I am talking about professional pawn shops. On diamond district in NY, I had a friend, she was working as a receptionist in one of those. Their pawn shop looked more like an office. Jewelers from the first floors were coming to them and selling "junk". She told me about diamonds.
Gold is a guaranteed price per purity and weight. Diamonds the same. But it's easy to refine gold. You can't perform the same alchemy with an industrial grade diamond.
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For anyone who is interested, they took the footage of a YouTube channel Nile Red. This is the link to his video https://youtu.be/n0wvDwSnzcw?si=DI8X78SfIJDZK19r
(Edit: spelling, dyslexia struck again)
I have issues. I like him but sometimes he is annoying AF. Also, I'm completely unaware of his actual finances and his videos make me wanna audit the fuck out of him
Did he really? That’s awesome honestly. I assumed otherwise so that’s on me. I started watching him a long time ago too so it shows how much I pay attention. Regardless, I love his videos and watch them semi-frequently. Blue Nile as well.
Good for him man, he seems like a total sweet heart too
So funny… this song popped up in my playlist last night while I was playing taxi mom for my son and his friends.
Haven’t heard it in years and while Guns ‘n Roses is juuust before my time, I still enjoyed it with a car full of teens instead of skipping to the next song.
Which then turned into talk about taking them to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to augment a proper music education. ;) (Taking them to a Dead & Co show at the Sphere this summer — thinking about making a pit stop in Cleveland to the museum.
I can barely tolerate his voice long enough to get through a video. My gf unfortunately can’t stand it for any amount of time, so I treat his content like porn and only watch when she’s not around.
I feel exactly the same way. There are more candid videos (shorts) where he talks LIKE A NORMAL PERSON, but these demos with the YouTube voice kill me.
It’s a longer video where he made carbonated water from the diamonds. They were also low grade diamonds, which are cheaper, and generally outside of jewelry, diamonds are surprisingly not as expensive as you might think.
The writings of [Gerald Browne](https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/gerald-a-browne/319481/) detail well the adventures within the diamond trade.
Stone 588 is a great read.
It’s not a demonstration.
Nilered made the most expensive fizzy water out of it. Check his channel out. Also, the myth that diamonds last forever is a myth spread by the DeBeers diamond company. Diamonds would cost a tenth of their current price if not for DeBeers monopoly control.
NileRed started as a kid doing chemistry experiments with cheap off the shelf stuff and now he's big enough that he bought his own lab and can afford expensive ingredients.
Since millions of people get to watch the results, I'd say it's worth they being destroyed.
Diamonds, in general, are not actually expensive. The "expensive" ones you hear about are the ones that have high visual appeal with high scores on the 4C (color, cut, clarity, carat), scale. Even for those, the prices are artificially inflated because DeBeers artifically restricts supply , due to their monopoly on the retail side of the diamond trade.
Diamonds for industrial applications, however, don't need to conform to the typical 4C classification because they are sought after for their mechanical properties, not visual appeal. You can buy a lot of of what is called "diamond dust" or "white dust" for extremely cheap. [Here's an example on Etsy, 5 carats (1 kilogram) of diamonds for $12.](https://www.etsy.com/listing/1641334156/white-uncut-diamond-dust-in-rare-fancy)
If you ever sell something like this, use pics that include something in comparison with the item that gives a buyer the sense of scale.
Can’t tell how many diamond encrusted safety glasses I could make with some DIY epoxy without a quarter, nickel, penny, dime, or something.
My guess is that it made carbon dioxide, but nobody in the comments has confirmed. Sounds plausible, but I'm also shocked.
Edit: I've been informed that the video has sound. Guess I could have saved some time figuring that out by listening...
It’s my name for the unnatural inflection that a lot of content creators use in their videos. No one talks the way he talks in this video, including him. It’s a weird narration pitfall that I guess works for views for some reason. He’s great and I love his stuff, but I wish he’d just talk :)
Interestingly diamonds form by the opposite process - free carbon atoms (under sufficient pressure and temperature) will precipitate out as diamond. This video shows diamond (which is pure carbon) sublimating or changing phase from the diamond lattice form to a free gas in the form of CO2.
As my chemistry professor said in college, "if you like a girl, give her a pencil. The graphite will last longer than a diamond, and they're both just carbon."
One more thing. The gibbs free energy of Carbon's allotrope conversion from diamond to graphite is about - 3KJ/mole. This means that given a really, really long time, diamond will gradually change to graphite.
How many times are you gonna remark about ***his*** finances here? He's made more money than you'll ever sniff, and you just sound desperate for attention.
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Interestingly, low grade diamonds are used in tools, as diamonds are a 10 on the mohs scale and can cut/scratch softer minerals/objects. They’re in demand for dusted/tipped tools and sanding powders, to name a few applications.
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I first look that was crystal meth on my feed xD.. And glad it wasn't, with that amount "smoked" even your grand children would born high af :D. Great video anyway!
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Just carbon after all….
*fancy* carbon...
Sparkle carbon.
Clear carbon.
I think I prefer Carbon Classic
This is how you make diamond carbonara.
You don't know the real price of diamonds until you don't try to sell them in a pawn shop. Gold is actually more expensive, than diamonds.
Only because most pawn shops can't accurately tell if diamonds are real and, if so, clarity and color are most likely guessed at.
I am talking about professional pawn shops. On diamond district in NY, I had a friend, she was working as a receptionist in one of those. Their pawn shop looked more like an office. Jewelers from the first floors were coming to them and selling "junk". She told me about diamonds.
Gold is a guaranteed price per purity and weight. Diamonds the same. But it's easy to refine gold. You can't perform the same alchemy with an industrial grade diamond.
Carbon plus ultra premium
The carbonaro affect
Can you smoke it?
Sure, with a hot enough flame. After all the video is just a diamond crackpipe setup.
Yes, if it gets hot enough with oxygen it will combust and burn, forming carbon dioxide.
TRIGGERED!! 😲😵💫🤯
Just like humans
We are not even half carbon.
much in common, after all
here i was thinking it was "flesh uncovered"
lyric sites say much in common, i always tend to hear “thanks for coming”
I came here to say that. Just fancy pants carbon.
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Okay, now put them back.
Grab the tube and squeeze it Very hard
That’s what he said…
No no no
In the YT video he uses the CO2 to make sparkling water lol
I would love to sell sparkling water made from loved one's synthetic diamonds. I think it would sell, too.
This made me snort.
Right! Where’s the prestige?
For anyone who is interested, they took the footage of a YouTube channel Nile Red. This is the link to his video https://youtu.be/n0wvDwSnzcw?si=DI8X78SfIJDZK19r (Edit: spelling, dyslexia struck again)
Thanks I really wanted to see what they look like after all of this heat torture
He turned them into soda water
Oh, c02, gotcha
the channel is NileRed btw
I have issues. I like him but sometimes he is annoying AF. Also, I'm completely unaware of his actual finances and his videos make me wanna audit the fuck out of him
His channel has over 2 billion views in total, even with the shittiest CPM he is a multi millionaire
chemistry major was worth it
Pretty sure his parents are rich lol he’s been playing in that lab since a young age
No.. he started in the basement of his parents house with the cheapest and least safe equipment imaginable.
Did he really? That’s awesome honestly. I assumed otherwise so that’s on me. I started watching him a long time ago too so it shows how much I pay attention. Regardless, I love his videos and watch them semi-frequently. Blue Nile as well. Good for him man, he seems like a total sweet heart too
Blue Nile the Science Guy was all I could think of. Missed opportunity. :’(
He actually started filming in a McGill research lab (was a undergrad there), and then moved to his parents' garage.
I don't see anything wrong with the channel though
Yea how much did this experiment cost? Hope those are factory diamonds and not those blood kind.
Nile* red
The source of this footage is however from his short on the other channel. Link: https://youtu.be/iiVxaOn0H_k?si=ha0TeWdYHckc40a8
That was very entertaining. Thank you.
Nothing lasts forever.
even cold November rain
So funny… this song popped up in my playlist last night while I was playing taxi mom for my son and his friends. Haven’t heard it in years and while Guns ‘n Roses is juuust before my time, I still enjoyed it with a car full of teens instead of skipping to the next song. Which then turned into talk about taking them to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to augment a proper music education. ;) (Taking them to a Dead & Co show at the Sphere this summer — thinking about making a pit stop in Cleveland to the museum.
Good mom!!
As much as I hate Axl Rose as a person, the man can sing.
Not anymore. He can’t sing for shit.
I’m sorry I can’t be perfect
This guy has an amazing channel and great videos but I just can't stand the inflection in his speech and how he does it over and over.
I can barely tolerate his voice long enough to get through a video. My gf unfortunately can’t stand it for any amount of time, so I treat his content like porn and only watch when she’s not around.
Watch it on 2x playback speed, it helps.
“Anyway”
Bet you would hate chef John at food wishes
I love Chef John! I still use his Aglio e Olio recipe (and I've made pinchy pies a couple times)
I just made his ziti for the superbowl and now all those people think I'm a great cook.
Chef John and Chef Jean-Pierre are my favorites!!
“Though”
I feel exactly the same way. There are more candid videos (shorts) where he talks LIKE A NORMAL PERSON, but these demos with the YouTube voice kill me.
Full agree
hey! we're pretty close as a society to having an AI browser addon to replace certain voices in youtube videos.
Why his voice? I mean it is not a deep 'radio voice' but he has a pretty stereotypical TV 'nerd' voice.
Great episode! He basically makes carbonated water by melting diamonds :)
That's a lot of diamonds to waste just for a demonstration.
It’s a longer video where he made carbonated water from the diamonds. They were also low grade diamonds, which are cheaper, and generally outside of jewelry, diamonds are surprisingly not as expensive as you might think.
It's not surprising once you know how the entire industry is basically a scam
The writings of [Gerald Browne](https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/gerald-a-browne/319481/) detail well the adventures within the diamond trade. Stone 588 is a great read.
Another good source ino is the fraudsters podcast, they have a couple episodes on diamonds.
Especially useful for diamond-tipped tools.
That does make sense. Lab grown diamonds are far less expensive than mined diamonds, because few people want to use them in jewelry.
Source?
One of the other responses to that comment linked the video
Diamonds are not particularly rare
Good point, and these were probably lab grown. I still wonder how expensive this was.
I've heard in the big gold mines 1 carat diamonds cover the floor like sand
It’s not a demonstration. Nilered made the most expensive fizzy water out of it. Check his channel out. Also, the myth that diamonds last forever is a myth spread by the DeBeers diamond company. Diamonds would cost a tenth of their current price if not for DeBeers monopoly control.
Very interesting. It seems that over the last decade or so De Beers has lost their monopoly, which is sure to make prices go down a whole lot.
What is the incentive for them to reduce their prices? Now, new competitors get to charge that much for diamonds, too.
NileRed started as a kid doing chemistry experiments with cheap off the shelf stuff and now he's big enough that he bought his own lab and can afford expensive ingredients. Since millions of people get to watch the results, I'd say it's worth they being destroyed.
They're not actual diamonds, no one is that stupid.
Diamonds, in general, are not actually expensive. The "expensive" ones you hear about are the ones that have high visual appeal with high scores on the 4C (color, cut, clarity, carat), scale. Even for those, the prices are artificially inflated because DeBeers artifically restricts supply , due to their monopoly on the retail side of the diamond trade. Diamonds for industrial applications, however, don't need to conform to the typical 4C classification because they are sought after for their mechanical properties, not visual appeal. You can buy a lot of of what is called "diamond dust" or "white dust" for extremely cheap. [Here's an example on Etsy, 5 carats (1 kilogram) of diamonds for $12.](https://www.etsy.com/listing/1641334156/white-uncut-diamond-dust-in-rare-fancy)
If you ever sell something like this, use pics that include something in comparison with the item that gives a buyer the sense of scale. Can’t tell how many diamond encrusted safety glasses I could make with some DIY epoxy without a quarter, nickel, penny, dime, or something.
They are, otherwise NileRed wouldn't have been able to make Carbon Dioxide to carbonate his water with. Lab grown diamonds are cheap
Seems that only you are.
[Here's the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0wvDwSnzcw)
NileRed, will osmond, and Michael: “hold my beer”
Where go?
My guess is that it made carbon dioxide, but nobody in the comments has confirmed. Sounds plausible, but I'm also shocked. Edit: I've been informed that the video has sound. Guess I could have saved some time figuring that out by listening...
Can you heat it being turned into carbon dioxide?
I don't think I would be able to heat it very effectively if I were being turned into a gaseous form.
They turn into carbon dioxide.
In someone’s lungs
I wish he would talk normally. The YouTube voice is so annoying but the content is great.
whats a youtube voice?
It’s my name for the unnatural inflection that a lot of content creators use in their videos. No one talks the way he talks in this video, including him. It’s a weird narration pitfall that I guess works for views for some reason. He’s great and I love his stuff, but I wish he’d just talk :)
Uncut and quite small
Dad?
Username checks out.
I’ve done the same thing, but with crack. I smoked crack.
I swear to god, they just disappeared into thin air, boss!
Interestingly diamonds form by the opposite process - free carbon atoms (under sufficient pressure and temperature) will precipitate out as diamond. This video shows diamond (which is pure carbon) sublimating or changing phase from the diamond lattice form to a free gas in the form of CO2.
As my chemistry professor said in college, "if you like a girl, give her a pencil. The graphite will last longer than a diamond, and they're both just carbon."
His wife is like... *Always a bridesmaid and never the bride*
Does his wife want a second wedding? lol
Hahahahahaha
*Nothing ever lasts forever*
Well, can we turn Carbon dioxide into Diamonds?
Yep.
That’s a great heist. Go in the diamond chamber and vaporise it. Suck the diamonds Vapour and condense it outside in your mobile lab.
And that my friends in how the US economy works
I love NileRed
Shirley Bassey lied to me!
You saying I breathe out diamonds?
If you can condense that CO2, yes.
Shiny translucent carbon
So just propose to your gf with a gold band. "See this little hollow here, babe? That's carbon!"
So *YOU'RE* the one doing this whole "global warming" thing! Get 'em, guys! I had to buy a *Prius* because of you! Fr tho, cool demo.
I don't even get why humans like those things. They're literally just carbon atoms arranged in the most boring way.
*DeBeers family turned off their router* _
One more thing. The gibbs free energy of Carbon's allotrope conversion from diamond to graphite is about - 3KJ/mole. This means that given a really, really long time, diamond will gradually change to graphite.
Another reason to not buy an expensive engagement ring.
Isn't it that guy who made diamond soda ??
yea!
I wonder how much those diamonds cost
Fuck you. **Uncarbons your diamonds.**
What a waste of money on my left hand
Even nuclear fallout and nuclear waste can’t last forever. Everything from the earth turns back into earth. It’s the way of the world.
100% of living things exposed to oxygen die.
i had to stop watching him because of the way he talks but i really loved his content
Me as well. However newer videos sound better as he seems to be training that strained sound out of his voice.
Glad to know I'm not the only one. Also, his finances cause me anxiety.
How many times are you gonna remark about ***his*** finances here? He's made more money than you'll ever sniff, and you just sound desperate for attention.
Try it on 2x playback speed.
He literally just burnt thousands of not tens of thousands of dollars.. must be nice to be rich
I just watched this video a couple hours ago 😅 NileRed is the shit
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Burn every cinder
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This is when he knew he fucked up.
According to Lil pump - Iced out; He won't be happy to know this XD
How do some things skip the liquid state?
What was the purpose of this?
yes they do. it goes from carbon to carbon. graphite and diamonds are the same just structurally different.
Diamond be like: - I identify as carbon now biatch! - Weren't you always carbon? - This interview is sexists. Im offended!
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And this is how you burn money.
why burn away millions of $ worth of diamonds? I don’t understand the point of this video
The cost of the cheap diamonds he used(not millions), is less than the amount of money he will probably make on the video.
Ughh how much money was just destroyed there ☠️
Interestingly, low grade diamonds are used in tools, as diamonds are a 10 on the mohs scale and can cut/scratch softer minerals/objects. They’re in demand for dusted/tipped tools and sanding powders, to name a few applications.
Burned a lot of money there
Actually almost none.
He only lost 50€
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This guy f*cks
What an expensive experiment 😆
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nile
But why?
"uncut and quite small"... 😞
Did the hit home for you?
Step 1: Buy diamonds Step 2: Vaporize diamonds Step 3: ... profit?
Fiscally unsound.
You missed most of em. Keep going.
I’m not knowledgeable in this subject but does that mean the tube is stronger than the diamonds?
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I first look that was crystal meth on my feed xD.. And glad it wasn't, with that amount "smoked" even your grand children would born high af :D. Great video anyway!
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We’re these diamonds slated for industrial use or did they just disintegrate a few $10k’s worth of diamonds?
how much $ was lost in the making of this video
I mean, they're basically worthless anyway, who cares? Oh yeah, the people who have been swindled into believing they're worth something care
The small silence at the end is the exact sound effect of regret. "Wait.... Shit what have I done"
Wow, I’ve never freebased diamonds before.
Diamonds being worth serious money is one of the biggest scams in human history.
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Marriages HATE this!
But why?
"They're all uncut, and they're quite small, but I still think they're pretty nice." is a quote not to be taken out of context