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interestingadmin [$160K Diamond traded for $20 Weed]
diamond [2021/08/29 23:22] (current)
interestingadmin [Best heat conductor]
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 Diamond is a form of pure carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal. Diamond is a form of pure carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal.
  
-==== $160K Diamond traded for $20 Weed ====+==== $160K Diamond traded for $20 in weed ====
 In 2014, a man from Arizona stole a package containing a $160,000 diamond and traded it in for $20 worth of marijuana. [([[https://abcnews.go.com/US/arizona-man-trades-160k-diamond-20-weed/story?id=25803103|Arizona Man Trades $160K Diamond for $20 Weed, Cops Say]])] In 2014, a man from Arizona stole a package containing a $160,000 diamond and traded it in for $20 worth of marijuana. [([[https://abcnews.go.com/US/arizona-man-trades-160k-diamond-20-weed/story?id=25803103|Arizona Man Trades $160K Diamond for $20 Weed, Cops Say]])]
  
 ==== Great hardness ==== ==== Great hardness ====
 Diamonds are the hardest naturally occurring material on Earth. Their hardness value is 10 on Mohs' Scale of Hardness. [([[https://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/rocks_minerals/minerals/diamond.html|The University of Auckland: Diamond]])] Diamonds are the hardest naturally occurring material on Earth. Their hardness value is 10 on Mohs' Scale of Hardness. [([[https://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/rocks_minerals/minerals/diamond.html|The University of Auckland: Diamond]])]
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 +==== Best heat conductor ====
 +Diamond is the best heat conductor, 5 times better than the second-place silver. [([[https://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/rocks_minerals/minerals/diamond.html|The University of Auckland: Diamond]])]
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 +==== Highest melting point ====
 +Diamond's melting point is 3820 degrees Kelvin, the highest of any material. [([[https://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/rocks_minerals/minerals/diamond.html|The University of Auckland: Diamond]])]
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