| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Diamond (0.07 carat colorless octahedral crystal) |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 60652 |
| Mineral: | Diamond (0.07 carat colorless octahedral crystal) |
| Locality: | Fuxian, Lianing Province, China |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless natural diamond crystal with a few visible inclusions. The diamond crystal is octahedral form with surfaces composed of parallel stepped crystal faces that give the edges a striated appearance. Ex. Dr. Donald Miller collection; ex. Dr. Irene S. Leung, first to discover the presence of lonsdaleite in diamonds, Professor of Geology and Geography at Lehman College |
| Overall Size: | 2.2x2.0x1.9 mm |
| Crystals: | 2.2 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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