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Is It Really Raining Diamonds on Neptune or Uranus?

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Ever hear the expression – it’s raining cats and dogs? Well, did you ever think that one day it might actually be raining diamonds somewhere in the solar system? Scientists seem to think this is a possibility!

Recently featured by The Washington Post, scientists forecast rain storms of solid diamonds on Uranus and Neptune.

By now you might be thinking – how can this be? The answer is a little complicated. But that’s why there are highly educated people in this world that study these possibilities.

Consider this your daily reminder that the solar system is even more amazing than you realized!

Here’s how it might rain diamonds:

The gems form in the hydrocarbon-rich oceans of slush that swath the gas giants’ solid cores. Scientists have long speculated that the extreme pressures in this region might split those molecules into atoms of hydrogen and carbon, the latter of which then crystallize to form diamonds. These diamonds were thought to sink like rain through the ocean until they hit the solid core.

But no one could prove that this would really work — until now. In a study published this week in the journal Nature Astrophysics, researchers say they were able to produce this “diamond rain” using fancy plastic and high-powered lasers.

“Previously, researchers could only assume that the diamonds had formed,” lead author Dominik Kraus, a physicist at the Helmholtz Dresden-Rossendorf research center in Germany, told the magazine Cosmos. “When I saw the results of this latest experiment, it was one of the best moments of my scientific career.”

Read the whole story – It rains solid diamonds on Uranus and Neptune.


Platinum wedding band with diamonds – affordable platinum band.

Wedding-ring-P1910-5GC 

The P1910-5GC is an affordable platinum wedding band that is 5mm wide. There are 8 x 0.015 round diamonds around this platinum wedding band. This design can be created in platinum, palladium or gold.

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Palladium wedding band L1987-7GC – palladium wedding band with black diamonds.

Wedding-ring-L1987-7GC 

Palladium wedding band L1987-7GCThis palladium wedding band is 7mm wide and features approximately 1/2 ctw of black diamonds. This design can be created in platinum, palladium or gold.

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Palladium wedding band L1984-8GC.

Wedding-ring-L1984-9GC 

Palladium wedding band L1984-8GC. This palladium wedding band is 8mm wide and features approximately 3/8 ctw of black diamonds. This design can be created in platinum, palladium or gold.

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New palladium wedding band with black diamonds.

Palladium wedding band with black diamonds.

Palladium is the better choice over white gold if platinum is just not an option due to its price. But keep in mind that platinum is the premium metal for wedding bands and jewelry.

The L1987-7GC is palladium wedding band that is 7mm wide and features approximately 1/2 ctw of black diamonds. Novell can customize our designs to your specifications, so that your wedding band will be one of a kind. Exactly the way you want it. Wider. Narrower. In platinum, palladium, 5 kinds of gold, and more.

For additional information and pricing, please visit an authorized retailer.

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Palladium wedding band with black diamonds (new from Novell).

The L1985-7GC is palladium wedding band that is 7mm wide and features approximately 3/8 ctw of black diamonds. Novell can customize our designs to your specifications, so that your wedding band will be one of a kind. Exactly the way you want it. Wider. Narrower. In platinum, palladium, 5 kinds of gold, and more. For additional information and pricing, please visit an authorized retailer.

Visit the Novell News section to keep up to date with everything that is new with Novell.


Platinum wedding band with diamonds set in a groove.

Platinum wedding band with diamonds.

Who says that diamonds have to be set on a straight line or in a channel? The NQPC104-6GPC is a platinum wedding band that is 6mm wide. There are 8 x .03 round diamonds around the ring (.24 total ct. weight), and notice that they are set diagonally in a groove that has a sandblasted finish on the inside. Novell can customize our wedding band and wedding ring designs to your specifications, so that your wedding band and wedding ring will be one of a kind. Exactly the way you want it. In different metals (platinum, palladium or gold), different widths, finishes and much more. Customization sets Novell apart from all the rest.

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Gemological Trading – Seattle Diamonds is a Novell wedding band retailer.

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Established in 1985, Gemological Trading – Seattle Diamonds ® is located in downtown Seattle. They source and inventory ideal cut certified diamonds, gemstones and fine jewelery – including Novell wedding bands. Staff Graduate Gemologists will find an exact match to meet or exceed your expectations with your specified budget. Gemological Trading – Seattle Diamonds ® adheres to a process that ensures all diamonds they sell are free from conflict –  branded diamonds which have been mined, cut, polished and certified in Canada.

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Jewelry news – Huge diamond hailed as record breaker.

Big_diamond_2From CNN.com:   
A diamond unearthed in the southern African nation of Lesotho could yield one of the largest and highest quality round polished diamonds, according to a statement from company that found it. A mining company unearthed this 478-carat diamond in the southern African nation of Lesotho.

Experts in Antwerp, Belgium who analyzed the 478-carat stone determined it to be of the highest color grading available for a white diamond, said a statement from Gem Diamonds Ltd., the company that found the stone.

“What makes it more remarkable is the color and quality of this stone,” said diamond consultant Neil Buxton.

“It’s a D color, which is the highest possible graded color you can get, and we believe there is a chance — a very good chance — of getting a 100-carat plus” round stone with the highest color and clarity rankings.

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