Black Diamond

Black Diamond

Black Diamond may refer to:

Minerals

* Anthracite
* Coal
* Carbonado, a natural diamond that is black in color
* A black synthetic diamond, specifically CVD polycrystalline diamonds or HPHT polycrystalline compact diamonds

Business

* Black Diamond, a brand name used for various electrical products of the Mitsubishi Corporation
* Black Diamond Cheese, a Canadian cheese manufacturing company
* Black Diamond Equipment, a manufacturer of climbing and outdoor gear

Geography

* Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
* Black Diamond, Florida, United States
* Black Diamond, Washington, United States
* Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve in California, preserving historic coal mines

Music

* "Black Diamond" (Angie Stone album), a 1999 album by R&B/soul singer Angie Stone
* "Black Diamond" (song), by the rock band KISS
* "Black Diamond" (Stratovarius song), by the rock band STRATOVARIUS
* "Black Diamond" (song), by the rock band Black Diamond Brigade
* Black Diamond (song), by Japanese pop singer DOUBLE, featuring Namie Amuro
* Black Diamond (album), by the kuduro band Buraka Som Sistema
* Black Diamond (song) , by Japanese singer Nana Mizuki (Shugo Chara! character album)

ports

* "Black Diamond", a difficulty rating in downhill skiing
* A Black Diamond District, a high school conference of the Virginia High School League
* Black Diamond Australian Football League, an Australian rules football competition in the Newcastle, Hunter Valley and Central Coast regions of New South Wales.
* Black Diamond Trophy, a college football trophy that went to the winner of the annual West Virginia University and Virginia Tech football game
* Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer, known as "Black Diamond"
* Black Diamond Conference, a high school conference of the Illinois High School Association
* Clinton Morrison, Irish/English footballer, known as "Black Diamond"

Miscellaneous

* Black Diamond (buffalo), the name of the North American bison featured on the reverse of the buffalo nickels introduced from 1913 to 1938
* Black Diamond (elephant)
* Black Diamond (passenger train)
* "Black Diamond", South African slang for privileged native black people
* "Black Diamond", the nickname of the new building of the Danish Royal Library, because of its appearance


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Black diamond — Diamond Di a*mond (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. ? transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Black Diamond — ist der Name mehrerer Orte: in Kanada: Black Diamond (Alberta) in den Vereinigten Staaten: Black Diamond (Alabama) Black Diamond (Arizona) Black Diamond (Arkansas) Black Diamond (Florida) Black Diamond (Pennsylvania) Black Diamond (Washington)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Black Diamond — Black Diamond, FL U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida Population (2000): 694 Housing Units (2000): 374 Land area (2000): 3.779997 sq. miles (9.790146 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.779997… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Black Diamond — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Black Diamond» Sencillo de Stratovarius del álbum Visions Publicación 1997 Formato CD …   Wikipedia Español

  • Black Diamond — (Marmaroto,Греция) Категория отеля: Адрес: Marmaroto Peleziki, Marmaroto, 85300, Гр …   Каталог отелей

  • Black diamond — Black Black (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[ a]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.] 1. Destitute of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Black Diamond, FL — U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida Population (2000): 694 Housing Units (2000): 374 Land area (2000): 3.779997 sq. miles (9.790146 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.779997 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Black Diamond, WA — U.S. city in Washington Population (2000): 3970 Housing Units (2000): 1538 Land area (2000): 5.368292 sq. miles (13.903813 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.513915 sq. miles (1.331034 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.882207 sq. miles (15.234847 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • black diamond — n. 1. [also pl.] COAL (n. 1) 2. CARBONADO (n. 2) …   English World dictionary

  • Black Diamond — 1 Original name in latin Black Diamond Name in other language State code CA Continent/City America/Edmonton longitude 50.70011 latitude 114.2353 altitude 1167 Population 3663 Date 2006 01 22 2 Original name in latin Black Diamond Name in other… …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”