The word 'diamond' derives from Greek adamao, meaning 'I tame' or 'I subdue' or the related word adamas, which means 'hardest steel' or 'hardest substance'.

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they can synthesize gem-quality diamonds from graphite now

currently I think they only make yellow ones, not because they can't make the clear kind but because yellow ones have a higher margin

I think i read something about deBeers hiring PIs to follow those guys

anyway the oldest stuff is not going to be any carbon, carbon had to be fused from older, lighter elements in stars, the oldest stuff is hydrogen, all hydrogen in the entire universe (with the exception of isotopes busted out in man-made fission) was formed in like the first couple seconds of time

^ rong

wait

i wld like a hydrogen diamond then if that is true

I misread that

a hydrogen diamond is helium

does nuclear fission ever occur spontaneously in nature?

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does nuclear fission ever occur spontaneously in nature?

-- El Tomboto, Thursday, January 3, 2008 2:45 PM (6 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

yes

link plz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor

(i love this)

I didn't check that article but people thought they were ancient discarded spaceship reactor cores at first.

coool

that's awesome thanks jon!!

I'll just post these other awesome links too ok?

http://www.warbirdforum.com/toss.htm
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=160 <-- crappy writing :/

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