Argyle : the impossible story of Australian diamonds / Stuart Kells.
Publication details: Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2021.Description: xvi, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780522877250
- Argyle Diamond Mines Pty. Ltd
- Argyle Diamond Mines Pty
- Diamond mines and mining -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
- Diamond mines and mining -- Australia -- History
- Mineralogy -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
- Mineralogy -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
- Diamond mines and mining -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
- Mines and mineral resources Australia
- Argyle Diamond Mine (Western Australia)
- Australia
- Western Australia -- Kimberley
- Australian
- Mining industry (Australia,Western Australia)
- Mineralogy (Australia,Western Australia)
- 20th Century history (c 1914+) (Australia,Western Australia)
- 622.382099414 23
- TN994.A8 K45 2021
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 622.382 KEL | Available | 072315 |
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292) and index.
This is the story of the intrepid Australian geologists who discovered pink diamonds in the Kimberley. This is a valuable insight into an industry once widely praised but now undervalued by a nation that relies on it so strongly. The remote Kimberley region of Western Australia has a rich history and unique geography. In the 1960s De Beers, the world's largest diamond company, sent gem-hunters to the area but they came away empty-handed. It was a vast region to survey, and they'd overlooked something vital. A few years later, a team of Australian geologists with a tiny budget searched for even tinier mineral clues. Those clues led them to the earth's largest diamond deposit and the world's richest source of rare pink diamonds. Based on in-depth research and interviews - including with Alan King Jones, Bill Leslie and 'the father of Australian diamonds', Ewen Tyle, this book details the almost overwhelming challenges with realising a diamond mining venture in Australia, shows how these obstacles were overcome, and explores the mine's impact and legacy.