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Diamonds are mined all over the world, in the USA, Russia, Australia, Germany, Brazil, South Africa, even Sweden.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_are_diamonds_mined
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List of diamond mines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are a limited number of commercially viable diamond mines currently operating in the world. Diamonds are also mined alluvially over disperse areas, where diamonds have been eroded out of the gro...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diamond_mines
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About 20 percent of the world's output is used for industrial purposes, with the United States importing some 60 percent of the industrial diamonds mined. A few diamonds are found in Pike County, Ark., near Murfreesboro, and diamonds have also been found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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www.xs4all.nl/~diamond/diaminfo.html
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opposed to synthetic diamonds or fake diamonds, are mined from the earth. There are currently two methods of mining diamonds: Pipe Mining and Alluvial Mining. When pipe mining is used, the diamonds are extracted from the earth through volca...
http://diamonds.calputer.com/how-are-diamonds-mined.htm...
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Today diamonds are mined in about 25 countries, on every continent but Europe and Antarctica. However, only a few diamond deposits were known until the 20th century, when scientific understanding and technology extended diamond exploration and mining around the globe.
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www.amnh.org/exhibitions/diamonds/world.html
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/diamonds/world.html
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Alluvial deposits on riverbanks in India, and then Brazil, were mined to supply Europe through the 1700s. Alluvial diamonds were found in Africa in the late 1800s. An alluvial deposit is a buildup of alluvium, or sediment. Diamonds in volc...
http://www.whiteflash.com/diamonds_info/t/?a=452&z=...
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DIAMOND MINE LOCATIONS IN AUSTRALIA ... Today, diamonds are mined in at least 20 countries around the world; the majority of diamonds are found in Australia, Zaire, Botswana, Russia and South Africa.
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www.costellos.com.au/diamonds/mine_location.html
www.costellos.com.au/diamonds/mine_location.html
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Of all the diamonds mined in the world each year, less than half are gem quality; the rest fall into two other main categories known as near-gem quality and industrial quality diamonds. ... Gem quality diamonds display a high standard of excellence in quality and are used in jewellery. The clarity of these diamonds ranges...
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www.costellos.com.au/diamonds/mining.html
www.costellos.com.au/diamonds/mining.html
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