All Articles Tagged As: diamonds

X-rays use diamonds as a window to the center of the Earth (8/13/2008)

Research shows how the oceanic crust has been subducted deep into the Earth recycled back into volcanic rocks. ...> Full Article

Diamonds show how Earth is recycled (8/1/2008)

Tiny minerals found inside diamonds have provided us with a rare glimpse of the Earth’s deepest secrets. ...> Full Article

Exploding Asteroid Theory Strengthened by New Evidence Located in Ohio, Indiana (7/4/2008)

Was the course of life on the planet altered 12,900 years ago by a giant comet exploding over Canada? New evidence suggests the answer is affirmative. ...> Full Article

Diamonds Are Forever Revealing New Insights into Earth's Development (6/12/2008)

New research in South Africa shows possible explanation for how Bushveld platinum ores were created ...> Full Article

Hope Diamond's phosphorescence key to fingerprinting (1/9/2008)

Shine a white light on the Hope Diamond and it will dazzle you with the brilliance of an amazing blue diamond. Shine an ultraviolet light on the Hope Diamond and the gem will glow red-orange for about five minutes. This phosphorescent property of blue diamonds can distinguish synthetic and altered diamonds from the real thing, and it may also provide a way to fingerprint individual blue diamonds for identification purposes, according to a team of researchers from the Naval Research Laboratory, the Smithsonian Institution and Penn State. ...> Full Article