Unsolved History: Hope Diamond
Run Time: 25:43
This podcast features the 45-carat Hope Diamond. Topics discussed:
- How diamonds are formed in nature
- Why diamonds are colored (trapped boron gas yields a blue color)
- The history of diamonds and the DeBeers diamond mine
- The history of the Hope diamond, its owners and its true origin dating to over 400 hundred years ago
- The scientific testing done to determine if the Hope is a smaller version of the 67-carat "French Blue" owned by Louis XIV
- How Gemesis Corporation produces man made gem quality colored diamonds
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