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unusual facts about kimberlite



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K19

K19 pipe, a diatreme in the southwestern part of the Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field in Northern Alberta, Canada

Koidu Holdings

The Koidu Kimberlite Project mining lease, located within the Tankoro Chiefdom of the Kono District, measures approximately 4.9 km2 and hosts two small kimberlite pipes, No. 1 Pipe (K1) and No. 2 Pipe (K2), and four kimberlite dyke zones, along which four small blows or enlargements have been discovered.

Orapa

Nearby is another kimberlite mine owned by Lucara Diamond, thought to have very large reserves of diamonds.

Stewart Blusson

They found kimberlitic indicator minerals near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories in 1985, and their first kimberlite at Point Lake in 1991.

Wüstite

In addition to the type locality in Germany, it has been reported from Disko Island, Greenland; the Jharia coalfield, Jharkhand, India and as inclusions in diamonds in a number of kimberlite pipes.


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