Diamond has a very low electrical conductivity, while graphite is a very good conductor.

Diamond has remarkable optical characteristics.

Diamond also has relatively high optical dispersion ( ability to disperse light of different colors ), which results in its characteristic luster.

Jared Diamond has expressed similar concerns.

It was there that he discovered the Diamond Sutra, the world's oldest printed text which has a date ( corresponding to AD 868 ), along with 40, 000 other scrolls ( all removed by gradually winning the confidence of the Taoist caretaker ).

Diamond, iron ore and gold have also been found in the past, however a lack of investment and development policy has seen the region ’ s potential falter.

She has had three albums certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America and is the second best-selling artist in Canada, behind Céline Dion, with three of her studio albums certified double diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.

Unlike Lord Snowdon and Captain Phillips, Sarah has never remarried and still attends some functions with her daughters, such as the investiture of The Duke of York into the Royal Victorian Order, on which occasions she is afforded the courtesy of treatment as a member of the Royal Family, although the Lord Chamberlain's Diamond Jubilee Guidelines mention the Duchess specifically as being a member of the Royal Family in her own right.

The Diamond Age is characterized by two intersecting, almost equally developed story lines: Nell's education through her independent work with the Primer, and the social downfall of engineer and designer of the Primer, John Percival Hackworth, who has made an illegal copy of the Primer for his own young daughter, Fiona.

Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has been nominated for awards for his work in such films as Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ), Gangs of New York ( 2002 ), The Aviator ( 2004 ), Blood Diamond ( 2006 ), The Departed ( 2006 ), and Revolutionary Road ( 2008 ).

The geographer Jared Diamond has calculated that if the application of jus soli since 1850 were abolished, 60 % of Americans and 80 % of Argentinians would lose their citizenship, and 25 % of British and French.

The Little Desert has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area ( IBA ) because it supports populations of Malleefowl and Diamond Firetails.

Selling over 30 million records, Avsenik has earned thirty-one Gold, two Diamond, and one Platinum record.

This assessment of the danger posed by cassowaries has been repeated in print by authors including Gregory S. Paul ( 1988 ) and Jared Diamond ( 1997 ).

This group of authors has applied the term to a broader spectrum of people than have sociologists such as Diamond.

" Sara Diamond wrote that " iberals ' writing about the Christian Right's take-over plans has generally taken the form of conspiracy theory ", and argued that instead one should " analyze the subtle ways " that ideas like Dominionism " take hold within movements and why.

Canadian Museum of Civilization anthropologist Diamond Jenness has compared the tribe to Vikings.

It has been proposed, for instance by J. Diamond in his book where he refers to man as The Third Chimpanzee, that P. troglodytes and P. paniscus belong with H. sapiens in the genus Homo, rather than in Pan.

The Trust has launched a Jubilee Woods project, which aims to plant 6 million trees and create 60 commemorative ' Diamond ' woods across the UK as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012.

Its most thriving period was in 1851 and, through its lumber, lime production, and agriculture, Diamond Springs has retained some of its early importance.

Federally, Diamond Springs is located in California's 4th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R + 11 and is represented by Republican John Doolittle.

San Jacinto College ( the Cougars ( has a sports stadium for college football and a gymnasium for college basketball, along with a ball park for a collegiate baseball team the San Jacinto Valley Hermits in the 2009 season, the team was in Beaumont, California in 2010 and in 2011, was replaced by the Diamond Valley Sabers in nearby Hemet.

Cultivation of almonds has historically been a significant activity in the vicinity, including a major Blue Diamond processing facility nearby.

Carterville has been a long-time member of the Black Diamond Conference.

The following year he came across two Buddhist texts — the Diamond Sutra and the Platform Sutra — and concluded that he had always been a Buddhist.

In a newsletter dated July 9, 2010, Nydahl responded to questions about the types of practices taught in Diamond Way Centers by stating " I never taught anything I was not asked to pass on by the great Sixteenth Karmapa and that its basis was always the Guru Yogas of the Karmapas.

* Nick Diamond ( Len Maxwell ( 1998-2002 ), Chris Edgerly ( 2006 )): Johnny's co-host, a perceived alcoholic and divorced father of one, he is always screwing up.

Diamond grading reports are now demanded by most consumers purchasing diamonds over a certain size, typically for over 0. 5 carat ( 100 mg ), and almost always for over 1. 0 carat ( 200 mg ), and are considered an important tool in guaranteeing that a diamond is accurately represented to a potential buyer.

In a recent interview with E. Zee Radio ( http :// www. blogtalkradio. com / E-ZEERADIO / 2009 / 09 / 27 / E-ZEE-RADIO-SHOW. mp3? localembed = download ), Mista Sinista says the current X-Men are Rob Swift, Mista Sinista, Total Eclipse, Boogie Blind, Steve D, Sean C, Johnny Cash, Diamond J, Exotic E + Roc Raida who will always be there.

She hates Lady Ivory to the point of having somewhat murderous intentions, though she is always stopped by Diamond.

In the AWA they were given identical ring gear, and were accompanied by flamboyant manager Diamond Dallas Page, who always had a number of valets, known as the Diamond Dolls, with him.

Diamond wasn't always taken seriously by her writing peers, however.

The MWD has always been concerned about water quality and prohibits body contact sports like swimming in its other nearby reservoirs that are open for recreation, Lake Skinner and Diamond Valley Lake.

In the AWA they were given identical ring gear, and were accompanied by flamboyant manager Diamond Dallas Page, who always had a number of valets, known as the Diamond Dolls, with him.

In 1897, Robert W. Paul had the first real rotating camera head made to put on a tripod, so that he could follow the passing processions of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in one uninterrupted shot.

A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.

The Danks trade caused quite a stir amongst fans, many of which had followed the minor league careers of the highly-touted " DVD " trio of pitchers that included Danks, Edinson Volquez, and Thomas Diamond.

Other guests they admired ( and in most cases had worked with before ) included Muddy Waters, Dr. John, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood, Paul Butterfield, and Neil Diamond.

Pitt was the grandson of Thomas Pitt ( 1653 – 1726 ), the governor of Madras known as " Diamond " Pitt because he had discovered and sold a diamond of extraordinary size to the Duke of Orléans for around £ 135, 000.

By the ninth century printing on paper had taken off, and the first extant complete printed book containing its date is the Diamond Sutra ( British Library ) of 868.

Second, by concentrating on her children, the queen sought to improve the dissolute image she had acquired from the " Diamond Necklace Affair ", in which she had been accused of participating in a crime to defraud the crown jewelers of the cost of a very expensive diamond necklace.

" It had long been believed that the Hope Diamond had been cut from the French Blue until confirmation finally happened when a three-dimensional leaden model of the latter was rediscovered in the archives of the French Natural History Museum in Paris in 2005.

Previously, the dimensions of the French Blue had been known only from two drawings made in 1749 and 1789 ; although the model slightly differs from the drawings in some details, these details are identical to features of the Hope Diamond, allowing CAD technology to digitally reconstruct the French Blue around the recut stone.

While the diamond had disappeared for several decades, there were questions whether this recovered diamond in Britain was exactly the same one as had belonged to the French king, but subsequent scientific investigation in 2008 confirmed " beyond reasonable doubt " that the Hope Diamond and that owned by the French king were, in fact, the same gemstone in the sense that the Hope Diamond had been cut from the same material as the French Blue.

In 1901, the financial situation had changed and after a " long legal fight ," he was free to sell the Hope Diamond by an " order of the Master in Chancery " to " pay off debts ," But May Yohe ran off with a rival named Putnam Strong, who was the son of the former New York City mayor William L. Strong.

Accounts vary about what happened to the diamond during the years 1902-1907 ; one account suggested that it lay in the Frankel safe during these years while the jewelers took it out periodically to show it to wealthy Americans ; a rival account, probably invented to help add " mystery " to the Hope Diamond story, suggested that some persons had bought it but apparently sold it back to Frankel.

In 1908, Frankel sold the diamond for $ 400, 000 to a Salomon or Selim Habib, a wealthy Turkish diamond collector, reportedly in behalf of Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey ; however, on June 24, 1909, the stone was included in an auction of Habib's assets to settle his own debts, and the auction catalog explicitly stated that the Hope Diamond was one of only two gems in the collection which had never been owned by the Sultan.

Previously, the Hope Diamond had been displayed as a loose gem since late summer of 2009 ( see above image ) when it was removed from its former Cartier-designed setting.

Following the success of the first benchmark Disability Standard 2007 saw the introduction of the Chief Executives ' Diamond Awards for outstanding performance and 116 organisations taking the opportunity to compare trends across a large group of UK employers and monitor the progress they had made on disability.

Under the new proposal, the Stanley Cup Final series alternated between the East and the West each year, with alternating games played according to NHA and PCHA rules .< ref name =" DiamondPrize-20 ">< nowiki > Diamond, Zweig, and Duplacey </ nowiki >, p. 20 </ ref > The Cup trustees agreed to this new arrangement, because after the Allan Cup became the highest prize for amateur hockey teams in Canada, the trustees had become dependent on the top two professional leagues to bolster the prominence of the trophy.

In the 1980 case of Diamond v. Chakrabarty, the Supreme Court upheld a patent on a bacterium that had been genetically modified to consume petroleum, reasoning that U. S. law permits patents on " anything under the sun that is made by man.