The graphite found in your favorite pencil could have instead been the diamond your mother always wears. What made the difference? Researchers are finding out. How molten carbon crystallizes into ...

Scroll down to begin the experience. Botswana’s Jwaneng Mine sits on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, a vast expanse spanning much of southern Africa, its arid plains peppered with acacia trees and ...

Miners in Botswana have uncovered an extraordinary gemstone that has captured the attention of gemologists worldwide. The 37.41-carat natural diamond discovered at the Karowe mine features a rare ...

Molten carbon can crystallize into diamond or graphite, but it has been difficult to study this process. New simulations show that graphite can sometimes "hijack" the pathway that would lead to ...