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by juicy123 on March 11th, 2005

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What is the largest diamond ever found?

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  • by tearyeyedamerican on April 4th, 2006

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    No one said anything about where the largest diamond was found. This one might prove to be a bit difficult to mine, but it would sure be interesting to see.

    Its named BPM 37093.
    Its the heart of a burned-out star and is a diamond that weighs in at a staggering 10 billion trillion carats.It would be hard to put a value on a diamond that large. But, just think of a mine with 2500 miles of diamond craters.

    “You would need a jeweller’s loupe [magnifying glass] the size of the sun to grade this diamond,” said astronomer Travis Metcalfe, who led the team of American researchers who found the cosmic gem.

    For over 40 years scientists have suspected that the interior of a white dwarf, the hot core left in space after a star burns all its fuel and dies, is crystallised.

    “The hunt for the crystal core of this white dwarf has been going on for decades but obtaining direct evidence only became possible recently,” said Michael Montgomery, the co-author of the paper announcing the discovery.

    The carbon core of BMP 37093, the scientists figured, had solidified into a giant diamond. Can you imagine wearing that on your finger? And, of course, aqnother problem would be how to get it. Its only 50 lightyears away in the constellation Centaurus, it would take you riding six trillion miles a year for 50 years just to get there. And, sadly, this giant diamond doesn't even sparkle at night. It is not even visible to the human eye.

    But this burned-out husk completely outshines the largest diamond on Earth, the 530-carat Star of Africa, the centerpiece of the British crown jewels. The Star of Africa was cut from the largest diamond ever found on Earth, a 3100-carat stone. BLING! BLING!

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