This article introduces twenty secrets of Diamond except "Forever".
A. People found a piece of diamond like the size of the moon in space and named it Lucy, just in order to correspond to the song of Beatles - Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Imagine, a total of 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 carats, weighing 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds.
B. The first diamond was found on the riverbed 4000 years ago in India Golconda area.
C. The scientists in Mexico said they can turn tequila into diamond, but they didn't even get a small diamond on the ring.
D. Actually, diamond is not rare. The main reason that it is expensive is that the industry control the output of diamond. Beyond our planet there are also rich in diamonds, and each collapsing star may produce a large number of diamonds.
E. A real diamond in the X-ray irradiation does not show on the negatives, so you can distinguish some fake diamonds through this method.
F. Recently, scientists have been able to use the late pet's ashes produce artificial diamond. They called it the " LifeGem ", and this is high quality precious gem from your beloved pets.
G. A real diamond can also be made of peanut butter. But if you want to make this kind of diamond, you will need extremely complex scientific equipments that can withstand high temperature and high pressure, so all rushing to the supermarket to buy peanut butter is completely unnecessary.
H. If there is real diamond rain on Jupiter and Saturn and you are planning a space travel, you should be able to imagine how much pain under the diamond rain.
I. Diamond and Coal are made up of the same element - carbon, and But the they just have different spatial structure.
J. There are a large number of diamonds on the earth that is enough for each one. But the industry has strict control, which makes the scene difficult to realize.
K. Most diamonds are found in nature with the age of billions to three billion, they are formed in the depths of the earth billions of years ago under the temperature of nine hundred to one thousand three hundred degrees Celsius.
L. Diamond is the hardest natural substance, and only diamond can cut another diamond.
M. The ancient Hindus view diamond as the eyes of the statue and believe that diamond can protect its wearer from danger.
N. 80% of the world's diamonds are not suitable for jewelry, but some of diamonds can be used in industry and the other could be thrown away directly.
O. Scientists have been able to create "diamond" having the same structure with natural diamond. And for the diamonds, even a specialist is hard to identify them without special equipment and a large number of tests.
P. In ancient times, wearing diamond is thought to be able to get strength and courage. Whether for men or women, a small piece of diamond is a perfect gift.
Q. The world's three largest diamond producing countries are: Botswana (24 million carats), Russia (17.8 million carats) and Canada (10.9 million carats),and the main buyers of high quality diamond are the United States, whose purchases accouns for about 40% of the total.
R. The color of diamond is usually from pale yellow to colorless, but at the same time it can also be brown, blue, green, orange, red, pink and black. Which color do you like best?
S. The word diamond (diamond) is derived from the Greek "adamas" (diamond), whose meaning is invincible or indestructible. If you need more courage, please decorate yourself with a beautiful diamond.
T. The production of 1 carat diamond needs 250 tons of ore. The diamond itself also should go through a lot of heavy processing to become a part of the beautiful necklace or ring.