Kicker - Alien diamond

NICK EICHER, HOST: Sotheby's auction house in Dubai has unveiled a rare diamond that it says is out of this world!

Well, actually, it is from out of this world. That’s what experts believe.

It looks like a volcanic rock, but it’s actually a 555-carat black diamond nicknamed “The Enigma.”

Sophie Stevens is a jewelry specialist at Sotheby’s Dubai. She said scientists believe the diamond formed through meteorites colliding with the Earth and either forming chemical vapor or coming from the meteorites themselves.

The unique space rock is expected to fetch at least somewhere around $7 million at auction.

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