| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Diamond |
| Formula: | C |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diamond data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cullinan Mine, Cullinan, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (21 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 101231 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:101231:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Diamond |
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| 58.4km (36.3 miles) | ⓘNew Modder Gold Mine, Benoni, City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa |
| 58.8km (36.5 miles) | ⓘModderfontein 'B' gold mine, Springs, City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa |
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Viljoen, K.S., Harris, J.W., Ivanic, T., Richardson, S.H., Gray, K. (2014) Trace element chemistry of peridotitic garnets in diamonds from the Premier (Cullinan) and Finsch kimberlites, South Africa: Contrasting styles of mantle metasomatism. Lithos, 208, 1-15. Nestola, Fabrizio, Korolev, Nester, Kopylova, Maya, Rotiroti, Nicola, Pearson, Graham, Pamato, Martha, Alvaro, Matteo, Peruzzo, Luca (2018) First natural CaSiO3 perovskite inclusion within a diamond from Cullinan kimberlite. Abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting, Melbourne, p. 379. Daver, Lucille, Bureau, Hélène, Boulard, Églantine, Gaillou, Éloïse, Cartigny, Pierre, Pinti, Daniele L., Belhadj, Oulfa, Guignot, Nicolas, Foy, Eddy, Estève, Imène, Baptiste, Benoit (2022) From the lithosphere to the lower mantle: An aqueous-rich metal-bearing growth environment to form type IIb blue diamonds. Chemical Geology, 613. 121163 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121163 |
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Cullinan Mine, Cullinan, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa