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To: Lorne who wrote (6172)	8/23/2000 9:56:57 AM
From: teevee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7235

Lorne, Diamonds are comparatively heavy to most other minerals. They occur in the bottom of high energy streams along with other heavy minerals and the largest boulders. The S.A. alluvial miners who placer mine the gravels in abandoned and paleo Orange River stream channels, refer to them as "high speed channels". I am not aware of any sub economic or economic diamond alluvial deposits in N. America. Fipke's first diamond in the Ekati area was reportedly found in a beach sand sample where wave action had re worked and winnowed the gravels from an esker that meandered through the kimberlite field. The black sands in that same beach were noted 40 years earlier for their rare earth content and as a potential beach placer deposit. Also, there was minor early interest in evaluating this Esker for its alluvial diamond potential. I assume that we did not hear much about it because the sampling results did not indicate further evaluation was warranted. regards, teevee