Nice diamond, shame about the price
13-09-2010, 20:55
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Nice diamond, shame about the price
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3492919.stm
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Twinkling in the sky is a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats, astronomers have discovered.
The cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallised carbon, 4,000 km across, some 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus.
"You would need a jeweller's loupe the size of the Sun to grade this diamond,"
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So how much would it cost at £8,000 per carat?
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13-09-2010, 21:03
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
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so how much would it cost at £8,000 per carat?
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£8 * 10^37 
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13-09-2010, 21:04
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
Well I worked it out to 8,000 octillion pounds (51 0's) £8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers
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13-09-2010, 21:06
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
Maybe the price has gone up since 2004
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13-09-2010, 21:07
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
Although I suspect the value of rough diamonds would decrease somewhat with the introduction of an additional 10 billion trillion trillion carats onto the market...
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13-09-2010, 21:08
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
Surely if you can go and get it it won't cost anything? and you can sell it in little affordable pieces.
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13-09-2010, 21:13
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
Someone should put it on ebay - buyer collects.
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13-09-2010, 21:21
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
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Someone should put it on ebay - buyer collects.
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You'd have to state that cash on collection is not an option.
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13-09-2010, 21:23
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
reminiscent of Arthur c clark in the 3rd installment of his space oddysey series .A chunk of diamond the size of mt Everest lands on Europa after jupiter explodes
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13-09-2010, 22:34
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
Is the cost of going and getting it actually worth it?
I really fail to see the attraction of Diamonds.I think they are cold and ugly.
Give me an opal or a ruby or emerald or sapphire any day..
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13-09-2010, 23:22
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
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Is the cost of going and getting it actually worth it?
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You think Dicky Branson will give discounts with Virgin Galactic for VM customers? 
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14-09-2010, 14:44
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Re: Nice diamond, shame about the price
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You'd have to state that cash on collection is not an option.
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i wonder if paypal provide buyer / seller protection ?
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