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Man finds blue diamond in lidl meat

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  • #52
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Pottler wrote: »
    A really handy test for any diamond is to put it on a metal surface and hit it really hard with a hammer. If it smashes into a thousand pieces, it was a diamond
    The name diamond is derived from the ancient Greek "adamas" meaning unbreakable :rolleyes:


    A much better test for diamonds is to put it in a fire


  • #53
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    The name diamond is derived from the ancient Greek "adamas" meaning unbreakable :rolleyes:


    A much better test for diamonds is to put it in a fire
    You are clearly not hitting them hard enough, try a bigger hammer. It took me several goes on each, just to be sure. BTW, I had one ring left so I fecked it into the range - you're right, it must be a real one as the stone looks fine. I'm struggling to find where the feckin band has gone to though.


  • #54
    jos28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,206 ✭✭✭jos28


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    it could just be a manufactured one though, in which case it's pretty much worthless, or a chemically altered one which is also worth less than normal :)
    how big is it?
    It might not be after OP's solicitor tells Lidl solicitor that his client suffered major trauma


  • #55
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    jos28 wrote: »
    It might not be after OP's solicitor tells Lidl solicitor that his client suffered major trauma
    This is true enough, blue stones can be very unsettling. I took a long ride on a bicycle once in the depths of winter, blue was not the word for them. It took a pint of strong Horlicks and copious hot water to restore normality. Traumatic.


  • #56
    paddyandy
    Site Banned Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭paddyandy


    Like an "Art" find in an ordinary place ......and the market fusses and oooooh and aaaaahs for a month and i wonder at it ..


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