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  1. 05-02-2014, 02:45 PM #1
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    Diamond or Garnet?
    Quote Originally Posted by Neil Miller View Post
    There is one well-known one that achieves its qualities by being at the junction of an igneous flow. It's nature and appearance vary accoding to how far away from the heat source - any idea?

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    Diamond is really a metamorphic rock. It is the same stuff as soft graphite and carbon, but heat and pressure have transformed it into what is termed an allotrope of carbon - same stuff, different characteristics. Garnets are a form of metamorphic rock, but often found within igneous deposits...
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    Mr. Miller has a reputation of knowing his hones very well, we can now see that he also know geology. I am impressed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
    Mr. Miller has a reputation of knowing his hones very well, we can now see that he also know geology. I am impressed.
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    Just reading his replies provides me more information than a Wiki.
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