Popigai Crater Impact Diamond | Arctic Siberia, Russia Tektite Collection Millions of years ago

Millions of years ago

Australites often have interesting oriented shapes and are the only tektite known to produce the rare flanged button shape

Russia—an iconic locality known for producing some of the finest and most distinctive Growth Interference Quartz specimens in the world

while the quartz crystals impart a soft

Popigai Crater Impact Diamond | Arctic Siberia, Russia Tektite Collection Millions of years agoPopigai Crater Impact Diamond. This otherworldly gem is a gift from space. Millions of years ago, a meteorite struck the Earth in Northern Siberia, Russia, above the Arctic Circle. This ancient celestial event created a massive crater surrounded by diamonds, the Popigai Crater, known as Russia's Crater of Diamonds. Most Popigai Crater impact diamonds are very small, 0. 5 to 2mm. This impact diamond is a micro mount, but at 4 x 3mm it's large for a