The Importance Of Diamonds

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Diamonds aren’t just a girls best friend, they are also one of the hardest minerals created on earth. Created naturally at extremely high temperatures between 900 and 1,300 degrees Celsius and pressures of 4.5 to 6 kilaPascals, so high that these can only be met deep within the earth’s mantle that change Carbon-containing minerals into diamonds over billions of years. The obsession of diamonds and the will to posses and pay for them in society is great. The only way that diamonds can reach the surface of the earth and be put to human use is with powerful volcanic eruptions or deep-earth mining. Volcanic eruptions are rather rare, because most of the pipes in the rock that go to the surface, releasing volcanic material don’t contain enough diamonds to be valuable, and some don’t contain any diamonds within them at all. However, diamonds can also be produced synthetically in a chamber that simulates the pressure and temperature found in the earth’s mantle. Here, they can create the same diamonds with a hardness equal to that nature can provide, and so close molecularly that only a gemologist with specific equipment can differentiate. In these synthetic labs, the diamonds created are usually a yellow color because nitrogen, a key element in the creation, has impurities that are emitted through the color. Therefore, many other colors may be emitted in the synthetics, depending on which elements were used in the creation. Diamonds are world renowned for their amazing physical toughness, beauty and lustrous, originating from their strong bonding. They are used in the industrial world as the as cutting tools because of this superior toughness, and no other earthly mineral has been found to exceed the diamond’s durability. Fuelin...

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...nts because of the amount of money they can earn by supporting one of these “blood diamond” groups. Angola has estimated around 10 million land mines. Another source of crime diamonds cause is theft. Since diamonds are so expensive and desirable, occasionally armed robbers attempt to steal millions of dollars in valuable diamonds, escaping with the minerals and hoping to live off the proceeds the act provides. Overall, diamonds are a source of great power, with an unparalleled durability that is unmatched by any other earthly mineral, created deep within the earth at extremely high temperatures and pressures, worth very much money to either create synthetically, discover, or mine, can be found with many colors based upon the elements used to create it, as well as a source of crime and corruption from those that wish to share in the extravagance these diamonds create.

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