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To begin with, the black diamond has, has a long history of humanity, a power of seduction that captivates, whatever the color that flies And, among its colors, the black is a fascinating color for an exceptional stone ...
The carbonado or black diamond is the most resistant natural diamond variety. It is a polycrystalline agglomerate of diamond crystals, graphite and amorphous carbon.
It is found mainly in alluvial deposits in the Central African Republic and Brazil.
Know everything about the black diamond.
- Its hardness rises to 10 on the Mohs scale, the maximum, is the hardest mineral that is not altered with any other diamond.
- It belongs to the crystallized carbon family.
- Its chemical formula is C - Its density is between 3.15 and 3.48
- The black diamonds are opaque and produce neither brightness nor refraction of light.
- The black diamond is porous.
- In its natural state, it is very rare and difficult to find, therefore, very appreciated and expensive.
Luminescence
Black diamonds have a strong luminescence (photoluminescence and electroluminescence & sometimes) caused by the presence of nitrogen and the empty spaces of its crystalline structure. The analyzes of this luminescence & nbsp; those that have presence of radioactive materials in the process of formation of the carbonados.