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Super flawless diamonds now made by machines
Worldnetdaily ^ | 08/18/03 | Staff Writer

Posted on 08/18/2003 9:12:19 AM PDT by bedolido

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To: r9etb
Diamonds: aluminum for the 21st Century?

No rusty aluminum is sapphire & ruby.

41 posted on 08/18/2003 9:51:21 AM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear....)
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To: Tax-chick
I'm blessed :) I get both from Mr. Mew!
42 posted on 08/18/2003 9:52:31 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Shouldn't it be possible to make diamonds with just about any color desired? That would be cool, a diamond rainbow.

Post 30 says they're only doing yellow and blue so far. That doesn't mean they couldn't make top-quality white diamonds, of course ... maybe they can't, or maybe they're not ready for that market yet.

43 posted on 08/18/2003 9:53:21 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Out of touch with trends since 1966.)
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To: bedolido
I saw a documentary years ago on how Debeers controls the diamond market. In it it said General Electric perfected a technique like this and Debeers somehow paid them off. The diamond market has continued. The amount of control Debeers has has slipped but it's still there. Diamonds aren't rare but Debeers has done a wonderful job making the public think they are. I suppose cubic zirconia can be differentiated from diamonds but I think most lay people couldn't tell the difference on first glance. These "real" diamonds should be fun to have soon if this pans out.
44 posted on 08/18/2003 9:55:14 AM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38
It's been illegal to sell (unlabeled only?) artificial gems since 1929. On the other hand, diamond drills are useful.
45 posted on 08/18/2003 9:57:14 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: etcetera
Diamonds are death. DeBeers does maintain the artificial value line through carefully meted out product. And, the western media, led by the NYT is complicit in this bloody business through its repetive op-ed clarion for crack down on the "illegal" diamond trade. Illegal means anything outside the control of the SA/Israel/Amsterdam/47thSt cartel.
46 posted on 08/18/2003 9:57:29 AM PDT by wtc911
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To: AdamSelene235
No rusty aluminum is sapphire & ruby.

Actually, part of my original comment mysteriously disappeared.

Did you know that the tip of the Washington Monument is a 100-Oz aluminum pyramid? Back in the 19th century, aluminum was extremely rare, as they hadn't yet discovered the modern electrical smelting techniques that make it a disposable metal.

47 posted on 08/18/2003 9:57:55 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: bedolido
America grabs another industry... let China manufacture styraphome cups.
48 posted on 08/18/2003 9:59:43 AM PDT by Porterville (I hate anything and anyone that would attack the things that I love...)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Shouldn't it be possible to make diamonds with just about any color desired? That would be cool, a diamond rainbow.

They already do. I've seen Russian synthetics in red, blue, green, white and other colors/shades. In addition the colors of certain natural diamonds can be altered by zapping them with nuclear radiation or high pressure-high temperature (HPHT) techniques...that's where all those colored diamonds they sell on the shopping TV channels come from. A good number of "brownies" that range from dark brown to light as well as into the "fancy" champagne, yellow and orange colors occur naturally in Australia. They're marketed in the U.S. by Argylle Diamonds.

Most "black" diamonds which are so popular now are nuked. Beautiful pink and red diamonds are found naturally in Australia and elsewhere, and are among the earth's rarest and most valuable treasures.

49 posted on 08/18/2003 10:00:21 AM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: balrog666; RightWhale
Small, included, off-color fakes have been a lucrative business. Easier to pass off fakes in that market.
50 posted on 08/18/2003 10:00:37 AM PDT by DPB101
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To: Centurion2000
BTTT for later research.
51 posted on 08/18/2003 10:00:49 AM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: wtc911
Diamonds are death. DeBeers does maintain the artificial value line through carefully meted out product. And, the western media, led by the NYT is complicit in this bloody business through its repetive op-ed clarion for crack down on the "illegal" diamond trade. Illegal means anything outside the control of the SA/Israel/Amsterdam/47thSt cartel.

I've been looking for proof that De Beers is complicit in this illegal trade for several years now. If you have it, please post it.

52 posted on 08/18/2003 10:02:23 AM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: Sundog
Can these diamonds be used to make armor for tanks and apc's? Similar to ceramic armor used now? How about for weapons?
53 posted on 08/18/2003 10:02:38 AM PDT by Tailback
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To: harpseal
There is a pilot plant going into production in the next couple of months. It is hooked to a turkey processing plant in the mid-west somewhere. They did an interview with one of the principles on FOX about ten days ago. I think it will be operating at something like 700 barrels per day and they can market the oil for $20/barrel.
54 posted on 08/18/2003 10:03:46 AM PDT by El Laton Caliente
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Shouldn't it be possible to make diamonds with just about any color desired? That would be cool, a diamond rainbow.

Why not just buy paste? It comes in pretty colors and is cheap.

55 posted on 08/18/2003 10:03:51 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: r9etb
Did you know that the tip of the Washington Monument is a 100-Oz aluminum pyramid? Back in the 19th century, aluminum was extremely rare, as they hadn't yet discovered the modern electrical smelting techniques that make it a disposable metal.

I was often perplexed by the copper heat shields found behind the wood burning stoves in many of the old mountain cabins in the Rockies. Why not Al, I wondered. Only recently did I learn that Copper used to cheaper than Al.

56 posted on 08/18/2003 10:04:10 AM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear....)
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To: DPB101
The business fuels organized crime around the world. The diamond dealer busted in NYC last week for financing the sale of shoulder held missiles to take down U.S. aircraft is just one very small example.

So you have decided that the old man in NY (who has been granted bail) is part of "organized crime all over the world." You never miss an opportunity assign collective blame.

57 posted on 08/18/2003 10:05:30 AM PDT by veronica (http://www.petitiononline.com/KN50711/petition.html - Confirm Daniel Pipes to USIPF ......sign this!)
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To: dfwgator
A house?

Nope, they don't get that coming in, they get it when they leave.
58 posted on 08/18/2003 10:08:15 AM PDT by tx_eggman
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To: Bernard Marx
Diamonds are death.

Wrong. Diamonds are a girl's best friend. :)

59 posted on 08/18/2003 10:08:18 AM PDT by veronica (http://www.petitiononline.com/KN50711/petition.html - Confirm Daniel Pipes to USIPF ......sign this!)
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To: r9etb
At the time, aluminum cost more per oz. than gold. I'm also told that when the Spanairds arrived in Latin America, the indians were using platinum to make pots and pans, because they didn't knwo what else to do with the stuff.
60 posted on 08/18/2003 10:08:39 AM PDT by NYFriend
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