diamond

Summary

diamond is a mineral species^[1]. diamond ranks in the top 0.07% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,471 views/month, #1 of 1,431).^[2]

Key Facts

• diamond's instance of is recorded as mineral species^[3].
• Invincible is named after diamond^[4].
• diamond is made of carbon^[5].
• diamond's chemical formula is recorded as C^[6].
• diamond is a type of carbon-silicon family^[7].
• diamond is a type of covalent network solid^[8].
• diamond is a type of native element mineral^[9].
• diamond is a type of allotrope of carbon^[10].
• diamond is a type of gemstone^[11].
• diamond is used for diamond industry^[12].
• diamond is used for gemstone^[13].
• diamond's Commons category is recorded as Diamonds^[14].
• diamond's Unicode character is recorded as 💎^[15].
• diamond comprises carbon^[16].
• diamond's streak color is recorded as white^[17].
• diamond's mineral fracture is recorded as conchoidal fracture^[18].
• diamond's crystal system is recorded as cubic crystal system^[19].
• diamond's crystal habit is recorded as octahedron^[20].
• diamond's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)^[21].
• diamond's point group is recorded as cubic-hexoctahedral^[22].
• diamond's space group is recorded as space group Fd-3m^[23].
• diamond's cleavage is recorded as {111}^[24].
• diamond's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as I/B.02b^[25].
• diamond's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 1.CB.10a^[26].
• diamond's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 1.CB.10a^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for diamond include Diamantina^[28], a municipality of Brazil^[29], in Brazil^[30]; demantoid^[31], a mineral variety^[32]; paradox of value^[33], a paradox^[34]; Almaz^[35], a cruiser^[36]; diamond graph^[37], an uniquely Hamiltonian graph^[38]; and Diamant^[39], a train service^[40], in Belgium^[41], founded in 1962^[42].

Why It Matters

diamond ranks in the top 0.07% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,471 views/month, #1 of 1,431).^[2] diamond has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] diamond is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Entities named for diamond include Diamantina^[28], a municipality of Brazil^[29], in Brazil^[30]; demantoid^[31], a mineral variety^[32]; paradox of value^[33], a paradox^[34]; Almaz^[35], a cruiser^[36]; diamond graph^[37], an uniquely Hamiltonian graph^[38]; and Diamant^[39], a train service^[40], in Belgium^[41], founded in 1962^[42].