ABSTRACT

Jane Taylor composed the famous lyric of "diamond in the sky" about 200 years ago, she could not have imagined that her figurative poetry would foretell the scientific discovery made in the 20th century. In 1998, astronomer Steve Kawaler discovered that one of them was a diamond star. The French adventurer J. J. Tavernier adventured to India many times, and at the age of 80, he made the last trip to India when he stole the blue diamond from Rama-Sita. Although the Hope diamond may be the most glamorous gem that has ever existed, it could easily be dwarfed by a chip brought back from the blue diamond star of BMP37093. It may be of interest to note that cooking is often done by burning floating diamond. So conceivably, diamond snowflakes may shower from sky in these giant planets. Hence, diamond snow shower from the sky may be common in Neptune.