Technology is helping miners find bigger diamonds more frequently, meaning this list could soon be outdated.
Among gemologists, the world’s biggest diamonds are more than just portable forms of extreme wealth—they’reKnown as “CLIPPIR” diamonds—the acronym stands for “Cullinan-like, Large, Inclusion-Poor, Pure, Irregular, and Resorbed”—these raw stones originate at depths of 224 to 466 miles , ferrying messages in the form of mineral inclusions from beneath the earth’s rigid tectonic plates to the surface, like brilliant canaries from an impossibly deep coal mine.
Even more fascinating than their superlative characteristics is the fact that in recent years, big diamonds have been discovered with increasing frequency. The jewelry trade publicationBelow, we highlight the 10 largest diamonds ever discovered, in ascending order. While not all are CLIPPIRs, they are, collectively, an impressive bunch—until that is, they are unseated.In the world of diamonds, a Type IIa designation is the ultimate bragging right.
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