Diamonds have been found in the United States ranging from small crystals less than 1 carat to thumbnail size crystals weighing up to 40 carats.
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Book describes many of the great diamond finds throughout the US. Focuses on diamond deposits in the Wyoming Craton - Wyoming, Colorado, Montana. This book is the authority on diamonds and their host rocks found in the United States.
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Geochemistry, Lamproite, GeologyPlaces
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Diamonds & Mantle Source Rocks in the Wyoming Craton: with a Discussion of Other US Occurrences
1998, Wyoming State Geological Survey
in English
1884589138 9781884589133
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"Diamonds have been found in the United States ranging from small crystals less than 1 carat to thumbnail size crystals weighing up to 40 carats."
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"1998."
More than 130,000 diamonds were recovered from Kimberlite in the Colorado-Wyoming State Line district. About 90,000 have been produced from Murfreesburo, Arkansas
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