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Elegant McDonald's Fries JewelryAre you lovin’ it? I sure am! If Ronald McDonald strikes it big and wants to put his wealth on ostentatious display, this what he would wear. Marc Deloche, a French jewelry designer of renown, designed this necklace that resembles a package of McDonald’s famous fries.If Google Translate is working properly (sorry, my high school French is too far gone), then this necklace was offered as a prize in a contest at McDonald’s locations in the city of Toulouse. Since it’s assessed at €15,000 ($16, 723 USD), then I’ll guess that’s real gold and diamonds. Presumably real ketchup is still available in packets.-via Toxel#McDonalds #jewelry #frenchfries #necklace #gold #diamond

New Mineral from Earth's Lower Mantle Discovered inside a DiamondGeochemists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) have discovered a mineral entrapped in a diamond. The mineral was said to have traveled 410 miles from the earth’s mantle to the earth's surface.This incident is the first ever reported discovery that is in relation with the minerals in the earth’s mantle. This is because minerals from the mantle eventually are destroyed on their way up to the earth’s surface.Oliver Tschauner, a UNLV meteorologist stated that, “For jewelers and buyers, the size, color, and clarity of a diamond all matter, and inclusions — those black specks that annoy the jeweler — for us, they’re a gift. I think we were very surprised. We didn’t expect this.”It is estimated that the diamond had already arrived on the earth’s surface years before it was discovered in the Republic of Botswana in the Orapa mine.Image Credit: UNLV News#minerals #science #diamond #earthscience

Scientists Created Glass That is Harder Than DiamondProfessor Tian Yongjun and colleagues from Yanshan University in Qinhuangdao, northern China, have successfully used fullerene - carbon molecules that are nicknamed buckyballs after American architect Buckminster Fuller - to create a new glass material that is stronger than diamond.The new material, called AM-III carbon, is a type of transparent glass with crystals. It is currently the world's hardest and strongest amorphous material, with a score of 113 gigapascals on the Vickers hardness test. In contrast, most natural diamonds are between 50 to 70, with some man-made diamonds reaching just 100 gigapascals. It is so hard that it could scratch diamonds easily.Yongjun noted that AM-III is about ten times stronger than steel and should be able to stop bullets better than any bulletproof window material available today.Image: S. Zhang, et al/National Science Review#glass #bulletproof #diamond #carbon #fullerene #buckyballs