List of diamond mines
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Small rough diamonds from Russia. Crystals are about 0.7 to 0.9 mm in size.
There are a limited number of commercially available diamond mines currently operating in the world, with the 50 largest mines accounting for approximately 90% of global supply.[1] Diamonds are also mined alluvially over disperse areas, where diamonds have been eroded out of the ground, deposited, and concentrated by water or weather action. There is also at least one example of a heritage diamond mine (Crater of Diamonds State Park).
Africa
Angola
Botswana
South Africa
- Baken diamond mine
- Cullinan diamond mine (previously "Premier mine")
- Finsch diamond mine
- Kimberley, Northern Cape
- Koffiefontein mine
- Venetia diamond mine
Others
- Baba Diamonds Fields, Zimbabwe
- Marange diamond fields, Zimbabwe
- Murowa diamond mine, Zimbabwe
- Williamson diamond mine, Tanzania
- Letseng diamond mine, Lesotho
- Miba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Asia
Russia
- Mirny GOK
- Udachny GOK
- Jubilee
- Grib
- Aikhal
- Komsomolskaya
- International
- Zarnitsa mine
India
Indonesia
- Martapura
Australia
North America
Canada
- Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories
- Jericho Diamond Mine, Nunavut
- Snap Lake Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories
- Victor Diamond Mine, Ontario
- Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine Project, Northwest Territories
- Renard Diamond Mine, Quebec
United States
- Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas (Former mine now a state park)
- Kelsey Lake Diamond Mine, Colorado (Former mine no longer in operation)
- Jastro Winkle Alluvial Diamond Field, California (only operating diamond mine in the US)
See also
References
- ↑ Zimnisky, Paul (March 13, 2014). "The state of global rough diamond supply 2014". Mining.com.
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