The Tortiya diamondfields are situated in Proterozoic meta-volcanics and meta-sediments trending NNE–SSW .Tortiya's diamonds were probably intruded during the Eburnian Orogeny, 2.1–2.0 billion years ago (Milesi et al., 1992).Diamondiferous placer deposits are thought to occur amongst greywacke, schists, pelites, quartzites, arkoses, and conglomerates of the Birimian Supergroup (Bardet, 1974).