Image: Olivine lamproite

Olivine lamproite (11 cm x 6 cm). Cut slice. AK-1 Pipe, Argyle diamond mine, Kimberley Range, Western Australia.

Photographer:

Stuart Humphreys

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Additional information

Lamproite is a volcanic or subvolcanic rock, rich in potassium and magnesium, composed of unusual rare minerals such as K-Ti-richterite, priderite, wadeite, jeppeite, Fe-orthoclase and leucite. The host rock for diamonds in the AK1 pipe of the Argyle diamond mine, Western Australia.

Last Updated: 27 August 2009

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