ZHENGZHOU: A diamond is forever but its chemical composition is just carbon, the fourth most abundant element in the universe.
Before being cut and polished to what may cost over US$2,000 (RM8,167) per carat – one-fifth of a gramme, or the weight of two grains of rice, diamonds have traditionally been mined from earth, where they were forged in extreme pressure and heat over millennia.
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