre...
-
Diavik Diamond Mine has four
kimberlites on site,
called A154 South, A154 North, A418 and A21,
where all four
kimberlites are
located beneath shallow waters...
-
property kimberlites,
Slave Province, Canada:
evidence for
multiple intrusive episodes in the
Paleocene and Eocene", 8th
International Kimberlite Conference...
