Gem Diamonds unveils 196ct white diamond

Mining Journal ^ | 7 Sep 2010 | Mining Journal

[GeronL]

lol

[Bernard Marx]

The "diamond" reported by the Daily Mail turned out to be a big fluorite octahedron -- essentially worthless. The "discovery" was a hoax. The link I provided was busy last time I tried but it tells the basic story.

I recall the incident and there were follow-up stories at the time that gave more information on the hoax. I can't locate them at the moment but will post links if I find them.

[krb]

that would make some awesome sawblades.

[Grim]

The link is working now. Can’t imagine why the fool would try and pass that off as a diamond. What on earth could he gain by that?

[Bernard Marx]

I think the person was mentally unbalanced. I’ve looked at several follow-up articles and they all indicate something along those lines. Some say it was actually a resin casting of an octohedral crystal, not fluorite. Whatever it was it wasn’t a diamond.

[goat granny]

no such thing as too big for a ring...you can always put your arm in a strong sling...

[diamond ring]

you can make a nice necklace out of it (or a cushion cut engagement ring) but i wouldn't recommend swimming with. look what happened to Superman...