diamonds are forever

I know many people don't know this but diamonds are actually a dime a dozen, they are fairly common
the company that owns the mines and the franchises that sell them have a deal together so that they slow down the mining process to make them seem as if they are rare and valuable, and market them as a sign of affection.
I would never buy a diamond knowing this, some women would still want you to buy one even if they did know this though...just because its what they've been taught.

thats true, those bastard at De Beers controll the diamond around the world, hance limiting the supply and creating alot of demand to purposly raise the price of diamond.

diamond can be manufactured anyway... its carbon atoms in a particular arrangement.

so can we make a diamond?

not easily, but it can be done with the right equipment.

I doubt its worth the manufacturing costs compared to the costs to mine it

its the same with gold and other things, the 'power' companys behind it simply drip them out to keep the price inflated. And yes synthetic diamonds have been made, its really not that hard to do.

Well....Maybe what you're saying is true, but maybe it isn't....Maybe they're expensive because they're shiny?

diamond isn't shiny, it has to be worked and polished.

diamonds are forever until the big rip comes in 381 billion years

Loonylion · #9diamond isn't shiny, it has to be worked and polished.

Well once they're worked and polished they're shiny, right?

kingofgamemasters777 · #10diamonds are forever until the big rip comes in 381 billion years

actually, no. You can destroy a diamond fairly easily.

are they the hardest thing on earth?

hardest, yes.

then how can you destroy it easy ???

focus the sun's rays on it with a powerful magnifying glass

can we use a normal magnifying glass?

It feels like Loony is answering useless questions...You can use a normal magnifying glass to burn ants/leaves/those small stuff...It may be possible to use a normal magnifying glass, but you need the precise area where the lgith is the strongest...

or just use another Diamond, that how they cut the diamond into shape...