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just carbon that survived enough pressure to stop being ordinary.
means A diamond is an extremely hard, transparent precious stone made of crystallized carbon, prized for its brilliance and used in jewelry and cutting tools — also the rhombus-shaped figure that bears its name.
from From the Greek 'adamas,' meaning 'unconquerable' or 'untamable' (the same root behind 'adamant') — a nod to the stone's legendary hardness. It traveled through Late Latin 'diamas' and Old French 'diamant' before settling into English. So the name itself is a boast: the stone nothing could break.
- origin depth
- forms 100+ miles down, older than dinosaurs
- burnable
- will literally combust into pure carbon dioxide
- space rain
- falls as diamonds inside Neptune and Uranus
- marketing myth
- "forever" was a 1947 ad slogan
- hardness
- hardest natural material, scratches everything but itself
koh-i-noor — 105.6-carat diamond, part of british crown jewels since 1849, originally mined in india
hope diamond — 45.52-carat blue diamond at smithsonian museum, cursed legend dating to 1668
cullinan i — 530.4-carat diamond, largest clear cut diamond in world, mounted in british royal scepter since 1907