Scientists believe there could be more than a quadrillion tons of diamond scattered beneath the Earth's surface.
The diamonds were found by analyzing seismic records - essentially sound waves traveling through the Earth triggered by ground-shaking forces.
Dr Ulrich Faul, a research scientist at MIT, explained that one of diamond's many special properties is the speed at which sound waves travel through the material.
"Diamond in many ways is special," Dr Faul said. "One of its special properties is that the sound velocity in diamond is more than twice as fast as in the dominant mineral in upper mantle rocks, olivine."
https://news.sky.com/story/scientis...ns-of-diamond-beneath-earths-surface-11439278
The diamonds were found by analyzing seismic records - essentially sound waves traveling through the Earth triggered by ground-shaking forces.
Dr Ulrich Faul, a research scientist at MIT, explained that one of diamond's many special properties is the speed at which sound waves travel through the material.
"Diamond in many ways is special," Dr Faul said. "One of its special properties is that the sound velocity in diamond is more than twice as fast as in the dominant mineral in upper mantle rocks, olivine."
https://news.sky.com/story/scientis...ns-of-diamond-beneath-earths-surface-11439278
