Blue diamonds may hold clues about the history of water on Earth
by Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times
Aug 01, 2018
3 minutes
Blue diamonds are among the rarest and most valuable gems on Earth, but up until now, scientists knew very little about them.
The most famous blue diamond is the Hope diamond, which was discovered in the mid-1600s in India. It is now part of the gem and mineral collection at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington.
Other blue-tinted diamonds have been found in southern and central Africa, South America and Borneo.
But there are very few of them around. Of all
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