VD Global, based in Surat, discovered the 0.329-carat rough stone in October of last year and dubbed it “Beating Heart.” The stone is made up of a diamond component with a smaller freely moving piece imprisoned inside. The diamond company, which has offices in Surat and Mumbai, reportedly sent the stone for further examination, which confirmed its legitimacy.
“I have certainly never seen anything like the ‘Beating Heart’ in my last 30 years in the diamond field,” Samantha Sibley, Technical Educator at De Beers Group Ignite, remarked. The “Beating Heart” joins a limited club of comparable natural diamonds, such as the Matryoshka diamond from Siberia, which was first noted in 2019, according to a statement from the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council. The stone will be preserved for study and educational purposes rather than being cut and polished. An estimated 0.02 carat diamond is nestled inside and is free to move.
The unique discovery was not given a monetary value, but experts called it “priceless.” The “Beating Heart” is an amazing illustration of what may occur on the natural diamond journey from formation to discovery, according to Jamie Clark, Head of Global Operations at the De Beers Institute of Diamonds.