DIAMONDS -- Like a shot-gun blast from below

Diamond deposits begin forming 150-200 km below the thickest portion of the earth's crust, where the right combination of cool temperatures and high pressures converts carbon not into the more common graphite but into diamonds. At this depth, the precious...

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