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[[File:Hope Diamond.jpg|thumb|right|The [[w:Hope Diamond|Hope Diamond]], 45.52 carats (9.104 g), fancy dark grayish-blue]]
'''[[w:Diamond|Diamond]]''' is a metastable allotrope of [[w:Carbon|carbon]], where the carbon [[atoms]] are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic [[w:Crystal structure|crystal structure]] called a [[w:Diamond cubic|diamond lattice]]. Diamond is renowned as a [[material]] with superlative physical qualities, most of which originate from the strong [[w:Covalent bonding|covalent bonding]] between its atoms. A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an [[w:Allotropes of carbon|allotrope of carbon]] in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a [[w:Tetrahedron|tetrahedron]].
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: '''Alphabetized''' by author or source
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== A ==
*I thought of the [[soul]] as resembling a [[w:Castle|castle]], formed of a single diamond or a very [[transparent]] [[w:Crystal|crystal]], and containing many rooms, just as in [[Heaven]] there are many mansions.
**[[w:Teresa of Ávila|Saint Teresa of Avila]], in ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Hp-uHMuLgQcC&pg=PA1 Interior Castle]'', ReadHowYouWant.com, 1 May 2011, p.1
== B ==
*Our understanding of the first use of diamond is based on textual evidence from 500 BC in [[India]]. But even that - though probably right - is speculative. This is physical evidence a couple of thousand years earlier.
**[[w:Hang Lu|Dr Lu]], in ''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4555235.stm Chinese made first use of diamond]'', BBC, 17 May 2005
*[[w:Stone age|Stone age]] craftsmen in [[China]] were polishing objects using diamond 2,000 years before anyone else had the same idea.
**[[w:BBC|BBC]], in "Chinese made first use of diamond".
*Using an atomic force [[microscope]] to examine the polished surfaces on a [[w:Nanotechnology|nanometre scale]], the scientists found the diamond-polished surface most closely matched the surface from the ancient axe.
**[[w:BBC|BBC]], in "Chinese made first use of diamond".
*Invest in the [[human]] [[soul]]. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
**[[w:Mary McLeod Bethune|Mary McLeod Bethune]], in Kristie Smith-Armand, et al., ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=L7ACkX6I_ncC&pg=PT4 Diamond in the Rough: More Fun Adventures with Abby Diamond]'', iUniverse, 5 November 2010, p.4
[[File:Diamond.jpg|framed|alt=A clear faceted gem supported in four clamps attached to a wedding ring|A round [[Brilliant (diamond cut)|brilliant cut]] diamond set in a ring]]
*What is a diamond? Not everybody knows.<br>The [[w:Jeweler|jeweler]] tells you by instinct growing from long practice,<br> the [[false]] from the [[true]]<br>He will [[judge]] by [[w:Colour|colour]], [[w:Brilliancy|brilliancy]], [[w:Hardness|hardness]] and [[w:Specific gravity|specific gravity]]- <br>that is he should go deep as the latter.<br>The [[w:Mineralogist|mineralogist]] will tell you [[scientific]]ally what a diamond is;<br>but he knows little of the shape, colour, and real [[beauty]] of the crystal as a gem.<br>As for the public though there be good judges amongst them, they know but little.<br>They have been deceived by forged and imitated notes, <br>by things issued from the bank of [[Elegance]], instead of from the [[w:Bank of England|Bank of England]].<br>What wonder, then, if in a more difficult matter they are cheated?<br>What wonder that they scarcely tell the real and pure gem from the<br>''Faux brilliance,et morceaux de verre''<br>of which [[satirist]] speaks?<br>Let us try, therefore, to unite, for a moment,<br> the jeweler and [[w:Expert|savant]], in describing the diamond, joining the two together for the benefit of the public.
** [[Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux|Jacques Boilleau]], in [[w:James Hain Friswell|J. Hain Friswell]] ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=4T9WAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA214 The Young Couple and Miseellanies]'', 1862, p.214-15
*This diamond has so many [[w:Carat (mass)|carats]] it's almost a [[w:Turnip|turnip]].
**[[w:Richard Burton|Richard Burton]], in Olivia St. Claire ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=QMGeucMkKrAC&pg=PA309The Sex Devotional: 365 Days of Passion, Positions, and Pure Pleasure]'', Adams Media, 18 November 2009, p.309
**The diamond weighing 69.4 carats was gifted to [[Elizbeth Tylor]] on her fortieth birth day, which she later sold, after her divorce, for $5 million to fund a hospital in [[Botswana]].
== C ==
*Unlike other [[w:Carbon|carbon]]s, a diamond uses all its [[w:Bond|bonding]] [[w:Electrons|electrons]] to link with neighbouring [[atoms]]. These pair bonds are what give the [[gem]] unsurpassable [[w:Hardness|hardness]] and [[fire]].
**Olivia St. Claire, in "The Sex Devotional: 365 Days of Passion, Positions, and Pure Pleasure", p.309
*Diamond [[Molecules|molecules]] refract [[light]] because they are shaped like [[pyramids]]. Try making a three point pyramid on your man.
**Olivia St. Claire, in "The Sex Devotional: 365 Days of Passion, Positions, and Pure Pleasure", p.309
== D ==
*The [[soul]] is placed in the [[body]] like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the [[luster]] of it will never appear.
**[[Daniel Defoe]], in Iris Barkhuysen ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=6RumAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA169 Diamond Light Awareness]'', Lulu.com, 2010, p.169
== E ==
== F ==
[[File:Rough diamond.jpg|right|thumb|The slightly misshapen octahedral shape of this rough diamond crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral. Its lustrous faces also indicate that this crystal is from a primary deposit.]]
*Yeah, it's tough being smart and sexy, too. I have to say, I'm really not that attractive. Until I met my [[husband]], I could not get a date. I promise you it's true. My husband Jeff Richmond saw a diamond in the rough and took me in.
**[[Tina Fey]], in Lia Haberman, ''[http://www.saturday-night-live.com/snl/news/2002/october/10-04-02_qanda.html Q&A with Tina Fey]'', E! Online
*There are three things extremely [[w:Hardness|hard]]: [[steel]], a diamond, and to know one's [[self]].
**[[Benjamin Franklin]], in John Maxwell ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=FzCNE9j4u1MC&pg=PT65 Failing Forward: How to Make the Most of Your Mistakes]'', Thomas Nelson Inc, 8 March 2000, p.65
*A diamond is a portion of crystalized carbon. That is what we have all been for so many years admiring; that is what the [[Greeks]] call ''adamas'' (the unconquerable) that is what Mrs Jones calls “a diamont,” and to which all sorts of [[poets]] and [[lovers]] have likened the prettiest and sweetest, and brightest eyes which ever shone.
**[[w:James Hain Friswell|J. Hain Friswell]], in “The Young Couple and Miseellanies,” p.215
== G ==
[[Image:Hands ondiamonds 350.jpg|thumb|Panning for diamonds in [[Sierra Leone]]]]
*Over the years, the diamond [[industry]] has had a devastating impact in countries such as [[w:Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]], [[w:Angola|Angola]] and the [[w:Congo|Congo]], where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal [[wars]], with disastrous effects on local communities.
**[[w:Sheherazade Goldsmith|Sheherazade Goldsmith]], in ''[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1135546/green-scene-sheherazade-goldsmith-pop-right-questions.html Green scene with Sheherazade Goldsmith: Pop the right questions...]'', the Daily Mail, 7 February 2009
*Unsurprisingly, in these more eco-aware times, interest in ‘ethical diamonds’ is also growing. Two organisations, [[w:Amnesty International|Amnesty International]] and [[w:Global Witness|Global Witness]], have worked over the past few years to help the [[w:Jewellery|jewellery]] [[industry]]: it’s a real [[victory]] for [[human rights]] that it’s now illegal to trade in [[w:Blood diamond|conflict diamonds]], and any government trading in diamonds must certify that shipments of uncut diamonds are conflict-free.
**[[w:Sheherazade Goldsmith|Sheherazade Goldsmith]], in “Green scene with Sheherazade Goldsmith: Pop the right questions.”
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== L ==
*[[Adversity]] is the diamond dust [[Heaven]] polishes its [[w:Jewels|jewels]] with.
**[[Robert Leighton]], in Barry J. Farber ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Y7tUiEqXYrUC&pg=PA25 Diamond Power: Gems of Wisdom from America's Greatest Marketer]'', Career Press, 1 November 2003. P25
== M ==
[[Image:Kimberlite picture.jpg|thumb|Kimberlite from U.S.A.]]
*Diamond is the hardest natural [[w:Chemical substance|substance]] known. It is formed deep in the mantle, and is only brought to the surface via [[w:Kimberlite|kimberlite pipes]], [[w:Lamprophyres|lamprophyres]], [[w:Eclogites|eclogites]] and other [[rocks]] that originate deep within the [[w:Mantle (geology)|mantle]]. It is also found in [[w:Alluvial deposits|alluvial deposits]], along with [[w:Quartz|quartz]], [[w:Corundum|corundum]],[[w:Zircon|zircon]] and other [[w:Minerals|minerals]], derived from such rocks, and in certain [[w:Meteorites|meteorites]].
** [[w:Mindat.org|Mindat]], in ''[http://www.mindat.org/min-1282.html Diamond]'', The mindat.org
*It has the greatest themal conductivity known. A sizeable stone held in the hand feels [[cold]], hence the slang name "ice"
** [[w:Mindat.org|Mindat]], in "Diamond"
*Imagine you are walking along, and you trip over something and you turn around and find that it is a huge diamond. You would pick it up and do everything in your [[power]] to take care of that diamond because it might take care of you for the rest of your [[life]].
**[[w:Chad Michael Murray|Chad Michael Murray]], in ''[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-04-14/news/0604140096_1_huge-diamond-tree-hill-sophia-bush#sthash.1JmAqGVv.dpuf Murray has found his little diamond]'', Chicago Tribune, 14 April 2006
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== P ==
*Better a diamond with a flaw than a [[w:Pebble|pebble]] without.
**[[Proverb]], in ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=zRQwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA298 The Living Age, Volume 40]'', Littell, Son and Company, 1854, p.298
== Q ==
== R ==
*A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of [[wit]] and a [[w:Pebble|pebble]] in the hand of a [[fool]].
**[[Joseph Roux]], in ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=fwElPa3BTx0C&pg=PA9 Quotes about Quotations]'', Quotes about Quotations, p.9
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== W ==
*I never worry about [[diet]]s. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
**[[Mae West]], in Tibballs Geoff, Geoff Tibballs ''[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Bc04AAAAQBAJ&pg=PT196 The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes ]'', Constable & Robinson, 1 March 2012, p.196
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