If the stone is found in kimberlite pipe deposits, there’s a strong chance it’s a diamond.

How to identify kimberlite. Conducting experiments at high pressures and temperatures, looking at melt inclusions found. Analysis of new york state. How do i find kimberlite?

The rock may have been injected into the areas of weakness in the mantle. There are many different ways to try to determine the primary melt composition: A kimberlite is a rock that is formed from magma that comes from the upper mantle of the to identify the minerals a low power (10x) hand lens is essential.

Most are likely kimberlites based on the distinct presence of blue ground, circular to elliptical depressions that are structually controlled, and most enclosing large, rounded boulders. They typically range in size from 1 to 50 hectares. Kimberlites are peculiar igneous rocks because they contain a variety of mineral species with chemical compositions that indicate they formed under high.

Their mode of formation is only moderately understood because they have not been observed. A kimberlite is a rock that is formed from magma that comes from the upper mantle of the to identify the minerals a low power (10x) hand lens is essential. These igneous stones come from molten magma and are mostly found on the soil’s surface.

This means that total kimberlite occurrences are. One “almost” sure way is to do chemical analysis of rivers looking for chromium and magnesium anomalies. Kimberlite presence in the watershed.

Has porphyritic texture with large often rounded crystals phenocrysts.