Volcanic micro diamonds?

Not to Muddy the Waters, I still state they are Corundum or other forms of same.

We find 1/8th inch here all the time.   Hardness of 9.

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		Quote:			Posted by homefire
	Not to Muddy the Waters, I still state they are Corundum or other forms of same. We find 1/8th inch here all the time.   Hardness of 9.

Lets go off on a slight tangent here, Homefire. When you find small pieces of corundum in a certain spot, do you consider that indicative of the possibility that there are larger pieces of corundum in the same area as well?

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	It's entirely relevant because their not being diamonds makes your question irrelevant. I know you can't see that. Remove the word IF and you are correct. The word IF makes it relevant because if they are NOT diamonds, the question is moot. They are not micro diamonds so there is no question to be answered. Had you said, "ASSUMING they are micro diamonds . . ." your question would still be answerable. As it is, it cannot be answered because they are not micro diamonds. I'm taking a guess here that you are not a native English speaker. While your English is very good, the nuances can make a big difference. If you are a native English speaker, you can learn a lot from people who write professionally. I do. Others here do. We picked up on that word and the fact that the answer you received invalidated the question. The proper thing to do at this point is simply acknowledge to yourself that there are things in this life to learn. When I'm wrong, and I have been here on a lot of occasions, I acknowledge it publicly and move on. Your choice. You can do something similar or you can remain silent. This, by the way, is what MODERATORS do.

Your guess is right. English is my 3rd language, and being aware of that as well as the possibility of having being misunderstood, I had rephrased my question  in reply #22: "Does the presence of micro diamonds indicate the possibility of larger diamonds being present in the same area?". It was a general question and no reference to the photo was made. Maybe you and the others missed it. I basically just asked Homefire the same question, substituting "corundum" for "diamonds".

Had I asked 'Does the attached photo contained images of micro diamonds?', or 'Are there any micro diamonds in this photo?', then all the responses (yes, no, corundum) would be valid. I can't put it any plainer than that. I hazard a guess that Steve read the title of the thread, looked at the photo and thought I wanted to know if the shiny bits were micro diamonds. Nonetheless he was thanked for his input.

And among the things which MODERATOR(s) do in this forum are the locking of legitimate inquiries, badgering and harassing (remember the watermarking issue?) and now it seems I can add removal of posts which are not to their liking. Upon scrolling back to find my rephrased question, I find a post of mine mysteriously missing. What next, I wonder?

Question for all who bothered to read this far:
I do not know if gemstones are like gold in terms of deposits, hence this inquiry. If you find some fine gold in a stream and work your way up-current, a mother-lode of large veins or nuggets could be discovered. Does the same apply to gems?






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And among the things which MODERATOR(s) do in this forum are the locking of legitimate inquiries, badgering and harassing (remember the watermarking issue?) and now it seems I can add removal of posts which are not to their liking. Upon scrolling back to find my rephrased question, I find a post of mine mysteriously missing. What next, I wonder?

Do you really want the answer to that?

Your question was  answered in post 4 but you are not happy with it so you start to be argumentative with GD again.

I am sticking with my other post.

I have noticed that every time you do not get the answers you want you become combative with members or moderators, if you do not like the answers don't ask the question.

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You know what I am going to let GD handle this you insist on an argument and its not worth it. Trust me he is nicer then me so your lucky. 

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And among the things which MODERATOR(s) do in this forum are the locking of legitimate inquiries, badgering and harassing (remember the watermarking issue?) and now it seems I can add removal of posts which are not to their liking. Upon scrolling back to find my rephrased question, I find a post of mine mysteriously missing. What next, I wonder?

OK you want an answer First if threads are lock its because they have got out of hand. #2 No one has deleted any threads. #3 You have tried to start an argument with  GD and others when they do not agree with you  go back and look at the water mark thread along with several others. #3 If you contently with this it will not end well.

Here is the answer to the question

Alluvial diamond deposits are found on the Atlantic coast of South Africa and Namibia, as well
as in some riverbeds in Angola, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African
Republic, Cote d?Ivoire, Guinea, Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania, Togo, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana
and South Africa.

You have not found diamonds just corundum. I got 32 miles of beach in my front yard you can have all the corundum  you want.

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