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    Diamonds from outer space

    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION NEWS RELEASE
    Posted: January 12, 2007

    If indeed "a diamond is forever," the most primitive origins of Earth's so-called black diamonds were in deep, universal time, geologists have discovered. Black diamonds came from none other than interstellar space.
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    From Australia to Siberia, from China to India, the geological settings of conventional diamonds are virtually identical, said Haggerty. None of them are compatible with the formation of black diamonds.

    Approximately 600 tons of conventional diamonds have been mined, traded, polished and adorned since 1900. "But not a single black/carbonado diamond has been discovered in the world's mining fields," Haggerty said.

    The new data support earlier research by Haggerty showing that carbonado diamonds formed in stellar supernovae explosions. Black diamonds were once the size of asteroids, a kilometer or more in diameter when they first landed on Earth.

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    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 13 January 2007, 15:36.
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    price goes up
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      They're already fairly expensive.

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      Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 13 January 2007, 12:19.
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      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Dr Mordrid View Post
        They're already fairly expensive.

        http://www.gemhut.com/diamondb.htm
        nice link

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