Crystalized carbon. Diamond is a cubic mineral, like gold, spinel, fluorite, etc. Its ideal crystal shape is eight-sided -- two pyramids attached to each other. Its refractive index is 2.42, as opposed to cubic zirconia which is 2.15; sapphire and ruby which are 1.77; emerald, aquamarine, heliodore and morganite which are 1.57, and so on.
Diamond is rated as a 10 on the Mohs hardness scale, but only because it is the only natural gem harder than corundum (sapphire and ruby) which are a 9 on the scale. In reality, diamond is more like a 41 -- its not just a little harder than corundum, but mucher harder.
Diamonds are mined in South Africa, Australia, Siberia, Canada, Brazil and a few other lesser places. Most gem-quality diamonds mined are a light yellow or light brown color, but the stones occur naturally in every color of the rainbow, including colorless (which is the most popular for jewelry), milky translucent white and opaque black.
The Dresden Green, medium green, 41 cts.
The Tiffany Yellow, yellow, 128 cts.
The Wittelsbach, medium blue, 35 cts.
Jennifer Lopez's pink diamond, 6 cts.
The Amsterdam, black, 33 cts.
The Hope, dark blue, 45 cts.
The Allnatt, golden yellow, 101 cts.
The Star of South Africa, colorless, 47 cts.
The Pumpkin, orange, 5 cts.
The Conde, pink, 9 carats.
The De Beers, light yellow, 234 cts.
The Incomparable, brownish-yellow, 407 cts.
The Copengagen, blue, 51 cts.
The Polar Star, colorless, 41 cts.
The Victoria-Transvaal, brownish-yellow, 67 cts.
The Millennium Star, colorless, 203 cts.
etc etc etc
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Diamond is a beautiful girl, sheβs the type of girl that you cannot approach because of her beautiful lips, beautiful eyes, beautiful smile and just beautiful everything sheβs so majestic and marvelous. Diamond is the type of female that makes you smile no matter what she does and when those beautiful brown eyes look at you thereβs this feeling inside your body that just tingles and you want to kiss those juicy ass lips on her face. She can be your everything, your world, your universe and the lock to your key because whenever you get a text from an girl named Diamond your heart just lights up then her voice is the most sexiest and softest thing youβd ever hear. You would want Diamond to be your girlfriend because she just makes you happy no matter what happens you just want to hold her in your arms and never let go.
Diamond is everything youβll ever imagine.
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A form of currency that men use to reimburse women for sex.
John gave Jane a diamond ring last night and now she is little more than a dirty prostitute.
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Very expensive carbon. Often used in rings, but also used in drills and other things.
Nothing says I care to a woman like a piece of cut carbon mined by slave children in Angola. Aka a diamond.
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an overly sexy indivdual
with great hair
and can make you laugh all night
and often stupid
with an odd laugh
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n. Relatively common mineral, consisting of carbon, which is similar in appearance to zircon or cut glass. Used by the South African based De Beers company as a form of emotional blackmail through clever, original, and socially planted marketing techniques. It is asserted by the De Beers company that a man who is unwilling to waste a huge amount of money for a worthless piece of carbon must not really love his future wife very much.
(See also organic food.)
"Diamonds are a complete scam"
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