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diamond
subject			fact

diamond	is an instance of metastable mineral
	has stable polymorph graphite
	is an instance of meteorite mineral formed by shock
	can have progenitor mineral graphite when produced by shock metamorphism
	can be produced by mechanism shock exceeding 13 GPa on the meteorite parent bodies not during collison with Earth
	is an instance of presolar mineral
	is an instance of very rare iron meteorite mineral
metastable mineral	has decay time
presolar mineral	has genesis before our solar system was formed if found in meteorite and appears as an interstellar grain inclusion
very rare iron meteorite mineral	has abundance in iron meteorites very rare only found in one or a few meteorites
polymorphic mineral	has polymorph
meteorite mineral	is one of 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites
mineral	has color
	has alteration mineral