MATERIAL CONSTITUTION AND RECOVERY OF IMPACT DIAMONDS

Material constitution and processability of sinking fraction of carbon-bearing material sampled in the Popigai Astroblem area is studied. In terms of abrasive ability, impact diamond powders exceed natural and synthesized diamonds by 1.8–2.4 times, while the super-hard material and products made of the powdered impact diamonds have the abrasive ability 2.0–2.5 times higher. The study objects were Archean graphite-bearing schist, gneiss and plagioclase gneiss of the Anabar Shield (garnet, biotite–garnet, biotite–pyroxene, two-pyroxene) and sedimentary cover rocks (quartzite, siltstone, sandstone, shale, carbon-bearing argillite, limestone, dolomite, sand and clay). The composition of the diamond-bearing rocks of the Popigai Astroblem differs considerably from the composition of kimberlite and lamproite. The diamond-bearing rocks at Popigai contain much quartz (more than 35%), impact-crater acid and medium-composition glass, feldspar (albite and potassic feldspar). Quartz is acid-resistant. The studies were carried out using engineering, mathematical, flotation, gravity and other dedicated test methods. The developed circuit for rough concentrate finishing ensures complete recovery of the valuable component.

Keywords

Impact diamonds, Popigai Astroblem, material constitution, mineralogy, structure, recovery, combination processing circuits.

Issue number: 6
Year: 2018
ISBN:
UDK: 622.722
DOI: 10.25018/0236-1493-2018-6-0-13-19
Authors: Algebraistova N. K., Perfilova O. Yu., Kolotushkin D. M., Komarova E. S.

About authors: Algebraistova N.K., Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor, Assistant Professor, e-mail: algebraistova@mail.ru, Perfilova O.Yu., Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Assistant Professor, e-mail: perfil57@mail.ru, Kolotushkin D.M., Graduate Student, e-mail: denisss911@mail.ru, Komarova E.S., Student, e-mail: ekaterina.komarova.1995@mail.ru, Siberian Federal University, 660041, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

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