The Mystery of the Black Diamond
The Mystery of the Black Diamond
There are still lots of unsolved mystery about carbonados (“black diamonds”), and geologists even think those mystery rocks come from outside of Earth.
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Sources:
https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/summer-2017-carbonado-diamond
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1727375?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
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Metal Properties: Hardness, Toughness, & Strength {Infographic}
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/510451
Thumbnail Image:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carbonado.JPG
Image Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carbonado_diamondites_Bangui_region,_Central_African_Republic.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diamond_blade_macro.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grinder_diamond_blade.jpg
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