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Diamond

Native Carbon

Carbon reorganised by the deep mantle into pure fire.

Chakra

Crown

Element

Fire · Air

Zodiac

Aries · Leo

Diamond

I. The Metaphysical Reading

How the stone has been held.

Diamond is worked with as a stone of committed clarity, kept nearby during vows, oaths and the long marriages of self to work. Practitioners hold it as a reminder that pressure met over time is not damage but structure.

Chakra
Crown
Element
Fire · Air
Zodiac
Aries · Leo
Keynote
Carbon reorganised by the deep mantle into pure fire.

II. The Scientific Reading

What the lattice actually does.

Diamond is native carbon crystallised in the isometric system under the pressures and temperatures of the Earth's mantle, brought to the surface by rare kimberlite and lamproite eruptions. It is the hardest known natural material (Mohs 10), has the highest thermal conductivity of any bulk material and a very high refractive index, giving faceted stones their characteristic fire.

Formula
C
System
Isometric
Hardness
10 (Mohs)
Provenance
Botswana, Russia (Yakutia), Canada, South Africa, Australia, DR Congo

References & Sources

Independent mineralogical references used to verify the scientific details above.

Mineral Profile

Fact Sheet

Chemical Formula
C
Crystal System
Isometric
Mohs Hardness
10 (Mohs)
Density
3.51 – 3.53 g/cm³
Refractive Index
2.417
Provenance
Botswana, Russia (Yakutia), Canada, South Africa, Australia, DR Congo
Color Origin
Colourless; also yellow, brown, pink, blue, green, red

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