Carbonado Diamonds

A team of U.S. geologists have published evidence relating to a different origin of these black diamonds: interstellar space.
They have found that black diamonds contain trace elements of nitrogen and hydrogen
which they claim are sure indicators of an extraterrestrial origin.
The study published in 2006 by Stephen Haggerty and Jozsef Garai, of Florida International University,
analysed the hydrogen in black diamond samples using infrared-detection instruments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
The researchers found that the chemical properties of carbonado indicated that the mineral formed in a supernova explosion
that took place prior to the formation of our Solar System.
In this sense, carbonado are theorized to be akin to carbon-rich cosmic dust,
likely having formed in an environment near carbon stars.
The diamonds were eventually incorporated into solid bodies that subsequently fell to Earth as meteorites

Carbonado Black Diamond.

DIA01
Found Lencois, Bahia, Brazil.

Specimen is 9.9x7.8x6.6mm. 0.7gms. Sorry, Sold.

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Carbanado Diamond.
Carbonado Black Diamond.
DIA02
Found Lencois, Bahia, Brazil.

Specimen is 9.9x7.1x6.7mm. 0.7gms. Sorry, Sold.
All sizes and weights are approximate
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Carbanado Diamond.
Carbonado Black Diamond.
DIA03
Found Lencois, Bahia, Brazil.

Specimen is 11.1x8.2x7.1mm. 0.8gms. Sorry, Sold.
All sizes and weights are approximate
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Carbanado Diamond.
Carbonado Black Diamond.
DIA04
Found Lencois, Bahia, Brazil.

Specimen is 11.7x8.3x6.3mm. 0.9gms. Sorry, Sold.
All sizes and weights are approximate
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