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
Kimberlite significant amounts of forsteritic olivine, with lesser amounts of pyrope garnet, Cr-diopside, magnesian ilmenite, and spinel. Olivine lamproites were previously called group II kimberlite or orangeite in response to the mistaken belief that they only occurred in South Africa. Their occurrence and petrology, however, are identical globally and should not be erroneously referred to as kimberlite. Olivine lamproites are ultrapotassic, peralkaline rocks rich in volatiles (dominantly HO). The distinctive characteristic of olivine lamproites is phlogopite macrocrysts and microphenocrysts, together with groundmass micas that vary in composition from phlogopite to "tetraferriphlogopite" (anomalously Al-poor phlogopite requiring Fe to enter the tetrahedral site).