7 Interesting Facts About Diamonds

What do you know about diamonds, besides that they're a girl's best friend?

Published 10 years ago

What do you know about diamonds, besides that they're a girl's best friend?

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What are diamonds good for? While women say "Engagement rings" men tend to say "Diamond drills". While the first diamond engagement ring recorded in history comes from 1477, the first recording of using diamonds as a tool come from China and have... 4,5 THOUSAND years.

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They say diamonds are the toughest minerals on Earth, but from 2005 they are only the toughest natural minerals on Earth. In 2005 scientists created ADNR (called hyper diamonds) that are 11% tougher.

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The biggest diamond found by men has 1x10^34 carats but no one can claim it... cause it is in space. The diamond was a core of a star, BTW scientist say that will happen also to our Sun eventually. The diamond was called Lucy, a reference to a Beatles song.

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up to 18th century diamond mines were only present in India, next came South And North America and Africa. Right now most diamonds are mined in Russia but the diamonds in Republic of Botswana are worth more overall. To top it all Canada is said to be rich in newfound diamonds.

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Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas is a place where you can feel like The Gold Rush wasn't over but with diamonds, after paying a fee you can search for minerals. Don't know if it's more than role-playing but it definitely sounds interesting.

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They say the largest diamond field is in Siberia and comes from a comet. Don't get me wrong, the comet was not made of precious stones but it actually hit the ground so hard it made graphite turn into diamonds.

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In the ancient times people believed that diamonds bring luck, people in India used them as eyes for statues, and Romans said they repel evil, but there's a famous diamond that is said to bring bad luck, to tell the truth misfortune even. It is the Hope Diamond said to be cursed in India of all places and is supposedly brings death to its owners. What do you thing? Next time your girlfriend demands diamonds you can say "have you heard of Hope Diamond? I'm saving your life here."