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What makes diamonds blue? Boron from oceanic crustal remnants in Earth’s decrease mantle
Blue diamonds — just like the world-famous Hope Diamond on the Nationwide Museum of Pure Historical past — shaped as much as 4 occasions deeper within the Earth’s mantle than most different diamonds, in line with new work. Geology News … Continue reading
Meteorite diamonds inform of a misplaced planet
Scientists have examined a slice from a meteorite that incorporates giant diamonds shaped at excessive strain. The examine reveals that the guardian physique from which the meteorite got here was a planetary embryo of a measurement between Mercury to Mars. … Continue reading
The Science of Lab-grown Diamonds
The Science of Growing 100,000 Carats of Real Diamonds in a Lab In Silicon Valley, where seemingly anything can be produced in a lab, so can diamonds. Diamond Foundry recently opened a new diamond lab in South San Francisco that … Continue reading
Scientists Just Discovered ‘Young Diamonds’
Stephen H. Richardson, University of Cape TownDiamond with a garnet inclusion After analyzing a number of diamonds, geologists have discovered “young diamonds” which will undoubtedly shake up the diamond industry. Diamonds may be ‘forever,’ but some may have formed more … Continue reading
Diamonds show Earth still capable of ‘superhot’ surprises
Diamonds may be ‘forever’ but some may have formed more recently than geologists thought. A study of 26 diamonds, formed under extreme melting conditions in the Earth’s mantle, found two populations, one of which has geologically ‘young’ ages. The results … Continue reading
Iron Carbonates in Earth’s Mantle Help Form Diamonds
Iron Carbonates with SiO4 Under the peculiar conditions present deep in the Earth’s mantle, iron carbonates can play a role in forming diamonds, an international team of researchers have found. Diamonds extracted from depths of some 700 km. bear inclusions … Continue reading
Here’s How to Make Perfect Diamonds in The Microwave
(Credit: Getty Images) Right now, odds are that one in every four diamonds on sale around the world is a blood diamond – mined in a war zone and sold to finance armed conflict and civil war. And for those … Continue reading
De Beers: A New Ship to Explore for Seafloor Diamonds
The mv SS Nujoma The diamond hunter sets sail: World’s largest gem finding vessel De Beers has officially launched the mv SS Nujoma, what the diamond mining giant calls the “world’s largest and most advanced diamond exploration and sampling vessel” … Continue reading
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Gem Diamonds found this high-quality 80-carat rock in Lesotho
The 80-carat, D-colour Type-II diamond is one of the highest-quality stones to come out of the company’s Letšeng mine. (Image courtesy of Gem Diamonds) Gem Diamonds Limited has recovered a high-quality 80 carat, D colour Type II diamond from the … Continue reading