On 11-01-03 12:14 AM, John Smith wrote:

On 1/2/2011 8:53 PM, wrote:
Hy, I am Klaus Herbenscheimer, D section.Checking radiation shields. ~
Diamonds Are Forever.
...

Diamonds are virtually worthless, and have been for quite sometime now
... some are not yet aware ...

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html

Regards,
JS


They work well as industrial abrasives. Other than that, it's a
completely artificial scarcity. De Beers even threatened the Russians a
few decades back in order to maintain value.





mike