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How diamonds can be made from methane
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Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.
(Bed) Rocks and (Flint) Stones
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Reflections in a diamond. (gem; cut gemstone; optics; refraction)
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The most popular gemstone
An uncut diamond in rock
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Micrograph, taken with a transmission electron microscope, showing the atomic structure of a diamond surface. A spacing of about 0.1 nanometre is clearly resolved.
ring
open-pit diamond mine
Hope diamond
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History of diamond mining in South Africa
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Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.
(Bed) Rocks and (Flint) Stones
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Reflections in a diamond. (gem; cut gemstone; optics; refraction)
Cold Stones: 9 Gems That Will Make You Feel Like a Peasant