Diamonds are most useful in industrial applications, usually based on the mineral's supreme hardness.
Transparency is one of the characteristics of gem-quality diamonds, which represent only 20% of all diamonds mined.
From Wikipedia: "Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of a substance compared to the density (mass of the same unit volume) of a reference substance."
You can read more about the specific gravity of gemstones, below. It explains how specific gravity is used to identify gemstones.
It mostly depends on demand. It can be valued by color, shape, type, cut, density, luster, sheen and clarity.
The chemical formula for diamond is C, pure carbon.
Opal has the chemical formula of SiO2 * n H2O. It has a hardness of 7.0 and has a natural red brick appearance.
The property of a mineral that is determined by scratching is its hardness. A mineral can be identified by its hardness; for example Talc, which is 1 on Mohs scale of hardness is very soft and can be scratched by a fingernail, as can most common forms of gypsum. Apatite, which is 5 on mohs scale of hardness can be scratched by a steel knife or window glass, whereas Quartz (7) cannot. Diamond is the hardest in the scale at 10, it is almost 4 times as hard as Corundum (9 on mohs scale). Some other ways of determining a type of mineral are: Cleavage/Fracture Chemical Formula Luster Density Streak Specific Gravity Interference colors, twinning, pleochroism & extinction angles can be viewed under an optical microscope with plane and cross polarized light
The property of a mineral that is determined by scratching is its hardness. A mineral can be identified by its hardness; for example Talc, which is 1 on Mohs scale of hardness is very soft and can be scratched by a fingernail, as can most common forms of gypsum. Apatite, which is 5 on mohs scale of hardness can be scratched by a steel knife or window glass, whereas Quartz (7) cannot. Diamond is the hardest in the scale at 10, it is almost 4 times as hard as Corundum (9 on mohs scale). Some other ways of determining a type of mineral are: Cleavage/Fracture Chemical Formula Luster Density Streak Specific Gravity Interference colors, twinning, pleochroism & extinction angles can be viewed under an optical microscope with plane and cross polarized light
The chemical formula of diamond is C. Diamond (from the ancient Greek ἀδάμας, adámas) is the allotrope of carbon where the carbon atoms are arranged in an isometric-hexoctahedral crystal lattice.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond
Diamond is composed of carbon at the 100% level, with the trace inclusion of other elements.
C, its a pure carbon compound with no definite number of Carbons since the entire structure of a diamond is one lattice, therefore a diamond is just carbon.
Diamond is a form of carbon, an allotrope, which has the chemical symbol C and doesn't have a formula per se. That's it. Just "C". It is pure carbon.
the formula to find specific heat is specific heat= calories/mass X change in temperature.
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Just C because it is a carbon allotrope