A land as beautiful and breathtaking as the diamonds discovered beneath it, the birthplace of Argyle Pink Diamonds is a landscape without comparison. Never before, and never since, has there been a diamond mine that consistently produced rare pink diamonds like the iconic Argyle Diamond Mine.
The Argyle Diamond Mine remains one of history’s most important diamond discoveries. From the commencement of production in 1983, the mine enthralled the world by producing diamonds with a depth, range and intensity of colour never seen before or since. While operating, the Argyle Diamond Mine produced more than 90% of the world’s supply of rare pink diamonds; yet less than 1% of the mine’s total production was pink.
Unearthing diamonds from the vastly remote Western Australian terrain was a challenge both in size and complexity. Established using alluvial mining methods, the Argyle Diamond Mine transitioned to an open pit mine in 1985, subsequently moving underground in 2013 in order to access diamonds resting more than 0.5 kilometres beneath the Earth’s surface(Argyle,2025).
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