# Does you ice have ice?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 9, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-you-ice-have-ice/810304 "2018-03-09T22:33:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-you-ice-have-ice/810304/1 "2018-03-09T22:33:38Z")

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Diamond [accidentally discovered to contain](http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-water-in-diamonds-20180308-story.html) bits of high-pressure [ice-VII.](http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/ice_vii.html)

(Don’t worry, this isn’t the type that catalyzes the destruction of all life on Earth.)

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-you-ice-have-ice/810304/2 "2018-03-09T23:15:28Z")

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Busy, busy, busy!

Science is magic that works!

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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-you-ice-have-ice/810304/3 "2018-03-09T23:27:53Z")

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Interesting. So would ice-vii sink in water prior to melting due to being “about one-and-a-half times as dense as the regular ice we put in our drinks”?

If so, I’ve got an idea for some new high-end designer cocktails.

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**Author:** ![MonkeyCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@MonkeyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyCat)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-you-ice-have-ice/810304/4 "2018-03-10T16:03:39Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> Diamond [accidentally discovered to contain](http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-water-in-diamonds-20180308-story.html) bits of high-pressure [ice-VII.](http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/ice_vii.html)
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> (Don’t worry, this isn’t the type that catalyzes the destruction of all life on Earth.)

Neato torpedo.