Posted on 08/10/2015 6:00:05 PM PDT by markomalley
There is only one diamond. There is stichovite and perovskite, and probably other various polymorphs, but there is only one diamond.
quote “The new stones, dubbed Tolbachik diamonds, were said to look almost identical to synthetic diamonds, ranging from 250700 microns in size”
who do these idiots think they are fooling?
I had a professor for vacuum that successfully made diamonds under vacuum with various gases. Only problem at the time was it was too expensive and inconsistent in its results.
Jack I am sure is smiling down from heaven upon reading this
Also out of Russia:
Terminally Ill Man Set to Undergo Worlds First Head Transplant, Doctor Called Crazy
Soviet Scientists Made This Two-Headed Dog
Never trust the Russians. They are probably synthesized and will be marketed as a “new” discovery.
I dissolved the end of a drill bit in nitric acid to get the diamonds. (in a frisbee)
They are synthetic diamonds. Under normal illumination they appear usually as beer-bottle green dodecahedrons with a peculiar waxy appearance. And they easily scratch hardened steel.
And in related news, DeBeers has announced the purchase of the entire Tolbachik volcano.
obama voters?
LOL!!!
In a related question, why is Dr. Diamandis involved in asteroid mining when he should have been involved in the finding of new Diamonds re the article above? They could have been named after him.
Just asking.
Please don’t tell me wife that an new type of diamond exists. Her birthday is coming up this month and I’m broke.
QVC is already pursuing exclusive rights for US domestic sales.
As for an asteroid .. A potential 5.4 trillion dollar payload..
Just flying thru our neighborhood..
Paging Elon Musk and Richard Brandon..
You want a space venture?
Talk about the Mother Lode.
One more thing about which America’s women can bug its men.
meanwhile at scribner creek
Deal! I won’t tell yours, Max, if you don’t tell mine.
I prefer Carbonados, black diamonds.
Theory says they all were born in the center of a supernova and brought to Earth in a single asteroid one kilometer in diameter which hit the Earth about 2 billion years ago, none have been mined with any regular diamonds.
Black diamonds are very slightly harder than regular diamonds and slightly lighter. Up until about ten years or so ago, almost all black diamonds were about the size of a pea or smaller and were found strewn along the ground and in stream beds in Central Africa and central South America, right between where they think the asteroid struck. These are the ones you see in jewelry store in pavé settings about the size of grains of sand.
There were only three that were larger. One, which is in the Scepter of the Russian Czars, is about 667 carats, then there's a smaller black diamond called the Black Orlov at 67.5 carats after cutting (from 193 carats), mounted in a halo diamond pendant surrounded by two carat white diamonds, and the third one around 32 carats which was mounted in a ring by Tiffany.
However, about ten or twelve years ago, someone dug into a lode of black diamonds in Central Africa which is not controlled by the De Beers Diamond cartel. They are being cut in India and they are not price controlled, and large black diamonds are available very reasonably. I have quite a few of them. They are still considered the rarest of the fancy colored diamonds.
In addition to the 15 1/2 carat in my ring, I also have a much larger black diamond I'm trying to think of a use for. It's ~92 carats in a round cut about 1 1/8 inches in diameter. I'm thinking gear shift knob or cane topper. . . LOL! Several years ago I was really tempted by a 227 carat black diamond, but if I can't figure out what to do with the 92 carat one what would I do with one a quarter inch larger? They're both too large to make pendants or bracelets out of. . .
Very fascinating reply about Black Diamonds but if my wife sees this post, I’m toast.
Geology bump
Maybe she’d like some Helenite?
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