Comment policy and science-fiction side

Incentive to create better artificial diamonds willingness of scientists and researchers to the technology at a much lower price than the expensive diamonds are exhausted. Prized for their luster and shine, even diamonds are extremely hard and durable. Cheap, readily available solutions, like a diamond person will be a blessing as the world of gems and the world of technology. Trying to find a solution to cheap and readily available to come in for many years. In fact, a man entered the history of diamonds began in earnest over a century.

In 1847 Karl Marx wrote in his book Capital, Critique of Political Economy "would be for a small amount of work to convert coal into diamonds, their value may fall below the brick." In his story "Diamond Maker," the writer HG Wells also noted that the concept of synthetic diamonds.

Comment policy and science-fiction side, made the people diamonds are made of two types: synthetic and simulator. Synthetics are exactly the structure and chemistry of natural diamonds. Echo simulating fire diamonds, glitter and crystal structure, but are made from different materials. made the first stone in the history of mankind Moissanite diamond trainer. Discovered in 1893 by Henri Moissan made a meteor crater in Arizona is really a small diamond like stones on silicon carbide (SiC). When heated, cultured pearl jewelry, the iron and coal at high temperatures in an electric furnace, and the introduction of an electric arc between carbon rods and blocks of limestone, Dr. Moissan, recreated these little "diamonds". Iron-contract for rapid cooling produces a high pressure needed to transform graphite into diamond.

Other double Moissan process, but produces only a very small diamonds. Ruff, 1917, Dr. Willard Hershey in 1926 as a "grown up" these small diamonds. McPherson College continues to lead Hersey synthetic diamonds for his museum in Kansas.

The two mineralogists discovered mineral type of diamonds in 1937, but the event is so rare in nature, the German scientists did not bother naming. Only after nearly 50 years and a few inventions, technologies, in fact, a mineral, zirconium oxide (ZrO2), to introduce a man of synthetic diamond industry by storm, and a new mode of production.

Sweden, a large company in the electricity sector in Stockholm, ASEA, creates a true synthetic diamonds (the exact structure and chemistry, as a diamond) in 1953. In extreme stress (8.4 GPa) for one hour in heavy machinery Baltzar von Plate, Anders K? MPE, a few small crystals were produced and developed. Formation of synthetic diamond, but was never published. Thus, while General Electric produced Tracy Hall in 1954, the "belt" apparatus successfully synthesized diamond, it is this discovery that it is easy to reproduce in nature, staff room has been released, and was born in a man made industrial diamond industry is dominated during the many years, DeBeers Industrial Diamonds and GE Superabrasives.
Remember that mineral discovered in 1937 by the Germans? Well, in 1970 was the Soviet Union as minerals and changed with the latest microwave technology, history of artificial diamonds. Zircon, zircon and oxides of stabilization and at over 2700 degrees Celsius, produces burst onto the scene. This diamond imitators such as "Djevalite" sold in 1977, popularity in the 1980's when Swarovski skyrocketed and companies, world-class lead crystal began to mass marketing. Annual production in 1980 rose to 50 million carats, 10.000 kilograms.

Although zirconium has been a boom in 1980, was the Korean company, lljin Diamond, as a competitor to GE and De Beers cuts marketing. Later came for the trade secret misappropriation by former employees of GE Korea, more than a hundred Chinese companies on the market in 1988.

Element Six, changing the name De Beers diamonds, burst out of the parent company and became independent in 2002. Capital firm named Little John, Superabrasives GE bought in 2003 and changed its name to Diamond Innovations, and sold in January 2007, Sandvik.

Industrial diamond industry is now much more important players, including Novotek, U.S. Synthetic, pearl strand, Sumitomo Electric Carbide and Diamond Mega Smith. Products 3 billion carats, or 600 tons in 2006, Industrial diamond industry brings a billion dollars a year. Comparison of natural diamond in the annual amount of 130 million carats (26 metric tons) to promote.

As improved methods for growing synthetic diamonds, to give companies more and more about the market, in particular diamonds, gem quality. Current participants, and Apollo Diamond in 2005, using an improved method for chemical vapor deposition, CVD, increase the size of diamond jewelry and colorless and pure quality. Other companies, like any new Aida Gemesis diamonds and unique as LifeGem and a veteran of the technology, but to strive for the free exchange of news that the Soviet society, based Tairus create a niche for itself as.

The history of man is full of diamonds accidents. Apollo to create diamonds and Russian use of synthetic diamond using science. Precious stones were encountered icing on the cake, the more beautiful and exciting.