Smooth?Slippery? Like it's Greased?...I have a possible Glacier Diamond found in Wisconsin..I am very fluent in Fossils,Geography and Rocks and Minerals and this stone is like nothing I have ever found. I collect fossils mainly and the quarries I frequent have massive glacial till piles.I always ckeck these if the fossil hunting sucks..I am nervous about taking it to jewler and find out no it's not and feel stupid..I am trying to find any and all info to help me before I go..It's amazing how the internet and local library have nothing on identifying a diamond.
2007-10-13 08:13:36 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
http://www.cigem.ca/ross/rough.html
About 1/2 way down the page in the link might help you.
In placer mining diamonds, the mud doesn't cling to the surface of a diamond like it does other stones (as if it were greased).
2007-10-13 10:33:31 · answer #1 · answered by Now and Then Comes a Thought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See if it will cut, not scratch glass. I think they're smoothe. I saw a movie about African diamonds found in the rivers of Africa. They described them as smoothe. Also, a real diamond will glow like the moon in black light. Any other stone is just a dark purple, or dark. I had a 1 ct.diamond ring that glowed at a club. It was amazing. That was, before my boyfriend broke off the engagement & took back the ring. Guess I shouldn't have been in that club w/ the other guy.
2007-10-13 17:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by J Doe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's surface will not scratch by anything but another diamond.
2007-10-13 15:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋