What can Chidliak contribute to this themed day?
Argyle mine is bar none, the most productive mine of pink diamonds in the world and that mine will not last forever.
Chidliak has a kimberlite called CH-7 that has a hint of pink. A small hint for a small amount of rough diamonds analyzed.
In 2012, there is a detailed scientific study published -- CNGO 2012 study
In that study, they analyzed into all colours possible for the micro diamond population.
CH-7 does have a small brown population (10%?) and within that population, there is a chance of some brown pink..but most importantly pure pink diamonds. Light or dark are both well in demand.
Here is a table from the report:
You will cleary see that (under a microsope) they did allocate 2 of the stones to the light pink population.
CH-7 is complex with 5 individual domains. The report does not mention which domain that has come from.
However, there are about 600 to 1000 carats of stones sitting in a 500+ bags of kimberlite material sitting in Iqaluit waiting to be sealifted and sent to Montreal and then onto SRC.
The question is whether there will be any pink stones coming down that final process at the Saskatchewan Research Centre?
...and that is how Chidliak and Pink are related on this day.
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