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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by lysium on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @07:12AM (#21523205)
Thermal conductivity is about the same but birefringence is different.
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Re:Diamonds Keep Getting Cheaper by Nodraak on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @07:40AM (#21523377)
To save other people a clic: "Birefringence is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefringence
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