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rangerrebew:
Sound waves reveal diamond cache deep in Earth's interior
July 16, 2018 by Jennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 

There may be more than a quadrillion tons of diamond hidden in the Earth's interior, according to a new study from MIT and other universities. But the new results are unlikely to set off a diamond rush. The scientists estimate the precious minerals are buried more than 100 miles below the surface, far deeper than any drilling expedition has ever reached.

The ultradeep cache may be scattered within cratonic roots—the oldest and most immovable sections of rock that lie beneath the center of most continental tectonic plates. Shaped like inverted mountains, cratons can stretch as deep as 200 miles through the Earth's crust and into its mantle; geologists refer to their deepest sections as "roots."


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-07-reveal-diamond-cache-deep-earth.html#jCp

dfwgator:
Don't tell the DeBeers folks.

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