What substance can cause chemical weathering of diamonds?

Subject: What substance can cause chemical weathering of diamonds?

Date: Tue Jul 14 22:20:52 2009
Posted by charity
Grade level: teacher/prof School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: Philippines
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1247635252.Es

Message:


We're discussing types of weathering in our class when one of the students 
asked if diamonds can undergo weathering. I said theoretically it could but I 
told him I don't know what substance could cause chemical weathering of 
diamonds. Please help me. Thanks!

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