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Gold/Mining/Energy : Trump's 12 Diamond Picks, Discussions Limited -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: donkeyman who wrote (1678)	11/19/1998 5:59:00 PM
From: George J. Tromp	Respond to of 2251

Hello Donkeyman., no I wouldnt assume anything like that., DeBeers processing labs., process cores from all around the world., they service many areas of DeBeers empire., the normal process in this early stage is splitting the core., which the Major has done., usually halving it., they keep one half., sent the other to the labs in S.Africa. During this time., they will do petrological studies (age Dating)., garnet extraction., and micro analysis., usually caustic dilution., melt away the matrix., then they would proably sit down., and do microprobing of the garnets., test the diamonds., for inclusions., the petrologic studies may takes weeks., the normal extraction period is around 6 weeks., depends on the flow thru the labs., the labs have to be fully purged of previous samples., slime removed., and probably a half a dozen events that I have missed. It is too early to be speculating on micro/macro relationships., if some macros appear., it will be encouraging., right now 2 hurdles have been passed in diamond exploration., first they have 4 diamond bearing pipes., one is showing good early counts. It is merely a stepping stone., that warrants more drilling., Sincerely George J. Tromp