black diamonds

Hardest slope rating

Black diamonds is a name for coal, emphasizing its value as fuel and its carbon kinship with actual diamonds.

The term also refers to dark-colored carbonado diamonds used in industrial cutting, and to expert-level ski runs marked with a black diamond symbol on trail maps.

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coal · rarity · crystals · runs · downhill racing · whites · fossil fuel · deep mines · minerals · rare earth · anthracite · mining · truffles · collieries · rough stones · geological formations · subsidence · onyx

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Opposites
ski trail difficulty

black diamondsbeginner slopes

Easy trails for novices

easy runs · bunny slopes · green runs · nursery slopes · flat terrain

coal terminology

black diamondsgemstones

Polished ornamental minerals

Family

black, blacks, blacker, blackest, blacken, blackened, blackening, blackness, blackish

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G