Comments on: Carbon Crystals in Meteorite Harder than Diamond http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/02/carbon-crystals-in-meteorite-harder-than-diamond/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ijewl http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/02/carbon-crystals-in-meteorite-harder-than-diamond/comment-page-1/#comment-1946071 ijewl Mon, 17 May 2010 05:33:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=29213#comment-1946071 Its true they are harder.I'm a collector of rare gems and metals.I work with them everyday. I bought a set of book ends at a yard sale .The man swore up and down it was just a molten down piece of glass. I said ok Ill buy them . I already knew they were diamonds. But to my Superise when I got home, the first thing I did was ,put them to my diamond grinder wheel to get all the conglomerete rock they were encrusted in off .Next thing I knew It ate up my diamond wheel like it was corundum.So I do agree with Serris also they need to go back to the drawing board regarding the thermal diamond tester . No offence guys. Its true they are harder.I’m a collector of rare gems and metals.I work with them everyday. I bought a set of book ends at a yard sale .The man swore up and down it was just a molten down piece of glass. I said ok Ill buy them . I already knew they were diamonds. But to my Superise when I got home, the first thing I did was ,put them to my diamond grinder wheel to get all the conglomerete rock they were encrusted in off .Next thing I knew It ate up my diamond wheel like it was corundum.So I do agree with Serris also they need to go back to the drawing board regarding the thermal diamond tester . No offence guys.

]]> By: wingbatwu http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/02/carbon-crystals-in-meteorite-harder-than-diamond/comment-page-1/#comment-1906148 wingbatwu Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:44:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=29213#comment-1906148 moissanite? moissanite?

]]> By: Serris http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/02/carbon-crystals-in-meteorite-harder-than-diamond/comment-page-1/#comment-1905985 Serris Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:58:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=29213#comment-1905985 Now they just need to turn the hardness scale up to 11! Now they just need to turn the hardness scale up to 11!

]]> By: Juylians http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/02/carbon-crystals-in-meteorite-harder-than-diamond/comment-page-1/#comment-1905975 Juylians Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:13:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=29213#comment-1905975 " . . . carbon crystals inside a meteorite . . . harder than naturally-occurring diamonds . . ." Sounds like the plot device of a Bond spy thriller! Cue ominous music over a snowy Scandinavian landscape . . . ” . . . carbon crystals inside a meteorite . . . harder than naturally-occurring diamonds . . .”

Sounds like the plot device of a Bond spy thriller!

Cue ominous music over a snowy Scandinavian landscape . . .

]]> By: Traclo http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/02/carbon-crystals-in-meteorite-harder-than-diamond/comment-page-1/#comment-1905968 Traclo Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:29:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=29213#comment-1905968 Harder than diamond? But it is a form of diamond... Harder than diamond? But it is a form of diamond…

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