Many a special diamond has been unearthed in Botswana, but this one is something else. A diamond split cleanly in two—one ...

There are four known types of natural diamond (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb), classified according to the presence of nitrogen in the crystal, and certain other properties. There are four known types of natural ...

Diamonds might be forever, but that doesn't mean they have to take eons to form.The gemstones are usually created after carbon is crushed and heated far beneath the Earth's surface over billions of ...

A new form of diamond has been created. Its unique structure gives it properties that are similar to those of natural diamonds, but it is more stable under extreme heat, so may be useful in tools that ...

The creation of diamonds normally takes billions of years, gigantic pressure and extremely hot temperatures. One international team of scientists defied nature – producing the beautiful mineral in a ...

Some people see a giant diamond and think: I want that. Geologist Evan Smith sees a giant diamond and thinks: I’d like to study that. “Some of the diamonds I’ve looked at are probably worth multiple ...

SASKATOON, SK, May 31, 2022 /CNW/ - Star Diamond Corporation ("Star Diamond or the Corporation") is pleased to announce that the Corporation has completed a study into the abundance of Type IIa ...