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The Hope Diamond is a Type IIb diamond, classified as such based on it's "...very low levels of nitrogen impurities comparable to Type IIa diamonds, Type IIb diamonds contain significant boron impurities. Type IIb diamonds make up about 0.1% of all natural diamonds," according to Wikipedia.

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