There has been a new pink diamond found in the mines of South African country Angola! It has been named “Lulo Rose” after the mine it was discovered in. Diamantino Azevedo, Angola’s minister of mineral mining, stated that “this record and spectacular pink diamond recovered from Lulo continues to showcase Angola as an important player on the world stage.”
This newly unearthed diamond is incredibly rare due to the pink color and size. There have been few diamonds discovered with the pink color and the 170-carat size is already massive. The price has not yet been decided but the famous “Pink Star” diamond has sold for $71.2 million.
Diamonds are formed when the carbon found deep in the Earth is exposed to high pressure and heat. This process of diamond-creating can take up days to even millions of years to be fully formed. However, a new discovery by environmentalist Dale Vince allows diamonds to be formed from the carbon in the air.
Chemicals in the ground are responsible for diamond colors. Yellow diamonds get their colors from nitrogen and purple diamonds get their color from being heavily exposed to hydrogen.
Scientists have not yet figured out how pink diamonds get their color, but they believe that it is related to their structural change over time.
This newly unearthed diamond is incredibly rare due to the pink color and size. There have been few diamonds discovered with the pink color and the 170-carat size is already massive. The price has not yet been decided but the famous “Pink Star” diamond has sold for $71.2 million.
Diamonds are formed when the carbon found deep in the Earth is exposed to high pressure and heat. This process of diamond-creating can take up days to even millions of years to be fully formed. However, a new discovery by environmentalist Dale Vince allows diamonds to be formed from the carbon in the air.
Chemicals in the ground are responsible for diamond colors. Yellow diamonds get their colors from nitrogen and purple diamonds get their color from being heavily exposed to hydrogen.
Scientists have not yet figured out how pink diamonds get their color, but they believe that it is related to their structural change over time.
