diamonds
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The World’s Largest Blue Diamond Is Up For Sale (If You Have $59 Million)
Fancy treating yourself? The world’s largest ever blue diamond is going up for auction on May 18 at Christie’s in Geneva. But you better have a healthy bank balance: It’s expected to sell for somewhere in the region of $59 million.
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Here’s How Much Earth Gets Blasted Away To Extract A Hunk Of Diamond
If you were ever wondering how much land mass had to be moved to produce that diamond engagement ring, this series of photos should help put things in perspective.
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The Huge Diamond Mine That Helped Build The Soviet Union
Building empires takes money. And building industrial empires takes diamonds, not just for cash, but for the machines and tools that need them to operate. In a remote corner of Siberia, the Mir diamond mine was responsible for funelling diamonds into building the USSR — and it left behind a pit that stretches almost 2km…
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Researchers Develop A Way To X-Ray Rocks To Find Hidden Diamonds
It’s no surprise that the diamond industry is willing to spend whatever it takes to make the process of mining precious gems even more profitable. And while it already relies on X-ray technology for spotting diamonds on the surface of mined ore, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute’s Development Center for X-ray Technology EZRT have developed…