this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024

117 points (97.6% liked)

Physics

1273 readers

1 users here now

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

117

Forget billions of years: Researchers have grown diamonds in just 150 minutes (charmingscience.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

How an Ad Campaign Invented the Diamond Engagement Ring

In the 1930s, few Americans proposed with the precious stone. Then everything changed. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/how-an-ad-campaign-invented-the-diamond-engagement-ring/385376/