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- "Finding a real diamond should not be that difficult―carbon is one of the more common elements."
- ―Elegos A'Kla to Corran Horn
Diamonds were gemstones valued by pirates. They could be worth anywhere from one thousand to three thousand credits per Coruscant Standard Carat. A large number of mines were located on Arkania.
A stylus used by Yaru Korsin in 3000 BBY was made of diamond.
Uvak-mounted Keshiri of the Alanciari military's air force successfully used diamonds as a flak projectile weapon.
Diamond and boron were the primary components in a diamond boron missile.[2]
Corran Horn used a diamond in the construction of his dual-phase lightsaber. However, the first gem he used turned out to be Kubaz xirkonia instead, which burned out during a confrontation with Shala the Hutt. Corran later replaced it with a real diamond.
Types of diamonds
Appearances
Sources
- Chewbacca's Activity Book
- Imperial Sourcebook
- Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One
- Imperial Sourcebook, Second Edition
- The Star Wars Planets Collection
"Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 1" — Star Wars Insider 26- Galaxy Guide 2: Yavin and Bespin, Second Edition
- Tales of the Jedi Companion
- Pirates & Privateers
- The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The New Jedi Order Sourcebook
Arkanian Chill on Wizards.com (backup link) (original site is defunct)
Galactic Gazetteer: Hoth and the Greater Javin on Wizards.com (backup link) (original site is defunct)
Hapes: Ladies First on Wizards.com (backup link) (original site is defunct)- Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
- The Unknown Regions
- Enter the Unknown
- Suns of Fortune
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