2006-11-12 16:14:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anubus 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Diamonds are also found in Russia, Australia, and Brazil. They are all between a billion and three billion years old, having formed at least 90 miles below the earth's surface and been carried to the surface in magma pipes.
The park mentioned by others is Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro, Arkansas. I dug for diamonds there when I was twelve years old. My advice to everybody else: find out what diamonds look like in the rough before you start digging! A visitor from Wisconsin found a "flawless 5.47-carat, canary yellow diamond" there last month. Lucky she was digging at the only diamond mine in the world that lets the general public dig for diamonds and keep what they find!
2006-11-12 16:41:55 · answer #1 · answered by Beckee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Northern Canada has diamond mines. Artificial diamonds are made in Florida, that are of a superior quality, said to rival the real thing! Diamonds wash up on beaches in Africa, they are well guarded beaches for sure! Maybe wash up on the beaches is not correct, how about, are exposed due to errosion.
The Cullinan diamond was a 3100+ carat, blue diamond, of near flawless origin. It was known as "the Star of Africa"
2006-11-13 00:25:21 · answer #2 · answered by diSota 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Some large diamonds have been found in Australia, and elsewhere on the globe. South Africa sure has the diamond mines.
2006-11-13 00:18:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO... They can be found all around the world...but they are on the surface in Africa and Australia . Most "open" diamond mines are formed from volcano's bringing the gems up to the earths surface during eruptions.
2006-11-13 00:34:33 · answer #4 · answered by budlowsbro420 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Russia has a large find also - but MOST of the diamonds we know of come from Africa.
The geology needed for the formation of diamonds is unusual.
Hope that helps.
2006-11-13 00:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by tigglys 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they say that there is a national park in the USA that lets tourists come in and take them from the park itself and they had an elderly couple, according to the radio news, find the biggest diamond ever found by a non-commercial miner ever but sorry i don't remember the name of the park
2006-11-13 00:25:44 · answer #6 · answered by Heaven C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diamonds are found in cole mines, they are made from the preasure of the weight of the earth over God knows how many years, millions I guess. So they should be found in any cole mine but very, very deep in the earth.
2006-11-13 00:25:07 · answer #7 · answered by Liome 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Africa is the major, but not the only, source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond#Sources
2006-11-13 00:16:48 · answer #8 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. they're found all around the world.
2006-11-13 00:16:21 · answer #9 · answered by antran007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Other places too.
2006-11-13 00:15:39 · answer #10 · answered by Fireman T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋