Random shot in the dark here, anybody know where a girl can buy a wafer of CVD-grown synthetic diamond without a 1000+ piece alibaba minimum order size?

10mm seed crystals are like single-digit dollars a piece, but I can't buy 5000 of them…

I just want one as a specimen to feel its incredible thermal conductivity with my own hands.


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Is It Time For Synthetic Diamonds To Shine?

The process of creating a diamond naturally takes between 1 and 3.3 billion years. Conversely, a lab-grown diamond can now be created in 150 minutes. But despite being an ethical and environmentall…

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The high carbon content in peanut butter makes it a suitable, albeit unconventional, source for creating synthetic diamonds.

#science #sciencefacts #peanutbutter #carbon #syntheticdiamond

Vill du ha din syntetiska diamant benämnd laboratorieodlad, lab-grown, cultured, fabrikstillverkad eller något annat vilseledande?

Idag diskuteras på ett ibland ganska aggressivt vis skillnader och likheter mellan syntetiska och naturliga diamanter. En ofta smått märklig diskussion som har grund i hur syntetiska diamanter mark…

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