Nature is full of wonders and there's no saying what we might come across. Things once thought impossible sometimes have a way of proving us wrong. This is especially true in case of science.

Scientists find never-before-seen mineral trapped in a diamond

As Mughal-era diamond-encrusted spectacles go on auction next month, here's a look at the most expensive diamonds ever to be auctioned in the world. The rarity of each diamond fetched high prices with bidders willing to pay up to $ 48 million for these pieces.

The most expensive diamonds auctioned ever in the world

We wear spectacles to see things better. Well, at least mortals like us do. But there were two pairs of spectacles made in 17th century that were supposed to ward off evil and help the wearer reach enlightenment.

Mughal-era diamond and emerald-laden specs may fetch $3.5 million in auction

Chinese scientists have reportedly developed glass material as hard as a diamond tentatively named AM-III which can widely be used in the hi-tech industry. The AM-III is apparently a semiconductor which can reportedly pass electric current.

AM-III: Now, Chinese scientists develop glass as hard as a diamond; will it be used for weapons?

An exceptionally large and white 1,174-carat diamond stone has been unearthed in Botswana, a mining company announced on Wednesday, trumping another huge precious stone found in the country last month.

Botswana unearths second huge diamond in weeks 

Botswanan diamond firm Debswana said Wednesday it had unearthed a 1,098-carat stone that is described as the third-largest of its kind in the world. The stone, found on June 1, was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi in the capital Gaborone.

Botswana says it has found the world’s third-largest diamond

A 15.81 carat Sakura diamond, the largest of its kind to ever appear for sale, will go under the hammer at Christie's upcoming Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels Live Auction on May 23, the auction house announced on Tuesday.

Largest purple-pink diamond ever to go on sale at Christie's Hong Kong auction 

Rapper Lil Uzi Vert is living a 'vision'ary life. Last month the 26-year-old hinted that he possibly may implant a natural pink diamond into his forehead. The 'Bad and Boujee' co-star wrote on his Twitter that he finally finished paying an alleged $24 million dollars to popular jeweler Elliot Eliantte.

Rapper Lil Uzi Vert gets a diamond implant on his forehead like Marvel's Vision

Threats of being implicated for theft and even being killed are among the allegations caught on camera in a video recorded by so-called “dummy directors” associated with companies linked to Nirav Modi, which was submitted by the CBI to the UK court hearing the extradition case against the diamond merchant charged with fraud and money laundering.

UK court played video of Nirav Modi’s threats to ‘dummy directors’

The rising cases of coronavirus have hit the diamond industry of Surat in Gujarat. Surat diamond industry which is one of the largest diamond industry in the world has now been brought to half of its earlier capacity. Exports are the hardest hit. Watch report:

India's diamond industry faces the brunt of coronavirus

In three separate cases read over Sunday and Monday, customs officials at Chennai airport seized 5.1 kg of gold worth 2 crores that were hidden by passengers in their personal effects.

5.1 kg gold worth 2 crore hidden in socks, innerwear, motor pump seized in Chennai airport; 5 arrested

Diamonds are forever, and so is the permanently frozen ground of Yakutia in northeastern Siberia, home to huge diamond deposits that ensure Russia's supremacy as the world's leading diamond producer.

Russia digs for diamonds in Yakutia's permafrost

Traders of India's diamond hub Surat city, in Prime Minister, Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat, are claiming a steep fall in the export of the polished precious stones owing to the ongoing US-China trade war.

India's diamond traders claim drop in exports due to US-China trade war

While fashion has no bounds, a Mumbai-based optometrist is making contact lenses out of pure gold, silver and diamond. The never seen before trend comes at an exorbitant price but the glitterati of Mumbai are eager to sport dazzling gold eyes.

For your eyes only - Patented gold, silver & diamond contact lenses

Nizams of Hyderabad's Jacob diamond on display: Single gemstone weighs 184.75 carats

The "Pink Legacy", a diamond weighing just under 19 carats, fetched a record 50.375 million Swiss francs ($50 million), purchased by US-based luxury jeweller Harry Winston, Christie's said on Tuesday.

Video: Harry Winston jeweller buys 'Pink Legacy' diamond for record $50 million

The 108-carat Kohinoor diamond was "surrendered" by the Maharaja of Lahore to the Queen of England and "not handed over" to the British nearly 170 years ago, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said in reply to an RTI query by a Ludhiana-based activist.

Kohinoor 'surrendered', not stolen: Archaeological Survey of India

Although based in Antwerp, the diamond business is intricately linked to the Indian economy, immediately affected by Indian policy, and frequently connected to transnational family businesses that span multiple continents.

Opinion: Nirav Modi and Antwerp's Indian diamond dynasties

?A Christie`s spokesman said it was one of the most important pink diamonds ever to be sold because of its color and clarity.?

Hong Kong set to auction $42 million 'Pink Promise' diamond

Lesedi La Rona?diamond is one of the greatest finds in history as it is only preceded by?world's largest diamond?- the Cullinan diamond.

Lesedi La Rona: World's second largest rough diamond too big to sell

The Geological Survey of India has identified 100 mineral zones which will be divided into blocks to go up for sale

India looks at private sector to explore for diamonds and gold

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