[wingblade]

Diamonds are forever (as far as we know).

[rocksblues]

extrasolar planet conference

He's Dead Jim!

[ElkGroveDan]

Probably a good place to meet girls.

[BROKKANIC]

"One day, diamonds could lose their allure by sheer overstocking."

They are already overly abundant. Not as rare as the diamond industry would have people believe.

[Captain Beyond]

When will DeBeers get into the space race so no one else can claim the diamonds? Or will they claim outer space diamonds are fakes? Or will they build weapons platforms and blow up anything coming back to Earth that might have diamonds in it? Just curious because they tend to get really paranoid when other people besides themselves get into the diamond business.

[muir_redwoods]

Aurthur Clarke theorized that, on a planet like Jupiter that is mostly hydrogen and other light elements, the heaviest elements would settle in the core. In jupiter's case the heavies element might be carbon. Clarke was guessing that, based on the ratio of observable carbon, the core would be a diamond about the size of our moon.

That's a beautiful idea somehow

[TADSLOS]

This will be nothing like the last minute rush for Cubic Zirconia Planets.

[montag813]

Diamonds soon will be worth no more than quartz, as the technology to produce flawless diamonds becomes ever cheaper. Don't contribute to the price-inflating diamond mafia of DeBeers.

[aruanan]

Diamonds are forever (as far as we know).

Unless you burn them.

[e_engineer]

Old news: Diamonds on Neptune

Any gas giant planet with enough methane will have diamonds.

[swilhelm73]

Well, I imagine DeBeers will be coming out against space exploration shortly. ;)

[Dallas59]

The French were bred to die for love
they delight in fighting duels
but I prefer a man who lives
and gives expensive jewels.
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental
but diamonds are a girl's best friend.
A kiss may be grand but it won't pay the rental
on your humble flat, or help you at the automat.
Men grow cold as girls grow old
and we all lose our charms in the end.
But square-cut or pear-shaped
these rocks don't lose their shape
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
...Tiffany's ... Cartier...
Talk to me, Harry, Winston,tell me all about it!
There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer
but diamonds are a girl's best friend.
There may come a time when a hard-boiled employer
thinks you're awful nice
but get that ice or else no dice.
He's your guy when stocks are high
but beware when they start to descend,
It's then that those louses go back to their spouses
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
I've heard of affairs that are strictly platonic
but diamonds are a girl's best friend,
and I think affairs that you must keep liaisonic
are better bets if little pets get big baggettes.
Time rolls on and youth is gone
and you can't straighten up when you bend
but stiff back or stiff knees
you stand straight at Tiffany's
Diamonds... Diamonds...
- I don't mean rhinestones -
but Diamonds, Are A Girl's Best Friends

[Mike Darancette]

If you found one of those planers DeBeers would have you killed.

[SunkenCiv]

please note, a 2005 topic.

"Three small bodies have been found in orbit around the pulsar PSR 1257+12. They have been designated "PSR1257+12 A, ..B, and ..C". One is about the size of the Moon, the other two are about 2 to 3 times the mass of Earth... These planets are believed to have formed after the supernova that produced the pulsar. The present planets would have originally been within the envelope of the progenitor star and therefore wouldn't have stood much chance of surviving the supernova explosion, and wouldn't have remained in circular orbits after the explosion."

http://www.nineplanets.org/other.html

[SunkenCiv]

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