Facts About Black Diamonds

 

 

Black diamonds are also called carbonados diamonds.  The Portuguese in Brazil coined the term carbonados in the mid-18th century.  It derived from its visual similarity to porous charcoal. Black diamonds are found only in Brazil and the Central African Republic.

Approximately 600 tons of conventional diamonds have been mined, traded, polished since 1900. But not a single black diamond has been discovered in the world’s mining fields.  The geological settings where diamonds are found or mined are virtually identical with the one exception, the Black Diamond.

 Smoke Diamond

 

Diamonds are created by very high heat and pressure.  The only naturally occurring source of this type of environment on earth is under the earths curst.  Conventional diamonds are mined from explosive volcanic rocks (kimberlites) that transport them from depths in excess of 100 kilometers by volcanic action.  Where Black Diamonds are found, the geological settings are not compatible with the formation diamonds.