Wednesday June 07th 2006, 3:32 pm
Filed under: science, technology
Silicon Valley may soon have to be renamed DIAMOND VALLEY and diamonds may soon be so common you can put up on the soles of your shoes.
Scientists have made great strides growing diamonds in labs that outshine even the rarest De Beer’s rocks, through a process of chemical vapor desposition, which grows diamond crystals one carbon at a time. In addition to the ramifications for the jewelry industry, using CVD, scientists will be able (by somewhere around 2011) to cheaply mass-produce diamond semiconductors that are hundreds of times as powerful as their silicon counterparts.
For a slide show of the process, click here [Popular Science].
September 9th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
I have searched and researched the differences between the man made diamonds and the mined diamonds. I noticed that every one linked to the jewelry business state that the man made diamonds are junk, and the distributors are dogs with fleas. (quote from the Diamond Guy Fred).
However, all the scientists, USA Today, Engineers, and the president of the GIA, classify these stones as actual diamonds, and say the clarity and quality is stunning.
My daughter is getting married in the next year or so and her and her fiance are graduating from college next June. They need to put their money into a house or other expenses necessary in a wedding and setting up household. I found Nexus Labs on the internet and this is the product they are going to use. As soon as the wedding is over, I will purchase my tennis bracelet.
I am so happy with the alternative to Blood Diamonds, and the laser clarity enhanced diamonds. I’m sick of the whole diamond scam when you go into a store.
This is a blessing and I hope more people buy these stones and demolish the monopoly De Beers has on the diamond industry.