Which statement about Argyle mine is accurate?

Which statement about Argyle mine is accurate?

• A. Argyle produced colorless diamonds.
• B. Argyle mined only synthetic diamonds.
• C. Australia's Argyle mine was once a major colored diamond producer.
• D. Argyle is located in Victoria, Australia.

Answer: (C)

Colored diamonds are Argyle’s hallmark, and the mine in Western Australia became renowned for supplying a large share of the world’s colored stones, especially pink diamonds. It is located in Western Australia, not Victoria, and it produced natural stones rather than synthetic ones. Mining at Argyle has ceased, so it’s accurate to say it was once a major colored diamond producer.

Colored diamonds are Argyle’s hallmark, and the mine in Western Australia became renowned for supplying a large share of the world’s colored stones, especially pink diamonds. It is located in Western Australia, not Victoria, and it produced natural stones rather than synthetic ones. Mining at Argyle has ceased, so it’s accurate to say it was once a major colored diamond producer.