Exploring Diamonds: A Comprehensive Quiz Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

the first diamonds in Namibia were found near the village of Berseba in 1898.

the Uncle Sam diamond, the largest diamond ever discovered in the United States, bears the nickname of the man who found it.

the former main jewel on the Bavarian crown, the Wittelsbach Diamond, was almost cut into several smaller diamonds.

the original owner of the diamond Star of the South (replica pictured) sold it for a mere £3,000, and the buyer later deposited it in the bank of Rio de Janeiro for £30,000.

the recorded history of the Briolette of India dates back to the 12th century, making it possibly the world's oldest diamond on record.

the Moon of Baroda, a 24.04-carat diamond, was worn by actress Marilyn Monroe and Empress Marie Therese of Austria.

the Eureka Diamond, the first diamond discovered in South Africa, was used as a toy by the boy who discovered it, given away for free by his mother, and sent by mail to a mineralogist in an ordinary paper envelope.

Deepdene is believed to be the world's largest irradiated diamond.

Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana, is the largest producer of diamonds by value in the world.

Jules Porgès was a financier central to the rise of the Randlords who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa from the 1870s.

after adding thallium formate and thallium malonate to water, diamonds can float in it.

the spintronic manipulation of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond crystals may facilitate the creation and functioning of quantum computers.

fashion designer Maria Grachvogel created a dress adorned with 2,000 diamonds worth £250,000 for her London Fashion Week show.

Exploring Diamonds: A Comprehensive Quiz

1 What does the following picture show? The Darya-I-Nur Diamond—an example of unusual diamond cut and jewelry arrangement Theoretically predicted phase diagram of carbon Schematic diagram of a volcanic pipe

2 Diamonds have also rarely been found in deposits left behind by glaciers (notably in Wisconsin and ________); in contrast to alluvial deposits, glacial deposits are minor and are therefore not viable commercial sources of diamond.

3 What transport system is Diamond served by?

4 Recently, diamond cutting centers have been established in China, India, ________, Namibia and Botswana.

5 [57] Other important centers of diamond cutting and trading are ________, where the International Gemological Institute is based, London, New York City, Tel Aviv, and Amsterdam.

6 In mineralogy, diamond (from the ancient Greek ἀδάμας - adámas "unbreakable") is an ________, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice.

7 Special gemological techniques have been specially developed to distinguish natural and ________ and diamond simulants.

8 Today, diamonds are located in the diamond-rich density fraction with the help of ________, after which the final sorting steps are done by hand.

9 The most familiar use of diamonds today is as gemstones used for ________, a use which dates back into antiquity.

10 Historically diamonds were found only in alluvial deposits in ________.

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