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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...