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Let’s hope more news on all 3 fronts
Even a deal to come ?
Partner for Lahtojoki
The diamond industry hit bumps in the road with introduction of lab grown diamonds 23 global slow down,
Add Synthetic Diamonds (I might add!!)
The emerging new diamond market will be a clear paths as 24 continues imho??
In watch term’s comparison Rolex compared to Timex
Prof said few years ago we are in pole position
Well let’s hope Kevin’s got the funds to locate A5 pipe or pipes in our confined area of 2sq klm
We have already proven its there with stepping out sampling
Swampy needs drilling in winter months 2024
Now in other words 💎
Cook said the world economy is “cyclical,” and should improve this year. De Beers expects engagements to rise in both the United States and China, but believes lab-grown prices will continue to fall.
“They have fallen by more than 90% over the last two years,” Cook said. “And customers clearly see now that natural diamonds and lab-grown diamonds are two entirely different things.”
He also hailed his company’s recent deal in Angola. “There’s only really been one diamond discovery in the entire of the 21st century,” Cook said. “We are past peak supplies of natural diamonds, and we believe Angola is the best place in the world to go exploring for diamonds.”
As far as the G7’s plans regarding Russian diamonds, De Beers wants to make sure that any sanctions don’t have “unintended negative consequences for ethical African producers,” said Cook.
Now imagine Finland compared to Angola
Finland ✔️ the ethical box add fancy’s and hallmark?
All KDR need is Ore bodies of kuhmo add already proven Lahtojoki
💯 ours
The biggest buy in ages and cheaper then the two buys before
Only Kdr !!
The semantic dispute about what to call diamonds seems to be nearing its end. The industry is hoping a solution has been found, after the French government’s recent ruling on the matter. In France at least, the terms ‘laboratory diamond’ and ‘cultivated diamond’ (diamant de culture) are no longer acceptable, and the only designation that the industry will be able to use for a man-made/lab-grown diamond will be ‘synthetic’ diamond
Karelian Diamond Resources plc (AIM: KDR) is pleased to announce that the Company has been informed by the National Land Survey of Finland that there were no appeals against the grant of rights of way for the Lahtojoki diamond deposit and the adjacent exploration acreage, and as such the grant has now gained legal force
oh and we don't have right of way or access anymore to the road that leads to lahtojoki it expired over a month ago
wrong again bonnie half **** research as per normal
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the land survey of finland has recently granted the company rights of way for the lahtojoki diamond deposit and adjacent exploration area (announced 17 august 2020).
Evidence of pervasive plastic deformation Hmmmm
Extreme hardness is one of the most well-known physical properties of diamond. It is difficult to imagine this same material bending or squishing like putty, but many natural diamonds have evidence of plastic deformation (figure 1). This process is even responsible for creating the value behind the most expensive diamonds sold at auction to date, by both per-carat price and total price. Specifically, the 11.15 ct Williamson Pink Star that sold for $57.7 million and the 59.6 ct Pink Star that sold for $71.2 million owe their Fancy Vivid pink colors to plastic deformation.
Plastic deformation does not always lead to pink color,
Samples were selected from four kimberlites: the 2-ha Lahtojoki (Pipe no. 7 with 26 cpht of +0.8 mm diamonds), the 2-ha Kylmälahti (no. 17, marginally diamondiferous), the 700×30 m Kärenpää (no. 5, diamond grade unknown) and the 300×50 m Niilonsuo (no. 2, microdiamond-rich). Xenocryst grains (0.25–2.0 mm) were liberated by lightly crushing the kimberlite material—except for the hard magmatic Niilonsuo kimberlite which was fragmented electrodynamically at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe—followed by
Prof mentioned mistakes were made from previous studies and testing techniques ?
Suggested that the last owners could well have buried
The real valuable ground in Lahtojoki from the spoils of draining the lake
And even the spoils itself were containing diamonds
Local people were collecting small diamonds for jewellery from there?
Technically things have changed and modern techniques could unlock the key to Lahtojoki
Imagine recovery of fancy gems…
Diamond prices may well have slipped back but fancy diamonds are still being outstripped by demand and every auction is over subscribed ….
diamondiferous group a eclogites constitute a minor portion of the mantle-derived xenoliths in the eastern finland kimberlites. they have been derived from the depth interval 150–230 km where they are inferred to occur as thin layers or small pods within co****-grained garnet peridotites. the chemical and isotopic composition of minerals suggest that they represent (proterozoic?) mantle-derived melts or cumulates rather than subducted oceanic lithosphere. during magma ascent and emplacement of the kimberlites, the eclogite xenoliths were mechanically and chemically rounded judging from the types of surface markings. in addition, those octahedral crystal faces of diamonds that were partially exposed from the rounded eclogite xenolith became covered by trigons and overlain by microlamination due to their reaction with the kimberlite magma. the diamonds bear evidence of pervasive plastic deformation which is not, however, evident in the eclogite host. this suggests that annealing at ambient lithospheric temperatures has effectively recrystallised the silicates while the diamond has retained its lattice imperfections and thus still has the potential to yield information about ancient mantle deformation. one of our samples is estimated to contain approximately 90,000 ct/ton diamond implying that some diamonds occur within very high-grade pods or thin seams in the lithospheric mantle. to our knowledge, this is one of the most diamondiferous samples described.
Was the boulder of 90000 cpt =1% diamond from pipe 7 located??
Not the south side as first thought??
European Diamond. Aka Roy Spencer recorded pinks blues and yellow??
permit legal status soon for KDR …
Some bimineralic eclogitic mantle xenoliths have been recovered from Pipe no. 7 (Lahtojoki) in the Eastern Finland Kimberlite Province. They occur in subordinate amounts relative to garnet and garnet–spinel peridotite xenoliths, making up no more than approximately 1% of the mantle-derived xenolith suite. The petrology of the peridotite xenoliths has earlier been extensively described elsewhere Peltonen et al., 1999, Peltonen, 1999, Woodland and Peltonen, 1999, Kukkonen and Peltonen, 1999. Although small in number, these eclogitic xenoliths are of special interest because they can be highly diamondiferous and yield information on the mode of occurrence and formation of diamond in the mantle.
Eclogitic mantle xenoliths occur in most kimberlite provinces worldwide and various origins have been postulated for them. Two contrasting petrogeneses are in favour: either mantle eclogites represent (1) high-pressure magmatic cumulates which occur as magma chambers or dykes within the upper mantle (e.g. O'Hara and Yoder, 1967, Smyth et al., 1989) or (2) recycled and metamorphosed Archaean oceanic crust Helmstaedt and Doig, 1975, Jacob et al., 1994, Barth et al., 2001. Both types may occur in the same kimberlite (e.g. Taylor and Neal, 1989) and it seems evident that mantle eclogites may have multiple origins. Their petrology and origin being properly characterised, eclogite xenoliths may thus provide valuable information about asthenosphere–lithosphere interaction and Archaean or Proterozoic tectonics.
In this contribution, we describe in detail two diamondiferous eclogite xenoliths, L-80 and L-78, with special emphasis on the surface textures and morphology of the diamonds. These xenoliths were found by the first author from non-processed bulk mine samples following the test scale mining of Pipe no. 7. In addition, two small eclogite xenoliths (diameters ∼10 mm) were recovered from the crushed bulk kimberlite sample. These small samples, E1 and E2, do not contain visible diamonds but their mineral compositions are provided below for comparison. The origin of the studied samples is tentatively discussed in terms of mineral compositions, but the proper characterisation of their origins would require comprehensive isotopic analyses of oxygen in silicate minerals and carbon and nitrogen in diamonds.
Another copper asset in Finland now ?
Revisit Kev said at AGM
Very clever building two prong minerals ?
Looks like it’s already started
https://rapaport.com/news/strong-demand-sends-ekati-rough-sales-surging/
Interesting article soda
With many. Companies like North Arrow putting their diamond projects on care and repair would. Agree
But Lahtojoki a small project in comparison holds extremely fancy gems , pink and blue and Rio fancy markers needs stock ? Now and the market already there demand outweighs supply
Kuhmo. When ! Confirmed and a deal concluded will take several years to become a mine
Environment l, mining. Permission???
Then we have another ace card copper?
As frustrating as this family run company appears, am still convinced we have experienced geological evidence we are on the money.
When will that happen .???
Who knows but we can’t be far away and permit looming and that’s holding us up I think???
The Riihivaara 26 exploration permit covers Karelian Diamond's kimberlite (olivine lamproite) discovery at Riihivaara. Exploration permits Riihivaara 24, 24a and 24b cover the adjacent areas. The Riihivaara permits are in an emerging kimberlite field, in which the Company has to date identified 20 regional anomalies
The mine was the first successful commercial non alluvial diamond mine not located on a kimberlite pipe. The pipe is named "AK-1", although it is commonly simply called the "Argyle pipe". The volcanic pipe is a diatreme, composed of olivine lamproite, present as tuff and lava
What was in.KDR release yesterday olivine lamproite💎😳🇫🇮🔥
“Diamonds are still a niche pursuit for Rio: sales in the division hit £800 million last year, paling by comparison with its bulk commodities arm…. Rio’s only other diamond mine is Diavik in Canada, which produces white diamonds and a few rare yellow stones. It, too, is winding down and is slated to close in 2026.
Could we tiny KDR be a replacement 💎🤔
The Riihivaara kimberlite comes to surface and extends for at least 350 metres. It is a dyke which remains open in both directions along strike with widths of up to two metres intersected. Drilling has already successfully intersected kimberlite at a deeper level and has also shown that the dyke dips at circa 50° to the Northeast.
INTRESTING
comes to surface and extends for at least 350 metres.
Would be a open pit mine (TO START OFF? )add olivine lamproite) and this is rather exciting for another Arygle type mine full of Finnish Promise of Fancy gems and right up Rio street ???!!!