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Article: Diamonds Are Not For Jewellery Alone.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- January 27, 2007
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Diamonds Are Not For Jewellery Alone
By G V Joshi
January 27 (PTI Feature Service) - Diamond have fascinated human for at least 3,000 years, both as a gem and later as a tool. Scientists attempts to make diamonds in laboratories have ranged from Alchemy to research, and finally success was attained conclusively by scientists at the General Electric research laboratories only in 1954-55. Because it is the hardest material known to man, diamond is of great importance to modern civilization and is a vital necessity to any industrial nation. Until the 18th century India was the only known source of diamonds, and they were believed to be found only in the ...