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Summary
diamond is a mineral species[1]. diamond ranks in the top 0.07% of mineral species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,374 views/month, #1 of 1,431).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: Invincible[3]
- Made from material: carbon[4]
- Chemical formula: C[5]
- Subclass of: carbon-silicon family[6], covalent network solid[7], native element mineral[8], allotrope of carbon[9], gemstone[10]
- Has use: diamond industry[11], gemstone[12]
- Commons category: Diamonds[13]
- Unicode character: 💎[14]
- Has part(s): carbon[15]
- Streak color: white[16]
- Mineral fracture: conchoidal fracture[17]
- Crystal system: cubic crystal system[18]
- Crystal habit: octahedron[19]
- IMA status and/or rank: grandfathered mineral (G)[20]
- Point group: cubic-hexoctahedral[21]
- Space group: space group Fd-3m[22]
- Cleavage: {111}[23]
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): I/B.02b[24]
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 1.CB.10a[25]
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 1.CB.10a[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Diamond[27]
- Commons gallery: Diamond[28]
- Mohs' hardness: 10[29]
- Refractive index: 2.384[30]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[31], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[32], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[38], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[39], New International Encyclopedia[40]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/diamond[41]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for diamond include Diamantina[42], a municipality of Brazil[43], in Brazil[44]; paradox of value[45], a paradox[46]; demantoid[47], a mineral variety[48]; Almaz[49], a cruiser[50]; diamond graph[51], an uniquely Hamiltonian graph[52]; and Diamant[53], a train service[54], in Belgium[55], founded in 1962[56].
Why It Matters
diamond has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] diamond is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for diamond include Diamantina[42], a municipality of Brazil[43], in Brazil[44]; paradox of value[45], a paradox[46]; demantoid[47], a mineral variety[48]; Almaz[49], a cruiser[50]; diamond graph[51], an uniquely Hamiltonian graph[52]; and Diamant[53], a train service[54], in Belgium[55], founded in 1962[56].