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diamond mining on
present day gullied beach
of Namibia		 des_wil.jpg
Desmond O'Shea and
Willie van der Merwe, 1964		 dia_diamantkus.jpg
sorting gravels for
diamonds aboard Sam Collin's
"Diamantkus", 1963		 DeBeersMarine_GraandBanksMV.jpg
"modern" marine diamond
mining vessel "Grand Banks"
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Desmond O'Sheas update
dated Jan.9, 2004
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first diamond retrieved
by OSESA's "Rockeater", 1964
Ben Oostdam
story # 719

MARINE DIAMONDS AFTERMATH

A forty year update by Desmond O'Shea
Marine Diamond Geologist for De Beer's

BLO fecit 20110707congrats PBS!
BLO's autobiography
1963-1965 Ocean Science and Engineering
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Sammy Collins of
Marine Diamond Corp. and
"Mr" Brown of DeBeer's, 1965