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Moon-sized diamond found in space
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| 17 February 2004
| Lucy Sherriff
Posted on 02/18/2004 8:10:11 AM PST by ShadowAce
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To: 4ConservativeJustices
Osmium and Iridium need a supernova for formation. White dwarfs most likely wind down at the end of the carbon cycle.
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:32:45 AM PST
by
Axenolith
(Politicians lie. If they told the truth, the voters would vote for their lying opponents.)
To: Johnny_Cipher
What a predicament. Even a Shuttle-sized load of this material would be enough to wreck the world price of diamond forever Actually the whole diamond scam is about to collapse. The only thing keeping it going right now is DeBeers and the Jewelers Vigilance Committee.
Companies like Gemesis can manufacture diamonds which are bigger and better than natural ones.
Gold still has a future as jewelry that retains value.
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:33:23 AM PST
by
Jim Cane
To: ShadowAce
We figured out that the carbon interior of this white dwarf has solidified to form the galaxy's largest diamondDoes this mean we should check Dean's interior for diamonds?
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:35:34 AM PST
by
70times7
(An open mind is a cesspool of thought)
To: ShadowAce
As a rule of thumb, two Quintillion months salary is the appropriate amount of money to spend on an engagement ring...
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:36:02 AM PST
by
gridlock
(BARTENDER: Why the long face? HORSE: Ha ha, old joke. BARTENDER: I was talking to Kerry!)
To: ShadowAce
Great,go get that suckah.....hopefully, the quibic Z,I gave to the wife will be;....worth Mo Money...
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:36:46 AM PST
by
vavavah
To: ShadowAce
Arthur C. Clark predicted something like this in one of his novels....the core of Jupiter was a diamond the size of earth, carbon settling out int the core, heat, pressure, yada, yada....
It's been done....
To: ShadowAce
De Beers just fainted...
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:41:25 AM PST
by
Junior
(No animals were harmed in the making of this post)
To: ShadowAce
This could cause a run on the dollar! It's actually more 'series' than the guy with the high temperature water well!
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:52:13 AM PST
by
Eighth Square
(All the people, all of the time!)
To: capitan_refugio
Given enough time, all diamonds will become graphite at STP, fit only as a pencil lead. How depressing. Did you have to post this!!!?
To: ShadowAce
It's mine!!!! I lost it and look where it ended up. Now where do I go to reclaim my lost jewel.
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posted on
02/18/2004 10:01:15 AM PST
by
3catsanadog
(When anything goes, everything does.)
To: 3catsanadog
Jeez we can do some cool stuff. Monitoring the resonance of a dwarf star 50 million miles away to determine composition.
It's funny, but that is probably an easier task than finding one hanky head living in a cave in Pakistan. Well, all in good time I guess.
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posted on
02/18/2004 10:16:57 AM PST
by
IGOTMINE
(All we are saying... is give guns a chance!)
To: capitan_refugio
So we should sue the bastards at DeBeers for advertizing that a "diamond is forever"!
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posted on
02/18/2004 10:25:14 AM PST
by
zeugma
(The Great Experiment is over.)
To: grizzfan
Diamond will replace coal at the municipal power plant. Clean-burning, clean as natural gas, even cleaner.
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posted on
02/18/2004 10:28:56 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: IGOTMINE
Jeez we can do some cool stuff. Monitoring the resonance of a dwarf star 50 million miles away to determine composition. Try 300 trillion miles away. 50 light years X 6 trillion miles/light year.
To: Eighth Square
"It's actually more 'series' than the guy with the high temperature water well!"
Did that guy ever show up again or is he lost forever in the black SUV's ?
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
He gave a follow-up.
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posted on
02/18/2004 10:55:12 AM PST
by
coloradan
(Hence, etc.)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Black SUVs were definitely involved and I have it on good authority that they moved him to the east side of the Sierra Nevada where he hitched a ride on the second Mars Rover and is currently testing wells on that planet.
More likely though, he finally put the 'bong' down.
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posted on
02/18/2004 6:23:51 PM PST
by
Eighth Square
(All the people, all of the time!)
To: grizzfan
Well, there are always rubies and sapphires (corundum - Al2O3; hardness = 9)! Not to mention emeralds (beryl - Be3Al2(Si6O18); hardness = 7.5-8).
According to Hurlbut and Klein, Manual of Mineralogy, 19th Edition, 1977:
"The synthesis of diamond in 1955 was the realization of an age-old dream and established the stability relations between polymorphs of carbon over a wide range of pressure and temperature. Diamond, as to be expected from its high specific gravity and fairly close packing, is the high pressure polymorph. At low pressures or temperatures it is unstable with respect to graphite and may be converted to graphite at moderate temperatures. The reason that diamond and graphite can coexist at room temperatures and pressures is because the reconstructive polymorphic reaction between the two minerals is very sluggish."
So the good news is, your diamonds are probably okay for several million years!!
To: zeugma
"So we should sue the bastards at DeBeers for advertizing that a "diamond is forever"!" That all depends on what the meaning of "is" is! ;^)
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
"It's mine you hear? Mine! ALL MINE! Get back in there! Down! Down! Down! Go! Go! Go! MINE! MINE! MINE!!!"Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
02/18/2004 9:12:19 PM PST
by
mhking
(This tag line is "3 Laws Safe." Is yours?)
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