Off-craton kimberlitic rocks are known from different geotectonic environments from around the world. In particular, they are found far away from cratons in the Appalachians, Bolivia, Cape Fold Belt, Egypt, Fazenda Largo in Brazil, Gibeon in Namibia, Israel, Kansas, Oman and Syria. Are there any chances of finding an off-craton kimberlite in Europe?
In the 1990's or even earlier, I remember anyone asking where are the diamonds of the world and the answer was : "only in South Africa".
One person in Canada took him about 25 years to locate the first diamond pipe in the Northwest Territories (mid-1990's). Now there are diamond deposits in most parts of Canada, cratons or not.
My friend and I drilled a hole in a new area (with bull's eye magnetic anomalies) and we think we have most of the diamond indicator minerals in the form of dikes, probably. No diamonds yet.
Why not in Europe?
Thank you for your answer Michael. I agree with you that it is possible to find them in Europe. To my knowledge the only off-craton kimberlitic rocks in the European continent are located in Eastern Europe. These are the kimberlite field of Belarus, the kimberlites of Timan hills and a kimberlitoid in the Urals. Further west there are only kimberlite-like aillikites (in Germany, Sweden, Norway and Scotland).
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Ioannis
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