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Louis Vuitton Purchases The Second-Largest Rough Diamond Ever
Found inside a mine in Botswana last April, the second-largest rough diamond ever documented—at a whopping 1,758 carats—recently sold to Louis Vuitton. While the brand is best known for their leather goods …
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First-Ever Diamond Within a Diamond Found in Russia
Fittingly dubbed the “Russian Nesting Doll Diamond,” this tabular-shaped diamond within a diamond was found in the Nyurba mine in Yakutia, Russia. Perhaps the world’s first-ever instance of such a gem, an outer …
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The (RED) All-Diamond Ring by Jony Ive + Marc Newson
With somewhere between 2000 and 3000 facets, a ring designed by Apple‘s Jony Ive and acclaimed industrial designer Marc Newson will be laser-cut from one single diamond. The stone will be produced (from certified carbon …
Via phys.org
Quadrillions of Tons of Diamonds Discovered by Sound Waves
Within Earth’s cratonic roots—thick “inverted mountain” sections of rock beneath most continental plates—quadrillions of tons of diamonds rest, well below where we’ve ever been able to excavate or drill. This is according …
The House of Harry Winston’s San Francisco Salon
An iconic Union Square space reimagined with splendor
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Diamond Phone Screens Coming in 2019
In development now, Miraj Diamond Glass might be the answer to cracked phone screens. The vision of Akhan Semiconductor, this lab-grown diamond product employs nanocrystal patterning. This lines up crystals randomly, rather …
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Earth’s First-Ever Hydrogen Metal
With pressure greater than the force within Earth’s core, two diamonds pressed upon liquid hydrogen and something happened for the first time ever on our planet: the lightest element in the periodic …
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