Sergio (carbonado)

Sergio (Portuguese Carbonado do Sergio) is the largest carbonado and the largest rough diamond ever found. It weighed 3,167 carats (633.4 g; 20.36 ozt) and was found in the State of Bahia in Brazil in 1895. Like other carbonados it is believed to be of meteoritic origin.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Carbonado - A possible relic from Uranus or Neptune". meteoritestudies.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  2. ↑ 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Article "Carbonado" on Wikisource
  3. ↑ Giant Black Diamonds Of Mysterious Origin May Hail From Space
  4. ↑ Diamonds in the Sky
  5. ↑ Ralf Tappert, Michelle C. Tappert "Diamonds in Nature: A Guide to Rough Diamonds", p. 41
  6. ↑ Mark A. Prelas, Galina Popovici, Louis K. Bigelow (eds.) "Handbook of Industrial Diamonds and Diamond Films", p. 484
  7. ↑ G.J.H. McCall, "The carbonado diamond conundrum"
  8. ↑ R.A. Ketcham, "New textural evidence on the origin of carbonado diamond: An example of 3-D petrography using X-ray computed tomography" Geosphere, GES00908.1, first published on August 14, 2013


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