Kimberlite pipes Options

[leonard]

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

[ASTROBLEME]

Musk_Rat,

When I compare your pics to the one of known indicators from the Sloan 1 & 2 diamondiferous pipes in the Stateline Mining District from Dan Hausel, there is very close resemblance IMO. Take a look at this post;

Diamond Prospecting

Here's the indicator photo I'm referencing...



Here is my opinion of the comparison of photos...




Sincerely,

ASTROBLEME

[Musk_Rat]

Astro,
I was curious if your were going to weigh in and happy you did. That's some pretty slick work with the pics and very compelling. From my previous post: "I'm not giving up on my spot. I'm finding everything that points to a deposit except the right minerals to convince [DD] lol." "I have set them aside to be potentially tested and haven't given up."

I am continuing with optimistic scrutiny and some valuable perspective. I believe getting them lab tested is the only way to know for sure outside of finding a stone in my samples. I appreciate the feedback and knowledge all around.

Musk_Rat

[Diamond Digger]

MR...
I mined diamonds from 8 years old.... there are only one set of indicators for a Kimberlite pipe or its vicinity, these I gave you in the PM.
I know Astro very well we met in Colorado when I was over there prospecting. I tested his claims but never found anything real no G-10.s no chromium diopside...
and well diamonds are very rare. I even paid $500 for the privileges' to test his claims at the here mentioned locations.... but nope there were no diamond indicators at all unfortunately. He is a nice guy and I would really have loved to find the right stuff on his claims but nope nothing... I even tested drill samples from an Australian company that drilled there and found nothing. Not every Kimberlite have diamonds... its a hard but cold fact.
However it is not easy to convince a convinced person of facts..... I never mentioned this, will be the first time I bring this out, most people get very caught up into the idea of sitting on a fortune but alas it only ever pans out in about %1 of the cases.
However if you think that purple amatists is a diamond indicator I cannot do mush to convince you otherwise but experience will eventually do the job for me!
So hard reality knocks.... diamond indicators are very specific... if a kimberlite does not have 23ppm (Parts per million) of Chromium diopside and an abundance of G-10 pyrope (fire) garnets it is bare... nothing there no matter how hard you wish for it.... done.
Sorry I had to crush a few dreams here but diamond mining is very very specific.... you either have the correct indicators or you waste money on useless claims.
DD
I know I am going to be unpopular after this post but I know my business... it is diamond mining.

Astro,
I was curious if your were going to weigh in and happy you did. That's some pretty slick work with the pics and very compelling. From my previous post: "I'm not giving up on my spot. I'm finding everything that points to a deposit except the right minerals to convince [DD] lol." "I have set them aside to be potentially tested and haven't given up."

I am continuing with optimistic scrutiny and some valuable perspective. I believe getting them lab tested is the only way to know for sure outside of finding a stone in my samples. I appreciate the feedback and knowledge all around.

Musk_Rat

[Musk_Rat]

DiamondD,
No worries man. I appreciate your honest thoughts as always. It was not my hope to stir anything up and I can take the feedback. To me this is science and facts are facts...it's either there or it isn't. I will continue to dream, but leave guessing and hoping out of the equation. I'm seriously looking into getting them lab tested and for a few hundred bucks can definitively find out.

Diamonds and kimberlites are extremely rare, but so am I lol (1 in 8 billion) I knew this wasn't going to be easy and something I may never succeed at, but I will leave you with one of my favorite movie quotes from The Edge..."what one man can do, another can do!"

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