| 31. | There are also smaller kimberlite bodies which are found in 1 2 ha areas.
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| 32. | Kimberlite is a diamond-bearing blue ground that sits below a yellow colored soil.
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| 33. | See Fort ?la Corne kimberlite field.
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| 34. | The Finsch mine is a traditional diamantiferous kimberlite pipe, extending around 17.9ha.
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| 35. | The reworked kimberlite is well sorted, distinctly bedded, and contains abraded olivine grains.
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| 36. | Kimberlite tuffs are also found, a rare species which is very susceptible to erosion.
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| 37. | Instead, De Beers would be looking for underground deposits of kimberlite diamonds in the area.
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| 38. | The only other kimberlite operation in Angola is the Catoca mine, also in the northeast.
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| 39. | It is this depth of melting and generation which makes kimberlites prone to hosting diamond xenocrysts.
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| 40. | Peridotite nodules with irregular equigranular textures are often found in alkaline basalts and in kimberlite pipes.
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