The Big Hole: Diamonds are a girls best friend...
I love the uncut ones, for me, they have more variety, intricacy and beauty than the polished stones.
Some of them display the intricate crystalline structures that reveal their inner workings and atomic assembly.
Its rare, but they can be found still embedded in their kimberlite or peridotite host rock.
They are found on their natural state in a variety of different shapes, sizes and colours
These are some of the more scarce and exotic colors.
They can be cut into so called "fancy" diamonds.
But ultimately, they are just little crystals formed at between 1 billion and 3.3 billion years ago, deep within the earth.
They are now contained in rocks 150 to 450 kilometers (93 and 280 miles) beneath the surface and were brought up to within our reach 180-60 million years ago by explosive kimberlite volcanics.
I'm a natural mineral guy. I still haven't found a sizable natural uncut diamond at a reasonable price. But I'll keep looking. Diamonds are not my favorite stone, but it would be cool to have one in my collection. A cluster in the matrix would be cool too.
one in matrix is one of the ultimate's for mineral collectors
Not only is it the very first time i get to see unpolished diamonds, but the different colours as well! Wow, thank you so very much for the sharing and education through all this information. Namaste :)
I'm glad you liked it...
I get all bent out of shape about diamonds, because of everything surrounding their industry (and how full of shit it is).
But they are a really cool stone. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent informa, beautiful pictures thank you very much @ gavvet for sharing
Definitely, a girl's best friend!! ;)
A girl's gotta have her bling... even 40 000 years back in the archaeological record its there....