Popigai Crater Impact Diamond | Arctic Siberia, Russia

Popigai Crater Impact Diamond | Arctic Siberia, RussiaPopigai Crater Impact Diamond. This otherworldly gem is a gift from space. Millions of years ago, a meteorite struck the Earth in Northern Siberia, Russia, above the Arctic Circle. This ancient celestial event created a massive crater surrounded by diamonds, the Popigai Crater, known as Russia's Crater of Diamonds. Most Popigai Crater impact diamonds are very small, 0. 5 to 2mm. This impact diamond is a micro mount, but at 5 x 4mm it's surprisingly

95gSize: 32 x 23mm

It was collected in 2023 at 12

He believed the crystal’s cellular formation was susceptible to change depending on what he was thinking at the time

We were recently able to obtain a small parcel of these delicious cotton-candy Tourmaline crystals from Alvaro Lucio's old stock that had been stored away for many years

the crystals stop growing and the pattern freezes

Some collectors prefer their meteorites as is

This Tourmaline is from the famous Barra do Salinas locality

deep in the Sahara Desert

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Size category: Small cabinet

The dense host rock turned out to be a very hard

when the molten iron and nickel of planetary bodies begin the cooling process