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What is Diamond?

--  A mineral composed of crystalline carbon
--  Lab-grown varieties are made by people
--  The world's most popular gemstone
--  A "super material" with many uses
--  Superior refractive index, dispersion, luster
--  Exceptional hardness, thermal conductivity

Red Diamonds
red diamonds
Red Diamonds are exceptionally rare. In a typical year, only a few diamonds earn a red color grade.
Gifts That Rock
Gifts That Rock
Gifts That Rock - What are the most popular gift items in the Geology.com store?
Colored Diamonds
colored diamonds
Colored Diamonds are diamonds with a noticeable body color. They can sell for over $1M/carat.
Brown Diamonds
Brown Diamonds
Brown Diamonds are growing in popularity and are frequently seen in fashion jewelry.
Canadian Diamonds
Canadian Diamonds
Canadian Diamond Mines produce some of the largest and highest quality gems!
Yellow Diamonds
Yellow Diamonds
Yellow Diamonds are the most valuable yellow gems and the 2nd most common fancy diamond.
Diamond: The Mineral
Diamond
Diamond is a gem of exceptional beauty and a mineral with many industrial uses!
Diamond Producers
Diamond Production
Diamond Production leaders include: Botswana, Russia, Angola and Canada.
Blood Diamonds
Blood Diamonds
Blood Diamonds are illegally traded diamonds that are often used to fund conflict.
Largest Diamonds
world's largest diamonds
World*s Largest Diamonds Stories of the largest rough, faceted and carbonado diamond.
US Diamond Mines
United States Diamonds
US Diamond Mines Will a mine in WY or CO break our gem diamond import dependence?
Diamonds from Coal?
Diamonds from coal
Diamonds Do Not Form From Coal That is one of the biggest misconceptions in science.
Blue Diamonds
blue diamonds
Blue Diamonds are colored by a few boron atoms substituting for carbons in the diamond crystal.
Carbonado Diamond
carbonado diamond
Carbonado is an extremely tough variety of industrial diamond with exceptional cutting abilities.
Diamond Source Rocks
kimberlite by Parent Géry
Kimberlite is a variety of peridotite, an igneous rock that can be a host rock of diamond.
USA Diamond Mine
Crater of Diamonds Mine
You Can Be A Diamond Miner! At the Crater of Diamonds Mine you keep what you find.
Lab-Grown Diamonds
Lab-Grown Diamonds
Lab-Grown Diamonds? What are they? Can people really make diamonds? Are they real?
Green Diamonds
green diamonds
Green Diamonds - one of the rarest and most valuable diamond colors.
Facts About Diamonds
Diamond Facts
Interesting Facts About Diamonds You are a diamond expert if you know all of these!
Herkimer Diamonds
Herkimer Diamonds
Herkimer Diamonds are doubly-terminated quartz crystals mined in New York.
Diamonds from Space?
Diamonds in Meteorites
Diamonds in Meteorites? Some meteorites contain amazing numbers of tiny diamonds.
Huge Diamond Deposit
Popigai Diamonds
The Largest Diamond Deposit in the world could be under Popigai Crater in Russia.
Hardness Picks
Hardness Picks
Hardness Picks - Test for hardness with precise and easy-to-use hardness picks.
Geology Tools
Geology Tools
Geology Tools Rock hammers, field bags, hand lenses, maps, hardness picks, gold pans.