Diamond

        
        
        
        
        
     
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Origin: Unknown
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Origin: Kasai Prov., Dem. Rep. Congo
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Kimberlite pipes, South Africa
Sample size:  1.7 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (15.68 carats)
 
Origin: Mbuji-Mayi, Congo
Sample size: 2 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm (74.20 carats)
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Macle twins
Origin: South Africa
Sample size: 6 x 6 x 1 mm (top left), 5 x 5 x 1 mm (top right), 5 x 5 x 1 mm (2nd row left), 6 x 6 x 2 mm (2nd row right), 6 x 6 x 2 mm (3rd row left), 6 x 6 x 2 mm (3rd row right), 6 x 6 x 2 mm (bottom left), 6 x 6 x 2 mm (bottom right)
 
Origin: unknown
Sample size: 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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