| It is said the sparkle from canadian
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| | 8,000,000 carats of diamonds. This mine
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| diamond rings mimics the eerie and
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| | sells $100,000,000 worth of gemstones a
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| enchanting radiance of the Northern
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| | year. This mine is expected to be in
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| Lights. This is a bit of a romantic
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| | production for the next two decades and
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| notion as it is actually the cut of the
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| | is currently responsible for providing 5%
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| diamond, not its national identity that
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| | of the worlds gemstone quality
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| makes it twinkle like a Northern star.
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| | diamonds.The Jericho-3 mine is located
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| Still Canadian diamonds are among the
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| | near the north end of Contwoyto Lake in
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| whitest in the world. Thanks to
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| | West Kitikmeot in the Canadian Territory
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| stringent government regulations in the
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| | of Nunavut. It is operated by the Tahera
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| Northwest Territories they are also
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| | Diamond Corporation, which has been
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| extremely high quality. This Canadian
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| | researching the viability of operating
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| reputation for integrity means that
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| | the mine year round in Nunavit's harsh
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| canadian diamond rings are competing well
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| | climate. It has only been in business for
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| in the gem stone jewelry market.Canadian
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| | several months but it is projected to be
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| diamonds are also quite special because
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| | a generous resource of glittering
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| they have only been around about thirty
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| | diamonds for at least the next eight
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| years. Prior to their discovery in
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| | years.You know a diamond deposit is
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| Canada's Artic north in 1985, the finest
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| | serious valuable when DeBeers decides to
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| quality diamonds were sourced from South
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| | get a piece of the action. The Snap Lake
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| Africa. This monopoly was put to an end
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| | mine, that is scheduled to open next year
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| when two Canadian geologists, Charles
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| | is owned and operated by the gargantuan
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| Fipke and his partner Stuart Blusson
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| | South African mining company. This
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| discovered a large vein of Kimberlite
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| | particular mine is located beneath a lake
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| near Lac De Gras in the Yukon, Canada.
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| | in the James Bay Lowlands of Northern
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| This discovery was exciting as Kimberlite
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| | Ontario. The nearest community is the
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| is the ideal stone-growing medium for
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| | coastal village of Attawapiskat. This
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| high quality diamonds. Soon after this,
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| | mine, which requires a great deal of
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| in 1991, yet another source of diamonds
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| | technological innovation to extract the
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| in Kimberlite was found in Nunavit in the
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| | Canadian diamonds from beneath tons of
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| Northwest Territories.The money to
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| | water, apparently has a rich deposit of
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| extract these diamonds comes from the
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| | gems that will produce for at least eight
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| Canadian
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| | years.One of the great things about this
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| government and the gemstones that are
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| | mine is they have gone a long way towards
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| produced are also certified by the
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| | making Canada's indigenous people,
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| government body. This means that unlike
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| | Indians and Eskimos, quite wealthy The
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| many diamonds that you can buy today, the
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| | mines provide high-income jobs with an
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| Canadian diamond can be traced back to
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| | average salary of $63,000. These are
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| the diamond it was mined from. Canadian
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| | permanent jobs that are currently handled
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| diamonds are also etched with a serial
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| | by aboriginal peoples such as the Dene
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| number as well as a teensy microscopic
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| | First Nation. When you buy canadian
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| image of a polar bear or a maple leaf.
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| | diamonds you are also supporting an
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| All diamonds mined in this conscientious
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| | indigenous culture.The relatively recent
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| country come with a Canadian Triple
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| | discoveries of these diamond mines have
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| Guarantee, which assures the quality and
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| | caused a flurry of excitement, not unlike
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| purity of the rock.In the last thirty
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| | the Yukon Gold Rush. According to
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| years, Canada has risen to become one of
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| | Statistics Canada, by February 2004
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| the top three producers of gemstone
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| | prospecting companies from all over the
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| quality diamonds in the world. Although
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| | world laid claim to more than 70 million
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| South Africa produces the most diamonds,
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| | acres in the Northwest Territories and
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| many of them are for industrial and
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| | Nunavut. The most dramatic increase in
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| technological uses. Currently Canada is
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| | diamond prospecting is in Nunavut in
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| the third top producer of diamonds for
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| | Northern Ontario, where the number of
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| rings behind Botswana and Russia.Two of
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| | prospecting permits grew to 1,518 in 2004
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| the largest diamond mines in Canada are
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| | from just 190 in 2003.Over the years,
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| located very near and just north of the
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| | Canadian Diamonds have earned quite a
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| city of Yellowknife in the North West
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| | reputation for quality and integrity. As
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| Territories. Two mines are operated in
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| | they are traceable, you know that they
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| this area - the Diavik and Ekati mines.
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| | are not sold to fund terrorism in Angola
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| The third big mine, called Jericho-3 just
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| | or other African countries. Canadian
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| started mining operations in 2005 in
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| | diamonds are of very high quality with
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| Nunavut. A fourth mine called Snap
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| | their most precious characteristic being
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| Lake-4, which is in Northern Ontario (and
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| | their brilliant white color. This is
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| quite a bit south of the other three
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| | especially true of the diamonds that come
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| diamond mines) is scheduled to begin
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| | from the Ekati mines. Their purity and
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| production in 2007.Charles Fipke and
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| | clarity makes a stellar diamond
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| Stewart Blusson, the geologists who
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| | engagement ring.According to Statistics
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| originally discovered the vein of
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| | Canada, 13.8 million carats of diamonds
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| Kimberlite, own Canada's first diamond
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| | worth approximately $2.8 billion were
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| mine, the Ekati Mine, along with the
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| | mined in Canada between 1998 and 2002.
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| Australian mining conglomerate BHP
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| | This means that every day, Canadian mines
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| Billton. This treasure trove is expected
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| | produce $1.5 million worth of diamonds,
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| to be in production for the next two
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| | which is the equivalent of a 1.5 kilogram
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| decades. It currently produces four per
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| | bag full of the gems. Overall, Canada now
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| cent of the world's fine diamonds.The
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| | produces 15% of the worlds diamonds in
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| Diavik mine is cooperatively owned by a
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| | total and this trend towards prosperity
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| British mining called Rio Tinto PLC and
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| | will increase providing the weather
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| the the Aber Diamond Corp that is based
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| | cooperates and these mines are always
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| in Toronto, Ontario. It has been in
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| | allowed to operate with year round
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| production since 2003. It produces
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| | efficiency.
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