Diamonds in Space
Carbon's strong inclination to bond with other elements leads it to form connections with other carbon atoms when no other elements are available for lasting bonds.
This bonding between carbon atoms gives rise to various structures, including rings, chains, sheets, and cage-like formations. The focus here is on the latter two, which lead to the formation of structural carbon crystals.
As stars formed and expelled carbon into dense, hot clouds, carbon's tendency to bond with itself under high pressure sparked the creation of something spectacular: diamonds. These aren't the diamonds formed within the confines of rocky planets; these are diamonds born in space.
From: Symphony in C by Robert M. Hazen
As we exit clown world please jettison any bad ideas you may have picked up during your stay.
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Carbon - The Ubiquitous Dance Partner
Carbon's natural state is to be bound to something, almost anything else.
Methane would have been one of the earliest molecules to form as there was ample hydrogen present to bind with the scant amount of carbon ,thirsting for a relationship, to form CH4 in the pre-stellar universe. Upon the first stellar explosions carbon found many more dance partners in the heavier elements and immediately found long-term relationships with most of them.
Carbon defined promiscuity from the outset and with four concurrent bonds to utilize simultaneously also defined "flexibility".
From: Symphony in C by Robert M. Hazen
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Oh, I'm writing up my notes (making Zettlekasten notes) on a book I'm reading. It's mostly about Carbon. I figure after I'm done with each note I'd post them here.
Symphony in C by Robert M. Hazen
A stellar forge actively constructs the lighter elements around us for billions of years until it abruptly stops. This cessation occurs in seconds when iron production within the star hits a critical level, leading to an explosive end.
Unlike element production via fusion up to this point, adding or removing a neutron or a proton from an iron nucleus consumes energy instead of producing it. This energy production acts as a crucial counterforce to gravity, which constantly threatens to collapse the star. Once the star generates enough iron, it collapses entirely, creating half of the periodic table's elements in mere moments. But it gets even more profound.
As if God just can't bridle himself against glory, the Kilonova emerges as His Final Forge. Unlike simple supernovae, the collision of neutron stars in a Kilonova produces every element in the periodic table in split seconds. This is how elements like gold come into existence.
Deep within the hearts of stars, a process known as "helium burning" takes place. Here, two helium atoms collide and fuse to create beryllium-8, a fleeting and EXTREMELY unstable element. In a thrilling twist, another helium atom joins the fray, merging with the beryllium to birth carbon.
Carbon, the cornerstone of life, makes up one in every four of all elements beyond hydrogen and helium. But here's the twist: carbon's abundance defies the odds. Beryllium-8's fragility, breaking apart in a mere quadrillionth of a second, should make its fusion with a third helium nucleus an astronomical improbability.
Yet, the universe plays its ace: the Hoyle Resonance. Carbon nuclei possess the perfect resonance that beryllium needs to welcome the final helium nucleus and fuse into carbon.
Carbon is a masterpiece transaction, signed by God.
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Now that it's well above its opening performance will it act as a "nucleation" site and start a phase of "ZOMG! We can't miss this!" level FOMO?
Needs one of them thar cattle auctioneers . . . 
That’s it. He’s over.
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During the time you were living under that hell, did people who lived well outside of the cities (farmers) have it any better at all?
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