Symbol and mineral
 What does the diamond have to do with us?
 Maximilian Glas: Vajra, the spiritual diamond
 Why can carbon be so incredibly hard?
 Paul Rustemeyer: Forms of Carbon

 Diamond from the outside
 What do diamond crystals look like?
 Maximilian Glas: BG Escher's diamond study
 How many diamonds are mined where?
 Terraconsult: Production figures from 1998
 Can you tell the origin of a diamond from its appearance?
 Heinz Malzahn: Morphology and Origin
 How do you buy rough diamonds?
 Heinz Malzahn: The Valuation of Rough Diamonds

 Diamond from within
 Do all diamonds have the same properties?
 Heinz Malzahn: Table of Diamond Types
 Does a diamond always have to be "white"?
 Heinz Malzahn: The Colors of Diamonds, Fancy Colors
 Is it possible to change the color of a diamond?
 Heiner Vollstädt: Dyeing with pressure and heat
 What role does fluorescence play?
 Heinz Malzahn: Fluorescence, exciting and beautiful
 What effects does birefringence have?
 Heinz Malzahn: Different types of birefringence

 parent rocks
 How did the diamonds get to the Earth's surface?
 Wolfgang Schmidt: Kimberlite, elevator or host rock
 When will we run out of diamonds?
 Heinz Malzahn: Where the new springs bubble up
 Where is diamond fever currently raging?
 Günther Neumeier: Diamonds in Canada, the Ekati mine
 Where are you allowed to search for diamonds yourself?
 J. Michael Howard: Finding Yourself in Arkansas

 Gemstone & Technology
 Why is it even possible to cut diamonds?
 Heinz Malzahn: How to conquer hardness 10
 What is an industrial diamond?
 Heinz Malzahn: Diamonds in Technology
 Is it possible to grow diamonds yourself?
 Heiner Vollstädt: The History of Diamond Synthesis
 Is there such a thing as the perfect diamond imitation?
 Heinz Malzahn: How to identify moissanite

 Value and jewelry
 What is a diamond actually worth?
 Heinz Malzahn: Problems of proper evaluation

 What jewelry did the ladies wear yesterday?
 Elise Misiorowski: Diamonds in Jewelry

 Diamond Literature
 Diamond articles in the journal Lapis, specialist books

 With cover, 100 pages in lapis form, 21 x 30 cm. Published: 2000