# Cool new diamond discovered in Canada.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-diamond-discovered-in-canada/826277>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 17, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-diamond-discovered-in-canada/826277 "2018-12-17T17:40:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-diamond-discovered-in-canada/826277/1 "2018-12-17T17:40:20Z")

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[552 carat yellow, gem quality](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-552-carat-yellow-diamond-was-just-unearthed-in-canadas-arctic-a-record-north-american-discovery-2018-12-15). I like it the way it is, uncut. (Please don’t make this into a circumcision thread.)

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-diamond-discovered-in-canada/826277/2 "2018-12-18T05:21:06Z")

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Smallest chicken or biggest tweezers. I don’t know. I’ve got lots of the former and the latter.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-diamond-discovered-in-canada/826277/3 "2018-12-18T05:42:25Z")

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Small egg. 5 carets per gram, density of 2.51 g/cc gives a diamond volume of around 31.5 cc. Large chicken egg [around 68 cc](http://www.bluebulbprojects.com/MeasureOfThings/results.php?comp=volume&unit=cc&amt=68&sort=pr&p=1).

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-diamond-discovered-in-canada/826277/4 "2018-12-18T13:28:51Z")

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Just in time for man-made diamonds to put it out of business.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-diamond-discovered-in-canada/826277/5 "2018-12-18T14:06:36Z")

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Poor diamond, pushed out of a job by automation. Probably end up working at McDonalds.

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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-new-diamond-discovered-in-canada/826277/6 "2018-12-18T17:21:34Z")

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I’d be willing to give it a good home. I’m selfless like that.