{"id":8079,"date":"2022-01-31T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/?p=8079"},"modified":"2022-02-21T08:05:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T07:05:51","slug":"the-enigma-the-mysterious-black-diamond-of-555-55-carats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/the-enigma-the-mysterious-black-diamond-of-555-55-carats\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Enigma”, the mysterious black diamond of 555.55 carats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mysterious black diamond “The Enigma” with a staggering weight of 555.55 carats will be auctioned at Sotheby’s. Discovery of this rare diamond.<\/p>\n

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At Sotheby’s<\/strong> auction house, this black diamond “The Enigma<\/strong><\/em>” is an exceptional sale that will begin on February 3 and end on February 9, 2022. The house said it is the largest known faceted black diamond appearing at auction<\/strong> and was listed as the world’s largest cut diamond in the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records<\/strong>. It has no less than 55 facets and weighs 555.5 carats. Online bids are expected to reach several million euros, and the house is also making it known that crypto-currencies will be accepted for payment of the diamond.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Enigma \u00a9 Sotheby’s<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A diamond that could be formed in space<\/h2>\n

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Also known as carbonado diamond<\/strong>, it is possible that this black diamond came from outer space. Carbonados of this structure have so far only been found in Brazil and the Central African Republic<\/strong>, and scientists have long theorized about their origin.<\/p>\n

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According to the magazine Futura Science<\/strong><\/em>, this kind of diamond would not have been born on Earth, at moderate pressures and temperatures, but in a much more exotic environment<\/strong>. Indeed, the combination of the composition of carbonados and the knowledge of the thermochemical processes capable of producing them strongly suggest that carbonaceous matter in a molecular and dusty interstellar cloud was compressed and heated by the shock wave of a supernova explosion. The carbonados would then have been incorporated in the matter of the oldest meteorites<\/strong> formed in the protoplanetary disk of the Solar System.<\/p>\n

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