Talk:Kimberlite

message: Has anyone tried making a mineral water with kimberlite emphasizing the from diamonds perspective. Unlike some spa waters kimberlite could have an advantage. Peer reviewed published research notes that buckminsterfullerene when fed to rodents makes them twice as long. beyond microscopic diamonds, nanodiamonds the same diameter as buckminsterfullerene may be fairly plentiful at kimberlite. It is possible that hydrogenating these nanodiamonds will give a similar longevity effect as buckminsterfuillerene if scientifically measured.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.185.2.34 (talk) 01:14, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: kimberlite mineral water

message: Kimberlite is found in extinct volcanoes. Within the kimberlite are found naturally occuring diamonds. The name comes from Kimberly, South Africa where it was first discovered that diamonds are found in this geological material.
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I changed "Σcarbon dioxide" in
:The mineralogy of Group II kimberlites may represent a similar melting environment to that of Group I kimberlites, the difference in mineralogy being caused by the preponderance of water versus Σcarbon dioxide.
to "carbon dioxide". I don't know what "Σcarbon dioxide" is or whether it even exists. AxelBoldt 22:41, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, I learned a bit there. I've done CIPW calculations (by hand :-) just not for these exotic rock types. However, I'd guess that most readers would be lost here. So we would need a more simplified and/or detailed explanation - plus an article on normative mineralogic calculations as well as those four CIPW guys. So maybe rather than a footnote - a link to an explanatory article would be better. Vsmith 01:38, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Yeah. CIPW norms are a major headache. There are a few free to air CIPW norm calculators. Most work with silica saturated rocks with a primarily hydrous vapor phase. In the end, the CIPW norm is best used to describe aphanitic rocks...as was first intended...but its often useful for rocks with a lot of groundmass minerals. Like Kimberlites. I also cleaned up the above...7 a.m. chicken scratchings and all that jazz. I'll have a look over what's on the CIPW norms page.Rolinator 05:24, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

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Kimberlites are a signature mineral for diamonds, and as such are of great 'cursor' value to diamond miners/prospectors. There is a large amount of ongoing research taking place regarding Kimberlites as a diamond 'precursor', Lisa Windsor of Bristol University being one of the academic researchers foremost in this field.''
for several reasons. Firstly, we need a link, or it's just hearsay. Secondly, kimberlite is not a mineral it is a rock. And it is not a precursor for diamond, it is the hosst of diamonds, although it would be more correct to say it is the material which brings diamonds to the surface, and that the mantle itself is the source of diamonds. And to say that finding a kimberlite leads a diamond prospector to diamonds is at best redundant, regardless of whtever you meant by'cursor value. 
In terms of what I suggest; get a link, and we can talk about indicator minerals versus kimberlites as an exploration tool.Rolinator 06:10, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Precursors

message: I've removed a copyright violation from http://www.geology.ubc.ca/research/diamonds/kopylova/intro/definition.html and related pages which was added by User:Rananjay on 18 October 2007 (the user's only article edits were on that date). Some of the material was a direct copy/paste from that website whereas other added material was from elsewhere. The above website is a valid source and is included in the reference section and would serve as a source for properly expanding the article, but not as a direct copy. Vsmith (talk) 01:45, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright violation from Oct. 2007 removed 

message: What is the latest kimberlite eruption? The page here says it was 50 million years ago in Canada but dosen't mention the volcano's name. Black Tusk (talk) 20:32, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Latest kimberlite eruption

message: Kimberlite Dikes and diatremes occur a lot of places around the world, so why the lone mention of the two minor occurrences in Southwestern Pennsylvania, USA to the exclusion of others.  They are not even very significant occurrences - there are several more remarkable Kimberlite occurrences including more geologically recent (Eocene) topographically expressed diatremes even within a couple hundred km. radius of these (Mole Hill, Trimble Knob, Ugly Mountain in Virginia and West Virginia for starters).  A cataloging of all the occurrence even in just N. America would be major project - so maybe this paragraph should be removed?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yunzer (talk • contribs) 18:27, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That would seem reasonable to me. Mikenorton (talk) 20:06, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Odd mention of Pennsylvania, USA kimberlites

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message: I made quite a few edits throughout this article for a course I am taking. I corrected some grammar in the lead and modified a few sentences to fix the flow of it. I have also added sections for Exploration techniques and Historical significance as it felt that these topics were missing from the article. I also heavily modified the geochemical section from bullet form to a few paragraphs with more information. Many citations, links and images were also added throughout the article. If you have any questions or suggestions about the edits, feel free ot reach out or comment. Most changes can be found in my sandbox User:TheBigPurplePeopleEater/Kimberlite. TheBigPurplePeopleEater (talk) 03:36, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
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