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Colorado Prospector - Gem and mineral prospecting and mining forums _ Treasure Hunting and Metal Detecting _ Diamond Detectors

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Nov 2 2012, 08:44 AM

Thought this was very interesting, ........from the article
"The University of Johannesburg has successfully registered patents for a new device which is capable of identifying rocks that contain diamonds."
Amazing....these new detectors can differentiate between graphite, diamonds and other minerals!

Check out the full article here
http://www.mining.com/diamond-detector-patented-by-south-africa-university-93942/?utm_source=digest-en-mining-121009&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest

Posted by: russau Nov 3 2012, 06:30 AM

there already is a device thatll do this Dan. it works off of specific frequanceies. everything has its own specific frequancie.and its measured in the audio range of freqancies.these devices go by many names depending on who your talking to.

Posted by: Coalbunny Nov 7 2012, 02:23 AM

Yep. They've been around a long time.

Posted by: Mrs.CP Nov 20 2012, 09:41 AM

Not successfully registered patents though guys!

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"The University of Johannesburg has successfully registered patents for a new device which is capable of identifying rocks that contain diamonds."