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The Galaxy's Largest Diamond

Posted by michael on from the you-pay-shipping dept.

unassimilatible writes "The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reports 'to impress your favorite lady this Valentine's Day, get her the galaxy's largest diamond.' A newly discovered cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallized carbon 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It is 2,500 miles across and weighs 5 million trillion trillion pounds, which translates to approximately 10 billion trillion trillion carats, or a one followed by 34 zeros. A cheesy, unrealistic simulation is also available. AP has a story as well."

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  1. Re:In other news... by andy55 · · Score: 0, Redundant


    DeBeers has announced their official entry into the X-prize competition...

    In other news... De Beers made a press release shortly ago annoucing full support and funding for the Bush administration's push to the moon as well as "additional" space exploration.

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  2. DeBeers stock fell 60% on the news. by ke4roh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    [DeBeers has a stranglehold on the world's diamond mines, and as you'd expect, they have plenty of money - so it's privately held.]

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  3. Monopoly by iCharles · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Already, De Beers is working on exclusive rights to the diamond, in order to maintain prices at current level.