Kimberlite Diamond (brand) Kimberlite Diamond (brand) Kimberlite Diamond () is China's first diamond jewellery manufacturer and retailer with a nationwide sales network. Kimberlite Diamond was founded in 1995 and the brand is China's first diamond-based retailing jewelry company. In 1997, the brand reached a "Quality Appraisal Agreement" with the HRD (Belgian High-level Diamond Council) which gave local Chinese consumers confidence. In September, 1998, the brand became a member of the Gems & Jewelry Association of China. In 2007, Kimberley Diamond Design Work "SOPRANO (Soprano)" was one of the finalists for the "Opera Night" Diamond Design Competition in the HRD AWARDS 2007 held by
Elliott County Kimberlite Elliott County Kimberlite The Elliott County Kimberlite (Sometimes called the Ison Creek Kimberlite) was discovered in Elliott County, Kentucky, by Albert R. Crandall in 1884 over two years before Carvill Lewis named a similar porphyritic peridotite occurring near Kimberley, South Africa, a kimberlite. It occurs as three separate elongate intrusive bodies 1/4 to 1/2 mi in length and a few hundred feet in width, within an area of about a square mile. The rock is a dark-green peridotite (kimberlite) composed of serpentinized olivine and a number of accessory minerals, including phlogopite, pyrope, calcite, enstatite, magnesian ilmenite, and others. Xenoliths, mainly