Hare-brained idea?

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The following was posted in another ng:

Some crazy ghouls have figured out a macabre marketing concept that
they hope rich people with more money than brains will snap up,
taking
10 strands of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair and somehow turning them
into
a trio of half-carat fake diamonds. They extracted the carbon from
the
composer's hair, exposed it to temperatures approximating the depths
of
hell, and then stomped it down with a million pounds of pressure for
a
couple of weeks. After cutting and polishing their concoction, they
had
three blue "diamonds" sized at .56 carats. They hope one of these
baubles will sell for $1 million on eBay.

Question: would there be enough carbon in 10 (long) human hairs to
yield a cut and polished weight of 0.56 carats? (I think I hear the
sound of a laughing troll.)

FoggyTown

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  • Re: Hare-brained idea?
    ... composer's hair, exposed it to temperatures approximating the depths ... three blue "diamonds" sized at .56 carats. ... would there be enough carbon in 10 human hairs to ... polishing -- I frankly don't know how much of a diamond is ...
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  • Re: Hare-brained idea?
    ... composer's hair, exposed it to temperatures approximating the depths ... three blue "diamonds" sized at .56 carats. ... yield a cut and polished weight of 0.56 carats? ... Weighing both on a scale should tell you that in an eyeblink. ...
    (sci.physics)
  • Re: Hare-brained idea?
    ... composer's hair, exposed it to temperatures approximating the depths ... three blue "diamonds" sized at .56 carats. ... yield a cut and polished weight of 0.56 carats? ... Weighing both on a scale should tell you that in an eyeblink. ...
    (sci.physics)
  • Re: Hare-brained idea?
    ... composer's hair, exposed it to temperatures approximating the depths ... three blue "diamonds" sized at .56 carats. ... yield a cut and polished weight of 0.56 carats? ... You hear the sound of laughter. ...
    (sci.physics)