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How Diamonds Are Mined
Diamond Mine Facts

 
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When it comes to diamonds there are a lot of unanswered questions such as: where are diamonds mined? How are diamonds mined? Who can own a Diamond Mine? What are synthetic diamonds? What are colored diamonds and how does a person spot a fake diamond? In this session we’re going help you understand the diamond mining process.

 

How Diamonds Are Mined

Prior to placing a diamond ring on someone’s finger, that diamond goes through an intensive process. It has to be: mined, processed, shipped, inspected, cut, polished and then set.

 

Only after those steps are complete is a diamond ready to be sold to the retail market. With all of these numerous steps, it’s no wonder that diamonds are among the world’s most expensive items. To add to the costs, for every diamond mined, far less than half of them will be gem quality. What happens to the rest of the diamonds?

 

They are placed into two other categories: industrial quality and near-gem quality. In order to receive the stamp of approval as gem quality, a diamond must display the highest standard of excellence. See Brilliant Cut Diamonds.

 

Trained eyes painstakingly seek out any flaws. But before they can be professionally graded, the diamonds must be mined. Here is a list of all of the diamond mines throughout the world.

 

Diamond Mines in Africa

  • Angola Diamond Mines
    • Catoca Diamond Mine
    • Fucauma Diamond Mine
    • Luarica Diamond Mine

 

  • Botswana Diamond Mines
    • Damtshaa Diamond Mine
    • Jwaneng Diamond Mine
    • Letlhakane Diamond Mine
    • Orapa Diamond Mine

 

  • Congo Diamond Mines
    • Kampangala Diamond Mine

 

  • Zimbabwe Diamond Mines
    • Murowa Diamond Mine

 

  • Tanzania Diamond Mines
    • Williamson Diamond Mine

 

  • South Africa Diamond Mines
    • Baken Diamond Mine
    • Cullinan Diamond Mine
    • Finsch Diamond Mine
    • Kimberley Diamond Mine
    • Koffiefontein Diamond mine
    • The Oaks Diamond Mine
    • Venetia Diamond Mine

           

Diamond Mines in The Asia Perimeter

           

·         Russia

o        Aikhal GOK

o        Anabar GOK

o        Mirny GOK

o        Nurba GOK

o        Udachny GOK

 

  • India
    • Golkonda Diamond Mine
    • Kollur Diamond Mine
    • Panna Diamond Mine
    • Kundai Diamond Mine 

           

Diamond Mines North America

 

  • Canada
    • Diavik Diamond Mine
    • Ekati Diamond Mine
    • Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project
    • Jericho Diamond Mine
    • Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project
    • Victor Diamond Mine Project

 

  • Diamond Mines in The United States of America
    • The Crater of Diamonds
    • Jack Of Diamonds Mine

 

Diamond Mines in Australia

 

  • Australia
    • Argyle diamond mine
    • Locke Diamond Mine
    • Merlin diamond mine

 

How Diamonds Are Mined - Who Does The Actual Diamond Mining?

Due to the nature of the business and the costs associated with mining diamonds, there are actually a limited number of companies that engage in this business worldwide. These companies and governments have the necessary funds to roll the dice for the big pay off.

  • Aber Diamond, partial owner of the Diavik mine
  • Alrosa, operates primarily in Russia
  • BHP Billiton, they own the Ekati mine
  • Camphor, small percenatge owner of the Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project
  • De Beers, one of the largest diamond mine owners in the world. They own twenty mines in Africa, and are a seventy percent owner of the Northwest Territories Snap Lake Diamond Mine Project, a hundred percent owner of Ontario's Victor Diamond Mine Project, a sixty percent owner of the Northwest Territories' Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project and participant in numerous joint ventures worldwide.
  • Debswana, a partnership between De Beers and the government of Botswana
  • Endiama, the national diamond-mining company in Angola and exclusive concessionaire
  • Mountain Province Diamonds, a thirty-five percent owner of the Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project
  • Namdeb, a partnership between De Beers and the government of Namibia (primarily recovers alluvially deposited diamonds)
  • Rio Tinto Group, partial owner of Argyle, Diavik, and Murowa diamond mines
  • Tahera Diamond, owner of the Jericho mine in Canada
  • Trans Hex, owns a thirty-two percent stake in the Fucauma diamond mine in Angola

How Diamonds Are Mined - The Diamond Mining Process
Naturally genuine diamonds are mined from the earth. There are currently two methods of mining diamonds: Alluvial Mining and Pipe Mining. The Alluvial mining method is done on beaches and in riverbeds.

 

Walls are built to hold back the water and then the sand on the beach or bank is moved with a bulldozer until the level of earth that diamonds can be found in is reached. The diamonds are not sorted here; instead, the diamond rich sand that contains the stones is hauled off into trucks and taken to screening plants to be processed.

 

With pipe mining, diamonds are extracted from the earth through natural pipes in the ground called volcanic pipes. Shanks are put into the ground next to the pipes, and tunnels are driven into the deepest parts of the pipe.

 

The diamonds are not sorted out at the mine. Instead, huge rocks that are full of diamonds are brought out of the mine and moved to a screening plant for separation. And that’s the diamond mining process in a nutshell.

 

Vicente Ross is a certified diamond buyer and appraiser who travels the globe seeking incredible deals on Diamond Engagement RingsBrilliant Cut Diamonds, Antique Diamond Engagement Rings, Unique Diamond Engagement Rings and other Fine Jewelry and shares his finds and expertise on his information packed website http://DiamondExperts.biz 

Source: Vicente Ross, http://DiamondExperts.biz/

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