Tons of diamonds may be below you in the Earth's interior: scientists

If scientists believe, there is a great treasure beneath the surface of the Earth. Yes, according to their findings, there could be more than a quadrillion tons of diamonds scattered beneath the surface of the Earth.

The results were obtained by analyzing the seismic recordings which are essentially sound waves crossing the Earth.

According to the explanation provided by an MIT researcher, Dr. Ulrich Faul, one of the many diamond special properties is that sound waves pass through the material.

"The diamond in many ways is special," said Dr. Faul. "One of its special properties is that the speed of sound in the diamond is twice as fast as in the dominant mineral in the rocks of the upper mantle, olivine."

But the unfortunate side of the story is that diamond hunters will have to dig a total of 160 km (100 miles) to reach the lower part of the Earth's surface much further than all human exercises never done.

The team working with Dr. Faul found that the speed of sound was much faster than can be expected that the cratons are the oldest sections of rock that are usually found under the continental tectonic plates, and their roots – they all have the shape of mountains but in an inverted position – go down to 200 miles under the surface layer of the Earth.

Thus, the study gives an idea of ​​how many of these can be composed of diamond, ie 2%. So, if the calculations are made for this percentage, the result would suggest that there could be a quadrillion tons of diamond scattered up to 150 miles below the surface.

Thus, the depth makes it almost improbable that we can get these diamonds with presents.

The deepest drilling by humans is located in Russia called Kola Superdeep Borehole. It took 20 years to reach a depth of 12 km and was abandoned after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The conclusion reached by scientists is explained by the research work carried out by MIT and other universities. The research was published in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

Dr. Faul explained: "[Cratons] are like pieces of wood floating on the water.The cratons are a little less dense than their environment, so they are not brought back into the Earth but remain floating on the surface."

"This is so that they preserve the oldest rocks, so we found that you had just need 1% to 2% of diamonds so that the cratons are stable and do not flow. "

" It's circumstantial evidence, but we've pieced it all together. "

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