Diamonds are not just a girl's best friend, they are also one of the hardest minerals created on earth. Created naturally at extremely high temperatures between 900 and 1,300 degrees Celsius and pressures of 4.5 to 6 kiloPascals, so high that these can only be encountered deep in the Earth's mantle and transform carbon-containing minerals into diamonds over billions of years. The obsession with diamonds and the desire to own and pay for them in society is great. The only way diamonds can reach the surface of the earth and be used by humans is through powerful volcanic eruptions or mining deep within the earth. Volcanic eruptions are quite rare, because most of the tubes in the rock that go to the surface, releasing volcanic material, do not contain enough diamonds to be valuable, and some do not contain diamonds in them at all. However, diamonds can also be produced synthetically in a chamber that simulates the pressure and temperature found in the Earth's mantle. Here they can create the same diamonds with a hardness equal to what nature can provide, and so close molecularly that only a gemologist equipped with specific equipment can differentiate them. In these synthetic labs, the diamonds created are usually yellow in color because nitrogen, a key element in creation, has impurities that are emitted through the color. Therefore, many other colors can be emitted from synthetics, depending on the elements used in creation. Diamonds are famous worldwide for their extraordinary physical strength, beauty and shine, resulting from their strong bond. They are used in the industrial world as cutting tools due to their superior toughness, and no other terrestrial mineral has been found to surpass diamond's durability. Fuelin... middle of paper... is interesting because of the amount of money they can make by supporting one of these "blood diamond" groups. Angola has an estimated 10 million landmines. Another source of crime caused by diamonds is theft. Because diamonds are so expensive and desirable, armed robbers occasionally attempt to steal millions of dollars in precious diamonds, making off with the minerals and hoping to live off the proceeds provided by the deed. Overall, diamonds are a source of great power, with unprecedented durability that is unmatched by any other earthly mineral, created deep within the earth at extremely high temperatures and pressures, worth a lot of money to be created synthetically, discovered or extracts. be found with many colors based on the elements used to create it, as well as a source of crime and corruption by those who wish to share in the extravagance created by these diamonds.