Mineral Information | Octahedral colorless carbon |
Chemical Composition | C (carbon); colored diamonds may contain traces of other elements |
Color | Typically colorless, yellow, brown or grey. Less often blue, green, black, translucent white, pink, violet, orange, purple and red. |
Hardness | 10 (Mohs) |
Specific Gravity | 3.51 - 3.53 |
Refractive Index | 2.418 (at 500 nm) |