Alberta Diamond Occurrences Dataset
The first clue to the presence of possible diamond-bearing source rocks in northern Alberta was the discovery of a perfect octahedral diamond, estimated at about 0.83 carats in weight, by farm worker Einar Opdahl during 1958 in the Evansburg area of west-central Alberta. Since the Opdahl diamond, no new diamond finds were reported in northern Alberta until the 1990s, when several occurrences of alluvial diamond and diamondiferous kimberlite were discovered.
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2007-01-01
Date Published
2007-01-01
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1958-01-01 - 2006-01-01
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Government of Alberta; Alberta Energy Regulator. (2007-01-01). Alberta Diamond Occurrences Dataset. https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
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