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Encyclopedia > Diamond (disambiguation)
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Diamond is the hardest known natural material, and the third hardest known material. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... This article is about the gemstone. ...


Diamond may also refer to:

A lozenge (â—Š) is a form of rhombus. ... In mathematics, and particularly in axiomatic set theory, â—ŠS (diamondsuit or diamond) is a certain family of combinatorial principles. ... A polyiamond is a counterpart to a polyomino where the polygon used as the building block is an equilateral triangle rather than a square. ... The baseball diamond of the San Diego Padres PETCO Park, seen from the stands. ... Diamonds () is one of the four suits found in playing cards. ... In U.S. railroad practice, a level junction (or in the United Kingdom a flat junction) is a railway junction that has a track configuration in which merging or crossing railroad lines provide track connections with each other that require trains to cross over in front of opposing traffic at... A typical diamond interchange A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction. ... In mathematics, and particularly in axiomatic set theory, (diamondsuit or diamond) is a certain family of combinatorial principles. ... A tidal diamond table Tidal diamonds are symbols on British admiralty charts that indicate the direction and speed of tidal streams. ... Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Diamond. ... The Santorini caldera, the final resting place (marked) of M/S Sea Diamond Cruise ships moored in the Santorini caldera outside Thera, in June 2006, M/S Sea Diamond on the extreme left Attempts to prevent the stricken cruise ship from sinking M/S Sea Diamond was a cruise ship... Santorini (Greek Σαντορίνη, IPA: ) is a small, circular archipelago of volcanic islands located in southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km south-east from Greeces mainland. ... One unit cell of the diamond cubic crystal structure. ... Enargite crystals In mineralogy and crystallography, a crystal structure is a unique arrangement of atoms in a crystal. ... The Materials Science Tetrahedron, which often also includes Characterization at the center Materials science or Materials Engineering is an interdisciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of science and engineering. ... This article is about the video games for the Nintendo DS. For the anime series based on these video games, see Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl series. ... // Original run Original Series: April 1, 1997 – November 14, 2002 September 8, 1998 – October 25, 2003 Advanced Generation: November 21, 2002 – September 14, 2006 November 1, 2003 – March 3, 2007 Diamond & Pearl: September 28, 2006 – June 4, 2007 – No. ... Telefang (also known as Mobile Electric Monster Telefang or Keitai Denjuu Telefang in Japan) is a series of video games for the Game Boy Color, produced by Smilesoft and Natsume. ... The Game Boy Color , shortened to GBC) is Nintendos successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November of 1998 in the United States and 1999 in Europe. ... Diamonds was a Canadian television series, which aired from 1987 to 1989. ... Diamonds is a 1975 movie with Robert Shaw and Shelley Winters, and of a 1999 movie with Kirk Douglas and Dan Aykroyd. ... Diamonds is a 1999 movie with Kirk Douglas and Dan Aykroyd. ... Diamonds is the first single by Herb Alpert from his Keep Your Eye on Me album. ... Diamonds is the first single from Fabolous upcoming CD From Nothin to Somethin. Young Jeezy is featured on the chorus and a verse. ... The Diamonds. ... The Diamond Sea was the first single from Sonic Youths 1995 album Washing Machine. ... Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Front-loading washing machine. ... Diamonds is an arcade-style game released for the Macintosh in 1992 by Varcon Systems, Inc. ... For other uses, see Macintosh (disambiguation) and Mac. ... MacSoft Games is a computer game publisher and porter specializing in porting Microsoft Windows computer games to the Macintosh. ...

Organizations

Diamond Light Source is a synchrotron research facility located on the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, England. ... Diamond Multimedia is a company that specializes in many forms of multimedia technology. ... Diamond Aircraft Industries is an Austrian based manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, and motor gliders. ... Diamond Energy Services, a Swift Current, Saskatchewan company is an operating company of TerraVest Income Fund (TSX: TI.UN). ... Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. ... The Go West Midlands logo Go West Midlands is a bus company based in Birmingham in the United Kingdom. ... Diamond Management & Technology Partners (often referred to as Diamond) is a technology consulting firm based out of Chicago, IL. Diamond also has offices in Hartford, New York, Washington DC, London, and Mumbai. ...

People

Surname

Alexander Diamond (born 12 March 1985 in Alexandria, Scotland) is a Scottish professional football defender who currently plays for Aberdeen in the Scottish Premier League. ... Amy Diamond (born on April 15, 1992) is a Swedish pop singer. ... Anne Diamond (born 8 September 1954) is an English television presenter She is known for hosting Good Morning Britain for TV-am and the (deliberately) similarly-titled for BBC1, both with Nick Owen as her co-presenter Anne makes regular appearences airing her views as a pannelist on Channel 5... Barry Diamond (real name Barry Carr) is a vocal entertainer working in the North of England. ... Benjamin Diamond (born Benjamin Cohen, March 11, 1972 in Paris, France) is a French singer. ... Bernard L. Diamond Bernard L. Diamond M.D. (1912-1990) was a Professor of law and psychiatry at the University of California, Berkeley. ... Cora Diamond is a US-born philosopher. ... David Leo Diamond (July 9, 1915 – June 13, 2005) was an American composer of classical music. ... Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary is a humorous biography of Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, co-written with David Diamond. ... Dustin Diamond (born January 7, 1977) is an actor, musician and stand-up comedian best known for his role as Samuel Screech Powers on the television show Saved by the Bell. ... Gregg Diamond (1949 - March 14, 1999) was a pianist, drummer, songwriter, and producer who was active in the jazz and disco music scenes of the 1970s. ... I.A.L. Diamond (27 June 1920 - 21 April 1988) was a comedy writer in Hollywood during the 1940 and 50s. ... Jack Legs Diamond (1897-December 18, 1931), also known as Gentleman Jack, was the alias of Jack Moran, an Irish-American gangster based out of New York City. ... Abel Joseph Jack Diamond O.C., O.Ont (born November 8, 1932) is a Canadian architect. ... Jack Diamond, CC , OBC (1909 - March 25, 2001) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. ... Jackie Diamond Hyman (b. ... Jared Mason Diamond (b. ... Jim Diamond is a veteran music producer, studio engineer, and bass player based in Detroit, Michigan. ... Jim Diamond (born September 28, 1951, in Glasgow) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. ... Jody Diamond is an American composer, performer, writer, publisher, editor, and educator. ... John Diamond (10 May 1953 - 2 March 2001) was a British Jewish broadcaster and journalist. ... John Diamond, Baron Diamond (1907-2004) was Privy Councillor since 1965 and created Baron Diamond 25 September 1970. ... King Diamond (born Kim Bendix Petersen, June 14, 1956, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a heavy metal musician known for his shock rock image. ... Larry Diamond is a lecturer, adviser, and author on foreign policy, foreign aid, and democracy. ... United States Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant Leland Lou Diamond (May 30, 1890 – September 20, 1951) is famous within the Corps as the classic example of Old Breed fighting Leathernecks. ... Phillips from a promo poster for La Bamba Lou Diamond Phillips (born Louis Upchurch on February 17, 1962, at Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines), named for Marine legend Lou Diamond, is an American actor. ... Michael Diamond, also known as Mike D (born November 20, 1965), is a founding member of New York hip hop trio the Beastie Boys. ... Michael Diamond is a professional target shooter from Australia. ... Milton Diamond (born 6 March 1934 in New York, New York) is a professor of anatomy and reproductive biology at the University of Hawaii. ... Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter and sometime Actor. ... Reed Diamond (born July 20, 1967 in New York City) is an American actor. ... Robert Edward Bob Diamond, Jr. ... Selma Diamond (August 5, 1920 - May 13, 1985) was a Canadian-born comedic actress and TV writer. ... Stanley Leo Diamond a. ...

First names

  • Dallas Page (born 1956), American wrestler often competing under the ring name Diamond Dallas Page
  • Diamond D, a Hip Hop producer/rapper

This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Diamond D (real name, Joseph Kirkland) is a hip-hop record producer and remixer from The Bronx, New York City. ...

See also


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Diamond at AllExperts (9276 words)
Diamond is the hardest natural material known to man, scoring 10 on the relative Mohs scale of mineral hardness and having an absolute hardness value of between 167 and 231 gigapascals in various tests.
Diamonds have also rarely been found in deposits left behind by glaciers (notably in Wisconsin and Indiana); however, in contrast to alluvial deposits, glacial deposits are not known to be of significant concentration and are therefore not viable commercial sources of diamond.
Diamonds which are not cut to the specifications of Tolkowsky's round brilliant shape (or subsequent variations) are known as "fancy cuts." Popular fancy cuts include the baguette (from the French, meaning rod or loaf of bread), marquise, princess (square outline), heart, briolette (a form of the rose cut), and pear cuts.
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Diamond is a transparent, optically isotropic crystal with a refractive index of 2.417, a high dispersion of 0.044, and a specific gravity of 3.52.
In the late 18th century, diamonds were demonstrated to be made of carbon by the rather expensive experiment of igniting a diamond (by means of a burning-glass) in an oxygen atmosphere and showing that carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) was the product of the combustion.
In response to public concerns that their diamond purchases were contributing to war and human rights abuses in central Africa, the diamond industry and diamond-trading nations introduced the Kimberley Process aimed at ensuring that conflict diamonds do not becoming intermixed with the diamonds not controlled by such rebel groups.
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