{"id":10637,"date":"2019-10-10T15:03:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T10:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=10637"},"modified":"2019-10-10T15:03:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T10:03:58","slug":"first-ever-rare-diamond-within-a-diamond-found-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/10637","title":{"rendered":"First-Ever Rare Diamond within a Diamond, Found in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">An exceedingly\u00a0rare gem known as a Matryoshka diamond has been unearthed by miners in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe it is the first known unique &#8220;gem-inside-a-gem&#8221; diamond\u00a0 in history. They also estimate the diamond to be around 800 million years old.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;priceless&#8221; jewel weighs just 0.62 carats and is the first diamond of that nature to ever be found.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-vip-slot\" class=\"gpt in-article gpt-no-ad-label\" style=\"background: #ffffff; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: hidden; z-index: 1; color: #141414; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; height: 8px; max-height: 8px;\" data-config=\"{&quot;componentType&quot;:&quot;gpt&quot;,&quot;targeting&quot;:{&quot;index&quot;:4,&quot;hivis&quot;:&quot;n&quot;},&quot;injectionConditions&quot;:[{&quot;condition&quot;:&quot;stopONAffiliateContent&quot;}],&quot;referenceNode&quot;:&quot;.article-body &gt; p:nth-of-type(2)&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[8,8]],&quot;hideOnSensitiveArticle&quot;:true,&quot;relativePos&quot;:&quot;after&quot;,&quot;additionalClass&quot;:&quot;in-article&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;div-gpt-ad-vip-slot&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;VIP&quot;}\" data-gpt-placeholder=\"\" data-response-start=\"4014.9949999758974\" data-type=\"gpt\" data-requested=\"6269.76499997545\" data-google-query-id=\"CJam2feRkeUCFYTgGwod3kQA4A\" data-timer-slot-rendered=\"16035.174999968149\" data-rendered-width=\"8\" data-rendered-height=\"8\" data-response-end=\"16891.85999997426\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5293\/mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news_2__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5293\/mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news_2\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5293\/mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news_2\" width=\"8px\" height=\"8px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-integralas-id-3db4d918-43a0-30a4-8204-02d7850f0a0c=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Inside, a tiny nested diamond moves freely and has an estimated weight of 0.02 carats.<\/p>\n<p>The diamond, named for its resemblance to traditional Russian nesting dolls, was discovered in Yakutia at the Nyurba mining and processing division of Alrosa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10638\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/xray-view-of-matryoshka-diamond.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/xray-view-of-matryoshka-diamond.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/xray-view-of-matryoshka-diamond.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/xray-view-of-matryoshka-diamond-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/xray-view-of-matryoshka-diamond-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/xray-view-of-matryoshka-diamond-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An X-ray view of the rare diamond discovered by miners in Russia. (Alrosa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scientists\u00a0 studied\u00a0 its structure using Raman and infrared spectroscopies, as well as X-ray microtomography. Based on their studies, according to Alrosa, scientists hypothesize that the internal diamond came first and the external one formed during later stages of growth.<\/p>\n<p>The diamond will now be sent to the Gemological Institute of America for futher testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exceedingly\u00a0rare gem known as a Matryoshka diamond has been unearthed by miners in Russia. Experts believe it is the first known unique &#8220;gem-inside-a-gem&#8221; diamond\u00a0 in history. They also estimate the diamond to be around 800 million years old. 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