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Man Thought He Found Candy-Size Piece of ‘Glass’ in the Dirt—Learns It’s Really a 4.87-Carat Diamond
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Tennis Ball-Sized Diamond Up for Auction, Could Net $70 Million
The 1109-carat beast was discovered in 2015 by Lucara Diamond Corporation in Botswana, according to Sotheby’s.
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Scientists Have Discovered Q-Carbon, a New Phase
Scientists have designed a new type of carbon, called Q-carbon, that’s brighter and harder than diamonds, according to reports.
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Is the Deep Earth Churning Out Tiny Diamonds?
“Diamond formation in the deep Earth—the very deep Earth—may be a more common process than we thought,” says Johns Hopkins University geochemist Dimitri A. Sverjensky.
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Scientist Creates Diamonds From Peanut Butter (Video)
A scientist in Germany uses peanut butter to create artificial diamonds that help replicate the Earth’s mantle.
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The Rise and Rise of Belgium’s Indian Diamond Dynasties
From the outside, Number 2 Hoveniersstraat Street in Antwerp is a nondescript office block. Only the clusters of businessmen speaking in Gujarati on their mobile phones or with each other, give any indication of the hive of activity inside.
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Return of the Million-Dollar Hairdo, Now Worth Half a Billion
Harold Leighton shares about his 1969 hair sensation, “Hair & Jewel”—an ornate do with $1 million in Graff jewels. A 2013 re-creation is worth half billion
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Engagement Rings: 10 of Hollywood’s Biggest Rocks
Diamonds are a girls’s best friend, and American Hollywood stars tend to have very big best friends.
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Man Thought He Found Candy-Size Piece of ‘Glass’ in the Dirt—Learns It’s Really a 4.87-Carat Diamond
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Tennis Ball-Sized Diamond Up for Auction, Could Net $70 Million
The 1109-carat beast was discovered in 2015 by Lucara Diamond Corporation in Botswana, according to Sotheby’s.
|
Scientists Have Discovered Q-Carbon, a New Phase
Scientists have designed a new type of carbon, called Q-carbon, that’s brighter and harder than diamonds, according to reports.
|
Is the Deep Earth Churning Out Tiny Diamonds?
“Diamond formation in the deep Earth—the very deep Earth—may be a more common process than we thought,” says Johns Hopkins University geochemist Dimitri A. Sverjensky.
|
Scientist Creates Diamonds From Peanut Butter (Video)
A scientist in Germany uses peanut butter to create artificial diamonds that help replicate the Earth’s mantle.
|
The Rise and Rise of Belgium’s Indian Diamond Dynasties
From the outside, Number 2 Hoveniersstraat Street in Antwerp is a nondescript office block. Only the clusters of businessmen speaking in Gujarati on their mobile phones or with each other, give any indication of the hive of activity inside.
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Return of the Million-Dollar Hairdo, Now Worth Half a Billion
Harold Leighton shares about his 1969 hair sensation, “Hair & Jewel”—an ornate do with $1 million in Graff jewels. A 2013 re-creation is worth half billion
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Engagement Rings: 10 of Hollywood’s Biggest Rocks
Diamonds are a girls’s best friend, and American Hollywood stars tend to have very big best friends.
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