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Diamond from
Catoca Mine, Lunda Sul Province, Angola


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Diamond

Catoca Mine, Lunda Sul Province, Angola
00618010017856131014443.jpg
Diamond

Catoca Mine, Lunda Sul Province, Angola
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Diamond

Catoca Mine, Lunda Sul Province, Angola
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diamond
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diamond data
Locality Data:Click here to view Catoca Mine, Lunda Sul Province, Angola
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:154092
Long-form Identifier:1:3:154092:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diamond
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘLuau Mine, Chicapa River Valley, Capaia, Lucapa, Lunda Norte Province, Angola
54.5km (33.9 miles) ⓘCamatchia-Camagico mine, Chicapa River Valley, Capaia, Lucapa, Lunda Norte Province, Angola
95.0km (59.1 miles) ⓘCamafuca-Camazombo Mine, Calonda, Capaia, Lucapa, Lunda Norte Province, Angola
References
Cruz, S. R., Watangua, M., Melgarejo, J. C., & Gali, S. (2008). New insights into the concept of ilmenite as an indicator for diamond exploration, based on kimberlit petrographic analysis. Revista de la sociedad espaÃąola de mineralogia, 9, 205-206.
Ashchepkov, Igor, Logvinova, Alla, Spetsius, Zdislav, Downes, Hilary, Ntaflos, Theodoros, Ivanov, Alexandr, Zinchenko, Vladimir, Kostrovitsky, Sergey, Ovchinnikov, Yury (2022) Eclogite Varieties and Their Positions in the Cratonic Mantle Lithosphere beneath Siberian Craton and Archean Cratons Worldwide. Minerals, 12 (11) 1353 doi:10.3390/min12111353
 
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