[Rockhounds] Origin of British Crown Jewels’ diamond revealed

[Paul]

Origin of British Crown Jewels’ diamond revealed
Valentina Ruiz Leotaud, MiningCom, June 28, 2020
https://www.mining.com/origin-of-british-crown-jewels-diamond-revealed/

Note: CLIPPIR diamonds = Cullinan–like, large, inclusion–poor, pure, 
irregular, and resorbed diamonds

Smith, E.M., Shirey, S.B., Nestola, F., Bullock, E.S.,
Wang, J., Richardson, S.H. and Wang, W., 2016. Large
gem diamonds from metallic liquid in Earth’s deep
mantle. Science, 354(6318), pp.1403-1405.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311666698_Large_gem_diamonds_from_metallic_liquid_in_Earth's_deep_mantle
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Examples-of-rough-CLIPPIR-diamonds-from-the-Letseng-mine-Lesotho-GIA-copyright-credit_fig2_311666698

Yours,

Paul H.