Diamond

  
Macle twin
  
 
  
 
Origin: South Africa
Sample size: 0.8 cm on edge, 0.2 mm thick, 1.35 carats (top), 1.1 x 1 x 0.4 cm, 4.00 carats (2nd row), 0.55 x 0.51 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Zaire
Sample size: 1 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
 
  
Diamond in kimberlite matrix
Origin: Changma Diamond Mine, Mengyin, Shandong Province, China
Sample size: 9 x 4 x 3 cm (top/2nd row)
 
  
  
 
  
  
Diamond in kimberlite matrix
Origin: Udachny Mine, Sakha, Siberia, Russia
Sample size: 4 x 2.25 x 2 cm (top/2nd row), 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
Origin: Argyle mine, Argyle AK-1 lamproite deposit, Western Australia, Australia
Sample size: 1.3 x 1 x 1 cm (5.8 carats)
 
  
 
Macle twins
Origin: South Africa
Sample size: 1.2 x 1.2 x 0.15 cm (top), 4 x 4 x 1 mm (bottom)
 
Origin: South Africa
Sample size: 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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