Diamond

Diamonds are precious gems of carbon found on many planets. Because of their rarity, they are highly valued and used as a symbol of status.

Properties

Material Characteristics

Diamonds are found as a range of colours, but most commonly a bluish-white. Yellows, purples, oranges have also been discovered, but these are less pure diamonds and are therefore less valuable. Diamonds are extremely hard, in fact on most planets are the hardest material, and are difficult to acquire.

Physical & Chemical Properties

Diamonds are not malleable in the slightest, and they are poor conductors of electricity due to a lack of a sea of electrons. They are very good conductors of heat, thanks to the strong covalent bonds between the carbon molecules.

Geology

Diamonds only form at very high pressures. They are found in kimberlite, an ultrabasic volcanic rock found deep within the crust. Diamonds are not very common, and are found on a few places on only a handful of planets. Because of the depth at which they form, they are difficult to mine too.

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On some very rare occassions, diamonds are actually common on planets.

Venviri

On Venviri in the Kurhira System, the rivers are made of mercury, with small diamonds forming on the riverbeds. These diamonds are collected from trawler boats, mostly K-Trawlers under Karkhala Industries, and these diamonds are sold for high prices. The general public doesn't know that these diamonds are so common, which is how the company is able to set such high prices.

Saturn, Uranus & Neptune

On Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the Sol System, diamonds rain from the skies within the Inner Cores. Diamonds are to be expected in most gas and ice planets, but few solar systems have as many as the Sol System. It is illegal for any other planet to harvest the diamonds from these three planets, because there are sapient creatures on them and by law you cannot harvest materials on planets with sapient creatures able to communicate.

Odor

Odorless

Taste

Tasteless

Color

Ranges, the highest value diamonds are colourless