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 Feb 28 2012, 10:41 AM
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 Rock Bar!  Group: Members Posts: 426 Joined: 6-February 04 Member No.: 84  |
Here's a little item I found on another forum.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id...onds_to_surface  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. Leonard |
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,208 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Welcome Musk Rat!
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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 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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