A Journey Underground - A look at the Argyle Diamond Mine 

Usually, they are very hard to see as they are embedded in kimberlite rocks. The mining operation will need to move a massive amount of rock in order to just get a little bit of diamond, and so you likely won't be able to see it until the rock goes through the mineral processing stages!

Have you ever heard of Laughing 😂

Diamond is most hardest material used to cut iron also !

Yeah its kind of a waste of time and sometimes its even a waste of life!!!!!

It's crazy huh? 😂😂😂😂

Thanks! I had fun putting this video together for them.

@Jane Gray Hi Jane, thanks for reaching out. This footage all belongs to Rio Tinto. Now that the mine is in shutdown I'm not sure who would be the best contact anymore sorry.

@@chrismagnay hi Chris, ah ok. Thanks for letting me know. I was hoping it might have been yours.

Thanks for sharing your story Michael. While i havent worked for the mine I have been tour guiding and flying tourists and workers in and out for 16 years and have got to know lots of the staff over the years. Always professional from what i could see!

Hi Michael Could you see the sparkle of tiny diamonds in the rocks of the tunnel? I worked building the main crusher in 84 and the rocks were shimmering with thousands of tiny diamonds. Even the concrete was shiny at certain angles. I'm not kidding !

Did you get to bring home at least one diamond?

The block cave design is incredible, so good to see it in action too.

It's a feat yes, but serious no, they have been mining since the beginning of time.

I need job here

@@pakistanrailways7972 check Rio Tinto website mate

I worked there constructing the main crusher in 1984. Hot like hell :( The main contractor returned to Melbourne after sticking it out for over a year at 50 degrees + every day but soon died when he fell of the roof of his new house he was building. He was a very nice and fair boss. Life is just not fair for some.

That’s how the Seven Dwarfs did it 😉

It must be interesting I think Better than those office jobs

@@Ydv_Saurabh26 oh yeah give it a shot then you'll soon find out.

Romantic, no. Satisfying, hell yes. I'll be back working underground in just a few months.

I agree. Where were the pretty rocks??

Lachlan Stanley No worries, glad you enjoyed it.

Its ok daughter 😋😋

Insomnia Fever 🤣🤣

Insomnia Fever daddy is that u

assassinated by wild children..

Lachlan Scanlan Thank you Lachlan. I really enjoyed this project, it’s a different world down there!

I'm in the process of reopening an underground mine - I'm totally stealing that idea. It's brilliant.

Scam by Rothschild , Rockefeller ??

the price of everything is controlled. Including the price of your money.

The pinks are rare though ;)

Anthony Killen Thanks, it’s amazing being down there. This mine follows a big volcanic pipe or Lamporite Ore down.

@@chrismagnay Really? That's a lamp and not kimberlite? Very cool! I do diamond ore assay (caustic fusion), lamporite usually harder to extract stones from. Is it all industrial, or are there gem diamonds here too?

@@thirstfast1025 Yep, all lamporite here and i think they are getting close to 80% gem - mostly coloured diamonds including 90% of the worlds best pinks.

@@chrismagnay Very interesting! I've heard of finding less common colors and different inclusions in lamporite diamonds. There's an old lamprophyre not far from where I live that hosts unusual diamonds. Not just unusual because of the host, but also strange inclusion ratios or something, I don't remember the specifics. I love diamonds though! I get to find them at work once in a while, but I'd like to find my own one day! There's actually a few pipes around here too, but they're all claimed (or undiscovered and inaccessible). Have to find a good place(r) to pan downstream from one of them pipes! LOL! Awesome video! Thanks for making it!

It's one of the nicest I've seen for sure. Almost everywhere I've worked is rusty, worn out, and older than I am.

Thank you for the kind words!

Thanks Gavin

At its peak they produced a quarter of the worlds diamonds!

That’s it!

About residence classification.

Sure is!