Alluvial diamonds reached their current resting place after being carried by wind and water down rivers over millions of years. Deposits of the resulting alluvial diamonds stretch north from the Orange River Delta along the west coast of Namibia. Alluvial mining operations, in partnership with the Namibian government, involve four stages: Exposing diamonds - Diamond ore is buried under as much as 40m of sand, gravel and cement-like conglomerate. A variety of industrial large scale methods to re

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Location: Namibia, Namibia
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Keywords: alluvial, bed-rock, diamonds, excavation, mining, namibia, ore, namdeb