In Russia found a unique stone which contains 30.000 diamonds Bashny.Net

This insignificant little piece of rock is actually a geological wonder. He may look like a simple lump of red and green minerals, but if the light falls on it at the right angle – you will notice in this strange spark. This sparkle of 30,000 diamonds inside it – and such a concentration 1 million times higher than normal. Although it should be noted that they are so small that they cannot be used to create jewelry.





This stone was extracted from a diamond mine Udachnaya in Russia, which recycles thousands of tons of rock a day. Usually, one ton of rock, yielding from 1 to 6 carats of diamonds suitable for use in jewelry.

The materials scientists were able to develop processes that allow you to create diamonds in the lab, but nature has a natural process that they are formed in the bowels of the Earth, remains a mystery. Little more we know about how they are out there, where we can draw on the surface. Volcanic activity and tremendous pressure to break the fragments of the earth's mantle, allowing it to rise closer to the surface. During this ascent the most part soft rock is removed from it, leaving only the crystals – but the stone is of a Good can be one of the fragments that managed to survive the journey to the surface.

The study of the composition of this stone has much to tell us about the formation of diamonds and the composition of the earth's mantle. Scan it with the help of industrial computed tomography showed that the diamonds inside it have a size of about 1 millimeter, and the shape of octahedra – two small pyramids glued together. Red and green colors come from garnet and olivine/pyroxene respectively. The analysis of x-ray data showed that the diamonds in the stone is much younger than other parts.

Research findings from the mine Successful reinforces the theory that diamonds kristallizuetsya from liquids escaping from the rich peridotite oceanic crust when it is pressed downwards with the movement of tectonic plates. Researchers are very interested in other finds, such as this, but the miners would prefer the diamonds without the rest of the useless substances for them.

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