Diamonds

  [424 words] You might have more in common with a diamond than you think. Scientists believe that most diamonds are made of carbon about 100 miles below the surface of the earth under tremendous pressure where temperatures reach 2000 degrees. The high heat and pressure combine to crystalize the carbon changing the arrangement of the atoms. When this occurs, the carbon goes from black to clear. Now that the diamond is changed it must get to the surface. There has to be a deep volcanic eruption that blasts rock and diamonds up to the surface. I remember buying my wife’s wedding ring. I was a college student only working part time. The ring is small, and the diamond quality is not the best. There are several inclusions in the diamond, small pieces of carbon that never crystalized. We start out full of sin, but we can be changed into…