Renard 7 Kimberlite

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This Kimberlite pipe is called Renard 7 and is part of Stornaway Diamonds 100% owned Renard Diamond Project. The Renard pipes contain root zone to lower diatreme facies rocks. The internal geology of the rocks is complex and is characterised by massive volcaniclastic kimberlite, categorised as tuffisitic kimberlitic breccia (TKB). By volume the TKB includes 15% to 90% fresh to moderately transformed granitoid country rock clasts in a matrix that is characterised by serpentinised olivine macrocrysts, carbonates and serpentine.
The rocks found across the bodies or on the periphery, are late-stage intrusions that are characterised by large amounts of disseminated calcite, olivine macrocrysts and less than 15% by volume crustal xenoliths.