Showing posts with label diamond. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diamond. Show all posts

Monday, July 11, 2011

Gold and Diamond Mining in New York. Video and News.

New York man makes $500 a week from gold in pavement cracks.
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 Gold and Diamond in New York. Video and News.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Mining in Action: Argyle Pink Diamonds, Western Australia

Video, Map, and News
The Argyle Diamond mine is the world's primary source of rare pink diamonds which attract on average, 20 times the price of an equivalent white diamond.

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Mining in Action: Argyle Pink Diamonds, Western Australia - Video and Map.
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Argyle Pink Diamonds, Western Australia

Mirny Mine, Kimberlite Diamond Pipe: One of the 'Seven Wonders of Russia' Nominee

Mirny mine is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine. The airspace above the mine is closed for helicopters because of a few incidents in which they were sucked in by the downward air flow.

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Mirny Mine, Kimberlite Diamond Pipe: One of the 'Seven Wonders of Russia' Nominee - Video and Map.
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Mirny Mine, Kimberlite Diamond Pipe: One of the 'Seven Wonders of Russia' Nominee

Mirny Mine, Open Pit Diamond Mine from an Antonov An-24

Mirny mine is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine. The airspace above the mine is closed for helicopters because of a few incidents in which they were sucked in by the downward air flow.

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Mirny Mine, Open Pit Diamond Mine from an Antonov An-24 - Video and Map.
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Mirny Mine, Open Pit Diamond Mine

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Mining Operations: Anglo American Interactive Mind Map

Interactive Mind Map based on Mining Operations of Anglo American website.

Graphic organizers are visual representations of knowledge, concepts or ideas.
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 Mining Operations of Anglo American.
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Mining Operations of Anglo American

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Diamond Mining in Action - Index

A diamond is a transparent crystal of tetrahedrally bonded carbon atoms that crystallizes into the diamond lattice which is a variation of the face centered cubic structure.

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 Diamond Mining in Action - Index.
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Diamond Mining in Action - Index

Friday, February 19, 2010

Diavik Diamond Mine - Video and Map

The Diavik Diamond Mine is located in one of the most remote and forbidding places in the world – 220 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle and on the bed of a vast northern lake, Lac de Gras.

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 Diavik Diamond Mine - Video and Map.
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Diavik Diamond Mine

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Mirny Mine, Open Pit Diamond Mine

Mirny mine is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine. The airspace above the mine is closed for helicopters because of a few incidents in which they were sucked in by the downward air flow.

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 The Mirny Mine, Open Pit Diamond Mine - Video and Map.
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Mirny Mine, Open Pit Diamond Mine

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

The Udachnaya Pipe Diamond Mine - Video and Map

Udachnaya pipe is a diamond deposit in the Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field in Sakha Republic, Russia. It is one of the deepest diamond mines in the world.

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 The Udachnaya (Udachny) Pipe Diamond Mine - Video and Map.
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The Udachnaya Pipe Diamond Mine

The Orapa diamond mine and Caterpillar Haul Trucks - Video and Map

The Orapa diamond mine is the world's largest diamond mine. The mine is located in Orapa, a town in the Boteti Sub-District of Botswana.

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 The Orapa diamond mine and Caterpillar Haul Trucks - Video and Map.
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The Orapa diamond mine and Caterpillar Haul Truck

The Orapa diamond mine and Komatsu Haul Trucks, Video and Map

The Orapa diamond mine is the world's largest diamond mine. The mine is located in Orapa, a town in the Boteti Sub-District of Botswana.

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 The Orapa diamond mine and Komatsu Haul Trucks: Video and Satellite Map.
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The Orapa diamond mine and Komatsu Haul Truck