55-Carat Diamond Dazzles at NYC Museum

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 18:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The Kimberley Diamond made its debut at the American Museum of Natural History today (July 11). The champagne-colored "cape diamond" was originally cut from a 490-carat stone found sometime before 1868 in the Kimberley Mine in South Africa.

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