Diamond

  
Origin: Udachnaya Mine, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia
Sample size: 1.1 x 1 x 1 cm (6.2 carats)
 
 
  
Origin: Congo
Sample size: 8 x 8 x 8 mm, weight: 7 carats (top), 3-6 mm on edge (bottom)

  

  

  

  

  

Mackle twin
Origin: South Africa
Sample size: 12.96 carats & just over 1.5 cm on edge (top/2nd row left), 3.25 carats & just over 1 cm on edge and 3 mm thick (2nd row right), 3.15 carats & 1.3 x 1.1 x 0.25 cm (interpenetrating mackle twins, 3rd row), 10.65 carats & just over 1.5 cm on edge (4th row), 7.89 carats & just over 1.3 cm on edge (5th/bottom row)
 
  
Diamond with carbon inclusion
Origin: Russia
Sample size: 6.28 carats & 1.3 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
 
  
Origin: South Africa
Sample size: 0.55 x 0.51 cm
 
  
Macle twin
Origin: South Africa
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 1 mm (left), 5 x 5 x 1 mm (right)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
 
  
 
  
Origin: Mirny Kray, Yakutia, Russia
Sample size: 4.03 carats, 0.9 cm across (top/2nd row), 2.81 carats, 0.8 cm across (3rd row), 4.98 carats, 1.1 cm across (4th/bottom row)
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Origin: Itoko district, Congo
Sample size: 2 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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