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A tiny diamond battery could power devices for thousands of years.
This unbelievably large diamond barely fits in your palm.
It takes over a billion years of high pressure cooking deep inside the Earth's mantle to make diamonds. But this synthetic variety took just a quarter of an hour to make.
Scientists never thought such a mineral could be found at the planet's surface.
AM-III also works as a semiconductor, allowing it to transfer electrical current.
Would you use one in your phone though?
It's like "finding a missing piece of a puzzle."
It's geology on fast forward.
The magma has remained in place since dawn of our planet.
Ever wanted to dig your own diamonds? Well, now you have the chance.
There's more diamonds than you can imagine.
The diamond rose 700 km from Earth's mantle to the surface.
Apparently, something is rusting at 550 km below the surface.
Yes, on some planets it rains diamonds!
Diamonds are a geologist's best friends.
Blinging hard!
Water isn't only skin deep.
Data is a girl's best friend.
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