but a diamond mine certainly isn’t, as the closure this week of the once-giant Argyle mine in Australia proves. At its peak, Argyle was easily the world’s biggest single source of diamonds ...

Ultra-rare pink Australian diamonds are expected to sell for millions of dollars at an upcoming auction. A loose Argyle pink diamond and an Argyle pink diamond necklace will be put up for bidding ...

When Rio Tinto shut down its famed Argyle mine in 2020, the final tender of the rare pink diamonds collected at the West Australian site was one of the most eagerly anticipated events in local and ...

In the fall of 2016, workers at Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine in Western Australia discovered an extraordinary 4.38-carat rough diamond that appeared to glow like a red ember. Next month, a radiant ...

Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has put up for sale its final collection of rare pink, red, violet and blue diamonds from its iconic Argyle mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western ...

“Argyle Pink Diamonds™ really are a phenomenon of nature,” says John Calleija. Calleija With their stunning beauty and increasing rarity, it’s little wonder that Argyle Pink Diamonds ...

At its peak, Argyle produced more colored diamonds than anywhere else on Earth and earned an especially sparkling reputation for its unparalleled cache of pink diamonds. Researchers have spent ...

During 37 years of operations, the now-closed Argyle mine produced more than 865 million carats (191 tons) of rough diamonds and 90% of the world's pink diamonds. When you purchase through links ...

When former Scotland Yard police officer Richard Corfield got a call out of the blue from a diamantaire about illicit Argyle pink diamonds surfacing in Antwerp he knew something was up.