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Diamonds

William Crookes

85 pages~1 hr 41 min read44 chapters$4.99
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How does the hardest thing on earth come out of the ground? Crookes takes readers to the Kimberley diamond fields of Cape Colony, down the volcanic pipes and through the mines, then into the science of the crystal itself. Geology, industry, and gemology together. Follow the diamond from deep rock to dazzling light.

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44 chapters

  1. 1·DIAMONDS·
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4LIST OF PLATES
  5. 5CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY
  6. 6Cape Colony
  7. 7River Washings
  8. 8CHAPTER II KIMBERLEY AND ITS DIAMOND MINES
  9. 9The Pipes or Craters
  10. 10The Kimberley Mine in Old Days
  11. 11CHAPTER III KIMBERLEY MINES AT THE PRESENT DAY
  12. 12The Compound System
  13. 13Underground Workings
  14. 14The Depositing Floors
  15. 15Washing and Concentrating Machinery
  16. 16CHAPTER IV COLLECTING THE GEMS
  17. 17Automatic Diamond Collector
  18. 18The Yield of Diamonds

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