diamond, n.Trivia

Diamonds are not so rare everywhere --- The planet 55 Cancri E is made of diamonds and would be worth $26.9 nonillion

The diamond engagement ring fever was invented by an ad campaign in the 1930s. Before that few Americans proposed with the precious stone, and the price of diamond was falling

There is a star that is a diamond of ten billion trillion trillion carats.

A diamond is the only thing that can scratch a diamond

Diamond is the hardest natural substance known to man

Diamonds are actually not that rare, but their supply is artificially supressed by De Beers, a company that owns 95% of the diamond market.

Arkansas has the only active diamond mine in the United States.

On Jupiter and Saturn, it rains diamonds.

X-rays can’t detect real diamonds.

Diamonds can be of various colors --- the rarest type is green

Diamond, despite being the hardest material known, will shatter if hit with a hammer. Hardness means resistance to scratching; toughness is a different property.

A candle's flame contains millions of microscopic diamonds.

Diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa

Peanut butter can be turned into diamonds under extreme pressure

Diamonds are mined to the tune of $9 billion worth each year.

The largest known diamond in the universe is a star named Lucy (after the song ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’) that is ten trillion, billion karats

Many of the diamonds mined today were formed at the location of ancient meteor strikes.

There are enough diamonds in the world to give every human on the planet a cupful.

Most natural diamonds are between 1 billion and 3.5 billion years old.

Diamonds are almost indestructable --- the only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat