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The Sweet Josephine was cut from raw diamond that rearranges the carbon atoms into a rigid crystal that makes
is more than 1.5 billion years old. This formed 150 km diamond the world’s hardest substance. The process also
(93 miles) beneath Earth’s surface and was then pushed up gives diamond the ability to bend light, a property that gives
by a volcanic eruption, before eventually being dug out at a these jewels their glorious sparkle. With the right cut and
mine in Australia. Diamonds form when carbon is squeezed polish, a diamond can be made into a beautiful gem that
and heated to more than 1,000°C (1,832°F). This process is prized throughout the world.
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