Argyle
Argyle The remote Kimberley region of Western Australia has a rich history and unique geography. It was a vast region to survey, and they'd overlooked something vital. In the 1960s De Beers, the…
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Argyle
The remote Kimberley region of Western Australia has a rich history and unique geography. It was a vast region to survey, and they'd overlooked something vital. In the 1960s De Beers, the world's largest diamond company, sent gem-hunters to the area but they came away empty-handed.
Those clues led them to the earth's largest diamond deposit and the world's richest source of rare pink diamonds. A few years later, a team of Australian geologists with a tiny budget searched for even tinier mineral clues. 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