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Because of diamond's perfect and easy cleavage, it is vulnerable to breakage. A diamond will shatter if hit with an ordinary hammer. [ 12 ] The toughness of natural diamond has been measured as 2.0 MPa⋅m 1/2 , which is good compared to other gemstones like aquamarine (blue colored), but poor compared to most engineering materials.
In crystallography, the diamond cubic crystal structure is a repeating pattern of 8 atoms that certain materials may adopt as they solidify. While the first known example was diamond , other elements in group 14 also adopt this structure, including α-tin , the semiconductors silicon and germanium , and silicon–germanium alloys in any proportion.
A family tree of the main characters of the Galactic Milieu series. The Galactic Milieu Series is a series of science fiction novels by Julian May.It is linked to her previously-published series, the Saga of Pliocene Exile; and through the fantastical device of time-travel, acts as both a prequel and a sequel to this earlier series.
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What I liked about Storyworth. There’s a lot to like about Storyworth, assuming you either choose to answer the questions yourself or choose to pepper a willing participant.
Rita Moreno appeared on Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Lemonada Media podcast, Wiser Than Me, on her 93rd birthday on Dec. 11, and shared her secret to looking so good at her age “I'm just a lucky little ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert said he could tell from the noise his teammates made from neighboring meeting rooms on Saturday “that good things were happening.”
Diamond (born September 5, 1996) is the ring name of a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as a tecnico (the protagonist or face characters in professional wrestling). He originally worked under the ring name Príncipe Diamante (Spanish for "Prince Diamond") until January ...