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« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2010, 02:39:32 am »
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People don't reallize how unexplored diamonds really are. There are still kimberlite volcanoes waiting to be found here in the US. All you need is to know what EXACTLY to look for.

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« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2010, 03:17:39 am »
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You Go get em mate.....
 Are there any good area's  near you?
 Im in New Zealand, not rearly know for Daimonds, but hay it could be the next hot spot  Cool

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« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2010, 03:24:06 am »
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I live in a part of Washington state covered in hundreds of feet of basalt. The north has some potential, but I think South East Idaho has the best chances. Wyoming has several diamond deposits that were all discovered in the last 30 years.

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« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2010, 03:31:59 am »
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 Well i hope you can go get some, it would be nice to se some finds from members of this site.
 Have you got Some ideas for recovery?

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« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2010, 03:46:36 am »
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Standard placer mining techniques. A really long sluice would do the trick. Diamonds are dense by nature, much like garnets are found panning, the same goes with diamonds as they are denser than garnets. My best chances are to find one while out gold mining... which is coming up as soon as my salmon season gets shut down  Smiley

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« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2010, 04:28:32 am »
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Hello Goldnboy

The Diamond pipe in my post is under a mining lease which is in current developmental stage. However there are several places in Australia where you can find diamonds.

Queensland Ankie, Stanthorpe, Rubyvale

N.s.w Bingarra as posted, Copeton Emmaville, Bywong, Ballina, Cudgegong, Delegate, Maquarrie river, Mittagong, Bashurst. Gragin creek, upper Torlo.

Victoria: Beechworth and Rutherglen.

Tasmania: Upper Pieman river.

Western Australia: Nullagine, Ellandale, Argyle (site of Argyle diamond mine )

Strange enough no known deposits in NT or South Australia.

Diamonds can be found in the gravels of alluvial deposits.They can some times be found with other gen stones such as zircons, sapphires and rubies. A cheap and easy method of mining was dig into the alluvial gravel beds of old water courses. A simple series of sieves, a shovel, pick and lot of very hard work and you might get lucky.

If not with a diamond, you will get other valuable gemstones. A fun day scratching around fossicking for gemstones.

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« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2010, 05:30:32 am »
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   hello Hardluck

 I thought there were some daimonds found in SA!
 i know about the sieve method, sounds like a lot of hard work. i was interested to know if there was an easier way. Perhaps like a sluce box for daimonds.>
 would be nice to find a few Aye
 the pipe in the earlier post could be a place of interest, often other pipes seem to be nearby. Also a good amount could be washed away, worth having a look down stream Cool

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« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2010, 06:00:27 am »
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Hello Goldnboy

Bingarra is in Northern N.S.W. It is worked under active lease they have other sites where they a mining Rubies. They have some interesting plant but it will cost you some serious coin.

At the Bingarra Diamond site they are open cutting the old mine site recovering about one stone every so many tons.

In the pictures below you will see the sieve screening plant for the ruby mine and a nice bunch of Rubies to pay the bills.

There is a similar set up at Bingarra diamond mine.

Most of the diamond bearing areas is in private property and private leases and they have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later.

If you are like so inclined there is a property for sale that had old abandoned  diamond mining leases on it. Once your lease becomes a mine site you come under mining regulations which can cost more than what the site is worth.

Failing that you just have to dig the old alluvial river beds and scavenge like the rest of us.

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« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2010, 06:43:29 am »
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For those of you interested in learning the art: gemhunter.webs.com
Check it out, he has hours of reading on all sorts of gems as well as gold. I encourage you to sign up for his newsletter. It makes for a great read every month.

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« Reply #19 on: May 14, 2010, 07:55:10 am »
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never been "down under", much less Africa
interesting info / articles about diamonds
i've seen shows about it - DeBeers, etc.
the closest I've come to diamonds would have been the diamond park in murpheesboro, arkansas
spent the whole day there
nothing but dirty arms and a good sun tan
oh well, . . .
one can only hope . . .
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