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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.misty.com!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ralph Mowery Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: OT: Marcury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 16:14:44 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 22:14:46 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ad51eb11d80c4d46778f4ba900880447"; logging-data="2448367"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Y/WXSGW95B6aAgLsVQoXormDZ9ZTnWGk=" User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 Cancel-Lock: sha1:BzvDoJGg47UeNCAo1Z2jLdmIDs4= Bytes: 2935 In article , bill.sloman@ieee.org says... > > > >>> Diamond, like gold, is valuable because it's rare. Accessing cubic > >>> miles of diamonds would trash its value. > > > > Diamonds are only valuable because of the De Beers convincing the women > > they need them. Almost all diamonds used to go through them and they > > would only let a few out and if you tried your own mine and a store > > bought some from you the De Beers would cut them off. > > > > They are like paint. Anyone can get paint and put it on a canvas but if > > you have the big name you get thousands or millions for the painting. > > Diamonds can be cut and put into jewelry as an art form. > > Somebody hasn't heard of industrial diamonds. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond > > "Eighty percent of mined diamonds (equal to about 135,000,000 carats > (27,000 kg) annually) are unsuitable for use as gemstones and are used > industrially. In addition to mined diamonds, synthetic diamonds found > industrial applications almost immediately after their invention in the > 1950s; in 2014, 4,500,000,000 carats (900,000 kg) of synthetic diamonds > were produced, 90% of which were produced in China. Approximately 90% of > diamond grinding grit is currently of synthetic origin." > > > Yes there are plenty of industrial diamonds and they are almost worthless compaired to the jewelry quality. In not too long ago time there has been a way to make them instead of mined diamonds. Diamonds are rated by how well they can be converted to jewel quality. The 4 C's. Color cut clairty carat. If they do not measure up they go to the industrial bin and are almost worthless.