A moment with 'the father of Australian diamonds' - Jeweller Magazine: Jewellery News and Trends
A moment with 'the father of Australian diamonds' Posted April 15, 2021 | Geologist Ewen Tyler AM discovered all three of Australia’s diamond mines – Argyle and Ellendale in Western Australia, and Merlin in the Northern Territory. During the 1960s, '70s and '80s, Ewen Tyler established Australia's fledgling diamond industry Acting against conventional wisdom, Tyler spent the better part of a decade searching Australia’s vast interior for diamond-bearing kimberlites (ancient volcano ‘pipelines’ filled with diamonds) where none had looked before. On the verge of having his fu...