Kimberlite - Wikipedia
Kimberlite - Wikipedia
Kimberlite - Wikipedia
Composition
Morphology and
volcanology
Group I kimberlites
Olivine lamproites
Geochemistry
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Economic importance
Kimberlites are the most important
source of primary diamonds. Many
kimberlite pipes also produce rich
alluvial or eluvial diamond placer
deposits. About 6,400 kimberlite pipes
have been discovered in the world, of
those about 900 have been classified
as diamondiferous, and of those just
over 30 have been economic enough to
diamond mine.[16]