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Shine Bright Like a Diamond

Shine Bright Like a Diamond. By Allie Aiken and Cameron Colleran. The Perfect “10”. Diamond is the hardest mineral known to man. It tops the hardness scale, scoring four times higher than Sapphire, which is a number nine on the scale. Only diamond can cut other diamond. De Phisical.

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Shine Bright Like a Diamond

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  1. Shine Bright Like a Diamond By Allie Aiken and Cameron Colleran

  2. The Perfect “10” • Diamond is the hardest mineral known to man. • It tops the hardness scale, scoring four times higher than Sapphire, which is a number nine on the scale. • Only diamond can cut other diamond.

  3. De Phisical • Color is variable and tends toward pale yellows, browns, grays, and also white, blue, black, reddish, greenish and colorless. • It’s streak is white • Cleavage is perfect in 4 directions forming octahedrons.

  4. What diamond be made of. • Diamond is made up of the element carbon, and formed in something called a diamond lattice.

  5. Diamond’s Hometown • Diamonds are made by extreme heat and pressure formed under the earth’s surface, and so far have been reported found in 35 countries around the world. • In Arkansas, there is a park where people can search for diamonds for free.

  6. Miners be minin’ • Diamond is mined from deep within the earth, from volcanic tubes where pressure and heat is high and the conditions are right for Diamond to form. • Roughly half of all the diamonds in the world are in central and south Africa. • The most readily available source of diamond right now is in Russia (BETTER DEAD THAN RED).

  7. Price the Gemstone (Diamond) • Diamonds have different going rates for different vendors, and because diamond is sold as a piece in jewelry, price really depends on the cut of diamond, or the carats or how flawless the diamond is.

  8. Uses of dat mineral • Diamonds are commonly used in jewelry, in things such as engagement rings or expensive pieces. • Less commonly known things are that the diamond is used in the drilling and mining industry because it is the hardest substance, or used in membranes for X-ray machines and vacuum chambers

  9. Diamond Selfies Shine bright like a diamond

  10. Birthstones • Cameron’s birthstone is Moonstone • Allie’s birthstone is Peridot

  11. Video clip to demonstrate • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA2pjMjpBs

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