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| 23 May 2013 06:36 PM |
A diamond is the hardest natural substance on earth. If it is placed in an oven and the temperature is raised to about 763 degrees Celsius (1405 degrees Fahrenheit), it will simply vanish, without even ash remaining. Diamonds are formed over a period of a billion or more years deep within earth’s crust, about 150km (90 miles) deep, and is pushed to the surface by volcanoes. Most diamonds are found in volcanic rock or in the sea after having been carried away by rivers when they were pushed to the surface. A diamond is 58 times harder than the next hardest mineral on earth, corundum, from which rubies and sapphires are formed. It was only during the 15th century that it was discovered that the only way to cut diamonds was with other diamonds. It's a fact that not all diamonds are white. Impurities lend diamonds a shade of blue, red, orange, yellow, green and even black. Vivid blue, green and pink mined diamonds are the rarest. They are not the rarest gemstones, however. That title goes to a pure red ruby. Diamonds actually are found in abundance; thousands are mined every year. 80% of them are not suitable for jewelery, they are used in industry or in cheap rings. ____
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| 23 May 2013 06:37 PM |
| The magic of Copy+Paste. -_- |
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| 23 May 2013 06:40 PM |
minecraft educationing kids who dont bother to wikipedia
except for obsidian |
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| 23 May 2013 06:41 PM |
thank you, it was a pleasure to read this very informative
some diamonds are black mostly because of the substances that they are exposed to in for example vulcanoes (that's what I believe it was) |
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| 23 May 2013 06:44 PM |
at least change some stuf if your going to copy http://didyouknow.org/diamonds/
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| 23 May 2013 07:03 PM |
| "It's a fact that not all diamonds are white. Impurities lend diamonds a shade of blue, red, orange, yellow, green and even black". Yeah but in Minecraft the diamonds are always blue and make blue tools and armour, so I guess jeb or dinnerbone needs to take care of that. |
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| 23 May 2013 07:08 PM |
#Dontcare
✞OP Should Be Banned ✞ -Something About High School- |
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| 23 May 2013 07:13 PM |
@ You guys saying there are harder substances...
"Diamond is the hardest NATURAL SUBSTANCE ON EARTH"
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| 23 May 2013 07:15 PM |
Yeah,Still harder.
✞OP Should Be Banned ✞ -Something About High School- |
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| 23 May 2013 07:21 PM |
Sure...
✞OP Should Be Banned ✞ -Something About High School- |
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| 24 May 2013 03:13 PM |
Yeah, natural.
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| 24 May 2013 03:14 PM |
| There are actually harder substances. |
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