[caption id="attachment_6965" align="alignleft" width="336" caption="The 'Picasso diamond' shows complex growth patterns highlighted by cathodoluminescence"] [/caption]Geoscientists can't say if diamonds are forever, but they can say that some are already billions of years old. They form in a place we'll never reach: the deep earth, hundreds of kilometres under our feet. Diamonds tell us much about this hidden world and how it is linked to the surface - and life - in surprising ways. [More]














Source: Some Facets of the Geology of Diamonds