Chapter 492: Diamond Mine

In fact, after so many years of mining, except for a few large diamond mines that are still operating, South Africa has almost dug up diamonds, of course, this refers to the proven diamond reserves.

In fact, in addition to the Vinitia diamond mine in South Africa, other diamond mines in South Africa are seriously insufficient, the Vinitia diamond mine is currently the world's largest and most modern diamond mine, this world-class diamond mine, half of the diamonds can reach gem quality, this is a rather terrifying number.

You must know that the world's proven diamond reserves are about 2.5 billion carats, that is, about 500 tons, of course, this reserve does not include the "Papigay" crater in Russia, which is up to 100 kilometers in diameter.

In this miraculous crater, the Soviets discovered a large number of natural diamonds in the seventies, but this secret was kept secret until 2012, when it was announced by Russian officials.

Diamonds from the "Pepigai" crater, also known as "impact diamonds", are the result of meteorite-like objects hitting existing diamond mines. It is estimated that this crater in eastern Siberia contains more than one trillion carats of diamonds, enough to be mined globally for 3,000 years.

The sudden appearance of this "Papigai" crater is so sudden that many geologists do not take this strange diamond mine into account when calculating the world's diamond reserves.

At present, among the world's proven diamond reserves, Australia has the largest diamond reserves, as high as 650 million carats, but most of Australia's diamonds are produced in potash and magnesium porphyry, although the mining volume ranks first in the world, but it can reach gem-quality diamonds. Only a measly 5 per cent.

In other words, the value of a year's diamond output from an Australia country is not even as good as the value of a mine in South Africa's Vinitia diamond mine in a year.

Of course, in addition to the Venitia diamond mines, Namibia's alluvial deposit belt is also rich in gem-quality diamonds. In this huge alluvial deposit. The primary diamond ore from kimberlite was transported by the water for more than 1,000 kilometers before being deposited on the seashore on the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean, forming a world-class alluvial diamond deposit. The world's largest diamond placer has a particularly beautiful name, the famous "Namibian Diamond Coast"!

In this huge deposit, the proportion of natural diamonds produced can reach gem quality is as high as 95%!

In fact, the natural diamonds produced on the Diamond Coast of Namibia and the natural diamonds produced by the Venitia diamond mines in South Africa are like the relationship between the secondary and primary minerals of jadeite.

The finest natural diamonds. Naturally, it is in secondary ore veins. The Namibian Diamond Coast is a typical natural diamond secondary vein.

In addition, there are also very good quality diamond primary mines in Botswana, because in Botswana, there are also kimberlite extensions, so in this country, the three famous diamond mines of Olapa, Letihakena and Jwaneng can provide Botswana with more than 15 million carats of gem-quality diamonds per year.

Where Tang Feng is going to do it this time. These are the Venitia Diamond Mine, the Diamond Coast of Namibia and the three major diamond mines of Botswana.

Because of these famous diamond mines, most of the shares belong to Dai. Beals's. For example, the world's largest diamond producer. Namibia. Wear. Bills Company, is Dai. A diamond producer in partnership with the Namibian government. Back then, Dai. Bills and Anglo American's founder, Ernest of the Oppenheimer family? Sir Oppenheimer bought the diamond mining rights in Namibia after the First World War, and the diamond mining rights of the entire Diamond Coast were all taken. Bills is in control. However, after Namibia declared its independence in 1978, the world's largest natural diamond secondary vein has since been vested. Bielce and the Namibian State are jointly owned.

But. In order to use the function of classified storage to sweep away most of the diamonds in these places, Tang Feng still needs to make a lot of preparations.

First of all, Tang Feng had to find a relatively quiet place to perform this function of the star core, because every time he activated the sorting and storage, it would take two hours for the purification time alone. The Vinitia diamond mine is a separate natural diamond primary ore vein, and the diamond coast of Namibia is also easy to say, because that place is also a separate place, mainly the three natural diamond primary mines in Botswana are a bit troublesome.

The Orapa, Letihakena and Jwaneng mines are not connected, so in order to get all three mines at once, they must be in the same straight line as much as possible. Therefore, if Tang Feng wants to launch classified storage, he has to choose a better location.

Therefore, after Tang Feng and the others came out of Victoria Falls City, they drove straight to Wanji Town.

The town of Wanji is the entrance to Wankey Forest Park, the largest national forest park in Zimbabwe. If tourists want to have a good time visiting this national forest park covering an area of 14,650 square kilometers, Wanji Town is a must-visit place.

There are two official entrances to Wanji National Forest Park, one in the town of Wanji and the other 80 kilometers away from the town. Of course, apart from these two entrances, you can also enter the national forest from other places, but if you don't want to enter the park through the entrance, you will have to face the situation that there are no roads.

Tang Feng didn't want to save that amount of money, to enter Wanji Forest Park, locals need five dollars, foreigners need twenty dollars, and a car costs five dollars, that is to say, Tang Feng and his party plus three cars, just to buy tickets is less than two hundred dollars.

Tang Feng didn't want to get lost on the prairie because of this meagre $200, so after entering Wanji Forest Park, he walked along the road in the park and found the right place as soon as possible.

Through map comparison, Tang Feng found that in Zimbabwe's Wanji National Forest Park, there is a place that can be connected to the Orapa Rock Tube, the Letihakena Rock Pipe and the Jwaneng Diamond Mine, that is, as long as you reach this location or not far from this location, then you can sweep away the three diamond mines in Botswana at one time. (To be continued.) )