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Nautilus recently had a great article about this state of water in the context of our solar systems ice giants Neptune and Uranus: http://m.nautil.us/issue/102/
by blululu 5y ago
Nautilus recently had a great article about this state of water in the context of our solar systems ice giants Neptune and Uranus:
http://m.nautil.us/issue/102/hidden-truths/the-planets-with-the-giant-diamonds-inside http://m.nautil.us/issue/102/hidden-truths/the-planets-with-...
I think the line that really stood out to me is ‘in most of the universe rivers of water and coal are rare and ice XVIII and diamonds are common’
- lisper 5y agoDiamonds are actually common here on earth too. The idea that they are rare is propaganda spread by the DeBeers cartel.
- jazzyjackson 5y agoDiamonds are common in an economic sense, there's plenty to go around. But as far as planetary geology goes, diamond is a pretty small share of the crust. I suppose there may be large diamonds in the mantle, that would be cool to see. But maybe it is similar across the galaxy, except for the odd moon-sized diamond here and there, a light dusting of micro-diamonds.
- lisper 5y ago> there may be large diamonds in the mantle Indeed: https://gizmodo.com/is-the-earths-mantle-full-of-diamonds-1827661699 https://gizmodo.com/is-the-earths-mantle-full-of-diamonds-18...