NASA breakthrough: Planet with ‘raining diamonds’ stuns scientists – ‘Extraordinary!’

Express ^ | 5 July 2019 | CALLUM HOARE

[CJ Wolf]

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Wow, It wasnt about LSD.

[ViLaLuz]

Get in line. Scientists discovered first that Uranus is full of giant diamonds.
https://www.popsci.com/uranus-neptune-diamond-rain/

[DUMBGRUNT]

If there’s any truth in the article it’s usually at the bottom.

For”Fake news you can trust”, I get mine from the Babylon Bee!

And always remember:
“In Pravda there is no news, and in Izvestiya there is no truth.”

[DUMBGRUNT]

An enjoyable read about synthetic diamonds.
From the early days.
IIRC there is a follow up on this article.
Yes, DeBeers has since jumped in with both feet.

The New Diamond Age
https://www.wired.com/2003/09/diamond/

[DUMBGRUNT]

The old line about Israel being the only country in the Middle East not situated on oil.

Earth, the only planet in the solar system without an abundance of diamonds!

[Jamestown1630]

I’m really only interested in gemstones for personal decoration; and the real ones of color, that I prefer, can be more expensive than most diamonds :-)