Huh, learned some new things: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Are_diamonds_flammable http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Are_diamonds_flammable Says diamonds are combustible a

Huh, learned some new things: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Are_diamonds_flammable http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Are_diamonds_flammable Says diamonds are combustible around 1520 degrees. But temperatures were 1000 degrees at the high-point in the 9/11 events (page 10 end of first paragrah): http://eagar.mit.edu/EagarPapers/Eagar185.pdf http://eagar.mit.edu/EagarPapers/Eagar185.pdf Interesting enough. The bigger issue would have certainly been the buildings crumbling before they ever burst into flames/disintegrated.