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Kimberley, Dutoitspan, Bultfontein, Wesselton, De Beers
Northern Cape, South Africa
Main commodities: Diamonds




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2004.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Kimberley - Big Hole

Dutoitspan

Bultfontein

Wesselton

De Beers

    Selected References
Clement C R, Harris J W, Robinson D N and Hawthorne J B  1986 - The De Beers kimberlite pipe - A historic South African diamond mine: in Anhaeusser C R, Maske S, (Eds.), 1986 Mineral Deposits of South Africa Geol. Soc. South Africa, Johannesburg   v2 pp 2193-2214
Phillips D, Harris J W and Viljoen K S  2004 - Mineral chemistry and thermobarometry of inclusions from De Beers Pool diamonds, Kimberley, South Africa: in    Lithos   v77 pp 155-179


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