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The Jubilee Mine in Russia is the largest open-pit diamond mine in the world. It exists on the Yubileynaya kimberlite pipe. From a mining engineering Web site, here is the definition of open-pit mining:
"[It is]. . . an excavation or cut made at the surface of the ground for the purpose of extracting ore and which is open to the surface for the duration of the mine's life."
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Where are Levian Chocolate Diamonds mined?
Levian Chocolate Diamonds are mined in the Argyle mine of Western Australia. The Diamonds are only found in that mine. This is why they are pretty expensive.
Do they mine for gold or diamonds?
Both gold and diamonds are mined.
What countries do not mine diamonds?
There are no diamonds mined in any European country.
Where do you mine diamonds?
Diamonds are mined on every continent on earth, except Europe and Antarctica.
Where are the 3 places were they mine diamonds?
Diamonds are mined in South Africa, Canada, and Australia.
What do you mine diamonds with?
Diamonds are mined with very large trucks, tractors, milling machines and water.
Where is the blue diamond mined?
There is no mine for 'blue' diamonds. Diamonds with trace amounts of boron possess a 'blue' cast, and can come from any diamond mine.
Witch mined dimonds are not used in jewelry?
Witches do not mine diamonds.Ditch witches could be used to mine diamonds.
Why did the 7 dwarfs mine for diamonds?
The oldest versions of that tale don't say what they mined for, only that they were miners.Disney probably had them mine for "diamonds" because hey, why not, the notion of there being gems in a mine is simpler to draw than them extracting ores (rock of a slightly different color from the surrounding rock) and then smelting it into metals. They could have mined gold, I suppose; gold is found uncombined.
Does Canada produce diamonds?
Yes, diamonds are mined in Canada. You can find the Diavik mine in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories about 300 K northeast of Yellowknife.
Where is the biggest industrial diamond deposit?
Seventy-five percent of all diamonds mined are useful only as industrial-grade diamonds. This means that all diamond mines contain significant amounts of industrial diamonds. Until all the diamonds are mined and the mines closed, it's not possible to tell which mine has produced the most amount of industrial diamonds.
Where are chocolate diamonds mined?
The largest producer of chocolate and other brown-colored diamonds (champagne, cognac) is the Argyle diamond mine in western Australia. Brown colored diamonds are also found in Africa.
