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Diamonds can now be created from scratch in the lab in just 15 minutes (www.earth.com)

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 months ago (28 children)

The diamonds produced using this method are minuscule, hundreds of thousands of times smaller than those grown with the HPHT method. Hence, these diamonds are far too small for jewelry applications.

Ah, there's the catch.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Dang, and I was thinking it was time to put 'diamonds on the soles of my shoes.'

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can, just very small ones

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I'm thinking it would be a bit rough on the floor boards. Paul got me interested, but it's not really practical.

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