Adámas through the eyes of sculptors, painters, and craftsmen across the ages
Diamond and graphite — Diamond and graphite samples with their respective structures. The bottom right formation of carbon is what is known as "graphene," characterized by infinite, single atom sheets of carbon. (User:Itub, CC BY-SA 3.0)
12060-from Estate Diamond Jewelry — A rare diamond engagement ring, featuring milgrain and diamonds on the shoulders. Curated by Estate Diamond Jewelry (Roberta889, CC BY 4.0)
Diamond (side view) — Cathodoluminescence image of a diamond. SEM TESCAN MIRA3. Field of view = 3,45 mm (Pavel.Somov, CC BY 4.0)
Micro-inclusions in CO2 diamond — A photomicrograph of mineral inclusions in CO2-rich diamond under transmission light. These tiny inclusions of roughly hexagonal shape have dimensions of 5-10 μm and thickness of less than 1 μm. Their nature is unknown. (Evgenii Barannik, Andrei Shiryaev, CC BY 4.0)
Olivine inclusions in diamond — Morphology of the host diamond affected the olivine inclusions inside. In (a), olivine shows octahedral (o) and cubic (c) faces. In (b), olivine has parallel faces to the host diamond. The figure is modified and published in the open-access publication ( http://www.minsocam.org/msa/rim/rim75.html#contents ). The original figure was created by Nestola et al. 2011 and Sobolev et al. 1972. (Sobolev VS and Sobolev NV, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Diamond-1128734 — Diamond Locality: Russia Field of view: 1.8 mm Description: These diamonds were a gift from Mark Andrews. Thanks Mark. He obtained them from Paul Krush of GemHunt. (Jerry Cone, Public domain)