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post Feb 28 2012, 10:41 AM
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Here's a little item I found on another forum.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id...onds_to_surface

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This thin slice of a kimberlite rock from northern Canada, seen through a microscope and in polarized light, shows colorful minerals caught up in magma that rose from deep within the Earth.

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post Apr 16 2014, 12:32 PM
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DD, how is the location you found in Africa doing? Very well, good, or not developed yet? I'm wishing you the best of luck there!


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- leonard   Kimberlite pipes   Feb 28 2012, 10:41 AM
- - ASTROBLEME   I use thin sections frequently but I thought it wo...   Feb 28 2012, 06:02 PM
|- - leonard   QUOTE (ASTROBLEME @ Feb 28 2012, 05:02 PM...   Feb 28 2012, 07:03 PM
- - ASTROBLEME   Leonard, If you are going to northern Colorado, r...   Feb 28 2012, 11:40 PM
- - Diamond Digger   Hi, Pictures of the land on top of a Kimberlite Pi...   Jun 10 2012, 03:48 AM
- - russau   haha, DD, even a fish wouldnt get caught if he ke...   Jun 10 2012, 06:18 AM
- - ASTROBLEME   DD, Having the pipe so close to a water source sh...   Jun 10 2012, 06:43 AM
- - Diamond Digger   Astrobleme Yeah very true and there is about 100 0...   Jun 29 2012, 04:14 PM
- - Diamond Digger   BTW, Thought I would mention it. Diamond mining do...   Apr 16 2014, 08:09 AM
- - Caveman   DD, how is the location you found in Africa doing?...   Apr 16 2014, 12:32 PM
|- - Diamond Digger   QUOTE (Caveman @ Apr 16 2014, 12:32 PM) D...   May 19 2014, 05:00 AM
- - russau   well you could always sell the info to the locatio...   May 19 2014, 06:39 AM
|- - Diamond Digger   Hi, SA just passed a new law so that they can take...   Aug 30 2014, 07:41 AM
- - Diamond Digger   It is not all Doom and Gloom, A few pictures of on...   Jul 6 2015, 02:21 AM
|- - ASTROBLEME   QUOTE (Diamond Digger @ Jul 6 2015, 03:21...   Jul 6 2015, 08:03 AM
|- - Diamond Digger   Astro, As it is this deposit is quite some distanc...   Jul 6 2015, 03:40 PM
- - Diamond Digger   A few Pictures of Pyrope Garnets in the Kimberlite...   Jul 6 2015, 03:58 PM
- - ASTROBLEME   DD, Those are very nice. Great work.   Jul 7 2015, 09:35 AM
- - Diamond Digger   Astrobleme, One of my young guys stumbled across ...   Aug 23 2015, 02:51 AM
- - Diamond Digger   Astrobleme, One of my young guys stumbled across ...   Aug 23 2015, 02:59 AM
|- - Musk_Rat   [quote name='Diamond Digger' date='Aug...   Jan 30 2021, 03:52 PM
|- - Diamond Digger   Musk Rat, Welcome to the forum! Well what you...   Jan 31 2021, 04:11 AM
|- - Musk_Rat   Hey thanks for the reply Diamond Digger. What a tr...   Jan 31 2021, 09:02 AM
|- - Musk_Rat   [quote name='Diamond Digger' date='Jan...   Jan 31 2021, 09:23 AM
|- - Diamond Digger   Just copy the link here MR   Jan 31 2021, 02:56 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   QUOTE (Diamond Digger @ Jan 31 2021, 01:5...   Jan 31 2021, 04:59 PM
|- - Diamond Digger   Let me know if that works! Thanks again! ...   Feb 1 2021, 07:10 AM
|- - Musk_Rat   QUOTE (Diamond Digger @ Feb 1 2021, 06:10...   Feb 1 2021, 04:11 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   Specimen 1: I found this specimen in river gravels...   Feb 1 2021, 04:20 PM
||- - Musk_Rat   Another one of the back close up.   Feb 1 2021, 04:25 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   So I've done some more research just about roc...   Feb 7 2021, 04:10 PM
- - Denise   Welcome Musk Rat! That section of the forum...   Feb 1 2021, 08:29 AM
- - Diamond Digger   Hi MR, Looks like you have some form of Garnet in ...   Feb 2 2021, 02:17 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   DD, Thanks for the input. Colorado School of Mines...   Feb 2 2021, 07:43 PM
- - Diamond Digger   Musk Rat, Kimberlite is a very peculiar rock once...   Feb 8 2021, 04:18 AM
|- - Musk_Rat   Yeah DD the more I research this is a cool rock an...   Feb 10 2021, 10:19 PM
- - Diamond Digger   Snow? LOL Diamond miners are made of sterner stuff...   Feb 11 2021, 04:38 AM
|- - Musk_Rat   Love the pics! Too good! I think it's ...   Feb 11 2021, 07:05 PM
|- - Diamond Digger   A little bit of cold weather just refresh a tired ...   Feb 13 2021, 08:28 AM
|- - Musk_Rat   Diamond Digger, You should be a motivational speak...   Feb 13 2021, 05:23 PM
|- - Diamond Digger   Musk Rat, Do not forget to take pictures of the ar...   Feb 14 2021, 02:40 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   DD, A couple spots will have to wait until spring ...   Feb 15 2021, 10:59 AM
- - Diamond Digger   MR Congratulations on the Kiddo! One only hav...   Feb 16 2021, 08:56 AM
- - Diamond Digger   MR As for South Africa... you would not recognise ...   Mar 1 2021, 01:31 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   DD, Travel safe my man! So sad to hear about S...   Mar 3 2021, 10:29 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   DD still haven't made it to those coordinates ...   Jan 1 2022, 12:42 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   Here are some larger samples from a couple differe...   Jan 1 2022, 12:51 PM
|- - Diamond Digger   MR, Hows things.... No idea what indicators you go...   Jan 1 2022, 12:55 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   DD, Things are good. I did at least do some land s...   Jan 1 2022, 01:38 PM
|- - Diamond Digger   Good stuff, However the picture above only have G-...   Jan 12 2022, 10:49 AM
- - Denise   Those look like some nice indicators to me Musk Ra...   Jan 11 2022, 11:19 AM
|- - Musk_Rat   Thanks Denise and DD. DD something more like this...   Jan 16 2022, 10:44 AM
|- - Diamond Digger   Hi MR Nope do not recognise that type. There are n...   Jan 16 2022, 10:56 AM
|- - Musk_Rat   DD, I appreciate the insight. Not what I wanted to...   Jan 30 2022, 11:39 AM
|- - Diamond Digger   MR, Yeah it is easy to convince yourself something...   Jan 30 2022, 02:31 PM
- - ASTROBLEME   Musk_Rat, When I compare your pics to the one of ...   Feb 4 2022, 05:18 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   Astro, I was curious if your were going to weigh i...   Feb 5 2022, 02:29 PM
|- - Diamond Digger   MR... I mined diamonds from 8 years old.... there ...   Feb 14 2022, 06:54 PM
|- - Musk_Rat   DiamondD, No worries man. I appreciate your honest...   Feb 16 2022, 06:09 AM
||- - Musk_Rat   Clip from The Edge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...   Feb 16 2022, 06:39 AM
|- - ASTROBLEME   QUOTE (Diamond Digger @ Feb 14 2022, 05:5...   Feb 22 2022, 07:46 PM
|- - Diamond Digger   LOL yeah I have no interest in the claims you have...   Feb 23 2022, 04:30 AM
- - Diamond Digger   Musk Rat, Back in town hit me up for a prospecting...   Feb 24 2023, 10:40 PM

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