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Argyle : The Impossible Story of Australian Diamonds, Paperback / softback Book

Argyle : The Impossible Story of Australian Diamonds Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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The remote Kimberley region of Western Australia has a rich history and unique geography.

In the 1960s De Beers, the world's largest diamond company, sent gem-hunters to the area but they came away empty-handed.

It was a vast region to survey, and they'd overlooked something vital. A few years later, a team of Australian geologists with a tiny budget searched for even tinier mineral clues.

Those clues led them to the earth's largest diamond deposit and the world's richest source of rare pink diamonds. Based on in-depth research and interviews-including with Alan King Jones, Bill Leslie and 'the father of Australian diamonds', Ewen Tyler-Argyle: The Impossible Story of Australian Diamonds details the almost overwhelming challenges with realising a diamond mining venture in Australia, shows how these obstacles were overcome, and explores the mine's impact and legacy.

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