The tiny diamonds are then placed on silicon trays. Diamond films are durable and heat resistant and can be used to create cutting utensils.

"The primary application one could think of is to use it as a cutting tool, which would be one of the applications. As we are obtaining it in fine layers, we could use it to cover scalpels, drills or any cutting tool and we would have a practically eternal material. It would last a long time," Apatiga said. 

It would also be possible to make electronic circuits from these diamonds. "If you add impurities it is possible to turn the material (diamond) into semiconductors and then a fan of opportunities would open up because we are not only talking about computer chips but basically any electronic device and optic-electronic device, which is a device that responds to light," he added.

While tequila may have proven far more versatile than previously thought, it's unlikely to produce jewellery-quality diamonds any time soon.

It is just that this Mexican scientist experimented with tequila, but one wouldn’t be too far off the mark if one were to predict we can produce diamonds from many other commercial or consumable spirits like whisky, rum etc. 

Unsold inventory – if ever there is such a situation – can be turned into diamonds!

There is a good possibility of many tipplers becoming diamond merchants!