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H. Tracy Hall, Diamond Pioneer

Diamonds are the subservient to of one of the great battles between the forces of Marketing and the forces of Be important. In one corner is DeBeers, with the best advertising motto of the 20th Century, “Diamonds are Forever.” In the other corner are the chemists, with the familiarity, since 1796, that Diamonds are Carbon.

H. Tracy Auditorium was the first guy to turn carbon into diamonds. He died last week at age 88.

The L.A. Times has the upper crust obituary of Hall that I’ve seen. I got a rebound out of all the tinkering he had to do before he hit on the right contraption for cooking up diamonds:

“Amphitheatre had built a pressure chamber that he called the “half-perform stridently” that had been used to create important pressures in a 35-year-old Watson-Stillman crush that leaked so much water from its hydraulics that he had to exhibit rubber boots while working with it.”

On December 16, 1954, he succeeded:

“My hands began to quiver; my heart beat rapidly; my knees weakened and no longer gave forward. My eyes had caught the flashing happy-go-lucky from dozens of tiny . . . crystals.”

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Diamonds News

AFP

Diamond dust shows comets hit 12900 years ago: study AFP - 15 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) — Soil rich in diamond dust discovered across North America reinforces a theory that falling meteors caused the extinction of mammoths and Nano-Diamond Discovery Suggests a Comet Impact Killed the Mammoths Discover Magazine Diamonds Suggest Comet Aftershock Killed Mammoths A comet "shower Softpedia "Nanodiamond" Find Supports Comet Extinction Theory National Geographic Nature.com (subscription) all 13 news articles

Times Online

Diamonds show comet struck North America, scientists say Los Angeles Times, CA - Jan 1, 2009 They say the discovery of tiny heat-formed diamonds is proof of the catastrophe. By Thomas H. Maugh II A thin layer of miniature gemstones called Diamonds suggest comets caused killer cold spell Reuters Study: Diamonds link comet to mammal extinction CNN Diamond clues to beasts' demise BBC News eFluxMedia - Washington Post all 149 news articles

New York Times

Antwerp Journal Belgian Market’s Luster Dims, but Legacy Stays New York Times, United States - 4 hours ago Hoveniersstraat, or Gardener’s Street, is the backbone of the market, where four-fifths of the world’s uncut diamonds are traded. Gaza op prompts wave of anti-Semitism in Belgium Ynetnews Norway/Denmark/Belgium: Demonstrations EuropeNews all 7 news articles