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Daily Archives: February 24, 2012

Diavik Diamond Mine

Diamonds in the Lake

February 24, 2012by Nate 3 Comments

Daivik Diamond Mine may be in the middle of a lake with no road access, but that didn’t stop Canada’s largest diamond mine from starting out as an open pit reaching hundreds of meters below the water’s surface.

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