It’s raining diamonds! Well, it’s raining diamonds on other planets at least, including some in our Solar System. And scientists recently discovered that the conditions needed to create this wild ...

Diamonds form deep within the Earth's mantle, around 250 kilometers below the surface, where immense pressure (up to 10 GPa) and temperatures (around 2,200 °C) compress carbon into diamonds over ...

They don’t make them like they used to — at all. It can take natural diamonds over three billion years to grow, but researchers in a South Korean lab have successfully fabricated the precious stones ...

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Very few gems can withstand the intense pressure of Earth's mantle, but some require it to crystallize. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Scroll down to begin the experience. Botswana’s Jwaneng Mine sits on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, a vast expanse spanning much of southern Africa, its arid plains peppered with acacia trees and ...

Jeweler Harry Winston donated the famous Hope Diamond—the largest-known deep blue diamond in the world—to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958. It arrived in a plain brown package by registered mail, ...

A 37-carat diamond, half pink and half colorless, found in Botswana, intrigues scientists due to its two-stage origin and rare purity.

A giant pink diamond found in Lesotho surprises the market: 108 carats, extreme purity, and a value that could reach tens of ...