| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Diamond |
| Formula: | C |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diamond data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Argyle Diamond Mine, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (48 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 43761 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:43761:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Diamond |
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| 4.6km (2.8 miles) | ⓘSmoke Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘLimestone Creek alluvial, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘLissadell Road Dikes, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 24.2km (15.1 miles) | ⓘBow River Mine, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| 66.4km (41.2 miles) | ⓘMaude Creek dyke, Kachana Station, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
| References |
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Rayner, M.J., Moss, S.W., Lorenz, V., Jaques, A.L., Boxer, G.L., Smith, C.B., Webb, K. (2018) New insights into volcanic processes from deep mining of the southern diatreme within the Argyle lamproite pipe, Western Australia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 1-13. Olierook, Hugo K. H., Fougerouse, Denis, Doucet, Luc S., Liu, Yebo, Rayner, Murray J., Danišík, Martin, Condon, Daniel J., McInnes, Brent I. A., Jaques, A. Lynton, Evans, Noreen J., McDonald, Bradley J., Li, Zheng-Xiang, Kirkland, Christopher L., Mayers, Celia, Wingate, Michael T. D. (2023) Emplacement of the Argyle diamond deposit into an ancient rift zone triggered by supercontinent breakup. Nature Communications, 14 (1) doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40904-8 |
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Argyle Diamond Mine, Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia