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Spectra really exists - kind of
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:05 pm
by IndigoJoy
Look at number 9 on this list:
http://blog.koldcast.tv/2010/koldcast-n ... ter-space/
There really is a star made of diamond! Of course, all the light in the universe does not have to pass through it.
Spectra really exists - kind of
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:23 pm
by Rainbow Brite
Nice!!!
Spectra really exists - kind of
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:05 am
by Watercolor
I remember that article, the original one from February 13th 2004.
Katy posted about it on the Rainbow Brite mailing list, but I think a forum member posted it. The forum archive here doesn't go back that far, because I think the forum changes servers that summer.
This is what it said though:
Astronomers Spy Massive Diamond
If anyone's ever promised you the sun, the moon and the stars, tell 'em you'll settle for BPM 37093. The heart of that burned-out star with the no-nonsense name is a sparkling diamond that weighs a staggering 10 billion trillion trillion carats. That's one followed by 34 zeros.
The hunk of celestial bling is an estimated 2,500 miles across, said Travis Metcalfe, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
"You would need a jeweler's loupe the size of the sun to grade this diamond," said Metcalfe, who led the team that discovered the gem.
The diamond is a massive chunk of crystallized carbon that lies about 300 trillion miles from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus.
The galaxy's largest diamond is formally known as a white dwarf, or the hot core of a dead sun.
Astronomers have suspected for decades that white dwarfs crystallized, but only recently were able to verify the hypothesis.
A paper detailing the discovery has been submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters for publication.
But, ya know....even regular un-cut diamonds look like rocks.
If you really want something cool, check out a "Lone Star Cut" jewel. The cut is not used on diamonds, but it is used on other colored stones. The stone is cut in such a way that the light reflects a star in the middle of the diamond or jewel. OMG! I <3 these cuts so much.
Spectra really exists - kind of
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:23 pm
by stormberryfairy
Cool!
Wow, I want those earrings!!!!!!!!!!!! My middle name is STARR!!!!!!!!
Spectra really exists - kind of
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:48 pm
by IndigoJoy
That is definitely cool!