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>Diamonds cannot be resold, the money may as well have been burned I wonder how much money you'd have to actually burn to extract enough carbon to create a dec
by kirykl 7y ago
>Diamonds cannot be resold, the money may as well have been burned
I wonder how much money you'd have to actually burn to extract enough carbon to create a decently sized diamond from it
- ncmncm 7y agoNothing like what they cost. Paper is, what, 44-50% carbon by weight? Imagine a ring with the weight of even a small stack of bills. It wasn't long ago that the paper was worth more than the rock. But if you burn it, you lose the carbon. Char it instead.
- smegger001 7y agoPaper was valuable enough at one point it was considered the traditional gift for first anniversaries in the U.S.
- dan-robertson 7y agoI think the reason that it is the first anniversary gift is that it was not considered valuable (unlike eg silver/gold/ruby/diamond/...)
- ncmncm 7y agoWe used to joke that the 19th anniversary gift theme was packing peanuts.