The Galaxy''s Largest Diamond!

[joeq]

"To impress your favorite lady this Valentine''s Day, get her the galaxy''s largest diamond." A newly discovered cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallized carbon 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It is 2,500 miles across and weighs 5 million trillion trillion pounds, which translates to approximately 10 billion trillion trillion carats, or a one followed by 34 zeros.

Here are some links:
Harvard Press Release

AP

Cheesy Simulation

 

[strmrdr]

Dont let mara see this she will start figuring out how much it would cost to have Brian cut it for her and what setting to put it in!!

j/k!!

 

[Mara]

Setting? How about something that I can easily DRAG ALONG behind me as I walk. Somewhat doubt it would fit nicely on the finger.

Hee Hee.




Unbelievable, joe!

 

[mdx]

Found a picture of the Trillion dollar diamond

Johan

 

[mdx]

Sorry that should read "Trillion Carat"
Johan

 

[EdSkinner]

I'd like to see Asscher try to cleve this one.

 

[RoyalAsscher]

if you bring this to me i wil cleve it
not a problem
best regards mike asscher g.g.
5th generation of the asscher famile