The Crater Of Diamonds: A Short Story

An incredibly rare `Blue Moon` diamond has gone on display in Rome`s Galleria di Adriano. One of only two such diamonds ever discovered, this unique specimen owes its luminous hue to trace amounts of the mineral boron, and is the only one acknowledged as `flawless`.

The Crystals were made While the cave still had the water inside of it some of the water was saturated with calcite a tough shiny mineral. The calcite was re-located underwater in the cave in the form of spar. Spar is a type of crystal found commonly in the cave. The cave is abundant of stalagmites and stalactites every twist or turn. One mineral gypsum can create beautiful flower, spider, and needle formations. Calcite can also create criss-crossing boxwork formations.

Diamond is one of the most expensive gemstones. It is rare and it has difficult ways to extract. Diamond has been discoverd from thousands of years, it is the result of exposure carbon to heat under the ground over onethousand and fourhandred dgrees, and this is how diamonds are shaped. In this essay I will write , explain and compare between the four article about purpose and audence.

About 7,700 years ago, Mount Mazama erupted on itself after building upon itself and reaching an impressive height of 12,000 feet. The aftermath of the collapse left a crater more than 2000 feet deep and 6 miles wide (Reichmann)! The rocks and minerals from the Mount Mazama

As per J. Willard Hershey in "The Book of Diamonds," precious stones were initially found in Arkansas in 1906. The state is one of the most elevated designer of the stones in the United States; somewhere around 1972 and 2005, 25,369 jewels were mined in the state, as per the official state website.Often called "Arkansas jewels," quartz gems are minerals found in Arkansas. Quartz precious stone was announced the state mineral in 1967.

Arkansas possesses a wide variety of Minerals, with annual production valued in excess of $1,000,000,000. Petroleum, natural gas, and bromine, in that order, are the top three minerals produced. Arkansas leads the nation in production of bauxite, providing over 80% of this valuable ore from which aluminum is made. Arkansas also ranks first in production of bromine, accounting for about one-half of the world’s output, and in silica stone, a natural abrasive. Murfreesboro, Arkansas, is the home of the only diamond mine open to the public in the

Russell Conwell’s lecture known as “Acres of Diamonds” has many powerful statements that the majority of the people should follow. It leaves one thinking, “Why should we even spend our own money on people who don’t work for it like we do?” The point that Conwell is trying to make is that working hard is the key to success. The fact that he is urging the audience to discover the wealth right in front of them, rather than going far off into places and believing that success is unreachable, shows his dedication toward how the society should be.     The misunderstanding that many people believe in is that a person must be poor in order to be pious.

Surprisingly, the clay held almost 30 times more iridium than the limestone layers above and below the clay. Similar layers in other parts of the world gave the same results. The conclusion was that a giant meteorite hit the Earth 65 million years ago and had released a large

Members of the Diamonds encountered many rejections within their society as a whole. The two main cultural mismatch that occurs in the hood of the Diamonds is the rejection of school and the law.

Baines utilizes the knowledge of artifacts found in the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom periods and compares them with the artifacts from the Naqada Period and Dynasty 0 in order to understand the social and political organization of the latter periods. Baines justifies the use of later artifacts as evidence for earlier periods through the examination of the representation of three aspects of sociopolitical organization in art: the early Egyptians’ view and depiction of outsiders, the themes present in the forms of display of these views, and the material expression of Egyptian hierarchy.

I would like to say thank you for giving me this opportunity to take what I feel is the next step in once again becoming a student at The University of Alabama. As I stated in my appeal, the past two semesters have given me ample time to reflect on my previous actions that caused my suspension at the university. Having thought about these things and ensuring my character is exactly as it should be, I know that I am able to fully and strictly commit to the student code of conduct and Capstone Creed. As I stated in my appeal, I plan to complete my remaining course work with the utmost dignity and highest ethical standards.

Going back to Chapter five, members of the Diamonds would have to steal in order to get money. Stealing represents work that is very risky because the potential for discovery is extremely high. They would go out as a team to better plan and execute a job (Padilla 1996: 119-120). Youngsters would steal merchandise they know can be easily sold to permanent customers or they would sell their goods to neighborhood residents in order to get all the money they can (Padilla 1996: 122). While the act of stealing is dangerous, risky, and requires much preparation and planning, sales of stolen goods usually produce small earnings for these youngsters (Padilla 1996: 126). As a result, members of the Diamonds realized the harm they put themselves through

Nothing about me is set in stone, and if it were, it wouldn't make a difference. Stone can be ground to dust. I've tiptoed within the strict confines of a box I built around myself, after too many run-ins with harsh critics, for quite some time now. Committing almost fully to a "safe" portrayal of myself that doesn't leave room for risk and makes it hard to recover emotionally from error. Of all the labels I've been given, "hypocrite" seems to be the one I fear the most. I don't want to be weak. But, the only thing that's weak is not doing what I want, and what feels right. I'm not perfect and neither is anyone reading this. If I want to be a prude today and an exhibitionist tomorrow, things will be just fine. Perception is a tricky thing.

* Diamond is the strongest natural mineral known by a man. It is a crystalline form of carbon.

The process of producing the diamonds so they could be sold on the market involved many steps which were illustrated in the movie, Blood Diamond. Smugglers like Archer would supply the RUF with guns. The guns would be used by the RUF to intimidate the people of Sierra Leone into working as laborers for them, we see this with Solomon and his son. These men would be forced to dig in the water mines for hours a day searching for diamonds of all sizes. Then the diamonds are mixed with other diamonds all around the world, mixing the illegal ones with the legal ones; this was explained in the movie by Archer to Maggie. When the diamonds are mixed in with the others, no one can determine for certainty where each originated from. It is then distributed to nations where they are made into necklaces and bracelets, and no questions are asked.