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You see a ring with a stone that looks like a diamond but wonder why it’s so cheap. The jeweler says the stone is a type of diamond called cubic zirconia. How can chemical symbols show that cubic zirconia is not a diamond?
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According to the explanation, the chemical symbol for diamond is $C$, which stands for Carbon. Show more…
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