The world's largest diamond mine is located in Botswana. It is of open pit construction and the area of it makes it the world's largest diamond mine.
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The largest diamond mine in area is in Botswana, in Africa: The Orapa diamond mine. Read more about it, below.
The worlds largest diamond mine by surface area is located in Botswana, in Africa: the open cast Orapa diamond mine. Read more about it, in the related links. The world's largest diamond mine in terms of volume is located in Mirnyj, Eastern Siberia, Russia, and is 525 metres deep and 1,200 metres in diameter, while some say that it is 1,200 metres deep.
The Escondida copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile is the Worlds largest copper mine.
The largest diamond mine in the world is the Jwaneng mine in Botswana. It is an open-pit mine operated by Debswana, a partnership between the Botswana government and De Beers. Jwaneng mine has been in operation since 1982 and produces some of the highest quality diamonds in the world.
Great is a judgement call and you are the judge. There are diamond mines on every continent on earth, except on the Antarctic continent.
The Tiffany Yellow Diamond is the worlds second largest canary yellow diamond. In 1983 the diamond was appraised and valued at 12 million dollars.
The largest supplier of raw, mined diamonds is probably the DeBeers organization. Read more about them, below.
A mine in Mirny, Siberia claims online to be the largest, deepest diamond mine, to a depth of more than 500 meters. You can read more about it, and view images, below.
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There are 11 major producing diamond countries in the world today. The Catoca Diamond Mine in Angola, for example, is the 4th largest diamond mine in the world and is one of about 35 active diamond mines in Africa, Russia, Australia, Borneo, and Canada.
The world's largest open-pit mine is the Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, USA. It is also commonly known as the Kennecott Copper Mine. It is more than 0.75 miles deep and 2.5 miles wide, making it one of the largest man-made excavations in the world.