Saturday, August 4, 2007
A few years old, but interesting. Some starts really are diamonds: 10 Billion-Trillion-Trillion-Carat Diamond Found in Space
When asked to estimate the value of the cosmic jewel, Ronald Winston, chief executive officer (CEO) of Harry Winston, Inc., indicated that such a large diamond probably would depress the value of the market, stating, “Who knows? It may be a self-deflating prophecy because there is so much of it.â€
The diamond is actually the crystallized interior of a white dwarf – or the hot core of a star that is left over after the star uses up its nuclear fuel and dies. It is made mostly of carbon and is coated by a thin layer of hydrogen and helium gasses...
More here: This Valentine's Day, Give The Woman Who Has Everything The Galaxy's Largest Diamond. Wikipedia entry here. [via Mental Blog]
Yep. I can see De Beers shaking in their boots already ;-)