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ROCK OF AGES

It’s the ultimate ‘rags to riches’ tale: a dirty lump of carbon, placed under extreme pressure and temperature deep in the Earth’s mantle, emerges at the surface billions of years later as a glittering diamond.

On a rare occasion, however, this epic saga doesn’t go to plan. In perhaps one diamond in a million, the intense

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