World's second-largest diamond found in Botswana using X-ray Technology

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World's second-largest diamond found in Botswana

Farouk Chothia, BBC News, August 22, 2024

 

Biggest diamond in a century uncovered using X-rays

By David, Szondy, New Atlas, August 22, 2024

 

Lucara Diamond Corporation Recovers 2,492 carat diamond

Mega Diamond Recovery ("MDR") X-ray Transmission ("XRT") technology

Lucara Diamond Corporation, Vancouver, Canada, , August 22, 2024

 

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By Sanjana Gajbhiye, EarthCom, August 24, 2024

 

Gernon, T.M., Jones, S.M., Brune, S., Hincks, T.K., Palmer, 

M.R., Schumacher, J.C., Primiceri, R.M., Field, M., Griffin, W.L., 

O’Reilly, S.Y. and Keir, D., 2023. Rift-induced disruption of 

cratonic keels drives kimberlite volcanism. Nature, 620(7973),

pp.344-350.  Reprint of Gernon et al. (2023) Reprint PDF of paper.

Open access PDF of paper.

 

Yours, 

Paul H.

[anonaddict]

why does stuff like this never happen when im incorporating technology into my searching like UV lamps. I've been walking the local beach for years and the 2492 carat diamond spot in my collection is still empty >:(

 

Also who on earth is responsible for these photos, where is the metric scale

Edited 4 hours ago by anonaddict
added criticism of lucara diamond corporation