Diamond study features in forecasting and prospecting (Siberian platform)

Abstract

Based on the completed research and data summary on diamonds specific features (an example from the Siberian platform), conclusions were made that indications exist at all levels of their location: from kimberlite-related provinces, subprovinces, fields, diatremes to ore shoots. Population of diamond varieties in kimberlite rocks forms parasteric, rather than paragenetic, associations related to their coexistence in kimberlites. Morphological criteria of kimberlite diamond potential were defined depending on rounded diamonds content in them. Significant differences in kimberlites diamond potential were not revealed to the explored depth of diatremes. A conclusion about the absence of horizontal concentric zonality in the change of diamond typomorphic features was made.