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Last diamond days for Argyle

THE last collection of diamonds from Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine in Western Australia’s far north have been sold, in the 35th tender since the mine started producing rare pink, red and violet diamonds for world markets.

 The last Argyle diamonds

The last Argyle diamonds

The 2019 collection comprised 64 rare pink and red diamonds, which attracted strong interest from bidders around the world. The successful bidders came from nine different countries. Rio Tinto copper...

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