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pocksuppetyesterday at 10:02 AM1 replyview on HN

Well, it's more natural than something like a lab diamond. This one forms naturally given unnaturally created, but not completely implausible, conditions. There is a big difference between "we blew up rocks and they formed this mineral" and "we treated rocks with X acid and Y acid and then carefully annealed them under extreme pressure and they formed this mineral"


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theowawayyesterday at 12:08 PM

De Beers has entered the chat

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