Posted on Mar 10, 2018
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Scientists have found a never-before-seen mineral in a diamond formed deep in the Earth's mantle. Thought to be the planet’s fourth most abundant mineral, calcium silicate perovskite is usually buried 400 miles below the surface.
This mineral locked in a diamond has never been seen by human eyes
Posted from newsweek.com
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That is novel, must admit...here was something I'd seen sent in elsewhere on here about a research effort to drill into the mantle, I merely wondered if that effort might somehow be related to the article here possibly not, just a thohght....
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SSG Diane R. Incredible finding makes you wonder what made them look for it in the first place, they don't explain in the article.
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