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tulzscha 01-03-2008 08:12 PM
Crystallization of the material of a white dwarf of this type is thought to result in a body-centered cubic lattice of carbon and/or oxygen nuclei, which are surrounded by a Fermi sea of electrons.

That, um, isn't *quite* the same thing as diamond. Diamonds aren't, last I checked, composed of degenerate matter.

And Pravda.ru is Russian for Weekly World News -- all tabloid, all the time. So this thread is kinda like posting pictures of Bat Boy as IOTD :p

Crimson Ghost 01-03-2008 11:32 PM
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All I can think of is Daffy Duck shoving Bugs Bunny off of it while saying, "Back, back, back! Mine, mine mine!!!"

LJ 01-04-2008 01:05 AM
someday, we'll mine the asteroid belt. i know it will come to pass, cuz i read a sci fi book about it.

kerosene 01-04-2008 11:46 AM
Was it written by L Ron Hubbard?

Shawnee123 01-04-2008 12:33 PM
We will find out when the aliens come back to get us in December of 2011. Wonder what they'll feed us?

xoxoxoBruce 01-04-2008 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by tulzscha (Post 421397)
Crystallization of the material of a white dwarf of this type is thought to result in a body-centered cubic lattice of carbon and/or oxygen nuclei, which are surrounded by a Fermi sea of electrons.

That, um, isn't *quite* the same thing as diamond. Diamonds aren't, last I checked, composed of degenerate matter.

And Pravda.ru is Russian for Weekly World News -- all tabloid, all the time. So this thread is kinda like posting pictures of Bat Boy as IOTD :p
If you Google it, you'll find that the story is 4 years old and quite real.
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Travis Metcalfe from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the lead member of a team of researchers discovered the largest diamond in the galaxy. It is a chunk of rock made of mainly crystallized carbon, 4,000 kilometers in diameter.

janet 01-04-2008 11:39 PM
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Wow - 2 posts in 5 years. Is that a record?
Never underestimate the persistence of long time lurkers.:3eye:

DanaC 01-05-2008 02:42 PM
Holy shit, where'd you spring from? :p

classicman 01-05-2008 03:01 PM
Thats really frightening - How the heck did you remember your password? I just gotta know.

I'll wait, but please don't make me wait another 5 years.....


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