Some What Important Question
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Snipergod87
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Yes it is, you just have to put it in a strong vacuum and apply lots of cold air, as it is heat and pressure that turns coal into diamonds.
ArchitSahu
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No. To get a Diamond from Carbon, you require a "combination of heat (thousands of degrees) and pressure (130,000 atmospheres) that can typically only be found about 90 to 100 miles below the surface of the Earth, deep within the mantle. " (https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/do-diamonds-really-come-from-coal)
As far as I know, you cannot decompress something back to its original state. If it were possible, the amount of energy required would be mind-boggling. Diamond's are one of the hardest substances on Earth thanks to their Giant Covalent Structure, and intermolecular bonds of all 4 Carbon atoms being Covalently bonded. To break this bond itself requires tons of energy, and then to turn it back to coal will be incredibly hard and most likely impossible.
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aquielisunari
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Clark did that because he's so cheap
You don't need all the other junk coal has in it. Diamonds are older than those youngsters.
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