Only known to exist in Brazil and the Central African Republic, “carbonado” black diamonds date from around 2.6 to 3.8 billion years ago and are an extremely rare natural occurrence.

Fortunately, it turned out to be a rare meteorite, which is more valuable than gold! Henry said it weighed a staggering 17 kg or 37.5 lbs. He used a diamond saw to remove a small slice ...

In a major event for UK science, the meteorite that fell from the fireball that lit up the sky over the UK and Northern Europe on Sunday 28 February, has been found. Almost 300g of a very rare ...

A meteorite might have acted as a ‘giant fertilizer bomb’ that helped early microorganisms to thrive. Plus, 5 million tonnes of diamond dust sprinkled in the skies each year could cool the ...

The meteorite is made up of six fragments, with the largest piece weighing about 3kg A meteorite that is one of the biggest pieces of the Moon ever put up for sale is being auctioned online by a ...

Leading the November 20 auction is a 275-pound (125 kg) Brenham meteorite, a rare siderite pallasite discovered in Kansas in 2005. This specimen, embedded with olivine crystals, offers a unique ...

Others maintain that carbon atoms (or, in a minority opinion, grains of meteoritic black graphite) within the hurtling meteorite itself transformed instantly into diamond during the extraordinary ...