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Scientists think there's a 10-mile-thick layer of diamond beneath the surface of Mercury, which would make you around 876 billion Minecraft pickaxes if my math is right
A 10-mile-thick layer of diamond, to be specific. Those patches of graphite I mentioned have led scientists to theorize that in Mercury's early history, it was host to an ocean of molten carbon ...
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Are Miles of Solid Diamonds Hiding Below Mercury’s Surface?
A layer of diamonds was found beneath Mercury's surface. This could help scientists understand the planet's unusual magnetic field.
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Mining And Refining: Graphite
Credit: OpenStax, CC By 4.0 While all these dead bacteria are the ultimate source of graphite (not to mention every other carbon mineral, from coal to oil to diamonds), exactly what type of ...
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Dead people and pets are being forged into sparkling blue diamonds - here's how the process works
Depending on how big a customer wants their diamond to be, it can take six to eight weeks in an HPHT machine to coax graphite to crystallize into a gem. "The larger the diamond, the longer it ...