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There are a limited number of commercially available diamond mines currently operating in the world, with the 50 largest mines accounting for approximately 90% of global supply. [1] Diamonds are also mined alluvially over disperse areas, where diamonds have been eroded out of the ground, deposited, and concentrated by water or weather action.
This is a list of countries by diamond production, based on data reported by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. Diamond production [ 1 ] (million carats)
Diamond is a good electrical insulator, having a resistivity of 100 GΩ⋅m to 1 EΩ⋅m [32] (1.0 × 10 11 – 1.0 × 10 18 Ω⋅m), and is famous for its wide bandgap of 5.47 eV. High carrier mobilities [ 33 ] and high electric breakdown field [ 34 ] at room temperature are also important characteristics of diamond.
The Orapa diamond mine is the world's largest diamond mine by area. The mine is located in Orapa, a town in the Central District of Botswana about 240 km (150 mi) west of the city of Francistown. Orapa ("resting place for lions") is owned by Debswana, a partnership between the De Beers company and the government of Botswana. [1]
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In 1869, an even larger 83.50-carat (16.700 g; 0.5891 oz) diamond was found on the slopes of Colesberg Kopje on the farm Vooruitzigt belonging to the De Beers brothers. This sparked off the famous "New Rush" and within a month, 800 claims were cut into the hillock which were worked frenetically by two to three thousand men.
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