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See for Yourself One of the World’s Rarest Red Diamonds at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum
Laid out like an orchestra in a quiet gallery room, 40 colorful gems have one of the planet’s most distinguished conductors: a red diamond, 2.33 of the rarest carats in the world, shining like a ...
How diamond miners discovered a 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck in the Namib Desert
In August 2024, the Jasper House Museum in Oranjemund, Namibia, unveiled a new exhibition dedicated to the artifacts recovered from the Bom Jesus, a 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck discovered in the ...
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Rio Tinto recovers 158.2 ct yellow diamond at Diavik
Diversified miner Rio Tinto has recovered a 158.2 ct yellow diamond at its Diavik mine, in Canada – one of only five yellow ...
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The miner growing its own diamonds
Yet tougher anti-trust action by regulators and competition from Alrosa, the old Soviet diamond miner, meant that by 2001 the monopoly had been broken. Today De Beers accounts for only one-third ...
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Diavik Yields a 158-ct Yellow Diamond
(IDEX Online) - Rio Tinto has recovered a huge yellow diamond from its Diavik mine, on the edge of the Arctic Circle, in Canada. The miner described the 158.20 carat rough as "exceptional". It is one ...
'Holy smokes': Huge log believed to be 50 million years old unearthed at N.W.T. mine
A log of wood believed to be 50 million years old has been hauled up from below ground at Diavik diamond mine in the N.W.T. — ...