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Precious Stone Diamond

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Diamond is one precious gems which to be found in Egypt and is one of the natural allotropes of the carbon. Diamond is one of hardest naturally occurring material scoring 12 on the old Mohs hardness scale. There is one of the materials which is structurally identically and it is as hard as diamond boron nitride, but currently it is actually a hypothetical material.

Diamond
Historical Facts of Diamond
Refractive Index 2.417
Chemical Composition C
Hardness 10
Density 3.52
Crystal Group Cubic
Zodiac Sign Aries
Month of the year April
Planet Mars
Ocurrence Africa, Russia, Canada, Australia, India
Color White, yellow, brown, black. Rarely, blue, red, or pink

Precious Stone Diamond Jewelry
Diamond Bracelet
Diamond Bracelet
Diamond Earrings
Diamond Earring
Diamond Necklace
Diamond Necklace
Diamond Rings
Diamond Ring

 

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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