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OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 month agoThat’s because diamonds are pretty boring. The only thing they have going for them is sparkling. There are SO many prettier gemstones out there.
Comment on Shiny
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 month agoThat’s because diamonds are pretty boring. The only thing they have going for them is sparkling. There are SO many prettier gemstones out there.
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Hard disagree: they exhibit 4 perfect octahedral cleavage planes in addition to their adamantine lustre, diamond is one of the most useful materials in existence, and their petrological origins speak to incredibly interesting conditions of formation! In fact, a mineral inclusion within a diamond gave us our first solid evidence of the existence of liquid water at equilibrium with mantle rock, which was previously thought impossible!
But yeah, fuck De Beers.
pseudo@jlai.lu 1 month ago
Is it bad to link to !science_memes@mander.xyz when we are already on !science_memes@mander.xyz