The London Mining Journal of Jreported the annual production of diamond to be more than 111 million carats. ![]() These pockets of gemstones are nothing like the quantity of diamonds that exist in the world's kimberlite volcanic dikes. Most people, even today, do not realize that when dealing with colored stones, the supply is limited to the small number of pockets that can be located deep within the earth's crust. Originally in the late 1800's, the deposit which lies at 15,000 feet elevation produced a quantity of material that flooded the market for nearly a decade. However it's not the location that has earned the Kashmir gem it's legendary status, but instead the superiority of their intense soft blue and the colorfully woven history of their existence and disappearance in the early 1900's. ![]() ![]() Remotely hidden in the lap of the spectacular snow-capped Himalayas is the highest sapphire mine in the world.
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