Where diamonds

Hard to believe that this beautiful, polished stones sitting in a ring, not once in the ground, is not it? But it was a little diamond, always there, in fact, about 120 million carats of diamonds mined each year. There are two methods of mining diamonds: Pipe Mining and placers.

Alluvial mining method is carried out on beaches and in riverbeds. Using this method, water and sand on the bench again, the walls of a person is in custody, or a bulldozer is used for the beach, go to the ground level with diamonds reached. Diamonds are not only there, instead of sand so that the diamonds it is loaded into trucks, and after the test.

Tube production, diamonds mined from the ground volcanic vents. These tubes are natural - not man made. Shanks is placed in the ground near the pipe, then tunnel into the tube to operate. With this method, huge rocks that are full of diamonds at the mine, and then taken for screening for sorting.

There are many diamond mines in operation worldwide. Some of the most important are:

My biggest diamond in the world is 240 km west of Francistown Orapa. This is my heard through a partnership between the Botswana government and De Beers called Debswana. The mine operates 7 days a week and is the oldest of Debswana heard. It provides schools for their children and hospital staff and wildlife park. Orapa began production in 1971.

Mine, I Argy slocated Kimberley region in Western Australia. The owner of Rio Tinto, this mine has the distinction of being the world's largest producer of diamonds in each volume. Unfortunately, the low proportion of gem quality diamonds, this is not the cost leader. He, however, 90-95% of global demand for pink diamonds.

Diavik mine belonging to other Rio Tinto, based in Canada. It is located on an island north of Yellowknife and south of the Arctic Circle. Islands connected by ice road is an important component of the regional economy and employs more than 700 employees. The mine produces more than 8 million carats per year.

Ekati Diamond Mine is located south of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories of Canada and BHP Billiton owns. Ekati is Canada's first diamond mine operations and the diamonds are sold under the brand Aurias.

Diamond mines in South Africa lighthouses along the lower Orange River. It owns and operates the Trans Hex, the average size stone for 2004 was 1.29 carats. In 2004, the mine produced 78.9 carat D color flawless diamond that for the U.S. dollar to more than 1,8 million (U.S.) and 27.67 pink diamond that has been sold was sold for over $ 1.000.000 .

The largest diamond ever been made Prime mine in Cullinan, South Africa in 1905. Cullinan weighed 3,106.75 carats appointed enormous. Same mine also produced the sixtieth anniversary of which weighed 545.67 carats. In 2003, this mine, which was renamed the De Beers' Cullinan diamond mine in his hands. "