DIAMONDS IN N.Z.
REPORTED DISCOVERY. (By Telegraph— Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 30. While not definitely stating that the discovery is not what it is thought to be, a. leading geologist, who was approached to-day is disinclined to believe the report from Dunedin of the discovery of diamonds in the North Island. “From the geological point of view,” lie said, “there would seem to, be no reason against diamonds (being, in the.country, but I do not think I, or any other geologists, would affirm it is very likely. It is for the first time a supposed diamond field has been located. The blue day of the kind so well, known in the diamondiferous areas in South Africa, has been found and in it sparkling gems have been seen, but unfortunately they have, not turned out to be true diamonds. In fact, no trace of a true diamond has ever been found before in New Zealand. What has been found before, and lias given rise to falsified hoptp, and what has probably been found this time, is fho zircon, which is not a diamond.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1930, Page 5
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183DIAMONDS IN N.Z. Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1930, Page 5
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