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“PRISTINE” or “NEAR PRISTINE” - Significance

[Tommer3]

“PRISTINE” or “NEAR PRISTINE” - Significance Something truly significant came out in the last news release in how it was worded in a few key areas. What I mean by this is how they referred to the words “PRISTINE” or “NEAR PRISTINE”. For example: ------ “The “PRISTINE” angular to slightly worn surface textures of the majority of the diamond inclusion grains testify to the proximity of the source.” “The “NEAR PRISTINE” surface textures of the chrome diopsides suggest a primary source far closer than five kilometres.” ------ The hardness of Cr-Diopside is 5-6. Hardness is the quality of a mineral that is responsible for how durable the mineral is. The best gemstones have hardnesses on the order of 8-10, diamond being the hardest substance on earth with a hardness of 10. Topaz and sapphires are 8-9, and quartz is 7. Window glass is about 5.5, and you know how easily glass gets pitted and rounded when left on an ocean beach for any length of time. It smoothes down quickly. Cr-Diopside's hardness is the same as window glass, so once again; it is very interesting that the ones they reported on in their NR are so “PRISTINE”. That, to me, points to a very near source! This sentence is referring to the hardness factor: “Chrome diopsides do not typically persist for distances greater than five kilometres from source” and by “PERSIST”, they mean they just don't hold up - they wear right down to nothing during any kind of transport. In my opinion that speaks volumes and in doing so really lets the “cat out of the bag” Can’t get any more “PRISTINE” then that…. Tommer3